More news for 2011 including Journey, Whitesnake, Britney and… Ugh… Smurfs.
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Rob Smith
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Is Steve Perry a dick, or just a great singer? Rob Smith kicks off another year of Death by Power Ballad by examining Perry’s “Running Alone.”
Popdose Staff
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Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero…
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!
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a Journey into the “Electric Eye” of the ’80s with more of your favorite and least favorite rock hits of the decade.
Rob Smith
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Jeff Scott Soto is one of the great long-time underdogs of AOR. Rob Smith advocates for his immediate ascension to superstardom, in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad.”
Ted Asregadoo
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The Popdose Staff had a guiding hand in shaping this week’s Mix Six — with some great suggestions of songs that have been re-recorded by the artists who created them.
Scott Malchus
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In the fall of 1984, the Make A Wish Foundation contacted the band Journey. A 16-year old fan from Cleveland named Kenny Sykaluk was in the final days of his…
Jon Cummings
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The kids from Glee take their show off the air and onto the road. It’s not for the uninitiated — but for Gleeks it’s a pleasure they needn’t feel guilty about. Yet.
Robert Cass
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Last week I delivered the thrilling news that a movie is going to be shot right here in Bootleg City, and now I’m happy to announce that shooting begins next…
Scott Malchus
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Last week our kids’ school, Emblem Elementary in Saugus, held their third Cure Finders fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For the past three years, the students at Emblem have…
Rob Smith
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Rob Smith recalls the first time he heard Journey’s Arnel Pineda sing “Open Arms” in this week’s Death by Power Ballad, only at Popdose.com.
Matt Wardlaw
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Some times you have to give in to nostalgia, which is why I found myself at a St. Louis area casino a few weeks ago to see Foreigner. A note…
Rob Smith
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You blame it on Facebook. Had you not bowed to the entreaties of your more connected co-workers, you wouldn’t have seen her name, read her profile, or seen she now…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Long Live Rock For me, 1981 was a real musical watershed. I was a sophomore in high school, and through a series of events, it…
Scott Malchus
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Daniel Nester is the type of author anyone who frequents Popdose should be reading. His essays and prose contain much of the same humorous, sometimes smartass attitude that you readers…
Jason Hare
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We’ve invaded your browser, your radio dial, and your pop culture fantasies — and now, at long last, it’s time for us to snuggle up to your pods. Ladies and gentlemen, the Popdose Podcast!
Kelly Stitzel
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A couple months ago I was browsing around the vinyl section at my local Half-Price Books when I came across a near-mint copy of the soundtrack to Two of a…
Jon Cummings
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Jon Cummings’ ongoing look at great #2 hits in Billboard history moves into the ’80s this week, with hit tracks from the Bangles, Journey, and Foreigner in the mix.
Rob Smith
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Before there was an Arnel Pineda (Steve Perry soundalike, currently fronting Journey), or a Benoit David (Jon Anderson soundalike, currently fronting Yes), or even a Chris Chan (Barry Manilow impersonator,…
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders series has reached the end of the letter J, and you know what that means — Grace Jones sighting!
Rob Smith
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Wouldn’t it be cool to be Cheap TrickÁ¢€â„¢s Robin Á¢€Å“The VoiceÁ¢€ Zander?Á‚ I mean, the guy’s, like, 85 years old and looks the same as he did on the cover…
Rob Smith
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In Bull Durham, Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis chides Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) for his laziness and lack of focus on the game of baseball. “You got a gift,” he…
Scott Malchus
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My brotherÁ¢€â„¢s black five-piece Rogers drum set stood in our basement like the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey: Mysterious, imposing and full of wonder. As a prepubescent boy, I…
Rob Smith
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Kevin DuBrow‘s cocaine-assisted demise in 2007 denied the world additional work from one of the great philosophical minds in hard rock. Not really, but has there ever been another frontman…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE I was getting wistful for 45s the other day and went hunting through my old Grundorf cases that I used to lug from DJ gig…
Dw. Dunphy
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The trend in non-fiction literature as of late has been to title books with a snappy, concise name and then attach an absurd, ridiculously long subtitle, just to be clear…
Scott Malchus
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In the autumn of 1981, the band Journey released the multi-platinum album Escape. At the same time, I began sixth grade, entering my second year in an “advanced study program”…
Darren Robbins
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Although released in late 1977, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack would be impossible to ignore for much of 1978, with the Bee Gees’ “Night Fever” and “Stayin’ Alive,” as well…
Ted Asregadoo
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A guest DJ in the house! It’s none other than Popdose’s very own Scott Malchus, who is here to mix it up with six FRICKIN’ AWESOME DRUMMERS! What I love…