Popdose’s Rob Smith “Can’t Say No” to reader requests. This time out, he gets his teeny-bopper on with Shaun Cassidy’s 1979 live album.
Sarah Gupta
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Sunday morning we slept in again–the hallmark of a true luxury vacation when you’re a parent. Miraculously, the snow had stopped, so we had a beautiful walk to our first…
Jason Hare
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Back in August, we here at Popdose were happy to run a contest sponsored by DKNY, featuring their DKNY Be Delicious fragrance. As I said back then, I love the…
Jack Feerick
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In a Flashback ’90 twofer, Jack Feerick looks back on two albums connected in more ways than one.
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: A beautiful musical that played on Broadway for a short time in 2004, this off-off-Broadway production does it justice for a mere $18 a ticket. The Gallery Players,…
Kelly Stitzel
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Bringing together the combined might of Alias and Timothy B. Schmit, it’s a long-lost soundtrack classic from the early ’90s!
Ken Shane
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A meadow. Sheep. A wild-eyed man with torn britches playing the flute whilst standing on one leg. All of those images occurred to me when I listened to the new…
Robert Cass
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A few weeks ago, concerned (i.e. nosy, spiteful, possibly dating archnemesis Matt Wardlaw) citizen-journalist Annie Zaleski leaked a letter I wrote, one that would let all of my constituents know…
Dw. Dunphy
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So you might be asking yourself, where the bloody ‘ell is the bleedin’ Friday Mixtape? This is bollocks! Well, never you fear. Your web browser of choice has not failed…
Jack Feerick
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Comedienne Kathy Griffin takes as her great subject the foibles of Hollywood celebrity culture. Part of the kick of Griffin’s TV show Life on the D-List and her stand-up routine…
Jason Hare
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Join us for Episode 6 of the Popdose Podcast, where Jeff Giles, Dave Lifton and Jason Hare celebrate Black History Month in their own unique way — featuring very special guest Mike Heyliger!
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor was correct in both of the games last week, going 2-0, but unfortunately it wasn’t confident enough in either pick to wager any money, so it’s take for the…
Ken Shane
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Bill Withers released his last album in 1985. After a relatively brief but hit-filled career, he walked away. Frustrated by the efforts of the so-called “blaxperts” at Columbia Records to…
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…
Scott Malchus
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Sarah Silverman and her friends return tonight in the season 3 premiere of The Sarah Silverman Program (10:30 PM, Comedy Central). I can’t think of many female comedians who specialize…
Dw. Dunphy
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We are fast approaching yet another Valentine’s Day and the endless stream of invectives that seem to follow it like sea gulls after garbage trucks, and the taunts of “Hallmark…
Matt Wardlaw
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The Beach Boys were old(er) and struggling to remain relevant in the late ’70s. Luckily (or not) for them, the tape was rolling to capture it all.
Jeff Giles
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has always been rooted in tradition, and at this point, the group is a tradition itself — to the point that quite a few of…
Jeff Johnson
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Sunday’s big game has Jeff Johnson thinking about an underappreciated mid-’70s thriller from John Frankenheimer and Thomas “Hannibal” Harris.
Scott Malchus
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The email came on a Thursday morning, as I sat at my desk, waking up. My friend, Nancy, was running the Santa Monica half marathon in three days and she…
Bob Cashill
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1984 was a great year for foreign-language and independent cinema in the U.S. Off the top of my head I can recall seeing the following at Chicago’s Fine Arts Theater,…
Ben Wiser
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Skullflower: Strange Keys to Untune God’s Firmament (Neurot) Strange Keys to Untune God’s Firmament is the latest offering from cult noise band Skullflower – one of several ongoing projects of…
Jason Hare
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Here at Popdose, we’re proud to say we’re both growers and showers: as our roster of ever-phenomenal writers (writing ever-phenomenal stories) increases, so does our popularity within the blogosphere. And…
Robin Monica Alexander
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What’s a cave bear, and how many to a clan? We aren’t sure, but after reading Robin Monica Alexander’s latest column, we want to learn.
Dave Steed
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Bottom Feeders has reached the letter T, which means lots and lots of … the Temptations?
Jeff Giles
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On the surface, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man looks so soft and pale that it might as well have been created out of fresh Wonder Bread. The musical tale of…
Scott Malchus
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I have never been to New York City, so I can not refute any of the criticisms I’ve read about New York, I Love You, a collection of short films…
Kelly Stitzel
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“A long time ago there were dinosaurs, and dinosaurs loved making music.” —Yusef Quotah, on how his band, You, You’re Awesome, got started I don’t think I’ve ever been more…
Ann Logue
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February 2 is Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney and Election Day in Illinois. We have a lot of hot contests here in the state because our governor, who took office after…
Scott Malchus
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Emmylou Harris burst on to the music world when the late Gram Parsons brought her into his band. Over the course of two albums and an endless number of tour…