Y’know, if Josie Cotton’s best-known single had become more than just a regional hit on the west coast, my high school life would have been a living hell. But thankfully,…
Popdose Staff
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Bob Dylan – “Like a Rolling Stone” Robert: Rolling Stone magazine named Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965) the greatest song of all time in 2004. It certainly…
Ted Asregadoo
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Hey, Mix Six fans! I’m on a much needed vacation this week, so Jack Feerick is going to be in charge of the mixing duties for a couple of weeks….
Jason Hare
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Over the years, my best friend and I have come up with a lot of random, idiotic games — games that we use to pass the time while waiting for…
Will Harris
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I can still remember stumbling upon the CD for Voice of the Beehive’s Let It Bee for the first time. I guess you could argue that it stood out because,…
Taylor Long
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Nearly two years ago now, I posted a short list of songs that reminded me of my post-college trip to Europe & Asia. One of those songs, DJ Bobo’s “Chihuahua”…
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Scott Malchus
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Elvis Mitchell is one of the preeminent film critics and interviewers of our generation. Since 1996 his NPR radio show, The Treatment, has been a stomping ground for popular culture’s…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: Tragedy befalls a young couple and they’re left to pick up the pieces. The story is told in nonlinear vignettes, so the audience actively tries to stitch the…
Dave Matos and Mikey Newman
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Taylor Long
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Fourth of July is, without a doubt, my favorite holiday. Firstly, because it’s not religiously affiliated. Secondly, because it generally involves some combination of the following three items: fire, grilling…
The Chartburn Panel
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/l7TUVOYAW28″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Asia, “Heat of the Moment” (1982) Vrabel: I have a buddy who’s a big Asia fan. And every single time my buddy…
Jeff Giles
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Bruce Springsteen – Independence Day (live) from Live 1975-1985 (1986) Taj Mahal – Freedom Ride from Largo (1998) The Damnwells – God Bless America from Air Stereo (2006) The Beach…
Bob Cashill
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Sex. You know you want it — and I know you’re not getting it from the movies. And I know you’re not because I’ve been looking myself, and coming up…
Dw. Dunphy
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Okay, who hasn’t thought America’s favorite family has jumped the shark by now? Even with the success of last year’s movie (which I found quite funny) still fresh in the…
Scraps
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Hey everybody and environs. Welcome to the twenty-second claw-clicking week of Name That Tune at Popdose. What if there were no rules? Then we’d have to delete the boilerplate: The…
John C. Hughes
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Here’s one I’ve been saving because … well, I’ve been too lazy to break out the USB turntable. 1994 was a great year for the Breeders. Last Splash had just…
Mojo Flucke
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Doooood, if you’ve been following this psychotic lo-fi series of posts all year, you’ve heard some hidden gems, some peculiar covers, some underground legends, and wacky side projects of people…
Scott Malchus
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If you should find yourself in North Olmsted, Ohio with a few extra minutes, you can drive past the North Olmsted high school. There, if you know where to look,…
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…
Jeff Giles
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A selection of “Findings” from the back page of Harper’s Magazine, June 2008. A genetic variation affecting two thirds of East Asian men might allow them to take performance-enhancing testosterone…
Ted Asregadoo
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I was digging through some old CDs the other day and happened across a compilation disc I made in the mid-’90s that had the title: Aimee Mann: My Miserable Life….
Taylor Long
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Their fifth studio album finds My Morning Jacket attempting to fulfill their urge to not be evilly defined solely by one genre. They’ve banked on the same aesthetic for awhile:…
Taylor Long
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For equitable purposes, it’s probably best to mentally separate Wolf Parade from their debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary. Not because it’s too good and they’ll never top it, and…
Ken Shane
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What do we have here? Two bands, two albums, one package. Well yes, and no. While the bands have different names, and very different styles, South San Gabriel is the…
David Medsker
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Welcome to the latest Popdose column to address our overall lack of self-esteem, Mope Like Me. White Label Wednesday fans, fear not — that column is still alive and well…
Dave Steed
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The other day Metal Sucks introduced me to Firewind’s cover of Michael Sembello’s “Maniac.” That in turn took me to iTunes to search for other covers and yielded the interesting…
Robert Cass
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Chicago celebrated gay pride over the weekend with a parade, a “queer prom,” and enough inordinate self-esteem and alternative lifestyles to choke a Clydesdale. You go, gay people! I absolutely…
Zack Dennis
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Nobody, and I mean nobody, has demonstrated an ability to manipulate popular culture better than Quentin Tarantino. The pop-culture reference is a staple of modern entertainment. Television shows like The…
Ted Asregadoo
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“I’m not afraid of insects taking over the world, and you know why? It would take about a billion ants just to aim a gun at me, let alone fire…