If you had to go away for awhile and you could only take five of your favorite albums with you, which ones would you choose? Yes, we know it isn’t…
Mark Feldman
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Part 10: Fab (1989) I’ve been waiting to write this one for a long time. In the late 80s, as most of us probably remember, the 60s became cool again. …
Scott Malchus
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NBC really blew it when they let this one go and kudos to TNT, which has established itself as a legitimate rival to the big four, for snatching the show up last winter and renewing it for a third season despite its struggle in the ratings. Time and again Southland grips your heart and then delivers a knockout blow that has you catching your breath by the hour’s end.
Popdose Staff
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The Popdose staff gathers to pay tribute to one of Hollywood’s most prolific — and highly respected — character actors.
Scott Cederlund
5 Min Read
Since the days that Stan Lee first wrote him back in the early 1960s, The Mighty Thor as always been a brash and boisterous character. Â He was a thunder god…
Bob Cashill
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Just how depressing are the “holiday movies” that have lingered into the new year? Film Editor Bob Cashill tests for gloom as the star of Blue Valentine and All Good Things, Ryan Gosling, anxiously awaits results.
Scott Malchus
6 Min Read
Last year I began to reevaluate my life (that happens when you turn 40) and the pursuit of the dream I had as a boy. What was it about those movies that captured my heart? Was it the movies themselves? Was it the people I was with? Was it some thematic element that I associated with? More importantly, could I ever go back to that place again?
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
WAKEY WAKEY!! It’s almost noon (eastern standard time), the streamers streamed, the fireworks worked (with fire!), and the punch is, egad, still punching. Here then is an impromptu mini-mixtape to…
Popdose Staff
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“This list makes me sad.” – Kelly Stitzel It started off as a good idea, doing a special FNV highlighting the top 100 of 2001, what will be ten years…
Popdose Staff
6 Min Read
2011 is only hours away now. For some of us, the past year was a reevaluation of priorities, for others a positive sea change. For many, it was a hard…
Jack Feerick
1 Min Read
There was an odd cultural moment about twenty years ago when veterans of the 1970s rock avant-garde started showing up in an unexpected place — the pop charts. That old…
Robert Cass
3 Min Read
Music-derived chills, or “skin orgasms,” are experienced by certain personality types, especially during the holidays. Robert Cass goes up close and waaaay too personal to introduce readers to this phenomenon.
Popdose Staff
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Molly Marinik – I am always pleased when theater gets to stand in line with the pop culture stories of the day. It affirms its relevance and makes me feel…
Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel shares tracks from the remaining 30 albums on her Best of 2010 list.
Matt Wardlaw
2 Min Read
Sad news came out of Austin this week that Bill Maddox, longtime drummer for Eric Johnson, had passed away after a fatal shooting at his home. (You can find additional coverage here.)…
Popdose Staff
5 Min Read
There are events, items and personalities that become so absorbed in the culture, it is hard to believe they weren’t always there. Let’s take a brief stroll down memory lane…
Zack Dennis
9 Min Read
UPDATE: The lines have moved a bit – check the table at the top for any changes (they won’t be reflected in the capsules; it’s too much trouble to edit…
Matt Springer
1 Min Read
The exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s alternate career continues with a revisionist take on his 1980 epic The River.
Ann Logue
2 Min Read
It seems strange that the purveyors of sexy clothes for relatively upmarket teenagers would want to be associated with a relatively downmarket spot.
Pete Chianca
1 Min Read
Popdose teams up with world-renowned CAP News for a look at the most important pop culture stories of the past year. February: Stern Gets Ellen, Kara DioGuardi to Kiss at…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
In 1964, Bessie Banks released the great soul ballad “Go Now.” Before her version had a chance to climb the charts, the Moody Blues had it covered in a big way.
Robert Cass
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Louie Louie’s “Sittin’ in the Lap of Luxury” was one of the best singles of 1990, but what about the rest of his debut album?
Dw. Dunphy
2 Min Read
If there was an event in this passing year that I wish I could have attended, it would have been the “classic” lineup reunion tour of Guided By Voices. This…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
The American (Focus Features, 2010) That’s a pissed-looking George Clooney with a gun on the cover, so The American must be a pulse-pounding spy thriller, right? Wrong, suckas! Director Anton…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
Versionality is back! Kelly Stitzel discusses one of her favorite songs, “She’s Got You,” and the many covers done of this Patsy Cline hit.
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
Dave Steed looks back on more minor rock hits from Eddie Money, Molly Hatchet, Men at Work and his favorite, Steve Miller.
Matthew Boles
1 Min Read
It’s Styxmas in Bootleg City, which means lots of heartfelt yet bombastic pop-rock caroling, tons of Mr. Roboto action figures under the tree, and a bootleg from October 31, 1981.
Dave Steed
2 Min Read
Wanna make your New Year’s Eve party one to remember? Try playing one of these new metal discs as the background music. No one will come next year but no one will ever forget either.
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Stacie Collins, Sometimes Ya Gotta… The cover might look like a rejected panel from Marvel Comics Goes to the Rodeo, but there’s nothing cartoonish about Stacie Collins’ Sometimes Ya Gotta……
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Willy Porter & Carpe Diem, Live at BoMA While you’re busy making New Year’s resolutions, here’s one worth adding to the list: acquaint yourself with the music of Willy Porter,…