Last week, I went to a security analysts’ luncheon featuring John Bogle, the retired founder of the mutual fund company Vanguard Group. Bogle didn’t have nice things to say about…
John C. Hughes
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The recent release of a cleaned up and remastered Ultravox greatest hits compilation (including a bonus DVD with all the Midge Ure-era videos) got me thinking about how much I…
Steven Rosen
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In this week’s edition of Caught on Tape, Steven Rosen looks back at the time he interviewed — and threw food at — Joe Perry and Aerosmith.
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE On paper, it sounds like a moneymaking formula: take individual members from successful bands, put them together in a supergroup to make music, record the…
Robert Cass
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It’s been more than 25 years since Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America. But when nude pictures of the former photographer’s assistant were published without her consent in Penthouse…
Rob Smith
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Cocktail Slippers, Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre (2009, Wicked Cool) Purchase this album at Amazon.com Isn’t it funny how quite often the finest practitioners of rock and roll–that most American of…
Taylor Long
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Save the massive excitement surrounding what was claimed to be his first and only show in the U.S. (though it seems he played Chicago three nights prior), everything about Wolfgang…
David Medsker
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After a Memorial Day break, David Medsker’s Cover Me is back and better than ever! (Or at least as good as ever.) Test your album art mojo in this week’s quiz!
Rob Smith
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Many thanks to Reader Jeff (an old pal from my Rutgers days) for reminding me about the time Uncle Donnie was invited up on stage at a D’Angelo show to…
Jeff Giles
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It’s been forever and a day since I felt like this I want a fifth of Wild Turkey and one little kiss And I don’t miss that girl; if I…
Lance Berry
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I’ve never been a true fan of the Western genre. As a matter of fact, I can count the number of Westerns I like enough to own on DVD and…
Jon Cummings
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Continuing his decade-by-decade look of great second-place finishes in pop music, Jon Cummings moves on to the ’70s, including #2 hits from Lou Rawls, 10cc, and the King himself.
Matchup Monkey
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Pufferfish – “Decoder Ring” Guster – “X-Ray Eyes” Fred Wilhelm – “Sea Monkeys” Harry Chapin – “Mail Order Annie (Live)” Rick Springfield – “What’s Victoria’s Secret?” — n {democracy:44} —…
Jeff Giles
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Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director’s Cut (40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition) (2009, Warner Bros.) purchase from Amazon Good news, home theater-owning former hippies! You can now relive…
Jeff Giles
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Willy Porter – How to Rob a Bank (2009, Weasel Records) purchase this album (Amazon) In the fall of 1995, I was just getting my life back in order after…
Jeff Giles
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Lisa Donnelly – We Had a Thing (2009, BT Media) purchase this album (Amazon) Open your heart and close your legs They only want what makes ’em beg Get hurt…
Taylor Long
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St. Vincent’s face graces the cover of her second full-length, Actor. The winsome singer-songwriter appears mesmerized by a bright light, her pupils white instead of black. The notion of putting…
Lance Berry
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The new Disney/Pixar collaboration,Á‚ Up, has just opened to some of the best reviews the studio’s ever received. While it’s a very enjoyable film, I have to say it certainly isn’t…
Molly Marinik
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The Tony Awards are next Sunday, and Molly’s got reviews for most of the big nominees in this week’s Theatre is Easy post.
Kelly Stitzel
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If the 1980s were good for nothing else, they brought the world a slew of movies featuring lots of dancing and dancers. Not that other decades are devoid of this…
Ken Shane
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There is really no rhyme or reason for the way these things go, but lately I’ve noticed a very definite increase in the amount of people who are discovering, or…
Dw. Dunphy
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This week’s mixtape is Chris Hansen approved! Truly! Would Chris Hansen steer you wrong? By the way, why don’t you head into the kitchen for some sweet tea and brownies?…
Jack Feerick
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In the pantheon of queer models of femininity, Barbra Streisand looms large — just below the holy trinity of Judy and Liza and Liz, perhaps. For many gay men of…
Jon Cummings
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The Popdose Staff, led by the intrepid Jon Cummings, has banded together to present a mixtape full of songs from our own weddings. Walk down the aisle with us, won’t you?
Bob Cashill
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Here it is, not even June and with a case of blockbuster fatigue already. Pro and con, the fourth (fourth!) Terminator movie has already been dissected and dismantled around here,…
Taylor Long
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Pattern Is Movement have certainly lived up to the Movement part of their name, touring relentlessly since the release of their excellent fourth album, All Together. Seeing them for the…
Lance Berry
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An incredible-looking fan-made trailer for Warner Bros.’ upcoming Green Lantern adaptation has had the Web all aflutter recently — and now its maker, Jaron Pitts, talks about it in a new interview with Lance Berry.
John C. Hughes
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What happens when you take two Monkees out of the zoo? Why, 1970’s Micky Dolenz/Davy Jones opus Changes, of course.
Mojo Flucke
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Sorry mates, don’t mean to confuse y’all. For the record, Ed Murray’s currently writing Lo-Fi Mojos, and this is the normal location for a refreshing, boozy Cold Shot of blues…