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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Robert Cass
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We did it! More specifically and much less modestly, I did it — I won Tuesday’s election! My victory even got some coverage from Associated Press national political writer Liz…
Jack Feerick
1 Min Read
John Cale – The Streets of Laredo from Honi Soit … (1981, out of print) Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Hoedown from Trilogy (1972) Robbie Robertson with Leah Hicks-Manning –…
Jack Feerick
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Jack Feerick has the deadline blues this week, leading him to publish his first flashback column — a previously unpublished look at “The Biggest Loser.”
Jason Hare
2 Min Read
Join us for a trip back in time — when Art Garfunkel shunned his first name, Cher sang on a horse, and Billy Preston’s afro threatened to take over the world. It’s a 1973 edition of Jason Hare’s CHART ATTACK!
Ken Shane
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Just when you start to think that Rhino is the only company that knows how to do the box set thing, along comes ABKCO Records with their entry in the…
Bob Cashill
1 Min Read
Critics have split over The Men Who Stare at Goats — some find it an amusing military satire, while others reject it as unfunny mush. Which side is Bob Cashill on?
Dw. Dunphy
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In his latest column, Dw. Dunphy wonders why some memories last longer than others — and wonders which ones he’ll eventually be left with.
Jon Cummings
1 Min Read
We may not have John Edwards to kick around anymore — though that hasn’t stopped us from putting the occasional boot into his backside, has it? — but he did…
Ed Murray
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Turns out Indian Wars weren’t just a shameful chapter in our nation’s history — they’re also a kickass Canadian garage punk band, as attested in the latest Lo-Fi Mojo.