…Because what could be a better Mellowmas beginning than a soul-scarring song about everyone’s least favorite holiday treat?
Jeff Giles
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Jeff Giles and Jason Hare
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Like the grumpy warrior-poet Don Henley once rasped, “these times are so uncertain.” In this era of crumbling infrastructure, awful manners, and Sarah Palin, it’s hard to know what we…
Jason Hare
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In a world filled with awkward family holiday reunions, three men gather to remind you that it could be worse: you could be a Brady or Stewart Copeland. Join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton for a discussion of the best and worst pop culture reunions on Episode 15 of The Popdose Podcast!
Jeff Giles
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Ocean’s 11 (Warner Bros., 1960) They’re a pop culture institution — hell, they’re heroes to some people — but the Rat Pack really didn’t make that many movies as a…
Jeff Giles
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Ultimate Edition) (Warner Bros., 2010) As the Harry Potter franchise begins drawing to a close at the box office, Warner Bros. continues its…
Jeff Giles
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As the latest round of would-be blockbusters lines up at a theater near you, Popdose looks back at the box office totals of yesteryear. This week we revisit the top…
Jeff Giles
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The Sound of Music (20th Century Fox, 2010) One of the most enduring musicals and family films of all time, The Sound of Music celebrates its 45th anniversary by making…
Jeff Giles
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They might make some of the most boring music on Earth, but many of the most well-known smooth jazz artists have pretty fascinating histories, filled with unexpected projects and periodic…
Jeff Giles
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Universal, 2010) It earned some of the best reviews of the summer — and some of the most disappointing grosses. The Scott Pilgrim conundrum has…
Jeff Giles
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In our last Ticket Stub, I pointed you at a killer Dr. John concert from 1978. Two weeks later, I’m still stuck in New Orleans — spiritually speaking, anyway. For…
Jeff Giles
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Ultimate Edition (Warner Bros., 2010) The Harry Potter film franchise is heading into the home stretch in theaters this fall, but on the…
Jeff Giles
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Before we get started with today’s gawping at an artist stumbling out of mothballs, I’d like you to do me a favor. I want you to look back at your…
Jeff Giles
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The Goonies: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Warner Bros., 2010) Goonies never say die…but they do, apparently, yell “reissue” every once in awhile, and this Blu-ray package is the beautifully packaged…
Will Harris
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This week, The Friday Mixtape has been specially super-sized in order to provide you with 31 fiendishly good songs to keep you grim and grinning throughout the Halloween weekend.
Jason Hare
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What’s the easiest way for a record company to take your money every holiday season? Box sets! Join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton for a discussion of the best and worst compilations on the most recent episode of the Popdose Podcast!
Jeff Giles
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If you were reading my stuff way back in the old Jefitoblog days, you know I have a sick fascination for smooth jazz — to the point that I ended…
Jeff Giles
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Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy (Universal, 2010) Great Scott! I don’t know where the time went, but Back to the Future turns 25 this week, and to celebrate,…
Jeff Giles
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Malcolm John “Mac” Rebennack has gone by many names over the course of his long career — Dr. John, the Night Tripper, that guy with the song in the Heineken…
Jeff Giles
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Statistics chosen at random from the latest Harper’s Index, with corresponding mp3s. Date that the Tea Party Bookshop in Salem, Oregon, changed its name to Tigress Books: 8/24/10 Nils Lofgren…
Jeff Giles
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I never thought I’d be interested in listening to an Aaron Neville record. Yes, of course he’s done some stellar work with the Neville Brothers, but fellow children of the…
Jeff Giles
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Powder your noses, ladies — CAPTAIN VIDEO! is back with a new transmission from the 1980th Dimension.
Jeff Giles
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Very shortly, I’m going to abandon any kind of commentary on these KBCO things altogether — it is a seventeen-volume series, after all, and we’re only five in — but…
Jeff Giles
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As the latest round of would-be blockbusters lines up at a theater near you, Popdose looks back at the box office totals of yesteryear. This week, we revisit the Top…
Jeff Giles
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Psycho (Universal, 1960) The legend at the bottom of the cover says it all: “An Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece.” Boasting one of the most legendary scenes ever filmed and decades of…
Jeff Giles
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (Warner Bros., 2010) A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most enduring (and profitable, natch) horror franchises in history — and Michael Bay’s…
Jeff Giles
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Another day, another volume of KBCO Studio C goodness! Like the stuff we’ve seen already, Volume 4 is a pleasant blend of classic artists (Loudon Wainwright III), flavors of the…
Jeff Giles
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Splice (Warner Bros., 2010) Remember that old Chiffon margarine ad campaign about what happens when you try to fool Mother Nature? It gets a creepy, CGI-enhanced spin in this thriller…
Jeff Giles
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The Hangover: Extreme Edition (Warner Bros., 2010) No, you didn’t fall asleep for ten years — Warner Bros. really is double-dipping with The Hangover, a movie that only came out…
Jeff Giles
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The Secret of Kells (Flatiron, 2010) The surprise feelgood story of last year’s Academy Awards, this beautiful tribute to Celtic lore went from small Irish film to Oscar-nominee overnight —…
Jeff Giles
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It seems awfully quaint today, but it really wasn’t that long ago that King Kong was close to the pinnacle of gee-whiz special effects entertainment. I was born in the…