(This week, Ye Olde CHART ATTACK! is being taken over by none other than Robert Cass, my co-Managing Editor here at Popdose. Seems like it was only last year that…
Dw. Dunphy
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As of this writing it is the wrinkly end to the middle of March (the 21st, for those who hate metaphor) and rumor and tempers are rumbling in the camp…
Jeff Giles
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A selection of “Findings” from the back page of Harper’s Magazine, May 2008. Biologists found that those English soccer teams with red uniforms tend to win more often and score…
John C. Hughes
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Washington D.C.-based art-punk quartet Jawbox earned the ire of indie purists in 1993 when they left Dischord Records for major-label Atlantic in the Great Post-Nirvana Alternative Rock Swoop-Up. It proved…
Mojo Flucke
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The MC5 burned out and faded away so quickly, caving in under the weight of their own drug habits and personality conflicts in the early ’70s, that the punks they…
Dave Matos and Mikey Newman
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J.A. Bartlett
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April 16, 1981, was a Thursday. The nation’s front pagesÁ‚ detail the story of Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke, who admitted yesterday that her Pulitzer Prize-winning series featuring an eight-year-old heroin…
Jon Cummings
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One year ago today, my hometown of Blacksburg, Virginia, came face to face with a horror few American towns have had the misfortune of witnessing. To mark this somber anniversary…
Ken Shane
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Don’t look now, but there appears to be something of a soul revival going on these days, and I’m not talking about that so-called “neosoul,” with its programmed beats, overly…
Taylor Long
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Having moved away from Seattle to the cement pastures of New York City, I feel woefully out of touch with the consistently good music scene of my hometown. To make…
David Medsker
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Simply put, those “U1” jokes about Simple Minds that Py Korry referred to in his most recent Mix Six installment began here. “Produced by Steve Lillywhite.” For most bands, those…
Dave Steed
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So, we’re on the third post of this series, and I haven’t yet told you about my collection, and the reason I can actually do this type of thing. Last…
Zack Dennis
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Teen angst is one of the most tempting lodes for an ore-seeking filmmaker to mine. It’s something of a shared experience; the instinct to rebel against authority in any form…
Ted Asregadoo
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History-altering events produce consequences that are sometimes unintended. In our post-9/11 age, the political landscape has quickly altered, from the relative peace and prosperity of the Clinton years to perpetual…
John C. Hughes
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It’s the age-old story in pop music — when the hits start drying up, it’s time to grab the current “hot” producer and jump on the latest trend, hoping to…
Michael Fortes
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Few bands in the history of rock n’ roll have been simultaneously as lucky and doomed as Badfinger. Lucky because they were not only one of the wildly eclectic assortment…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD HERE I’ve been watching Gene Simmons Family Jewels on and off since the series began, and for some reason, there was a bit of a marathon session last week….
Will Harris
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“I been in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time.” —Dr. John Boy, if that doesn’t sum up the self-titled debut/swan song of Bounce the Ocean,…
Jon Cummings
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Something’s come over me as I’ve contemplated this, the fourth edition of what promises to be a six-part series (the invention of time travel seeming unlikely before I conclude, sometime…
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Scott Malchus
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Hey, all. This week I learned what they mean by “chasing down an interview.” I had been planning to post a conversation with one of the actors from October Road,…
Molly Marinik
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The other day I saw Jersey Boys, a Broadway musical unlike any other I’ve seen before. It’s not that the show itself was that phenomenally groundbreaking, or touching, or thought-provoking….
Popdose Staff
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Our friend John at You Must Be From Away let us know about this, and we had to share: Shave for a Cure has long been the signature fundraiser of…
Jeff Giles
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Mark Bacino – Kay from Pop Job … The Long Player! (1997) The Replacements – Buck Hill from Hootenanny (1983) Jack Wagner – Fighting the Nights from All I Need…
Scraps
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Hey everybody. Welcome to the thirteenth finger-snapping week of Name That Tune at Popdose. Rules? We got your steenkin’ rules right here: The Rules (subject to modification in future games):…
The Chartburn Panel
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/r-XtvR6-ckg” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Pink Floyd, “Keep Talking” (1994) Scott: Could Gilmour sound more bored? No wonder he called Floyd quits. Although Momentary Lapse of Reason…
Bob Cashill
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I’ve been tasked with preparing a summer movie guide for Popdose. I haven’t done one of these since I was at the Daily Northwestern, cramming dozens of titles into a…
Dw. Dunphy
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Some people are just flat-out smart-asses. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be at times, mind you, but a good smart-ass pulls it off with a modicum of grace…
Jon Cummings
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I know I’m a few days late, but may I please be the one who gets to pry the gun from his cold, dead hands? Forgive me if I decline…
John C. Hughes
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In 1979, Donna Summer could do no wrong — she was, in fact, riding high with three Top Ten hits in a row. So no one blinked when Summer and…