Hey, who’s up for a Threesome with Kelly Stitzel? No, no, not that kind of Threesome — get your mind out of the gutter. We’re talking about a trip back to 1994’s quirky rom-com, and another edition of Soundtrack Saturday.
Robert Cass
2 Min Read
Noah Lennox, otherwise known as Panda Bear in the band Animal Collective — and as a solo artist — plays art rock and experimental pop music. But it’s still pop,…
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
Hat trick, mama!! Benny Hester – It’s Over Love from Through the Window (1987) Erik Norlander featuring Buck Dharma – Lost Highway from Music Machine (2003) Isaac Hayes – By…
Jack Feerick
6 Min Read
If it’s Friday, it must be How Bad Can It Be? — and this time, Jack Feerick is leafing through the pages of Jack Kirby’s Devil Dinosaur Omnibus.
Jason Hare
13 Min Read
If Jason Hare can’t have you, he don’t want nobody, baby. Join him for a look back at 1978, where, with a little luck, we’ll shadow dance with imaginary lovers. (Groan.)
Bob Cashill
1 Min Read
Bob Cashill went out and had himself a Girlfriend Experience this week — an experience he relives in the latest edition of No Concessions.
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Gigantor: The Collection Volume 1 (2009, Koch Vision) purchase from Amazon: DVD Things my son said to me when I put on Gigantor to watch: “What is THAT? Is that…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Galaxy Quest Deluxe Edition (2009, Paramount) purchase from Amazon: DVD While the new Star Trek film continues to soar through the box office to become one of the most popular…
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
May is the unofficial start of the summer concert season, so to unofficially celebrate the shows of 2009, Popdose.com and internet radio station The Penguin have teamed up for Penguimania…
Ed Murray
1 Min Read
Ed Murray is back with another edition of Lo-Fi Mojo, in which he travels through time to have an argument with himself about prog rock, hype, and the Vivian Girls.
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Sitting on the patio at my brother’s house, as Sophie and her cousins laughed, splashing in the pool and Jacob glided though the air on the swing set, something unexpected…
Tom Werman
2 Min Read
In this week’s installment of The Producers, Tom Werman revisits the roaring ’70s, including his work with the Nuge, Mother’s Finest, and Boston — and a very memorable brush with the Boss.
Arend Anton
1 Min Read
I’ve spent the last week trying to get a trailer ready for my film, Red Gold. That doesn’t even include the time I spent editing the footage or recording the…
Tony Redman
1 Min Read
When you start playing children’s records, sooner or later you’ve got to get to the Smurfs. You can’t even accuse the record label of cashing in on the Saturday morning…
Ben Wiser
1 Min Read
Man, I miss California. I really do. I don’t miss paying exorbitantly high rent. I don’t miss the collective panic that sets in whenever it rains and being in a…
David Medsker
3 Min Read
Our Lord Jefito surely has a dozen stories on Giant Records and the litany of mistakes they made as a company – he seems to have at least one story…
Dave Steed
1 Min Read
Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders celebrates its one-year anniversary this week — and we’re at the letter L, which means Lorenzo Lamas and Patti goddamn LaBelle were invited to the party.
J.A. Bartlett
2 Min Read
May 20, 1989, is a Saturday. It’s the last day of National Osteoporosis Prevention Week. Pro-democracy protests continue in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square; Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping declares martial law, and…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
In my Cratedigger colum last Saturday, I got out my vinyl copy of the 1965 Miles Davis album, E.S.P. The journey from that classic album to this DVD of a…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
I have been a Tori Amos for more than half of my life. I was 14 when I first saw the videos for “Silent All These Years” and “Crucify” from…
Ann Logue
1 Min Read
In the summer of 1998, Harper’s Magazine published one of its most talked-about stories, Vince Passaro’s narrative of how his family accumulated $63,000 in credit card debt. He and his…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
The first thing that you notice about the new John Vanderslice album, Romanian Names (Dead Oceans), is the sound. The album has a definite sonic quality that is akin to…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Here’s an example of a great song that couldn’t be confined to a B-side. Wide Boy Awake was Adam & the Ants bassist Kevin Mooney’s first project after splitting from…
Steven Rosen
2 Min Read
This week marks the debut of Steven Rosen’s new column, Caught on Tape, in which he relives his adventures interviewing some of rock ‘n’ roll’s finest. First up: a 1973 chat with Jeff Beck that didn’t go exactly as planned.
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Let me get this out in the open: I work in a dangerous place.Á‚ No, I don’t work with nuclear materials, nor do I work…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
Gavin & Stacey: Season One (2009, BBC Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD For those of you who a enjoy a great romantic comedy, you can”™t do any better than the…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Batman: 20th Anniversary Edition (2009, Warner Bros.) purchase from Amazon: Blu-ray The movie industry seems to break a new record for box-office totals every single year, but if you remember…
Jon Cummings
2 Min Read
Welcome to the second installment of an ongoing series celebrating songs that fell excruciatingly short of ascending to the top of Billboard‘s pop singles chart. In the course of compiling…
Will Harris
2 Min Read
I can still remember the first time I became acquainted with the band known as Wonderboy. I was writing for Flash Magazine – the Hampton Roads entertainment publication formerly known…
David Medsker
1 Min Read
Below are magnified fragments of album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure covers (or lesser-known albums from well-known artists) mixed in to keep…