Yes – Symphonic Live (2009, Eagle Records) purchase this album (Amazon) It’s hard for me to judge the music of Yes in any rational way — and even harder when…
David Medsker
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Raoul and the Kings of Spain is the most maligned album in Tears for Fears’ catalog…and I totally get that. It is completely out of step with everything else they’ve…
Dave Steed
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Last week in my intro I talked about De La Soul dropping their biggest hit song all the way down at track 20 on their debut album, 3 Feet High…
Rob Smith
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Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The…
Ted Asregadoo
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“Wow, these grapes are sour!”Á‚ A fitting epitaph for Republicans as they try to grab the spotlight to bitch and moan about Obama, the Democrats, and spending while really only…
John C. Hughes
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This has been a week of happy endings for me, and I’m not referring to a trip to the massage parlor (this time). Y’see, twenty-odd years ago, I bought one…
Popdose Staff
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It’s that time of year again — when pink and red rule the aisles of your local Wal-Mart, pre-adolescent boys and girls hope for poorly worded expressions of like from…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Ever been dumped?Á‚ Stings, don’t it?Á‚ We know.Á‚ Believe me, we at Popdose know.Á‚ Last year, as Valentine’s Day approached, many of the Popdose staffers…
Lance Berry
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For the benefit of those who haven’t seen Max Payne yet, but are considering renting the DVD, I’m going to spoil as much of it as possible for you. Why?…
Bob Cashill
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End-of-the-Earth sagas are a staple of horror and sci-fi, but it’s not just genre directors who make them. Filmmakers of all kinds are drawn to doomsday stories, as if they…
Scott Malchus
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Like any film student who worships Chinatown and loved The Pianist, I was intrigued by how Roman Polanski, the charismatic film director, would be portrayed in Marina Zenovich’s documentary, Roman…
Allen Lulu
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Last year I had the good fortune to discover a band before almost anyone else and before they blew up. In the case of Jukebox the Ghost, however, there’s still…
Jeff Giles
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Night Court: The Complete Second Season (2009, Warner Home Video) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Like most of you, I imagine, I’ve suffered the repeated indignity of re-experiencing beloved artifacts from…
Taylor Long
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Being an obsessive music hoarder has its drawbacks. The questions of, “How often do I really listen to ______ ?” and all those albums that you really mean to get…
David Medsker
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Yo. Sorry, that’s all I got for a greeting today. Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few obscure…
Jon Cummings
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It’s inevitable these days that a conversation with Lisa Loeb is going to circle back to food. Sure, she’s a once-and-perhaps-future pop star and, more recently, an actress and reality-TV…
Scott Malchus
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I almost didn’t watch the Grammy Awards last night; in fact, I didn’t turn them on until a half hour into the show. Living on the west coast, by the…
Mike Heyliger
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When Licensed to Ill shocked everyone by becoming the biggest-selling rap album of all time (until MC Hammer snatched the title a couple years later), no one expected the Beastie…
Scott Malchus
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Neil Burger’s compelling drama The Lucky Ones deserved better. When it was released in theaters last year to little fanfare, the movie died quickly and was rushed to DVD before…
Matchup Monkey
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— Goodnight Bush Administration. Goodnight Guantanamo Bay. Goodnight Traditional Pro Bowl. Goodnight John Updike. Goodnight BYOBB Preakness. Goodnight January Effect. Goodnight Birth Control Funding in Stimulus Bill. Goodnight California State…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: Dare I say “the perfect Broadway play”? Sometimes an ideal Broadway cast is assembled: they command the stage with such presence and work together with such ease that…
Kelly Stitzel
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In my experience Four Rooms (1995) is one of those movies people either love or hate. Or, more precisely, they love some of it and hate some of it. It…
Robert Cass
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According to an article I found on Magnet magazine’s website, Jellyfish’s lead singer, Andy Sturmer, wasn’t afraid to sting people. “I was told that Jellyfish would be an equal three-piece,…
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Jack Feerick
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I’m always amazed by the crap that people hold onto. I have a lot of enthusiasms — music, comics, film — but I’ve never had the urge to be a…
Jeff Giles
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Kinky Friedman – We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You from The Best Of (2006) Leo Kottke – Buckaroo from Anthology (1997) Wu-Tang Clan – Bring da Ruckus…
The Chartburn Panel
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Mainstream Rock: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, “I Love Rock & Roll” (1982) Zack: The only way this song to could get worse would be to have some pigtailed, bubble-gum…
Bob Cashill
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I’m not a huge fan of animated features. The Disney classics may have spoiled me: Like comets, they only came streaking into theaters once every few years, and the experience…
Arend Anton
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Awards season.Á‚ I don’t much care for this time of year.Á‚ Sure, all the good movies get released around this time, but there’s something that overtakes Hollywood this time of…
Taylor Long
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Frightened Rabbit could not have been more different from the setting for their acoustic, all-request set at Le Poisson Rouge on Monday night. Le Poisson Rouge’s pricey beverages and bottle…