Dw Dunphy ruminates over the difficulties of “living in the moment.”
Christmas
Right off the bat, I’ll admit that I’m not a Christmas person. This season full of earwig songs, clashing colors and increasingly unnecessary shopping frenzy leaves me cold. That said,…
The Internet moves fast. Here are some of our favorite links from the week that was: 2010’s best unsigned acts — well, okay, some of them, anyway [Something Else!] They…
Every holiday season, dozens of writers attempt to trivialize the holiday season through popular culture. Chestnuts like It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and A Christmas Story are…
The Internet moves fast. Here’s a fond look back at our favorite links from the last seven days: AM, Then FM wraps up its “12 Days of Christmas” with a…
When I was a kid, every year around this time I would watch Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I did this despite the fact that critics regularly put this 1964…
We’ve got a ton more from the letter C this week, as we take a look at the songs that hit the rock charts in the ’80s but never crossed…
Back in the mid- to late ’80s, before Bob Marley, David Byrne, and I had even met the eventual mayor of Bootleg City, otherwise known as Robert “The Eventual Mayor of Bootleg…
I have to admit, I’m a bit conflicted this holiday season. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been going through the motions — spending lots of time at home with my…
This week I have a special holiday treat for you. It’s the 1975 album ”How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, performed by Zero Mostel. Even though Karloff’s version of The Grinch…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE By now, you’re thoroughly drenched in holiday music – with the vast majority of the songs celebrating Christmas. So why bother with yet another holiday-themed…
Ex-Kansas vocalist John Elefante offers his cover of “O Come All Ye Faithful,” and Popdose’s Death by Power Ballad is there to praise it, in the spirit of the holidays.
Six years ago I was fed up with the state of affairs in Bootleg City, but determined to do something about it. A small group of Bootleg City school board…
Don’t know what to get your friends and loved ones for the holidays this year? If they’re lovers of merriment, obnoxious humor and immature behavior, we can think of no…
With the holidays coming up, I thought I’d present a Christmas selection from my blog, ”Way Out Junk.” This features Boris Karloff, not too long after he narrated ”How the…
Let me answer your first question straight off: Yes, I’ve written a review of a Blu-ray disc that features little more than a burning fireplace. I know it’s a little…
The latest trend in the ”something for nothing on the Internet” game is the pay-to-bid auction site. The auction operator lets such items as cash and gift cards go at…
Pete Chianca has heard you giggling through Bob Dylan’s new Christmas album, and he doesn’t much care for your lack of respect.