In his latest Mix Six, Ted Asregadoo contrasts bands’ debuts with songs from their most recent albums, including Weezer, Lone Justice, and New Order.
Joe Jackson
Two years ago, when I was working on this column’s debut, I wrote about Bruce Springsteen’s “Book of Dreams” and what the song means to Julie and me. During the…
No, not that Joe Jackson. This week, Scott Malchus ruminates on the nature of creativity, his relationship with his father, and his own motivations for writing, all against the backdrop of a track from Tucker: The Man and His Dream.
Read that headline and weep, folks. In just two more weeks, the summer of ’09 will be finito. Yeah, I know technically summer has a few more weeks of life…
May is the unofficial start of the summer concert season, so to unofficially celebrate the shows of 2009, Popdose.com and internet radio station The Penguin have teamed up for Penguimania…
You may have noticed the lack of intros to my posts lately. While this series is all about the music, I do like to do one now and again, but…
This will be the last Mope Like Me column. In truth, I didn’t think I would be saying this, at least not this soon after launching it. I’m a sucker…
A funny thing happened in the middle of the 1990s: Record labels looked into their vaults and found that most of their best selling titles had been in circulation for…
For me, the waning days of summer always bring to mind the city homecoming fair that took place at the end of every August in my hometown of North Olmsted,…
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/gXsVU6-_GFo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Mainstream Rock: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, “The Waiting” (1981) * Dunphy: It is, on its face, your standard Petty and Heartbreakers tune. Could’ve…
Instincts run hot and cold, depending on who is relying on them. Some artists go against the grain and it works out fantastically for them. Some make last-minute choices that,…