“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…
Dave Steed
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The story of how I completed my collection continues in 2006. I was winding down to the end. I found that collecting the first 4,000-plus songs to hit the Billboard…
Popdose Staff
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Zack Dennis
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There was an episode of television’s Friday Night Lights when a new character plays in his first game and forces a game-changing fumble. The lead-up sequence is unabashedly manipulative, as…
Ted Asregadoo
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I don’t know if bad news has reached critical mass this past week, but it seems that the last few days of newspaper reading has engendered a great deal of…
John C. Hughes
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The most interesting thing about British pop band Curiosity Killed the Cat is that Andy Warhol appeared and co-directed the video for their biggest hit. Okay, maybe that’s not entirely…
Jack Feerick
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Hiya kids! This week I have a guest DJ mixin’ it up for you. Jack Feerick wrote a great Popdose Guide to Traffic and, unsatisfied with lack of music love…
Darren Robbins
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So much of our lives are shaped by how we carry ourselves — our self-confidence, if you will. Yet I have come to believe that confidence is actually an indicator…
Will Harris
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I’ve spoken before of ESDMusic.com, one of the blog sites connected to my full-time employer, Bullz-Eye.com, to which I contribute. These days, ESD Music exists predominantly as an alternate haven…
Taylor Long
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When I was in middle school, I had a lot of ideas for music videos. Generally, these ideas were boring and tame — mostly because at the time, I was…
Jon Cummings
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Over the past several months I”™ve been engaged in a Vision Quest on this tiny slice of the Internet, attempting to locate and suitably disparage the worst Number One songs…
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Scott Malchus
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Scrubs says “goodbye” to NBC, and “hello” to a new network.
Popdose Staff
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For about as long as there’s been music, dudes have been writing songs about younger girls — but since the dawn of rock and roll, singing odes to teenage flesh…
Robert Cass
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On May 1, Representative Vito Fossella (R-NY) was arrested for drunk driving in Alexandria, Virginia, after running a red light, and was released into the custody of a former Air…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: A solid play about straight guys that both genders should find relatable and entertaining. See it now — it closes Sunday, May 18. The Four of Us is the…
Jeff Giles
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The Waterboys – World Party from Fisherman’s Blues (1988) Ivan Neville – Ghetto Street from Saturday Morning Music (2002) Ray LaMontagne – Country Girl from Rarities (year) Splitsville – Your…
Dave Steed
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So, I’m about to reveal to you a problem I have that only a few know about: I cannot scream. That’s right, I can’t yell really loud at anything. I…
Scraps
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Hey everybody, and anyone else I’ve left out. Welcome to the sixteenth stoat-wrangling week of Name That Tune at Popdose. While we do impose a certain amount of structure on…