Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia After all of yesterday’s drama, this game was bound to be a return to what we expect in the group stage: a perpetual favorite dispatching an overmatched…
Rob Smith
3 Min Read
Singer Ann Wilson powered Heart’s power ballad “Alone.” Rob Smith pays tribute to the song and the voice in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, at Popdose.com.
Michael Fortes
9 Min Read
In a very personal Flashback ’90, Popdose writer Michael Fortes revisits the lows and highs of Cheap Trick’s Busted, song by song.
Dave Lifton
2 Min Read
Germany 4-1 England This is going to be remembered as the game in which the ghosts of 1966 were evoked as payback in this famous rivalry. But even if Frank…
Dave Lifton
3 Min Read
My apologies for the lack of updates over the past few days. As much as I love the World Cup, I was on the verge of becoming a full-on soccer…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
I have a thing for films about a woman’s journey of self-discovery that take place against the backdrop of scenic Italy. There’s Under the Tuscan Sun, the 2003 film based…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
In what many people would have called an unlikely move, Crosby, Stills & Nash invited Neil Young join them in 1969. Their first album together took them to the top of the world.
Robert Cass
5 Min Read
In addition to letting perennial electoral bridesmaid Matt Wardlaw write a chapter of my autobiography in exchange for bailing me out of an Arizona jail, I had to agree to…
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
I have a 1988 Chevy Celebrity station wagon. It was my grandfather’s and it, chronologically, was his last car so there is a lot of history and memories attached to…
Mike Heyliger
1 Min Read
On the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death, Mike Heyliger concludes his four-part guide to Jackson’s music.
Scott Cederlund
5 Min Read
Depending on who you listen to and/or read, the dawning of the digital age of mainstream comics is either the new lifeline the comic industry needs to survive — as…
Scott Malchus
5 Min Read
I have a hammock. Last week, upon returning home from work, I shut off the Jetta and got out of my car, sweating and tired. The side gate was open….
Bob Cashill
3 Min Read
Birds of a feather flock together this week, as I pull from the stacks two recent releases that a) have our feathered friends in their titles, b) are psychological thrillers,…
Scott Malchus
3 Min Read
She’s Out of My League stays true to the romantic comedy formula. Boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl, and then they reunite after a long chase at…
Mike Heyliger
1 Min Read
Mike Heyliger’s tribute to the King of Pop moves into the Jackson 5’s post-Motown era — and some of their greatest success.
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
OK, I admit it. I know fuck-all about Bobby Brown. Week after week I use this space to pontificate about the great soul music of the past. You put up…
Dave Lifton
1 Min Read
Ghana 0-1 Germany Australia 2-1 Serbia The second set of games of the day were no less thrilling – four teams, all of whom were still capable of advancing. The…
Dave Lifton
2 Min Read
United States 1-0 Algeria Slovenia 0-1 England Last night, a friend quoted the speech given by Herb Brooks (as portrayed by Kurt Russell) before the game against the Soviets in…
Mike Heyliger
1 Min Read
Mike Heyliger continues his guide to Michael Jackson’s discography with a look at the King of Pop’s early solo years.
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
It’s another week for the letter B as we take a look at songs that hit the Billboard Rock charts but failed to cross over into the Hot 100 in…
Ken Shane
2 Min Read
As often happens these days, this collection is being released in several formats. This is a review of the standard, two-CD set that has been released in the United States…
David Allen Jones
9 Min Read
Welcome back my friends, to another lame ELP reference…oh, and Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I attempt to spotlight several recent works of sequential graphic storytelling that…
Dave Lifton
3 Min Read
It’s tough to follow two games simultaneously. Over the years I’ve found that the best way for me to do this is to put the game I want to see…
Scott Malchus
2 Min Read
Memphis Beat is missing something. The latest nighttime drama from TNT premieres tonight at 10 PM (ET). It’s yet another cop procedural show, this one set in Memphis, TN, a…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
At this point, the Roots have been around long enough — and have been accruing glowing reviews long enough — that there are two kinds of hardcore music lovers: Those…
Mike Heyliger
1 Min Read
On the eve of the first anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death, Mike Heyliger begins his look back at the King of Pop’s discography.
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
If this was June of 2006 and you told me that Vince Neil had a solo record out, honestly I wouldn’t have cared less. Although there were parts of MÁ¶tley…
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
For his latest Mix Six, Ted Asregadoo gets all mushy and stuff. What is this, Valentine’s Day?
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Eminem’s always been a pretty cranky guy, and releasing a couple of subpar records hasn’t improved his mood, so it’s easy to understand — and almost forgive — the case…
Dave Lifton
2 Min Read
Portugal 7-0 North Korea Before North Korea’s opening game against Brazil, a friend retweeted something from someone he followed. The other person asked if it was OK to root for…