Beginning this Sunday night, AMC will be asking you to invest six hours of your television viewing time, over the course of three nights, in their remake of the iconic…
Jon Cummings
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Ever since Al Franken parked his rear end in the Democrats’ 60th U.S. Senate seat, the conventional wisdom has held that no matter how much of a fuss the Republicans…
Jason Miller
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With contradictory reports about the future of Aerosmith in the news — and at least a decade of lousy albums ringing in his ears — Jason Miller is giving up. Or not.
Mojo Flucke
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Mike Bloomfield’s second album has received the digital reissue treatment, and Mojo Flucke revels in the “classic 1970s R&B and funk stew.”
Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus gets fast and loud in this week’s Basement Songs, wishing his son a happy birthday to the strains of a Rock Band favorite.
Zack Dennis
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UPDATE 2: The half-point movement in the Monday night game has convinced Gamblor to put down a small ($5.12) hedge bet on the Cleveland Browns. UPDATE: The biggest news is…
Dave Lifton
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Bruce Springsteen’s fans, including two Popdose contributors, tell the story of The Boss’ legendary 1978 Darkness On The Edge Of Town album and tour.
Bob Cashill
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The extras-rich Criterion Collection version of Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire (1987) is perfectly timed to seize the moment. The subject of the film is dividing lines—between fallible humans and…
Zack Dennis
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On the cusp of Week 10 in the 2009 NFL season, Zack Dennis pauses to reflect on the performance of his game-calling supercomputer, Gamblor.
Tony Redman
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Tony Redman has taken us to some way-out places before, but this week’s album — which follows a guitar-playing elephant into space — is WAY way out.
Jeff Johnson
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In space, no one can hear you scream — unless you’re Bill Shatner yelling at Ricardo Montalban, in which case it’ll just keep on echoing forever.
David Medsker
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They’ve mostly been forgotten in the US, but ABC is one of David Medsker’s favorite bands — and their 1985 remixes are perfect for this week’s installment of White Label Wednesday.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed’s incredible Bottom Feeders reaches the letter S this week, which means it’s time to say goodbye to you and hello to some early ’80s Patty Smyth.
Ken Shane
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You know the scene. Hell, if you grew up in a certain era, it’s practically tattooed on your eyelids. Lloyd Dobler (deftly played by John Cusack) stands in the driveway…
Ken Shane
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The Airmen and the Headhunters is the most recent entry in the PBS series Secrets of the Dead, which has been running for nine years on the network. The documentary…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
As a longtime Monty Python fanatic, I’ve often heard of the legendary Fawlty Towers, the British sitcom John Cleese co-created and starred in after Flying Circus had gone off the…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Daniel Nester is the type of author anyone who frequents Popdose should be reading. His essays and prose contain much of the same humorous, sometimes smartass attitude that you readers…
Michael Fortes
1 Min Read
In Episode 18 of Parlour to Parlour, Michael Fortes chats up Bill Spooner, former singer/guitarist and co-founder of the legendary San Francisco band The Tubes.
Ann Logue
1 Min Read
The death spiral of the newspaper industry has been well documented — but the once-proud comics section has been struggling for some time now. Ann Logue surveys the damage in her latest column.
Jeff Giles
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Trends may change and empires may crumble, but at least one thing always seems to stay the same: Bon goddamn Jovi can’t take a dump without it coming out platinum….
Rob Smith
1 Min Read
It’s rather pointless to review an AC/DC box set—you either love the band and have the thing already ordered or on your Christmas list, or you’re not going to bother….
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
For the follow up to her fine 2007 album Lullagoodbye, Taylor Mills has once against enlisted the help of her Brian Wilson Band colleague Scott Bennett, as well as her…
Ted Asregadoo
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Ted Asregadoo offers a musical rain dance to the stingy Californian weather gods with a Mix Six featuring songs from R.E.M., Roxy Music, and Paramore.
Jeff Giles
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Once upon a time, fashioning an action epic movie took more than just a big budget — it required some real imagination, not just to come up with the ideas…
David Medsker
1 Min Read
It’s time once again to test your knowledge of album artwork with David Medsker’s brain-busting bi-weekly quiz, Cover Me!
Rob Smith
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What happens when three hairy Texans get sensitive? “Rough Boy.” It may not have lived up to its title in any way, but Rob Smith has a soft spot for ZZ Top’s contribution to the artform of the power ballad.
Anthony Hansen
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Though he doesn’t get much love here at Popdose, Lou Reed has earned a spot in many of rock and roll’s hardest hearts. A whole generation of New York musicians…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
On November 9, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, PBS in New York (check your local listings for date and time in your…
Molly Marinik
1 Min Read
BOTTOM LINE: A cleverly written story about five unique people in an acting class. First-rate performances and a touching script make for a quality night of theatre that’s not to…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
Kelly Stitzel takes us home for the holidays with this week’s Soundtrack Saturday, and serves helpings of Rufus Wainwright, Bing Crosby, and Luna to go with the gloomy late-’90s ensemble drama The Myth of Fingerprints.