I’ve been reading The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 by Sean Wilentz, and it covers historical ground that most historians don’t want to touch for a good 30 years….
John C. Hughes
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German new wave combo Nena secured their place in rock history with the one-hit wonderdom of “99 Luftballons” in 1984, but I’ve always been a bit of a sucker for…
Popdose Staff
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Animotion – “Obsession” Ladies and gentlemen”¦LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! Next week we”™ll be unveiling a new feature here at Popdose: the Song-Off. Two songs about similar topic will be…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE My copy of Paste magazine came in the mail a couple of weeks ago, and if you don’t know about Paste, they provide readers with…
John C. Hughes
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Today we introduce a new weekly feature on Popdose, as John C. Hughes and the world’s foremost Belinda Carlisle impersonator, a.k.a. his buddy Matty (or “Bearlinda,” if you prefer), knock…
Will Harris
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Is there anyone who doesn’t like George Burns? No, there isn’t. And if you say that you don’t, I refuse to believe you. Even if you don’t think he’s funny,…
Jon Cummings
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The difference between journalism and history is, of course, time and perspective — as I”™ve been reminded over the last few months, as I”™ve presumptuously taken it upon myself to…
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Scott Malchus
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So here we are at the end of another cycle of Fox’s juggernaut, American Idol. For seven seasons, the televised talent show has been the thorn in the side of…
Jeff Giles
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Howdy, pardners! It’s been a couple of weeks since we moseyed down Billboard way, so what do you say we hop along down to the Hot Country Top 10 and…
Robert Cass
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I saw Iron Man this morning. It was the first time I’d paid to see a movie at a multiplex in almost eight months. Maybe I should’ve gone to church…
Molly Marinik
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On Tuesday the American Theatre Wing announced the 2008 Tony Awards nominees. The Tonys are the highest honors given to Broadway shows and performers — they’re basically the Oscars for the movies’ less powerful…
Zack Dennis
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I”™m still reeling from this show. I had heard of Cloud Cult via KEXP, but they hadn”™t made enough of an impression on me that I”™d been awaiting this show…
Will Harris
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I was going through a box of CD singles that I’m weeding out of my collection, and I couldn’t help but grin as I thumbed past a ridiculous number of…
Scott Malchus
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Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder titled his memoir Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001) in an attempt to sell more copies of the book. Co-written with journalist…
Scraps
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Hey everybody. Welcome to the seventeenth synapse-snapping week of Name That Tune at Popdose. A game without rules is a kind of anarchy, don’t you think? And we don’t want…
Jeff Giles
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Hey, everybody! It’s our pal Jason’s birthday today! Now, normally, we don’t brag about our staff getting older — but today is a special day, not only because Jason is…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back to another Friday edition of CHART ATTACK! I have to admit that I do have a soft spot in my heart for almost all of the songs in…
Bob Cashill
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“That’s it,” said my friend, following our Monday evening screening of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. “I’m through with Narnia.” I know the feeling; it’s the same one I…
Dw. Dunphy
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Mind if I freak you out here? Yes? Too bad; I have nothing else to write about. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have a lot to write about, judging…
Jon Cummings
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It happened again last night, a sight that many liberals have come to love. Veins a-poppin’, eyes a-bulgin’, ears a-steamin’, limbs a-twitchin’, looking generally like his head was about to…
John C. Hughes
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When Ian McCulloch left Echo & the Bunnymen in 1988 for a solo career, no one really expected the rest of the band to carry on without him, much less…
Mojo Flucke
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Originally, this fine blog entry was crafted exclusively for the awesome Popdose Statutory Rock List, but alas, as I am wont to do — such as right here in the…
Scott Malchus
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Damn right, “My Sharona.” The Knack’s one monster hit, co-written by lead guitarist Berton Averre and singer Doug Fieger, has kept my heart pumping and my hands pounding on steering…
Jeff Giles
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Rick Astley – Hold Me in Your Arms (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Well, do you remember Rick Astley? He had a big, fat hit — it was ghastly He…
Dave Matos and Mikey Newman
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Darren Robbins
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There are those artists who get a couple releases into their career before they feel the pressure from the suits at the label to “have a hit,” and then there…
Taylor Long
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Trent Reznor strikes again. So, Ghosts I-IV didn’t satisfy your hunger, it wasn’t like a “real” Nine Inch Nails album, it was instrumental, it didn’t count? Well, that’s fine. ‘Cause…
Taylor Long
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It would be a lie to say that listening to M83’s Saturdays=Youth is vaguely reminiscent of being transported back to the ’80s. Listening to M83’s Saturdays=Youth is incredibly reminiscent of…
David Medsker
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Meet the rarest of beasts: the heavy metal dance mix. After the “disappointing” sales figures for Judas Priest”™s 1984 album Defenders of the Faith (it merely went platinum), CBS Records…