Riding a rockabilly/Motown revival during the early ’80s that also included the Polecats, Roman Holliday and the Stray Cats, Britain’s JoBoxers (with American lead singer Dig Wayne) barely scraped the…
Popdose Staff
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Sonic Youth – “The Sprawl” Straylight Run – “Existentialism on Prom Night” “He sat beside Molly in filtered sunlight on the rim of a dry concrete fountain, letting the endless…
David Medsker
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Hey, you! Don’t watch that, watch this! Ah, but you knew that already, didn’t you? Am I going soft on you? I’ll never tell, but if you’re wise, you’ll check…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This was one of those mixes that started like the mixtapes I used to do in the ’80s — that is to say, I started…
Ted Asregadoo
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Every summer, the city of San Francisco has a free concert series featuring noteworthy bands, and some that are yet-to-be-noted — at least in the United States, anyway.Á‚ Á‚ Case in…
Taylor Long
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It’s horribly cliche, but over the past couple summers, the moment the temperatures move towards 80 degrees, I reach for my Doors collection. I always start out more or less…
Jon Cummings
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Jon Cummings: Welcome to the first installment in a Popdose political adventure that won’t require you (or us) to leave the computer! Here’s my little secret, Ted: A few months…
Jeff Giles
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Along with rehab, doing a sequel just for the paycheck, screaming anti-Semitic slurs at traffic cops, and getting away with murder (literal or otherwise), one of the greatest privileges of…
Ted Asregadoo
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If music were like food, the Toadies’ new CD, No Deliverance, would be a steak and baked potato entree, with maybe a sprig of parsley thrown in. The meat and…
Robert Cass
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Bad news — my girlfriend, Aimiee, and I are still on that steamship we boarded in China two weeks ago. You know the phrase “slow boat to China”? Well, it…
Jeff Giles
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AC/DC – Whole Lotta Rosie (live) from Live in Concert (1978) Al Anderson – I Want Your Body from Got Myself in Trouble Again Brian Wilson – Smart Girls from…
Will Harris
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I’m stunned and saddened to hear the news that producer / mixer Jerry Finn passed away yesterday as a result of the effects of a brain hemorrhage which occurred last…
Jason Hare
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You may have noticed that Name That Tune was conspicuously absent from the site last week. It won’t be here this week, either, and that’s because we’ve fired Scraps. No,…
Jason Hare
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Hello, everybody! I’ll be honest with you — this chart kind of stinks. I mean, it’s not “wretched,” but I wouldn’t say it’s “good by any stretch of the imagination,”…
Jeff Giles
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Heroes: Season Two purchase this DVD set (Amazon) Yeah, yeah, I know. Second season wasn’t as good as the first. The magic’s gone, and NBC’s superhero soap phenomenon, so buzz-friendly…
Dw. Dunphy
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For all my pretensions, all my attempts to present myself as a literate, knowledgeable, and discerning fellow, I’m really a lowest-common-denominator guy at heart. I don’t often allow that to…
Jon Cummings
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John McCain trotted out an oldie-but-a-goodie on Monday at the VFW convention — proclaiming once again that, unlike a certain current president who allowed Osama bin Laden to give him…
John C. Hughes
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So, who worries about the music their kids listen to? I don’t have any kids myself, but when I was visiting my 13-year-old niece recently, she asked me to get…
Jeff Giles
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Greetings, Videots! Apologies from all of us here on the deck of the VIDEO! Cruiser — we realize it’s been far too long since we sent a transmission back from…
Scott Malchus
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For me, the waning days of summer always bring to mind the city homecoming fair that took place at the end of every August in my hometown of North Olmsted,…
Terje Fjelde
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Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. He’s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
J.A. Bartlett
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August 20, 1969, was a Wednesday. Hurricane Camille continues to drop rain on the Eastern Seaboard; Nelson County, Virginia, records between 27 and 30 inches, causing the worst flash flooding…
Ben Wiser
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I had originally intended to post this during the week of August 1st and August 9th, but I wanted to give a shout to Isaac Hayes last week. Get out…
David Medsker
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Imagine my surprise when I visited my then-girlfriend — anyone who read my Valentine’s Day piece knows her well — over Christmas break in 1992, and in her car was…
Dave Steed
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It’s amazing sometimes to see how music brings the world together. I was food shopping with my wife last week and “867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone was playing in the store….
Zack Dennis
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Basketball owes its success as a spectator sport to the fact that a miraculous shot at the end of the game can change everything in a single instant. It’s a…
Popdose Staff
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—- Def Leppard – “Rocket” Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” Mojo: “The exception that proves the rule” is a cliche whose meaning completely eludes me. It’s like saying just once, we…
David Medsker
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Yeaaaaaaaaah, we’re stereotypes, there must be more to life. Do I have your number? Or did I just give you a clue to one of the album covers in this…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Q: What was Brenda and Dylan’s break up song from 90210? A: “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M. Q: What the hell does that have to…