Rolling Stone writer David Wild makes a very good point in the feature-length documentary Going Home that is central to the That Lucky Old Sun DVD (January 27, Capitol/EMI). To…
Ben Wiser
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A 2-DVD set and 24-page hardcover book featuring Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead), Mike Gordon (Phish), Steve Kimock, Sikiru, and Jen Durkin (Bomb Squad, Deep Banana Blackout). The ultimate…
Tony Redman
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Here are two tracks from The Green Album, an album of tribute songs about clay superstars Gumby and Pokey released in 1989. The first one, “The Ballad of Gumby,” performed…
J.A. Bartlett
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January 14, 1986, is a Tuesday. President Reagan issues proclamations for Save Your Vision Week, National Poison Prevention Week, and a National Day of Prayer, issues an executive order extending…
David Medsker
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“Never mind me, ’cause I’ve been dead Out of my body, been out of my head…” Grant Lee Phillips, you have my attention. “There’s nothing that I said that’ll bring…
Dave Steed
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I made a mistake recently. I think I opened a door to a world of bad “Ëœ80s music hurt that I had been trying to keep closed. See, I went…
Bob Cashill
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I met my wife in Hong Kong. But my first love there was Jackie Chan. I wasn’t alone in my affection: His movies, released on major holidays, were fun-for-the-family events,…
Zack Dennis
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The first time I realized I was driving by one of the locations used in The Big Lebowski (1998)- Johnie’s Coffee Shop – I thought it would be great fun…
Ted Asregadoo
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Watching President Bush’s final press conference yesterday reminded me of the phrase “failing upward.” Never in recent (and not-so-recent) history have we had a president so thoroughly unqualified for the…
Matchup Monkey
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Welcome!Á‚ This week, in honor of the audacity of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (who was impeached last week by a somewhat lopsided vote of 114-1), the subject is False…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE One morning, Joe Satriani woke up to 40 text messages on his cell phone.Á‚ After scrolling through 40 variations of “holy schet u got ripped…
Lance Berry
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Gran Torino finally opened to wide release this weekend, and rapidly earned the number one spot at the box office. It deserves every single dollar it’s made. Many have been…
Scott Malchus
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Anyone who reads my Three Strikes Rule column is aware of how much I love the BBC’s much-hyped drama Skins.Á‚ Funny, heartbreaking and painfully accurate, Skins is as much a…
Ken Shane
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Today is a very important day in the history of popular music. It was on this day in 1959 that Motown was born. An auto worker by the name of…
David Medsker
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Hello, my friends, for the Barely Legal edition of Cover Me. Below are magnified fragments of 25 album covers. Most of them are well-known albums, but there are a few…
Jon Cummings
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Almost exactly a year ago on this site, my esteemed Popdose colleague Dw. Dunphy closed a column by asking, “What has modernity offered you? Hannah Montana?” He was concluding a…
Scott Malchus
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, you are well aware of Patrick Swayze’s battle with pancreatic cancer. Last week he sat down with Barbara Walters,…
Jeff Giles
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The Neville Brothers – Yellow Moon purchase this album (Amazon) Morning, Popdose faithful! Who’s in the mood for a new series? You? Good! Starting today, we’d like you to meet…
Scott Malchus
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ABC Family has a real winner in the series Greek. It’s a TV dramedy that revolves around a group of college students at fictitious Cyprus-Rhodes University, all of whom are…
The Monkey Monk
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Welcome, my children, to the first (and I hope not the last) installment of my question-and-answer column entitled Ask the Monkey Monk. I was thrilled when we received word from…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: Wonderful characters, witty banter, sharp writing and exceptional production value make for a fun playgoing experience. When you’re on Cripple Billy’s journey, you never know what will happen…
Kelly Stitzel
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“Don’t fuck with the babysitter.” There were many occasions during my short stint as a teenage babysitter when I wanted to say this line from Adventures in Babysitting (1987) —…
Arend Anton
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The average movie is mediocre at best. This is not meant as an insult to hardworking filmmakers. The simple fact of the matter is that few films in a given…
Rob Smith
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Here’s another missive from the Skwatzenschitz archives, which I explained a bit last time. I’m not sure how Jimmy Buffett reacted to Uncle Donnie’s advice, but, to the best of…
Jeff Giles
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Boston.com’s Big Picture visits the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival; The Onion A.V. Club’s Hater returns to action; VH1’s remaining viewers have voted on the 100 greatest hard…
Rob Smith
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You never know when your college friends may become useful professional contacts. One night 17 years ago, Lev Skwatzenschitz and I found ourselves stumbling down College Avenue at Rutgers, trading…
Jeff Giles
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M. Ward – You Still Believe In Me from Transistor Radio (2005) Me First and The Gimme-Gimmes – Coming to America from Have Another Ball (2008) Neal Pattman – Momma…
Jason Hare
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Great news, everybody! Adventures Through the Mines of Mellow Gold is back! Or, alternately: Awful news, everybody! Adventures Through the Mines of Mellow Gold is back! The point is: like…
Mojo Flucke
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Fellow Popdoser Ed Murray and I ducked down to Boston’s Paradise to check out the Von Bondies (above: rhythm guitarist Marcie Bolen’s set list that Ed stole for me, knowing…