This month, Thomas Geoghegan has an article in Harpers about how debt changed working-class America. Barack Obama sat down with bailed-out banks to discuss their credit card practices. I paid…
John C. Hughes
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When Siobahn Fahey left Bananarama in 1988, most people probably never expected to hear from her again.Á‚ For Fahey to return to music with a goth look fronting a Siouxsie…
Ted Asregadoo
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In this week’s installment of Mix Six, Ted Asregadoo’s theme is time — and he’s assembled a lineup of artists that includes David Mead, the Sundays, Bruce Cockburn, and the Bravery to get his points across.
Scott Malchus
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The Spirit (2009, Lionsgate) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray One of the drawbacks of being a comic book fan is that you hope each movie based on…
Peter Chakerian
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Peter Chakerian is back from celebrating TV Turn-Off Week — and in his latest installment of 21st Century Digital Boy, he looks at how far his beloved boob tube has come, anticipates the Heroes season finale, and bids farewell to Bea Arthur.
Jon Cummings
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Singer/songwriter Linda Draper is currently celebrating the release of her sixth album, Bridge and Tunnel — but she isn’t too busy to take a few moments to talk about the music with Jon Cummings.
Rob Smith
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Before there was an Arnel Pineda (Steve Perry soundalike, currently fronting Journey), or a Benoit David (Jon Anderson soundalike, currently fronting Yes), or even a Chris Chan (Barry Manilow impersonator,…
Jack Feerick
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In this week’s installment of Popdose Flashback, Jack Feerick reminds us why no home should be without a copy of Kirsty MacColl’s Kite.
Taylor Long
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Former MK Ultra front-man and current solo artist/singer-songwriter John Vanderslice is nothing if not consistent. At his “worst,” Vanderslice is simply pleasant — at his best, he’s transcendent. It’s been…
Matchup Monkey
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“My sorrow, when she’s here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the…
Jeff Giles
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twodoggarage – A Gross Display of Penmanship (2009) purchase this album (Snocap) Less than a year after releasing its full-length debut, Pinboy, Alex Kimmell’s twodoggarage is back with A Gross…
Jeff Giles
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Justin Hackett – Take the Highway (2009) purchase this album (CD Baby) A few years ago, I reviewed a terrific EP from a one-man Montana band that called itself Al’s…
Kelly Stitzel
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The latest installment of Kelly Stitzel’s Soundtrack Saturday series revisits a kinder, gentler time of bangles and bustiers — yes, that’s right, it’s time for Desperately Seeking Susan.
Ken Shane
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Cratedigger is a regular (well, maybe semi-regular) column in which I’ll discuss some of my favorite vinyl. The Royal Scam was released almost exactly 33 years ago. It is, in…
Robert Cass
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My high school girlfriend received a 16th-birthday mix tape in 1992 from a friend of ours named Tai. There were no artists or song titles listed on the cassette label,…
Jeff Giles
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Levon Helm – White Dove from Electric Dirt (2009) Martin’s Dam – Fear Of Flying from Sky Above (1998) Marty Willson-Piper – Swan from Hanging out in Heaven (2000) Simple…
Jack Feerick
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Nickelback played the Sturgis bikers’ rally in 2006, and now, a DVD commemorating the occasion is in stores. Jack Feerick asks the critical question: How bad can it be?
Jason Hare
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Jason Hare is back for another installment of Chart Attack! — and this week, he takes us all the way back to April 22, 1972, and a top 10 featuring Neil Young, Aretha, and Baba Booey. Wait, what?
Bob Cashill
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In this week’s installment of No Concessions, Bob Cashill has his cinematic face rocked off by Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
Arend Anton
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Most people probably realize how important sound is to movies. In filmmaking, audio and visuals have at the very least a 50/50 relationship, though I might argue that audio bears…
Dw. Dunphy
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In an ongoing series, Dw. Dunphy takes an occasional look back at Christian contemporary music (CCM) of the past and makes the case for a new audience to rediscover the…
Jon Cummings
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It may be that only an event like this could have propped up that downward-spiraling phenomenon, the beauty pageant: An out-and-proud celebrity gossip-monger asking a comely Californian how she feels…
John C. Hughes
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Where to begin with Ms. Lear?Á‚ How about her modeling career in ’60s France?Á‚ How about her years-long romance with surrealist Salvador Dali?Á‚ How about her relationships with Bryan Ferry…
Scott Malchus
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Have a seat. Sit back. Press play and let the music slip through your skin and into your mind. That yearning you feel from the melody, that longing for love,…
Tom Werman
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Tom Werman’s ongoing look back at his storied career returns for its fifth installment, in which he is bossed around by Jan Hammer, meets George Harrison and Cheap Trick, and narrowly avoids a brush with Eddie Money!
Tony Redman
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Looking at this cover you’d think you’d hear stories featuring Alan Young as Wilbur Post and Allen “Rocky” Lane as Mister Ed. You’d be wrong though. There’s no Wilbur Post…
Ben Wiser
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This week’s Test of the Boomerang is a DOOMERANG special, in honor of Isis’ highly anticipated fifth full-length release, Wavering Radiant. Ben Wiser calls it “hypnotic and engaging from beginning to end.”
Ken Shane
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Last week I told you about the Hold Steady’s new DVD, A Positive Rage. You may recall that it is strictly a lo-fi affair, and really more of a documentary…
Jon Cummings
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Three years ago, Camera Obscura’s brilliant single “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” was one of 2006’s most music-blogged tracks — for a while there, you couldn’t swing a dead…
Scott Malchus
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The mark of any great power pop album is its ability to not only stick in your head after the music has stopped, but its ability to make you want…