When Alex Chilton died, it left a gaping hole in the hearts of music fans everywhere. The Popdose staff remembers Chilton’s life, music, and legacy.
Dw. Dunphy
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
Dw. Dunphy
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These things start in the damndest places. During our chat room set up for the recent Oscars telecast, the topic moved to horror films. I have a broad opinion of…
Jon Cummings
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We’re supposedly just three days away from the final House votes on health care, and still nobody’s sure how it’s going to go. If you listen to Fox News, there’s…
Matt Wardlaw
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I’ll freely admit that the first time that I saw Dave Brubeck, I really had no idea what a treat I was in for. Out of all of the music…
Scott Malchus
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Living Colour are a band I wouldn’t have invested in if it weren’t for Steve. In ’88 and ’89, I’m sure I would have latched on to their funky metal…
Jeff Johnson
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With Tron Legacy on the horizon, Jeff Johnson looks back on the cult classic 1982 original.
Bob Cashill
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One of the few upsets at this year’s tepid Academy Awards was Precious beating Up in the Air for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film had won scripting awards from the…
Ted Asregadoo
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Ted Asregadoo’s been drinking a lot lately, but it’s okay, because it’s for work.
Tony Redman
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What happens when you get Way Out…in barbershop harmony?
Ben Wiser
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This week in Test of the Boomerang, Ben Wiser wishes a happy 70th birthday to Dead legend Phil Lesh.
Zack Dennis
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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Zack Dennis puts together a collection of Irish drinking songs to match the stories in James Joyce’s Dubliners.
Jeff Vrabel
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Full disclosure: I don’t know much about J-Stache, because I am 100% straight up Team Daryl Hall till I die, WHUT. Yes yes, I get the whole ironic revisionist John…
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed tackles the letter V this week, running down minor hits from Luther Vandross, Randy VanWarmer, and…Bobby Vinton?
David Allen Jones
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Time once more for Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I attempt to spotlight several works of sequential graphic storytelling that I find noteworthy and think you might…
Anthony Hansen
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It seems only appropriate, in the wake of ex-System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian’s newly released Elect the Dead Symphony, that the next album in my lineup of bargain…
Tony Redman
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Chances are, even if you’ve never seen an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or MST3K for short), you still know the basic concept: bad guys shoot a good guy…
Ann Logue
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Sick of springing forward and falling back? Ann Logue breaks down the numbers and says Daylight Savings Time is worse than just an inconvenience.
Nikki Vanasse
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Ah, the wonders of Facebook. I never attended any of my high school reunions (that means I’m 0 for 5), so when I connected with a few of my girls…
Ken Shane
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The power trio has had a long and glorious history in the annals of rock and roll. The simple, but often explosive blend of electric guitar, bass, and drums is…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The theme of America in popular music has run the gamut of idealized notions of a land where one can pursue one’s dreams, to a…
Scott Malchus
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Old Dogs, the latest family comedy from Walt Disney Pictures, certainly lives up to its title. The jokes and situations are tired and have been seen hundreds of times in…
Robin Monica Alexander
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The recent rash of celebrity deaths has Robin Monica Alexander thinking of River Phoenix’s untimely demise.
Michael Parr
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Think you know your cover art? Come test your knowledge in this week’s Cover Me with Michael Parr.
Rob Smith
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Try as he might, Rob Smith Can’t Say No to recordings of mid-20th century Jewish-American comedian Benny Bell.
Mike Heyliger
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Twenty years after this Public Enemy classic was released, Mike Heyliger reflects on its legacy — and laments mainstream hip-hop’s turn away from social consciousness.
Scott Malchus
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Boston Legal, that fast-paced and irreverent series created by the famed David E. Kelly (The Practice, Ally McBeal) has joined the lineup on TV Land, airing five nights a week…
Bob Cashill
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Note to self: Sentiment outranks everything else when picking a Best Foreign Language Film winner in the Oscar pool. I’m not-so-secretly pleased that the stone-cold, auteurist-approved White Ribbon didn’t blue-ribbon…
Molly Marinik
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The cast of the new Kander-and-Ebb musical The Scottsboro Boys (photo: Carol Rosegg) BOTTOM LINE: I haven’t been this moved by a piece of theatre in a very, very, very…
Ken Shane
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In 1979, following an acrimonious divorce from Mercury Records, Graham Parker & the Rumour released an album that would become a rock and roll classic.