Guitarist Bill Frisell, the jazz guy, issues a terrific tribute to John Lennon today, titled All We Are Saying. But this isn’t, you know, his first intersection with rock music.
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Buckle your seat belts and please place your trays in the upright position. Here is the review of Pan Am.
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Jack Feerick
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For more than 75 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now Popdose has joined the Kirkus Book Bloggers Network,…
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In A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King, which premieres on TCM Monday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. (ET), Stephen King discusses how he discovered terror at…
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Popdose Staff
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Watch the video for ”Hits Me Like a Rock,” CSS’ infectious summer anthem off their latest album, La Liberacion — which is out now on V2/Cooperative Music USA/Downtown Records. The…
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Michael Fortes
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With a voice as smooth as silk, and a style as distinctive as a Maserati, how is Bay Area indie pop institution Bart Davenport not yet a household name?
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Ken Shane
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Ken Shane recently attended the Rhythm & Roots festival in RI for the first time. He reports on a day of great live music.
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Scott Malchus
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CBS premiered two new series about men with extraordinary talents who are given the opportunity to use those talents not only change their lives for the better, but save and change the lives of strangers, as well.
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Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel reviews the season premiere of “Raising Hope.”
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Jack Feerick
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Twenty years ago, it was possible to be a regional success without breaking out nationally. This is the story of the rise and plateau and eventual fall of Cliffs of Dooneen, a cautionary tale of the perils of influence.
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Dave Steed
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Finally, an album about the Enochian Magick System that’s worth a damn.
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Thursday was ladies night as Popdose looks at three new TV series.
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Zack Dennis
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Last week was heartbreaking for the computer, as its second, third, and fourth-biggest bets all flopped (Minnesota by blowing a 17 point lead in the second half, San Diego by…
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Ken Shane
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When it comes to archival reissues of classic soul music, The Numero Group is setting the bar high with a combination of great taste and brilliant scholarship.
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Simon Cowell is back on television with his latest talent search, The X Factor, and Scott Malchus has the scoop. Meanwhile, Jeff Giles visits the Hamptons and ABC’s latest night time soap opera, Revenge.
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David Allen Jones
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Here we go again with another CoaCSJ, in which I attempt to enlighten and entertain you in regards to recent comics and graphic novel releases, most of which should be…
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Brian Boone
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“Holiday Road” was the theme song of National Lampoon’s Vacation, an insanely popular movie, the kind of ’80s comedy classic that gets run on cable and local stations with a…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Robert Pollard has yet another band. This one’s called Guided By Voices.
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Matt Springer
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It’s nothing more than a short, direct statement on their website, along with a band photo: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we…
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Popdose Staff
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During a career that stretches back to the mid-’80s, Matthew Sweet has never followed trends, though his landmark 1991 album Girlfriend was responsible for starting one—its bone-dry, caterwauling sonics opening…
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Our look at AM Gold: 1964 reaches its respectable conclusion.
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Can Zooey Deschanel’s quirky adorableness translate to the small screen? Does Poppy Montgomery’s return to television stir anyone’s interest? Let’s find out!
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Tony Redman
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Can a male harmony group that was snuffed out mid-coda come back to Earth and make the jump to movies?
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via Spinner: INXS singer J.D. Fortune has been kicked out of the band for the second time in under four years. Fortune replaced original frontman Michael Hutchence after winning the…
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Popdose Staff
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Dw. Dunphy: So, did Leo go the Robert DeNiro route or the Eddie Murphy route (Twinkies v prosthetics)? Kelly Stitzel: I’m not much of a DiCaprio fan and I haven’t…
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Jeff Giles
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They Might Be Giants released their new album, Join Us, July 19th through Idlewild/Rounder Records. On Join Us, the Brooklyn originals have returned to rock and to the singular sensibility…
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Pete Chianca
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It’s a good bet that whoever says there’s no such thing as an original idea — in music or otherwise — has not taken a good close listen to Jonathan…
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Jack Feerick
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Perhaps it’s simply that no band — not even the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band — can constrain an ego a talent as great as that which blesses Sir…