This album actually came out in 2006, but as it is an undiscovered gem, I wanted to give it exposure. I was hipped to this album by the lovely Deirdre…
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Chris Holmes
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Comedy is serious business, which probably explains why these 7 dramatic actors are so good at it.
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Brian Boone
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This week marks the release of The Family, another example of Hollywood’s favorite clichÁ© situation: stereotypical Italian-American crime family goes into Witness Protection and they chafe at it. (In reality,…
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Rob Ross
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I’ll get right to the point: this album is wonderful. Richard X. Heyman, the New Jersey-native/guitar legend delivers on every level with this, his tenth solo album, appropriately titled X. …
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Robert Cass, Jeff Giles, and Mike Heyliger
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Join Popdose for a look back at three decades of Babyface’s wide-ranging influence as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
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Will Harris
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Attention, America: you may not have been clamoring for a new album by Dexys Midnight Runners – or simply Dexys, as they go by now, hence the above parentheses –…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Marissa Mayer – forming the cult of Yahoo or the cult of Marissa Mayer?
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Dave Steed
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St. Paul Peterson and Salt-N-Pepa highlight this week’s Bottom Feeders.
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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. Is it cool to post photos of your…
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Scott Malchus
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The Office writers and producers dug themselves into a creative hole by the end of their 8th season. The show was adrift as they tried to carry on after Steve…
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Keith Creighton
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Holy Bucky Done Gun, has it really been 8 years since Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A. first burst onto the scene with her Arular eargasm? For me, it was love at first sight. So much…
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Michael Fortes
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One of the latest instrumental groups to spring up in the Bay, while new to most of us, is actually a duo with a long history and an uplifting story of hope.
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Michael Parr
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Contrary to what Schoolhouse Rock! and De La Soul have to say, Five is the magic number.
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Dw. Dunphy
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Warning: I’m about to get up on my high horse. You might find this offensive, or at the very least somewhat judgmental. Spoilers may be involved. Just saying — I…
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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. Is it cool to post photos of your…
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Keith Creighton
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While most of America is still shell shocked by Miley Cyrus’s tongue, people with actual taste have been busy rocking out to Orianthi’s blistering third album, Heaven in this Hell….
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Dw. Dunphy
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Huey Lewis and the News, Sports, and the fallacy of the guilty pleasure.
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Ken Shane
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Ann Peebles was one of the great deep soul singers of the ’70s
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Dw. Dunphy
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Criterion Collection turns a classic of screwball comedy into a must-have Blu-ray disc.
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Dw. Dunphy
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What was your favorite summer song? Oh, never mind. These were better.
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Chris Holmes
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Succeeding in the late-night talk show business is no easy feat. Just ask the ten hosts of these famously failed programs.
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Dw. Dunphy
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Aerosmith arrives in Japan to boost the morale after the devastating earthquake/tsunami.
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Keith Creighton
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Now that Metallica and Guns & Roses are fine upstanding members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it’s high time to induct the party brigade. While dozens of…
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Rob Ross
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This Chicago native makes his solo debut on Bar/None with The Year Of No Returning; a fine effort that immediately made me smile. This is a darkly funny album, intended…
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Dw. Dunphy
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You know the rest of the Twenty-Teens will be a hard slog when even the quality of our rebellion is mediocre. Look at the so-called “rebels” in today’s pop culture…
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Dave Steed
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RuPaul helps finish off the letter R, while we usher S in with the smoothness of Rafael Saadiq and Sade.
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Jack Feerick
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As you enjoy the long weekend, ponder the words of Lee Camp: Download the full mix (1:08:31) Collect ’em all! Download the full mix for 2012 (1:12:37) — see details…
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Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw
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Tess Henley is a 25-year-old kid from Seattle — not that you’d know it from listening to her new album High Heels & Sneakers, which blends Henley’s confident brand of…
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Jeff Giles
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Looking to beef up your home theater system, but don’t have a ton of room or a few thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket? Onkyo is here to…