Last year, in the midst of compiling my “Worst Number One Songs of the Rock Era” series, I began contemplating the sad, sorry fate of those records that have come…
Peter Chakerian
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Jon & Kate Plus … Date?: Can’t help but start with the worst first. If there’s one thing that’s certain in the world of entertainment, it’s the love of a…
Mike Heyliger
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If it’s Monday, that must mean it’s time to go back to 1989 — and for this week’s Popdose Flashback, Mike Heyliger looks at Janet Jackson’s multimegaplatinum opus Rhythm Nation 1814.
Matchup Monkey
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“Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart. And while the late steamer Big Missouri worked and sweated in the sun, the retired…
Rich DeWester
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Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (Koei, 2009) Purchase from Amazon: Playstation 3 | Xbox 360 Koei’s powerhouse, Omega Force, returns with its second installment of the Dynasty Warriors Gundam franchise, adding…
Ted Asregadoo
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Amber Benson has come a long way since her days as Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Tara — and she talks about her new novel, Death’s Daughter, in an interview with Ted Asregadoo that is remarkably free of the word “homina.”
Lance Berry
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The cover has Sentinels on it. The opening credits have Sentinels in them. The back cover seems to promise this will be a really cool, animated adaptation of the classic…
Taylor Long
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If anyone other than Throbbing Gristle had been playing the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Tuesday night, the fact that the crowd was older and stranger and on more drugs than…
Kelly Stitzel
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I’m a James Spader fan from way back. I would say as far back as Tuff Turf (1985), but I technically didn’t see that movie until a couple of years…
Robert Cass
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In a 2004 interview with music writer Casey Fundaro (a.k.a. “David Fufkin”), former Marah singer-guitarist Serge Bielanko said, “My brother [Dave, the leader of Marah] and I grew up listening…
Jack Feerick
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Jeff Buckley — Kashmir from Live at l’Olympia (2001) The Tea Party — Save Me from Splendor Solis (1994) Orchestre National de Jazz — Black Dog from Close to Heaven:…
Jack Feerick
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Take a mid-list British actor — not a character actor exactly, but not traditional leading-man material either. Slap him with a permanently sour expression and a four-day beard, then cast…
Jeff Giles
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Got some thoughts to share about the new design — good or bad? How about a wish list of past columns you’d like to see return to active duty? Check in with editor-in-chief Jeff Giles, whose latest Letter From the Editor discusses Popdose’s recent facelift.
Lance Berry
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After years of anticipation, months of troubling rumors, and one Internet leak, Gavin Hood’s Wolverine is finally here. Is it sharp enough to cut it? Lance Berry lets you know.
Jon Cummings
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The Republican Party’s annus became considerably more horribilis this week, with Arlen Specter switching parties, President Obama taking what amounted to a 100-days victory lap (despite the economy’s continuing decline),…
John C. Hughes
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No, no, dear reader, I didn’t lose track while writing at 11pm once again and accidentally throw up a Lost in the ’80s post.Á‚ By 1990, Adam Ant was pretty…
Mojo Flucke
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This column, sadly, sometimes looks like the blues obituary page. Well, forget that for now! This Shot, we’re celebrating the life Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, a ripping-good Chicago-style guitarist who…
Scott Malchus
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Spring is in the air, and the baseball season is still young — which has Scott Malchus thinking about the eternal hope of the hardcore fan while listening to John Fogerty’s “Centerfield.”
Arend Anton
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Is there a key to creativity? Could there be some way of unlocking what is within the mind at any given time? The answer to this question has often eluded…
Bob Cashill
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Directing an Oscar-nominated picture might earn you the respect of your peers, but it doesn’t make you immune from the vagaries of the Hollywood studio system, as Rod Lurie has learned firsthand: the direct-to-DVD fate of his two most recent projects was just one of the topics addressed during a recent chat with Bob Cashill.
Tony Redman
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Today’s album is this little gem from 1959 called Space Songs. The songs were written by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer and were performed by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans….
Ben Wiser
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I love the new Bob Dylan album. I do. Because the older Bob Dylan gets, the more he sounds like Tom Waits. Seriously, though, Together Through Life is another solid,…
Lance Berry
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The Uninvited has recently come out on DVD, and if you choose to watch it, several other words with an “un-” prefix may wander into your mind. You’ll find the…
Ken Shane
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One of rock’s most distinctive and respected keyboard players, Ian McLagan has appeared on a long list of hits by other artists — and he’s got an excellent new album out, all of which were topics of discussion during his recent chat with Ken Shane.
Taylor Long
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It’s Blitz!, the new album from New York City favorites the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, could’ve easily been named It’s Glitz! Utilizing a new stylistic approach, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs lavish…
Dave Steed
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Welcome as usual to Bottom Feeders, your weekly look at the ass end of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the “Ëœ80s. This week we “kihntinue” to look at artists…
Lance Berry
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Although a major player in Norse mythology, the character of Thor is known primarily to comics fans, and only recently to the general public, due to the news that famed…
Scott Malchus
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The Paper Chase: Season One (2009, Shout! Factory) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD The Paper Chase is a bit of a relic. Made in the late 70’s, the CBS…
Will Harris
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Will Harris has lined up a Popdose Interview with pop songwriter extraordinaire and ex-XTC member Andy Partridge. Got any questions for Mr. Partridge? Let us know!
Zack Dennis
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Zack Dennis is back with another installment of Exit Music — and this week, he uses the closing credits of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as a starting point for a discussion of Timothy Leary, Hunter S. Thompson, and the Kentucky Derby, all set to the strains of “Jumping Jack Flash.”