With a predecessor that was a worldwide phenomenon and made over $600 Million, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has the luxury of taking its sweet old time getting into the…
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Rob Ross
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A beautiful and stirring rendition of The Velvet Underground (and Nico)’s classic, as offered up by Richard Barone. One of the few artists I know of who can take a…
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Ken Shane
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Professor Longhair’s music is the sound of Mardi Gras
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Rob Ross
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So there’s this band I like and have written about a few times. You may have heard about them by now – The Bongos. This album, Drums Along The Hudson,…
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Rob Ross
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Certain albums, for me, are forever attached to a memory – sometimes good, sometimes bad. When I first bought/heard Workbook in the summer of ’89 on Virgin, it was an…
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Dw. Dunphy
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In a landscape where the newspaper is seemingly into the death rattle, what becomes of the comic strip?
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Scott Malchus
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Welcome back for another episode of Comrades, a weekly podcast dedicated to FX’s The Americans. This week, Jeff and Scott discuss the season two premiere of The Americans, coincidentally entitled ”Comrades.” Elizabeth is…
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Rob Ross
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It isn’t often you get to see a true musical giant up so close and personal. Seeing Booker T. Jones, the man whose name is (to me) most synonymous with…
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Dave Steed
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The letter W continues with Weezer, Whitesnake and the start of Fergie.
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. What’s worse? Mohawks or fedoras? Tell us in…
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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David Medsker
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If there is a universal truth among people who dedicate their lives to music, either the creation of it or the consumption it, it is that each generation bemoans the…
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Popdose Staff
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It’s the Popdose Music Roundtable for February 2014 — wherein the staff gabs about any music, new or old, that has been moving us over the past month.
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. Right? Tell us in the comments section!
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Brian Boone
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The contestants: Christopher Cross is the undisputed king of ultra laid-back, early 1980s soft rock with songs a working-class man’s man could relate to, such as ”Sailing.” Kris Kross were teenage…
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Dan Walsh
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After a combined 40+ years together (311, 24 years; Ozomatli, 19 years) but decidedly different career paths, both bands find themselves at the same crossroads. Both have gone the PledgeMusic…
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Zack Dennis
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I’ve always enjoyed the concept of the “MacGuffin,” which is a story element – some “thing” that’s used to propel the narrative – that we never get to actually see….
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Dw. Dunphy
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Dw Dunphy is only being partly facetious when he asks, where has all the testosterone gone?
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Ken Shane
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Barbara Mason had an early Philly Soul hit in ’65
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Scott Malchus
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Welcome to ”Comrades,” a weekly podcast devoted to the FX series, The Americans. Our first episode takes a look back at The Americans first season (now on Blu-ray), previews the upcoming season (which premieres on February 26th) and features the usual tangents that Scott goes off on, such as the great use of Pete Townshend’s ”Rough Boys” and how film editors accomplish the timing of image to music.
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Justin Vellucci
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Les Claypool is a national treasure. There, I said it. It’s a sentiment that’s been on the tip of everyone’s tongue and on the rictus of their lips since Claypool,…
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Mike Duquette
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If you were one of the many (and there were many) who found yourself delving into a list of actor-writer-director Harold Ramis‘ achievements upon hearing of his sudden death yesterday…
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Chris Holmes
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Proving once and for all that they care about the fans, Kiss has decided not to play with their most popular lineup at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Dave Steed
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Jody Watley, Warrant and John Waite this week – it’s the start of the letter W!
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome back to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. How do you deal with unpleasant situations? Tell…
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.