Scientists discovered that eating blueberries and having friends are good for the memory and that pregnancy and smoking are bad for it. Nautiluses can remember useful things, but only for…
Ben Wiser
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For Test of the Boomerang III, I retired to a simple cottage in the Welsh countryside to reflect. This post was done acoustically. Hey gang, today I have brought three…
Ken Shane
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Randy Newman will be 65 years old in November. On his first album of new material since 1999’s Bad Love, he emphatically demonstrates that he has not lost one bit…
Taylor Long
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If there’s anything that was meant by the early Black Kids press, it wasn’t about hype or the power of the Internet, or the way that the music business is…
David Medsker
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Hope you’re not wearing anything too fancy, because we’re about to get dirty. Bill Drummond and Jimmy Caulty have about as many aliases as Alain Jourgenson. As the Timelords, they…
Dave Steed
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You know, there are times when even I’ve had enough of ’80s music. It’s hard to believe that since I’m still acquiring “new” music all the time, but sometimes I…
Taylor Long
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The first time I saw Wolf Parade, they were opening a secret Modest Mouse show at Webster Hall in 2004. I knew nothing about them, but they impressed me just…
Zack Dennis
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One of of the most overlooked films of 2006 (a terrible, terrible year for movies; with redemption only brought by the likes of The Departed, Borat, and Casino Royale) was…
John C. Hughes
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One of the first acts mentioned whenever someone brings up the subject of “’80s One-Hit Wonder,” Dexys Midnight Runners actually had quite a few hits in the UK, including a…
Popdose Staff
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Eric Clapton – “I’ve Got a Rock and Roll Heart” Dave: Did Clapton have to record this to pay back the writers for lending him money for blow? This record…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE (download) This mix started as most of them do: with one song, or in this case a whole collection of songs.Á‚ The culprit was Jakob…
Will Harris
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No, I’m not dead, but neither can it really be said that I’ve been resting, either. Sorry for the monthlong interim between columns, but I was in Los Angeles July…
Taylor Long
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In 2004, I managed to land an internship at the Grammys. More specifically, the Seattle branch of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the professional organization responsible…
Jon Cummings
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“Napoleon once said, when asked to explain the lack of great statesmen in the world, that to get power you need to display absolute pettiness. To exercise power, you need…
Popdose Staff
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The Popdose staff was sitting around the other day, doing what we do best — namely, talking about records that most people wish they didn’t remember — when a discussion…
Robert Cass
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I don’t mean to brag or nothin’, but when it comes to procrastinating, I’m something of an expert. If there had been a contest last year to determine the world’s…
DJ D
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TWO TONS O’ TALENT San Francisco’s Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes first rose to fame in 1977 as Two Tons O’ Fun, background singers of choice for drag-tastic disco diva…
Jeff Giles
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Jonatha Brooke – Forgiven from Careful What You Wish For (2007) The Tender Idols – See How She Runs from Step On Over (2000) Rembrandts – Maybe It’s You from…
David Medsker
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(NOTE: Name That Tune will return next week at its usual time. ‘Til then, please enjoy this sneak peek at David Medsker’s Cover Me, a new feature that will be…
The Chartburn Panel
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/0KL_fgWgK40″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Mike + the Mechanics, “Silent Running” (1985) David Medsker: I love Paul Carrack as much as the next guy, but is what…
Zack Dennis
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A sizable crowd was already waiting outside the Echo when I arrived at 8:30. One can often forecast how good a show’s going to be based on the enthusiasm of…
Dw. Dunphy
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It was quite a thing to hear. The big U.S. auto manufacturers, finding their sales affiliates smarting over the loss of business for the once-profitable mammoth, 4X4 luxury monsters in…
Jon Cummings
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Rick Springfield is getting something of a career re-boot this week. Twenty-seven years after “Jessie”™s Girl” and the Working Class Dog album made him one of the “™80s”™ first superstars,…
John C. Hughes
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Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, Morrissey made quite of a bit of noise in the music press (this is back when he deigned to speak with them) about bands he…
Mojo Flucke
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I am an unabashed fan of Cephas & Wiggins, who bring a modern take on traditional folk blues. In interviews, they’re gentlemen, who love telling their stories and giving thoughtful…
Scott Malchus
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Once chance intervention, see what it can signify The slightest misapprehension, baby And we’d have passed each other by When I heard your sweet voice callin’ Saw your light come…
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…
Ted Asregadoo
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Live music in a small setting is a wonderful thing, especially when the musicians doing the playing have reached such an accomplished level of musicianship that it makes one wonder…
Ben Wiser
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“I would like to thank everybody here for coming, thank you to the clowns for their nice entertainment. They were quite good. Thank you…” Grateful Dead 12/6/80 Mill Valley Recreation…
Matthew Bolin
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Normally, this series takes on an artist who’s a bad person and whose “badness” has tempered his or her ability to make quality albums with consistency — in other words,…