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…
Michael Fortes
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Listening to rock radio in the early ’90s — particularly the college and ‘alternative’ varieties — was an experience like no other. The ratio of tolerable to intolerable music was…
Jon Cummings
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Last week’s massive international celebration of Vinyl Record Day (wait — you say that big party they showed on TV was about the Olympics?) reminded me of my teenage fascination…
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Will Harris
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When music journalist Martin Fry popped ’round a practice by the band Vice Versa in Sheffield, England, in 1980, it’s unlikely that he had any idea that he was embarking…
Will Harris
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Many miles have I traveled since I first knowingly encountered the music of Isaac Hayes, so I hope you’ll forgive me if my memory is a bit hazy, but I’ve…
Molly Marinik
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We’re one week in to the New York International Fringe Festival with one more week to go. With 202 plays and musicals of all varieties from all over the world…
Jeff Giles
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Bruce Hornsby – The Show Goes On (live) Bruce Hornsby – Gonna Be Some Changes Made/Brick House (live) Bruce Hornsby – Swan Song (live) Bruce Hornsby – Tangled Up in…
Dave Matos and Mikey Newman
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The Chartburn Panel
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/9Z-fE1l9SZ4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Steve Winwood, “Higher Love” (1986) David Lifton: You couldn’t get a more perfect crossover record than this in 1986: A classic rock…
Bob Cashill
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Outside of a few odds and ends, the summer movie season pretty much concludes today. Throw the tarp over the pool, recondition the leaf blower, it’s done. If you’re willing…
Dw. Dunphy
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Have you read the entertainment news today? Oh boy. A particularly dreadful tune is set to break some major records for sales, this week’s new movies arriving under a mantle…
Jon Cummings
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Charlie Daniels Band – The Devil Went Down to Georgia My apologies in advance for taking occasional license with the meter… Johnny Mac went down to Georgia, he was lookin’…
John C. Hughes
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Naked Eyes, ABC, Belinda Carlisle, and the Human League are currently crisscrossing the country on the Regeneration Tour, an oldies-revival trek that thankfully isn’t entirely mired in nostalgia, since all…
Mojo Flucke
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I am a reformed audiophile. A hybrid type of sound geek, with one foot in the strange world of excellent sound and the whackos who populate it, and the other…
Scott Malchus
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I am running for my son. That is the mantra I repeated to myself in times of exhaustion when I was training for my first two marathons back in 2003…
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…