There’s a killer on the loose in Melrose Place! Beware! The ’90s hit soap is back, this time on the CW, which seems to be mining the previous decade for…
If it’s Wednesday, it must be Way Out, and this week Tony Redman is going wayyyyyyyyyyyy out. (Get it? Ayyyyy? Ah, screw you people.)
Jeff Johnson has returned for another spectacular edition of Revival House, and this time, he’s pointing you in the direction of some terrific bonus material you’ve probably never even accessed.
Two years after his untimely death, Dan Fogelberg has a new album out, which leaves Jeff Giles throwing common courtesy to the wind and asking: You Again?
David Medsker is back with another mix of those block rockin’ beats, featuring remixes of tracks by Scritti Politti, Kool Moe Dee, Roxette, and more.
Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders moves into week two of the letter P, which means it’s time for some mushy country rock, Mr. Pointer, and some hellishly awful Christian rock. We can’t wait!
September 16, 1987, is a Wednesday. A front-page story in the New York Times details the growing plagiarism scandal surrounding Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, who is chairman of the Senate…
Well, Week One of the 2009 NFL season is on the books. How did Zack Dennis’ computer model handle the picks — and what does it say about this week?
The new Works Progress Administration album is the sort of musical collaboration that should be encouraged. The core of WPA consists of Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), Sean Watkins…
This probably isn’t the best week for a Kanye West protege to drop his debut full-length album, but don’t feel too badly for Kid Cudi — with a couple of…
Episode 10 marks a couple of big firsts for me. This was the occasion of my first visit to Seattle, which was surprisingly sunny and blue-sky laden in spite of…
To Hollywood’s credit, there’ve been a lot of female-focused thriller/horror films coming out lately. It’s almost as if production studios in La-La Land have suddenly realized there’s a feminine demographic…
With pure obviousness, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that median household income in the United States fell to $50,303 in 2008, a 3.6 percent decline from 2007. Adjusted for inflation,…
I hate Jay Leno so much. Like most hatreds, my feelings for Leno are irrational. I mean, yes, he pretty much empirically sucks, but his brand of humor is so…
II. Kromrod the Fierce wiped the blood from his massive broadsword. The chill fog of the Northern Wastes cleared the fetid dungeon air from his senses. He adjusted his loin…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE One of the lost arts of being a radio DJ is the art of mixing records. Nothing too pre-planned, mind you — just starting with…
Professor John Young takes us through the long arc of KISStory in this Popdose Guide to KISS
As you may recall, last week I wrote about a very fine Black Crowes show that took place at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. The show was part of…
It’s been so long that I can’t remember where I first read it anymore, but there’s an old parable about a village wise man who meets with three couples, each…
The Rules: MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of…
You know the joke, “It might look like i’m doing nothing, but at the cellular level I’m really quite busy”? Bruce Hornsby’s post-1990 career is a little like that. As…
Sixties nostalgia is a curious thing–make-a one man weep, make another man sing. Tom Scholz–the guitarist/mastermind/evil genius behind Seventies arena rock behemoth Boston–is one of those people for whom the…
With the newly Sony-minted Essential Janis Ian collection on the shelves and a truly impressive body of work behind her, Janis Ian had plenty to discuss with Jon Cummings in their Popdose Interview.
Jim O’Rourke is either a master provocateur or just plain infuriating; it all depends on how you feel about his career as a whole. If you liked his experimental acoustic…
Brothers and Sisters: The Complete Third Season (2009, ABC/Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD ABC’s durable drama Brothers and Sisters hit some road bumps in its third season. After a…
It’s time once again for MTV to roll out the red carpet and congratulate the few artists who were able to penetrate its wall of reality programming and score what passes for a video hit!
How does a family cope when one of them is about to die? Molly Marinik explores their absurdly inappropriate methods in her review of the off-off-Broadway play The Bereaved.
Welcome, fans of the Vampire Diaries!Á‚ In episode 3, the closing moments of the show featured a cover of the classic New Order songÁ‚ “Temptation,” as envisioned by Moby and…
A famous occurrence found its way into Woody Allen’s film Manhattan. The director has just explained all the artistic allusion and metaphor in his latest work, pouring over details and…
