Were we…amused?!
Miley Cyrus
After running down the best 2015 albums from classic rockers and taking a look at the rock/pop and country/rootsrecords you don’t want to miss from the past year, you’d think…
The downward spiral of actress Amanda Bynes.
Rob Smith takes the guilt out of guilty pleasures and proclaims his love for Juice Newton.
The fifth episode of Songs of Freedom continues the discussion from the last episode on politics and female recording artists.
Fandom: what does it mean, who inspires it, and where will you go in its name? We have some thoughts on the subject, and you’ll hear ’em on Episode 18 of The Popdose Podcast!
It’s really hard to say what’s right and wrong when raising kids. There is so much that’s weird and random about life that setting rules and passing judgment is pointless;…
Rob Smith finds a new power ballad masterpiece from Cathy Richardson and the Macrodots, in this week’s “Death by Power Ballad.”
Rob Smith Can’t Say No to the Justin Bieber movie, Never Say Never, cuz he loves his son and has a high tolerance for pain.
It breaks Rob Smith’s achy breaky heart that he Can’t Say No to Billy Ray Cyrus’ Hallmark holiday movie, “Christmas in Canaan.”
The shift to electronic media not only means that fewer CDs and paperbacks will end up in thrift shops, but it also means that we can forget about that crazy time when owning a Vanilla Ice CD seemed like a good idea.
Sometimes an artist and her fans need to just, like, move on already. Here, the author’s daughter (and her BFF) explain why the Party In The USA is so yesterday.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Everyone over the age of 14 is supposed to hate Miley Cyrus, and a publication as allegedly respectable as this one has no business reviewing her…
Alicia Keys, “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” from The Element of Freedom I find her albums awfully inconsistent, but Alicia Keys is a fine singles artist; other R&B performers…
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.
Popdose…in your ear! Join Jeff Giles, Jason Hare and Dave Lifton for another irreverent pop culture discussion — it’s Episode 2 of the Popdose Podcast!
My apologies to anyone whoÁ¢€â„¢s been waiting with bated breath for me to wrap up this series Á¢€” is there any such person out there? I left off in early…
Sequels! Adaptations! Ill-advised remakes! It’s gotten so it’s hard to tell what’s a real movie in development and what’s a story in The Onion — and that’s where our quiz comes in.
Ashley Tisdale’s new album is called Guilty Pleasure, and in his latest How Bad Can It Be?, Jack Feerick explores the levels of irony in its title.
Jack Feerick’s latest How Bad Can It Be? takes him deep into the heart of darkness — the fifth volume of “Hannah Montana” on DVD.
Can I get a head count of all the bloggers out there reading this? Ten? Thirty-two? Forty-eight? … All of you? Well then, I suppose all of you will understand…
WFMU’s Beware of the Blog strips out the best parts of the Dreams of My Father audiobook; Will Harris runs down and wraps up the New York Comic-Con; Pet Shop…
Almost exactly a year ago on this site, my esteemed Popdose colleague Dw. Dunphy closed a column by asking, Á¢€Å“What has modernity offered you? Hannah Montana?Á¢€ He was concluding a…
Á¢€Å“ItÁ¢€â„¢s like riding a bike!Á¢€ Kay Hanley exclaimed last Saturday night, acknowledging the audience’s raucous response to her reunion with Letters to Cleo at the Roxy in West Hollywood. Eight…
I said something that sent a jolt of disbelief through the ranks of Popdose. I have been known to take my opinions to the far side, but this one threatened…