Ronnie Spector is more than her powerhouse voice, more than her tumultuous marriage to one of the most notorious producers-turned-accused-murderers of all time, and even more than the mile-high hairdos…
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Jack Feerick
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Last week saw the anniversary of one of the most horrific events in American history, the shootings of four unarmed college students by National Guardsmen on the campus of Ohio’s…
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The Six-Tongued Hellgoat
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New albums from Tormented, Sidious and Ape Machine
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Dw. Dunphy
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The long, strange trip from WWII to Samuel L.
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Ken Shane
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“Stop, Look, Listen” began a chart roll for the team of the Stylistics and producer Thom Bell
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Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw
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In the rock milieu, drummers are hardly ever famous in their own right; unless you happen to sing while you’re swinging the sticks, like Phil Collins or Don Henley (or,…
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Chris Holmes
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Let’s count down the 10 best pre-Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac songs, shall we?
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Popdose Staff
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Here’s where we start digging into Disc 4 of the seven-disc box set Like, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box (Totally). Let’s waste no time — grab your shovels and…
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Ted Asregadoo
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This week on “Single Play,” music from The Basement Tapes, Canopy Climbers, Big September, and Paper Route.
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Brian Boone
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I haven’t seen The Great Gatsby yet, but I can tell already that it just doesn’t add up. The production seems to have missed the point—it’s not about the glitz…
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David Medsker
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UK electro pop songstress releases second album, makes certain Popdosers tingly.
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Matthew Bolin
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Postmodern literary theory trends toward the idea of subjugating original authorial intent for one crafted by the audience. In plain English, the meaning of a work is not what the…
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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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Matt Springer
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Drunk naked lady ventures into water after dark. Shark eats drunk naked lady. Resort town goes nuts. Police chief, oceanographer, and batshit crazy fisherman go after shark. They’re gonna need…
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Ann Logue
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Nailed!: The Improbable Rise and Spectacular Fall of Lenny Dykstra is a tragedy, but it is not a particularly novel one. It’s about an athlete who goes bad after retiring….
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D.X. Ferris
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Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. What’s Slayer gonna do without Jeff? Tell us in the comments section!
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Matt Wardlaw
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Legendary guitarist Peter Frampton spent the past couple of years on the road celebrating the 35th anniversary of his world renowned ’70s live album Frampton Comes Alive, performing the album…
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Keith Creighton
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As part of an ongoing series, POPDOSE explores the positive portrayal of women in pop culture. Last year, we discussed how British teen pop star Cher Lloyd was strangely repackaged…
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Michael Parr
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It’s 11:00 AM on Friday, do you know where your shuffle is?
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Rob Smith
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Rob Smith Can’t Say No to the nouveau classic rock of Leroy Justice.
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D.X. Ferris
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Welcome to Suburban Metal Dad, Popdose’s resident webcomic. Read a new one every Monday and Friday. Click the pic to enlarge. What’s the best advice you ever got from a…
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Ken Shane
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Major Lance, with some help from Curtis Mayfield, scored big in the ’60s.
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Ted Asregadoo
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From the top of the Kiwi music scene in New Zealand, her comes the Popdose Interview with Aaradhna.
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Brian Boone
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In which we look at once common curiosities of pop culture that don’t exist anymore, be it because of changing tastes, the fragmentation of culture, or merely the fickle nature…
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Chris Holmes
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If you were a kid in the ’80s, you wanted one of the playsets in the worst way.
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Popdose Staff
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A super-sized fun-pak to round out Disc 3! #16 Bertie Higgins, ”Key Largo” (1982) Billboard Top Ten; #1 adult contemporary. [youtube id=”Ru2tsT32pHA” width=”600″ height=”350″] Jon Cummings — My secret shame:…
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Jeff Giles
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How the hell do you make a living as an actor, anyway? We have no idea, but Amir Talai seems to be figuring it out.
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Brian Boone
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Downey headlines this week’s Iron Man 3, his fourth outing as the billionaire Robocop. He’s one of the biggest stars in the world and one of our most universally liked…
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Michael Fortes
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Music festival season is upon us! Do you Roo, or do you Hickey?