Depending on who you ask, Janet Jackson may not actually be in need of fixing. Her latest album, Discipline, is a hit and so is the first single, “Feedback.” Things…
Jon Cummings
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As the Democratic primary campaign slogs onward to Indiana and North Carolina this week, Hillary Clinton — despite her still-overwhelming deficits in votes, delegates and cash — is reveling in…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
No, it’s not Tuesday again, and your eyes are not deceiving you. While considered by most to be an ’80s band, the Motels’ self-titled debut actually came out in 1979….
Mojo Flucke
1 Min Read
This is a “just listen” day. In other words, if you really are interested in the backstory on this cat, open a new window and google it. I’m just providing…
Scott Malchus
2 Min Read
Around this time last year, I was in the throes of a terrible depression. It was unlike any wave of emotions I’d ever been through in my entire life. For…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Robbie Nevil’s undescended testicle. Never heard of Judson Spence? Congratulations — you’ve been spared (until now) the horror of listening to the album I’m convinced was…
Jason Hare
1 Min Read
As you may know, Mellow Gold hero Paul Davis died yesterday from a heart attack at the age of 60. Davis was the focus of one of the first Adventures…
Matthew Bolin
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[Note: Tom Werman, the producer discussed in this post, has disputed several elements of the story. To read his response, click here. –Ed.] We’re not too far away from a…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
With her candyfloss hair, plastic bra and squealing, Betty Boop vocal histrionics, Dale Bozzio was New Wave personified, but such a figure overshadowed the songwriting and musical chops of the…
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
A couple of weeks ago I watched a new documentary about the creation of the Doors’ first album. Almost immediately after that, I dove into the new Nick Cave &…
David Medsker
1 Min Read
The music industry is quick to tell you how piracy is killing them, and it surely is. What they’re not as vocal about is their tendency to kill themselves. This…
Dave Steed
2 Min Read
So, where did we leave off last week? That’s right, the kid finally got some cash money. It’s 1999, and I’m in my fifth year at the beautiful College of…
Zack Dennis
1 Min Read
When The Breakfast Club begins, we’re presented with the five characters as easily defined stereotypes — “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.” In the…
Ted Asregadoo
2 Min Read
We’re at a point in the presidential election when reporters, news directors, anchors, and all the other media powers who help frame election issues are getting weary. Weary of the…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
There’s something somewhat satisfying and shadenfreude-y watching Malcolm McLaren, one of the bigger thieves and musical grifters of pop music, get ripped off himself. After all, this is the man…
Darren Robbins
1 Min Read
The cutout bins are filled with what I’ve always called “blatant pop attempts” — albums created for maximum commercial appeal that, despite such intentions, failed miserably on all fronts. In…
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
DOWNLOAD HERE If there’s a theme to this mix, it comes from the movie title The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The vanity projects of TV and movie stars…
Will Harris
1 Min Read
As I wait for another fine, upstanding artist to find time in their busy schedule to provide me with answers to the Q&A I’ve sent their way, I thought I’d…
Taylor Long
1 Min Read
This song is Spring. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Helplessly Hoping” (download) It’s easy enough to point to nearly any Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and say that — “Judy:…
Jon Cummings
1 Min Read
Like a lot of music buyers back in the late “™70s and early “™80s — a pre-Compact Disc era when recession, market oversaturation, aversion to disco, and other factors sent…
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Scott Malchus
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Brothers & Sisters, ABC’s latest hit family drama (Sundays at 10 pm), came back to the airwaves last night, and for some of us, it was a welcome return of…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
… In which we take a twice-monthly look at the top ten of one of Billboard magazine’s many singles charts. This week: the Hot 100! [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/m_csWGrebQs” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent”…
Robert Cass
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I didn’t mean to take a three-week vacation from writing Sugar Water, but here I am with my first post for the month of April, which is already on its…
Darren Robbins
1 Min Read
The news of Danny Federici’s passing has me contemplating a number of emotions. It seems that with every passing week, there is news of cancer claiming yet another beautiful spirit…
Ken Shane
2 Min Read
The news of Danny Federici’s death has sent my mind reeling back over the dozens of E Street Band shows that I’ve seen over the years. But the one I…
Anthony Kuzminski
2 Min Read
When I see a concert, I hope that the artist resonates in a way that moves you beyond the two or three hour performance. There are nights where you want…
Scott Malchus
1 Min Read
The first thing thing that came to mind when I heard that Danny Federici had passed was the chorus of “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy).” This song, more than…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Lupe Fiasco – The Coolest from The Cool (2007) Patty Griffin – People Get Ready from Love from My Lips (live bootleg) (2005) Lee Williams and the Cymbals – I…
Darren Robbins
1 Min Read
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away lived a kid who hadn’t a care in the world. In the small Indiana town he called home, he had…
Scraps
1 Min Read
Hey everybody. Welcome to the fourteenth peace-disturbing week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Even among the most ancient peoples, games had rules, and traditionalists that we are, our games…