Who’s the squeakiest-cleanest little twerp ever to darken our Mellowmas door? Yes, folks, that’s right — it’s time for David Archuleta!
Jeff Giles
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Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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With Mellowmas Eve just a few short days away, it’s time for Jason and Jeff to celebrate the return of Dolly Parton — or is that Cesar Romero?
Bob Cashill
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The received wisdom was that the even-numbered entries in the pre-reboot Star Trek series were better than the odd-numbered ones. That held up, too, until the 10th and final one…
Bob Cashill
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I reviewed The Hangover when it was a big hit in June, then watched as it snowballed into a phenomenon. It’s the fourth top-grossing movie of 2009 to date and…
Jason Hare
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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…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Do they know it’s Christmastime at all? No, they don’t — and with the pudding-soft harmonies of Air Supply as their guide, they never will.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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What in the hell is a Leighton Meester? Jeff and Jason find out the answer to this question — and more! — during today’s Mellowmas celebration.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Holiday music from a Madonna wannabe calling herself Lady Gaga…it’s just gotta be lousy, right? Right, guys?
Jeff Giles
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In the fall of 1992, I was publishing a small Bay Area music newspaper– this was back in the BAM era, for those of you who were there, and a…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Screw gingerbread and eggnog — today, Lemmy proves that the real taste of Mellowmas is whiskey and unfiltered cigarettes. Hide your pets and daughters!
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Quintessential one-hit wonder Tommy Tutone discovers his ex-girlfriend Jenny shares a phone number with Santa in today’s depressing installment of Mellowmas.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Phil Collins jokes! Staten Island insults! Luke Perry in blackface! It’s the thirteenth day of Mellowmas!
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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A dozen days into Mellowmas ’09, Jeff and Jason sift through the smoking wreckage of the Love Train to find an O’Jays Christmas.
Jeff Giles
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People have been warning of the demise of serial dramas on television for years now, and from a certain perspective, the warnings seem frighteningly accurate, what with scripted series of…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Because nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a pig-suckling, dolphin-voiced pianist, the time has come for us to listen to a little Tori Amos.
Jeff Giles
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Half a good movie is better than no good movie at all, and Meryl Streep is great in just about anything — even Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia, which presents…
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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On the outside, this man is smiling, but let us tell you: Kevin Cronin is very angry with Christmas, ladies and gentlemen, and here is your proof.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Chances are, we’ll never hear Tom Waits doing an album of bluegrass carols — but if that day never comes, here’s the next best thing.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Have you ever wished the holidays weren’t so…you know…cheerful? Boy, has Sting got an album for you!
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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What’s worse than a Hilary Duff Christmas song? Find out in today’s senses-shattering chapter of the holiday you love to hate!
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Rob Halford’s Christmas album has flown in on sad wings of vengeance, and you might need some painkiller after you ram it down.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Is this the En Vogue lineup that recorded today’s track? We have no idea — and judging from the song, we’re guessing En Vogue has no idea either.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Yes, the weather outside is frightful — but Jeffrey Osborne is here to prove that keeping warm isn’t always a good thing.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Neil Diamond hates the holidays almost as much as he hates you, and Jason Hare and Jeff Giles have found the audio proof.
Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Bet you thought this photo was the low point of Robin Gibb’s career, didn’t you? Think again, Buster — and prepare for the bleating-est version of “Silent Night” you’ve ever heard.
Jason Hare
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It’s the moment you’ve been dreading for the past 11 months: Mellowmas returns to Popdose!
Jeff Giles
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Poor McG. He thought he was hired to direct a badass, rock ’em-sock ’em movie about evil death robots from the future (not Michael BublÁ©), and that’s what he delivered…
Jeff Giles
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I went into Four Christmases with some of the lowest expectations I’ve had for a movie all year. It exceeded them, but not by a mile, and I’m not sure…
Jeff Giles
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You’ve never seen cheap sentiment look prettier than it does in My Sister’s Keeper, the soft-focused weepie adapted from the bestselling novel from Jodi Picoult. Picoult never met a three-hankie…
Jason Hare
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What’s tastier than day-after-Thanksgiving leftovers? A fresh new episode of the Popdose Podcast, featuring the immature humor of Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton!