Tony Lucca – Come Around Again (Lucca Music, 2008) purchase this album (CD Baby) Like a lot of white suburban teens, I spent a good portion of the early ’90s…
Jeff Giles
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – 40th Anniversary Reissues (Fantasy, 2008) (six separate CDs — see below for purchase links) Okay, first things first — I realize the image above is for…
Ken Shane
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I guess it’s true: absence does make the heart grow fonder. Of course, there’s always the “out of sight, out of mind” risk. Fortunately for My Bloody Valentine, the former…
Jon Cummings
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What a confluence of events this week! A few hours after this column posts, Sarah Palin takes the stage for what might turn out to be her one unscripted, real-time…
John C. Hughes
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Remember when the Hustle swept through discos everywhere?Á‚ People were taking Hustle classes, the nightly news reported on the fad, there were instructional records and books.Á‚ Hey, remember when everyone…
Mojo Flucke
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I’m not much of a modern blues guy; in fact a lot of my pals like to refer to me as a crusty-old, close-minded, purist curmudgeon. ‘Tis true, I’d much…
Jeff Giles
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Nina Simone – To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story (Legacy, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Nina Simone made her concert debut in the early ’40s, as a 10-year-old girl…
Matthew Bolin
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Last week I talked about the Beatles’ 1968 masterpiece, The White Album; this week, I’m talking about the Rolling Stones’ masterpiece from the same year, Beggars Banquet. A good deal…
DJ D
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CALLING GLORIA Laura Branigan is a classic example of a great and underrated talent whose life and career were cut short far too soon. Laura possessed an elastic alto voice…
Ben Wiser
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On the bonus DVD included with the new reissue of Graham Nash’s Songs for Beginners, there is a gallery of the artist’s photography. One of the photos is of an…
Ken Shane
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Work or play. Family or friends. Protein or carbohydrates. Life is about seeking balance. Lindsey Buckingham has been seeking balance too. In his case, the challenge is to balance his…
Ted Asregadoo
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3rd Rail has been around for about 10 years and, according to their MySpace page, were named “Best Unsigned Band in California” at the California Music Awards. Having been in…
David Medsker
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Everyone seemed to have so much fun jumping into the wayback machine with Nicolette Larson — and really, who wouldn’t want to jump into a wayback machine with Nicolette Larson?…
Dave Steed
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It’s week 27 of Bottom Feeders and you know what that means. What? You don’t know what that means? Actually, neither do I. But what I do know is that…
Jeff Giles
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Or, the Whale – Light Poles and Pines (self-released, 2007) purchase this album (CD Baby) I give all the credit in the world to this band’s publicist. Instead of holding…
Jeff Giles
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Hey, everyone! Our good buddy Eric Grubbs of Theme Park Experience has finally reached the end of years of hard work on his book, POST: A Look at the Influence…
Zack Dennis
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Recently I’ve been gnawing away at Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited, a series of ruminations on the state of modern society (modern as in 1958, the year the book…
Ted Asregadoo
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Close of the market, 9/29/08 My political/economic socialization came during the heady days of free market zealotry.Á‚ 1984 was a year when it seemed like many of my friends —…
John C. Hughes
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Y’know, if you name your kid Herbert or Poindexter, you’re just setting that child up for a lifetime of teasing and ridicule.Á‚ And if you name your band Kajagoogoo, well,…
David Medsker
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Man your battlestations, it’s time for another quiz. No clue for this week’s puzzle, as you guys are far too good at this already. Below are magnified fragments of 25…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This weekend I was rummaging through my DVDs looking for a particular movie, and kept happening upon some music-related DVDs that I thought would make…
Popdose Staff
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David Bowie – “Space Oddity” Peter Schilling – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” DwDunphy: It almost seems unfair that Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom” should go up against David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”…
Robert Cass
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Maybe it’s just a coincidence that Todd Rundgren’s last two albums have been released in election years. But Todd is Godd, after all, so I have to assume there’s some…
Will Harris
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Pity the publicist who offers up an exaggerated sense of their artist’s sound. I’ve been offering up some semblance of music criticism since I was a senior in high school…
Jon Cummings
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This past Sunday, in a coordinated effort to flout a federal law banning political endorsements from the pulpit, 33 evangelical and fundamentalist pastors in 22 states used their sermons either…
Scott Malchus
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Each year when a stalwart of the entertainment industry makes his or her final curtain call, I find myself wishing I’d paid closer attention to their work and inevitably fill…
Jeff Giles
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The Archies: The Archies Christmas Album featuring Betty & Veronica (Fuel) I took a lot of shit a couple of Fridays ago for saying some negative things about the Archies’…
Jeff Giles
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Jason Reeves – The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (And Other Frightening Tales) purchase this album (Amazon) Think The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and Other Frightening Tales) is a long title?…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: It’s not the best of musicals, it’s not the worst of musicals. I don’t want to compare A Tale of Two Cities to Les Miserables because ATOTC, in…
Kelly Stitzel
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I had a hard time deciding what soundtrack to offer you this week, and went through about five different ideas before time ran out and I chose Pump Up the…