Kenny Rogers takes a break from his busy plastic surgery schedule to record yet another Christmas album, and all of us are poorer for it.
Ken Shane
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With a new manager hired to make the Beach Boys back relevant again, the band’s 1971 album “Surf’s Up” proved to be a powerful artistic statement.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Because when you’re calling yourselves the New Monkees, you might as well just go ahead and sing Christmas lyrics over one of your songs.
Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel closes out 2010 with one of her favorite Soundtrack Saturday columns ever about the classic romantic comedy, When Harry Met Sally. We hope you’ll have what she’s having.
Robert Cass
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A new Chicago stage production combines the first two movies of the “Alien” franchise with the music of Queen.
Popdose Staff
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The Internet moves fast. Here’s a fond look back at our favorite links from the last seven days: Games beat books 2:1 on Kindle‘s sales chart [Kotaku] More than 2/3…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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What if “The First Noel” happened at a Hot Topic in Orange County? Today, the dorks in Eve 6 give us their “Very Special” answer.
Bob Cashill
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Bob Cashill says movies weren’t just a laughing matter for the director of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “The Pink Panther,” and “Victor Victoria.”
David Allen Jones
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Yep, like the title says, it’s time for me to do that list-making thing that we internet pundits do so love to do. And, as I always have done on…
Michael Parr
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The Popdose staff continues to countdown their favorite records of 2010. Join Michael Parr as he lists his top 12.
Zack Dennis
10 Min Read
I’m very sorry for taking such a long time last week to get my picks posted. You see, I was in Mammoth on Sunday night and the mountain got 12-16″…
Michael Fortes
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From the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, Michael Fortes runs through his top picks for the best albums of 2010.
Jeff Giles
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Today, the Kidz Bop delinquents invade Mellowmas and desecrate a holiday classic.
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
In 1967, Stevie Wonder co-wrote a classic song of romantic longing, but it remained largely unknown until the Queen of Soul released her smash cover in 1973.
Mike Heyliger
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Mike Heyliger counts down his favorite ten albums of the past year with a list that includes a Barenaked Lady, a Band of Horses, a little Kanye and a whole lot of ?uestlove.
Will Harris
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I don’t even know why I’m here, frankly. I think it’s pretty well documented that all I do these days is write about television and interview people for Bullz-Eye ’til…
Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel discusses some of her favorite albums of 2010.
Matt Wardlaw
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I’m not gonna lie, I was shocked to find out that Alabama actually played concerts outside of Alabama….that is, at least one time in Salt Lake City where they played…
Jeff Johnson
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25 years ago, with the U.S. release of Brazil, director Terry Gilliam took on a major Hollywood studio and won.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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The mood is right and the spirit’s up — or at least they were until we heard this double dose of “Wonderful Christmastime” covers.
Ken Shane
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Leave it to the enigmatic Ryan Adams to release one of the year’s best albums after most year-end lists are already put to bed.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a look at the letter M on the Billboard rock charts and features Ziggy Marley and Richard Marx. Yeah, M’s not starting out too well.
Pete Chianca
1 Min Read
Leave it to British folk-rock rebel Frank Turner to come in under the wire for 2010 with Rock & Roll, a five-song EP that offers 17 of the most compelling…
Bob Cashill
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Tis the season for awards, nominations, and citations. As he makes his own list Bob Cashill separates the naughty (“Black Swan”) from the nice, including an uncloseted Jim Carrey.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a look two new metal releases from DarkBlack and Journal.
Mark Feldman
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Part 9: Beatles In Space (1985) Before we begin, I’d like to give a special thanks to Dw. Dunphy for his amazing Photoshopped album covers. We saw one last time…
Mike Heyliger
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Eric Benet could go on to win 10 Grammys, save a boatload of drowning children and win the Nobel Peace Prize, but to most people, he will forever live in…
David Medsker
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The vote that determined which albums would make Popdose’s Top 20 albums of 2010 made one thing abundantly clear: everyone should stop listening to me. I am so far out…