This album and band brings out my innermost old codger (which isn’t nearly as inner as it should be), because it has me telling days-of-yore stories about what music geeks…
Zack Dennis
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Two years ago, after being introduced to the computer program MATLAB at work, I conceived the brilliant plan of writing a computer program to pick the winners of football games…
Dave Steed
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Don’t be alarmed, baby — that tingling you’re feeling isn’t herpes. It’s time for another installment of Bottom Feeders, and this time, Ray Parker, Jr. is here to give it that little extra mmmmm.
Scott Malchus
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Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete Second and Final Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD You may not recall, but there were two “rich folks with problems” TV shows…
Robert Cass
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Four years ago GRP/Verve released Best of George Benson Live, recorded at a concert the veteran jazz guitarist and singer gave in Belfast, Ireland, in 2000. The set drew mainly…
Michael Fortes
1 Min Read
This week’s episode of Parlour to Parlour captures some of the excitement in the air as the energetic L.A. band The Happy Hollows were preparing for an appearance at Austin’s South by Southwest festival and feverishly working on recordings for their debut full-length album, Spells.
Robert Cass
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Maxwell. Boston. Free Priority Access tickets. Need we say more? Click to enter the contest from Popdose, Samsung, and AT&T!
Ann Logue
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Having too many dudes around can be a terrible problem — especially on a cultural level, as explored in the latest edition of Ann Logue’s Numberscruncher.
John C. Hughes
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That isn’t a dog whistle you hear — it’s that chick in the leotard over there. She’s Kate Bush, and this week, John C. Hughes is Lost in the ’80s with her.
Jeff Johnson
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Remakes are all the rage in Hollywood these days, and “rage” is the popular filmgoer response to most of them — but as Jeff Johnson points out in his latest Revival House, a remake isn’t always a bad thing.
Mojo Flucke
1 Min Read
There’s no ticket from this show to scan; I was just one of the guys on the guest list. Turns out that when this band came to the Iron Horse…
Bob Cashill
1 Min Read
Back in the day, I spent part of every summer in the vicinity of the Seaside Heights amusement park on the Jersey Shore. The log flume, the Tilt-A-Whirl, the Himalaya…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Gigantic (2009, Vivendi Entertainment) Purchase this DVD from Amazon Matt Aselton’s film Gigantic is a quirky little movie with a great deal of charm and plenty of heart. Eccentric would…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD The hospital sitcom Scrubs pulled off something rare in the television industry last year: It jumped networks, from…
Dw. Dunphy
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Sometimes criticizing a recording is easy. It’s just like pulling a trigger. You’ve heard the songs, you dislike the songs and you know exactly why. Sometimes it’s extremely difficult, especially…
Jeff Vrabel
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Jeff Vrabel is back on his Steel Horse again, and this time, he’s taking us back to a power ballad that arrived just in time for the death of hair metal.
David Medsker
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Cover Me has now used over 1,000 album covers! And truth be told, I’m running out. Cover Me will continue, but don’t be surprised if it takes a few…breaks. Below…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Do these seem like nice fellows? Don’t be fooled — they’re horsemen of a musical apocalypse. Read all about it in the latest senses-shattering edition of Earmageddon!
Rob Smith
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It’s time for more unsolicited career advice from Don Skwatzenschitz, and this week, he’s trying to help a furloughed Soldier of Love.
Matchup Monkey
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When I conceived this post, I had actually planned to broaden the category to “Demolition” so I could include classics like AC/DC’s “TNT” and the Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the…
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane has emerged from those dusty crates again, and this time, he’s getting down and getting funky.
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
This isn’t just another episode of Soundtrack Saturday, it’s a major slime-related pshychokinetic event!
Robert Cass
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It’s rare that I get a chance to talk to the artists whose music I steal each week, so when the opportunity arises I seize it. Recently, word got out…
Jack Feerick
1 Min Read
Prince – Cinnamon Girl from Musicology (2004) The Chemical Brothers with Tim Burgess – The Boxer from Push the Button (2005) Echo and the Bunnymen – Stormy Weather from Siberia…
Robert Cass
3 Min Read
Sequels! Adaptations! Ill-advised remakes! It’s gotten so it’s hard to tell what’s a real movie in development and what’s a story in The Onion — and that’s where our quiz comes in.
Lance Berry
1 Min Read
The new “comedy” Post Grad has just opened, and unhhhh”¦ Sorry”¦almost dozed off there, a degenerative side effect from watching this movie. It seems almost impossible that with such notable…
Jason Hare
1 Min Read
Tired of smelling like a sweaty gorilla’s ass? Well, now you can Be Delicious — for free! — thanks to a new Popdose Contest sponsored by DKNY.
Matthew Bolin
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Break out your umbrellas, ladies — Matthew Bolin is back with a new column, and he’s brought R. Kelly with him.
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
What’s a Xymox? Ask John C. Hughes, who’s Lost in the ’90s with the band’s “Cure-inspired danceable goth” this week.
Mojo Flucke
1 Min Read
Mojo Flucke is back, and this week, he’s pouring us a Cold Shot of James Booker. Drink up!