I’ve written previously about the novelty group Big Daddy. In case you’ve slept since then, here’s the concept for the band: While on a USO tour of Southeast Asia in…
Ben Wiser
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I’m sure by now everyone is aware that Ronnie James Dio was diagnosed with stomach cancer in November. He is currently recovering from chemotherapy at home and recently posted a…
Robin Monica Alexander
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Like many of you, I went out to the movies during the holidays. Maybe we saw some of the same films…Avatar, right? Sherlock Holmes? And despite the protests of hipsters…
Dw. Dunphy
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Flint Lockwood is a good inventor with poor judgment. He can make spray-on shoes and a monkey-English translator, but why? Even when he hits upon a useful invention, it all…
Rob Smith
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Popdose’s Rob Smith wants YOUR input for his new column, “Rob Smith Can’t Say No.” Send him your musical suggestions — anything you want — and he has to listen. Ready, set, go!
Dw. Dunphy
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I am a bald, neurotic person with poor social skills and an equally dismal amount of self-esteem. It is only logical that I see so much of myself in the…
Dave Steed
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Ssssssssssssstop the relentless surge of Bottom Feeders songs by artists whose names begin with the letter S, you say? Never! Here are more singles that charted below #40 on the…
Ann Logue
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When I was a kid, I had to listen to whatever the DJ picked. One of the odder decade-end lists was Nielsen’s list of the most-played singles on radio between…
Jeff Giles
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Released during the late ’90s wave of teen comedies, 10 Things I Hate About You wasn’t really seen as anything special at the time (Greg Muskewitz of eFilmCritic asked, “How…
Ed Murray
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Despite the fact that it’s a band that’s been plying its craft for 25 years, mention the name Blue Rodeo to anyone other than a music blogger-journalist, and you’ll most…
Dw. Dunphy
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Cinematic Titanic is the banner name for comedy writers Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Mary Jo Pehl and J. Elvis Weinstein, all formerly of the cult television series Mystery…
Dw. Dunphy
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Dave Stevens was not known for being particularly good with deadlines. Just as he occasionally pitched in for other comic artist friends, he required assists as well, and for good…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Happy New Year, Mix Sixers! Last week, I was enthralled with some bands that I hope will be big this year, but something happened on…
Jeff Giles
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I’ll say this going in: I’ve never much cared for Depeche Mode. Over time, I’ve developed a sort of bemused appreciation for their longterm success, but that’s mainly because I…
Michael Parr
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Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep…
Anthony Hansen
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Being a bit of an album fetishist (as many dyed-in-the-wool music geeks are, I imagine), I’m no stranger to occasional impulse purchase – especially if it’s cheap. Here in my…
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith ponders the connection between reality TV and Alias’ classic power ballad “More than Words Can Say” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad.
Dw. Dunphy
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When last we left Arthur Dent, he had arrived on planet Earth once again, now fully aware not only of Magrathea’s planet-building capacities but of multiple dimensions with multiple Earths….
Popdose Staff
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The Popdose staff rings in the new year with a selection of classic opening moments from our favorite songs, movies, and books.
Ken Shane
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Todd Rundgren is one of rock’s great auteurs. Along with artists like Emmit Rhodes, Paul McCartney, and Prince, Rundgren has the ability to put together entire albums on his own….
Matt Wardlaw
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Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into…
Jeff Giles
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Spend any amount of time on film-buff sites, and you’re liable to hear the words “Sam Rockwell” and “underrated” come up fairly often. Though our own Bob Cashill has pegged…
Ted Asregadoo
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Bottom Line: Very few will walk away from this production without a smile on their face. Wicked is a Tony Award winning musical that, for all its Broadway accolades and…
Zack Dennis
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The spread for the Buffalo game is -8.5. Yeah. A 5-10 team is an 8.5 point favorite over a 14-1 one. So of course Gamblor thinks this spread is about…
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes closes the book on Parlour to Parlour in 2009 with a look back at the year-long journey and a show of thanks to all who lent a hand along the way.
Dave Steed
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It’s the final Bottom Feeders of 2009! We’ll end ’09 and start ’10 the same way — with more artists whose names begin with the letter S and songs that…
Ken Shane
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In June of 1967, the Zombies entered EMI’s Abbey Road studios to record their masterpiece, Odessey & Oracle. Earlier that year, the Beatles had recorded their own masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper,…
Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes concludes the Parlour to Parlour journey with a family reunion and some metal shredding in, of all places, the south of France!