Music pundits are calling this the big rock release of the summer and predicting Green Day’s official return to the racks to be a major release for the year, so…
Bob Cashill
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Bob Cashill and Lance Berry are together at the film desk for this week’s No Concessions, discussing the new Star Trek. Join in!
Jeff Giles
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Paul Simon And Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2009, Shout Factory) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray I’d somehow blocked this out before sitting down…
Jon Cummings
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When the long-awaited, religiously incendiary sequel to The Da Vinci Code arrives in theaters and the anticipated uproar is reduced to a low roar, you know it’s gotta be a…
John C. Hughes
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Yes, we’ve just gone and declared this week Kon Kan Week here at Popdose.Á‚ Seeing as the duo nicked their name from the Canadian Content requirement for broadcast media up…
Mojo Flucke
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Since I started listening to blues, that’s been a hard question for me to answer. It’s important, because it speaks to what blues is, really. Can Clapton play the blues,…
Scott Malchus
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My first couple years in college, after school let out for the summer in early May, I would climb inside my parents’ red GM van and drive down to Athens,…
Tom Werman
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He’s been on vacation for two weeks, but now Tom Werman is back with another installment of the series that looks back at his multiplatinum career.
Arend Anton
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I was shaving this evening. I like to shave at night, because the last thing I want to do when my eyes are still half-closed is rake a piece of…
Dw. Dunphy
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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…
Tony Redman
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Hey, gang! Tony from Way Out Junk again, bringing you another installment of Way Out Wednesday! This week’s selection is from the ABC Children’s Chorus, a group of kids so…
Ben Wiser
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This week’s Test of the Boomerang features the column’s inaugural CD GIVEAWAY! Stop by and find out how you can win a free copy of the new Moonalice album!
Ken Shane
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This has been a year in which two of rock’s greatest icons have released new studio albums far ahead of their usual schedule. Bruce Springsteen released Working on a Dream…
Taylor Long
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For a band with a name like Akron/Family, it should probably come as no surprise that their new album, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, is filled with themes of…
David Medsker
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Who are these men, and why do they care so much? David Medsker finds out in the latest edition of White Label Wednesday.
Dave Steed
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This week we make a clean break from K, with a half post before we move to the 12th letter of the alphabet. Enjoy the tracks below from the ass…
Scott Malchus
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Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season (2009, Warner Home Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD I must apologize to Warner Home Video. Knots Landing: the Complete Second Season came out on…
Scott Malchus
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Notorious (2009, 20th Century Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray As a 39-year-old white male who lives in the suburbs, I am clearly not the intended audience for the…
Ann Logue
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Financial theory starts with two key assumptions: first, that markets are efficient; second, that investors are rational. And, of course, in the real world, we all know that markets aren’t…
Scott Malchus
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October Road, The Complete Second Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD October Road got a bad rap. The ABC drama about a successful novelist (Bryan Greenberg) who returns…
Zack Dennis
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Yeah, we just visited the Ferris Bueller soundtrack in one of Kelly Stitzel’s excellent Soundtrack Saturday posts — but one good turn deserves another, and Zack Dennis returns to the musical themes of the noted ’80s rapscallion with his latest edition of Motion Picture Soundtrack.
David Medsker
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I was writing up a track for a future White Label Wednesday piece (it’s set to run May 27) when I had a strange thought. Well, two strange thoughts, actually….
Jon Cummings
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This week in Jesus of Cool, Jon Cummings looks back on that lost and long-forgotten phenomenon known as the local radio hit. His focus: the Robbin Thompson Band’s “Candy Apple Red.”
Rob Smith
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Triumph was an arena rock staple in the late ’70s and through much of the ’80s, particularly in their native Canada, where they were known for their bombastic, pyro-filled shows,…
David Medsker
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Hallelujah, album art junkies — David Medsker is back for another round of your favorite game, and this week, he even breaks one of his own rules. Will this be the quiz that finally makes you a winner?
Peter Chakerian
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Rescue Me OK, I’m finally ready to proclaim what a lot of you already have: the FX network’s Tuesday night show Rescue Me is stunningly brilliant. It’s a good thing,…
Peter Chakerian
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It’s hard to believe (for those of us who lived it, anyway) that it’s been fifteen years since Kurt Cobain committed suicide. On April 5th, 1994, the Seattle native left…
Matthew Bolin
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This week’s Popdose Flashback doubles as the return of a much-missed series — Matthew Bolin’s When Good Albums Happen to Bad People — and offers begrudging respect for the best solo release from notorious rock ‘n’ roll assclown Don Henley.
Matchup Monkey
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Basic Pie Crust Recipe: 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup Crisco vegetable shortening, plain or butter-flavored (see Cook’s Note) 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse salt 3 tablespoons ice water…
Molly Marinik
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Molly Marinik reviews Offices, the new play by Ethan Coen, and finds giggles aplenty.