Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders series reaches the letter K in its journey through the ass end of the ’80s, and this week that means plenty of Khan — Chaka Khan.
Mojo Flucke
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Mojo Flucke caught Bowie with Nine Inch Nails in September of ’95 — and in his latest Concert Flashback, he tells you which half of the double bill gave him an audio root canal.
Ann Logue
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On Tax Day, I went to the Chicago Loop post office — the one with the Calder where mortified if they knew what teabagging was. The postal service receives very…
John C. Hughes
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As much as I adore the inherent goofiness that is new wave — the guyliner, the overwrought posing, the one-finger keyboard technique — sometimes I must admit some acts come…
Dw. Dunphy
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Her new album, SheBANG!, features appearances from Mike Viola and Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger. Clearly, it’s a good time to be Kelly Jones — and you can read all about it in Dw. Dunphy’s Popdose Interview.
Scott Malchus
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2009, 20th Century Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray While purists may have shuddered at the thought of someone remaking Robert Wise’s classic…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Forget everything you know about Michael Jackson for a minute. You there yet? I didn’t think so. Truth be told, is it really possible to…
Rob Smith
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With this week’s installment of Unsolicited Advice, Rob Smith’s uncle Don Skwatzenschitz becomes the latest in a long line of people to try and figure out what’s wrong with R.E.M.’s career.
Jason Hare
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Do you have about 45 minutes to spare? If so, you won’t want to spend it watching Neil Diamond … Hello Again, a television special that aired on CBS in…
Dw. Dunphy
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It kind of happened all of a sudden. Through the late ’90s and into the early aughts, buzz built about a New Jersey metal band called Core Device. They released…
Jon Cummings
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Our yearlong flashback to 1989 continues with Jon Cummings’ reappraisal of Shawn Colvin’s Steady On.
Matchup Monkey
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Def Leppard – “Two Steps Behind” The Police – “Every Breath You Take” — n n {democracy:38} — Last week the Stone Roses took down the surprisingly scrappy Hold Steady,…
Rich DeWester
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The Godfather II (Electronic Arts, 2009) purchase from Amazon: PS3 | X360 | Windows Ah, The Godfather II. I know what you’re thinking: EA plus movie franchise equals suckfest. No…
Scott Malchus
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Bedtime Stories (2009, Disney) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray The most disappointing aspect of watching Adam Sandler’s latest, Bedtime Stories, is how much wasted potential the film has. From…
Kelly Stitzel
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So, I know I normally write about films with soundtrack albums that are out of print or hard to find. I’ve avoided writing about Valley Girl (1983) because A) part…
Ken Shane
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Today is Record Store Day in the United States and 17 other countries worldwide. According to the website, “This is the one day that all of the independently owned record…
Taylor Long
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“You are no longer a river to me,” Miles Seaton sings on “River,” the new single from Akron/Family’s upcoming album, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free. Akron/Family, “River” (download) He…
Robert Cass
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Late last summer a DVD of August, which features David Bowie in a cameo, showed up at the office where I used to work. If you haven’t heard of this…
Jeff Giles
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The Call – I Still Believe (Great Design) from The Best of the Call (1997) Tom Waits – New Coat of Paint from The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) Rush…
Mojo Flucke
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If I were Allen Toussaint, I’d have taken a decade’s hiatus from making solo records, too. While the great New Orleans pianist–right up there on the city’s piano Mount Rushmore…
Lance Berry
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Hollywood’s summer crop is almost ready for market, and Lance Berry’s made a list of 10 blockbusters he may (or may not) remember fondly come fall.
Arend Anton
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I’ve been watching a lot of Alfred Hitchcock’s work lately. When searching for a new project, I tend to immerse myself in that which I wish to imitate. I have…
Dw. Dunphy
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Introducing an occasional series wherein we take a look at some of the most massive-sounding songs in pop history. A funny thing happened around 1971, or maybe 1972 — it…
Jon Cummings
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Have right-wing evangelicals won their last battle? Maybe not, but Jon Cummings thinks it’ll take them more than three days to resurrect their political fortunes.
Mojo Flucke
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Be still my soul. Lawd have mercy. When soul first came out, so many social issues made so many people so PO’d (civil rights, Vietnam, rioting in seemingly every urban…
Scott Malchus
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I wasn”™t supposed to be at this concert. A conscious decision was made not to spend money on a ticket to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band when…
John C. Hughes
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John Hughes is lost in the ’90s once again…and this time, he’s got Shirley Manson sitting bitch in the wayback machine.
Dw. Dunphy
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As a consumer, viewer, and overall commentator of pop culture, I find myself looking for those dreaded paradigm shifts, those touchstone moments where I can say, “This is the moment…
Tony Redman
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In 1977, disco music was extremely popular. Wanting to cash in on the fad, Peter Pan Records decided to release albums of disco music for kids, hosted by Irwin the…