The Wall Street Journal wonders if Irving Azoff is the man who can save rock ‘n’ roll, and heralds the return of the green-haired animated superhero known as Captain Planet;…
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WFMU’s Beware of the Blog strips out the best parts of the Dreams of My Father audiobook; Will Harris runs down and wraps up the New York Comic-Con; Pet Shop…
Zack Dennis
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Nothing has expanded the proliferation of year-end Top Ten Lists like the internet.Á‚ Every year critics of every stripe put together their top ten lists for the year, and impossible…
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The Wall Street Journal names the best reissues from the revitalized Stax; Something Else! looks back at XTC’s “Playground”; Ickmusic whips up a bitchin’ old school mix; The Lefsetz Letter…
Zack Dennis
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Every great football game, at its heart, is like an action movie. Once you cut out the commercials and halftime, they’re both about the same length. They both build along…
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Rotten Tomatoes has announced the winners of the 10th annual Tomatometer Awards, celebrating the best-reviewed films of 2008; Bullz-Eye inducts five more comedy legends into its Stand-Up Comics’ Hall of…
Jeff Giles
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Boston.com’s Big Picture visits the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival; The Onion A.V. Club’s Hater returns to action; VH1’s remaining viewers have voted on the 100 greatest hard…
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It all started back in September, when Robert Cass sent an e-mail to the staff telling us Billboard had announced that Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” is the top song of…
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The Guardian interviews Ryan Adams, and as usual, he has a lot to say; Anthony Kuzminski comments on news of Todd Rundgren reuniting with the New York Dolls; Something Else!…
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Slacktivist chimes in on the Prop. 8 debacle, and Keith Olbermann delivers a moving (and restrained!) special comment: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/W4xfMisqab8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Hip new music on Alabama public…
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Anthony Kuzminski relives a lifelong appreciation for the work of Roger Ebert; Our good friend Will Harris has a chat with Lindsey Buckingham; Studs Terkel, American treasure, passes away at…
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Our pals at MusicHelpWeb issue their monthly dispatch from the industry front lines; Jeff Giles helps Rotten Tomatoes count down Clint Eastwood’s 10 best-reviewed directorial efforts; Springsteen cancels his annual…
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The good people at NBC stream next week’s season premiere of 30 Rock in its entirety; Yours truly helps Rotten Tomatoes pay tribute to the most prolific killers in slasher-flick…
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Pico at Something Else! has a one-track mind — and that track is Keith Richards’ “Take It So Hard”; Femi Kuti’s got a new record coming out; Cahl’s Juke Joint…
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Topless Robot titters at the seven unintentionally perverted toys that will ruin our children; Our pal Jeff Vrabel sifts through the Cubs’ season-ending wreckage; Yann Arthur-Bertrand’s stunning Earth from Above…
Jeff Giles
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Along with rehab, doing a sequel just for the paycheck, screaming anti-Semitic slurs at traffic cops, and getting away with murder (literal or otherwise), one of the greatest privileges of…
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The Popdose staff was sitting around the other day, doing what we do best — namely, talking about records that most people wish they didn’t remember — when a discussion…
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A number of weeks ago one of the Popdose writers came up with the idea of having each writer rank their top ten favorite albums that were released during the…
Robert Cass
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Earlier this month New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo reported that he had sent his staff to 1,000 pharmacies across the state in March, April, and May and found more…
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For about as long as there’s been music, dudes have been writing songs about younger girls — but since the dawn of rock and roll, singing odes to teenage flesh…
Jeff Giles
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Happy Monday, faithful readers! Are you ready for a new series? We hope so, because we’ve got one for you. Welcome to the inaugural edition of Lists You Didn’t Ask…
Jeff Giles
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Watch the new Willie Wisely video, starring the always-lovely Jenna Fischer: Pitchfork interviews Daryl Hall, and the results are fascinating; MamaPop links to a compilation of Alex Trebek’s saltier moments;…
Jeff Giles
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I wrote the Fall Movie Preview over at Rotten Tomatoes: Meanwhile: Maybe We Ain’t That Young Anymore delivers some live Billy Idol (1982), then shares some live Radiohead in two…
Jeff Giles
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DaBlog gives it up for Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard, then reviews the new Robben Ford and comes to the defense of the Goo Goo Dolls; AM, Then FM kneels…
Jeff Giles
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Some Velvet Blog doffs its cap to Little Feat; DaBlog takes a look at Steve Smith’s extracurricular activities, then toasts the great Roach/Gillespie summit, the great Snooks Eaglin, and Freddie…
Jeff Giles
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Soul Shower’s Summer Fling adds a pair of covers to the festivities; Some Velvet Blog goes apeshit with music-y goodness, offering a taste of the acoustic stylings of Chris and…
Jeff Giles
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Schiing dips into his stack of Random Tracks and comes up with some Stephanie Mills; Mulberry Panda 96 explores the phenomenon known as hip-hop amnesia; Ickmusic boogies down with the…
Jeff Giles
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Hell yes, Soul Shower is back; Maybe We Ain’t That Young Anymore hosts a Song Smackoff! Á¢€” here’s Round 1, bracket 1, Round 1, bracket 2, and Round 2 Á¢€”…
Jeff Giles
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mental_floss reminds us that Mister Rogers was too good for this planet; AM, Then FM pays a visit to the Southside, draws the line between Steppenwolf and Superfly, then breaks…