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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…
Popdose Staff
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If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, and certainly not with that attitude, you young…
Popdose Staff
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If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, not ever. No, never, no way, no how….
Popdose Staff
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If you’re holding your breath for the day MTV starts playing music videos again, let it go. It’s never going to happen, not while there’s still a heart-rending story, about…
Dave Lifton
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What happens when pop culture forces collide, and why do they almost always suck? Matt Wardlaw, Michael Parr, and Dave Lifton discuss it on the Popdose Podcast!
Popdose Staff
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With summer winding down, the Popdose staff is counting down its favorite songs of the season. Did your favorite “Summer Song” make the list?
Rob Smith
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Did you know that Kim Basinger recorded an album with Prince in 1989? Are you curious what it sounds like? “Rob Smith Can’t Say No” to your curiosity. Check it out at Popdose!
Popdose Staff
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We made a list of our favorite guitarists of all time, and this week we count down the final 10. Who’s number 1? You’ll have to click to find out.
Michael Parr
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Michael Parr takes on the latest Prince record, 20Ten, and promises not to “just fill your head with numbers.”
Jon Cummings
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Earth Day 1990 was a very big deal. Held on April 23, a Sunday, it marked the pinnacle of an upswing in green consumerism and a transition for the environmental…
Will Harris
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It sold so poorly that it broke up the band, and more than 20 years later, most people still haven’t heard of it — but Will Harris thinks that ought to change.
Jeff Giles
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For once, we agree with the Scorpions, who have announced that their most recent album will be their last. Here are six artists we wish would follow suit.
Jon Cummings
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We soon learned that what she “hadn’t got” was her marbles. But do we have to ignore the crazy to remember what a great album this is?
Ken Shane
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The Beatles broke up in 1970, and Paul McCartney released his first solo album. In California, a young McCartney-influenced musician was beginning his own solo career.
Rob Smith
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We in the States have grown accustomed to the idea that Robbie Williams can be safely ignored, but in his latest Death by Power Ballad, Rob Smith shows us the error of our ways.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed’s jaw-droppingly comprehensive look at Prince’s discography reaches its bittersweet conclusion this week, with a trip back through the last decade of the Purple One’s career.
Dave Steed
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In part one of the Popdose Guide to Prince we took a look at the start of his career up through Graffiti Bridge in 1990. Tons of good music and…
Dave Steed
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What’s purple, has two thumbs, and will most likely try to sue our asses for running this guide? Ladies and gents, Prince Rogers Nelson!
Popdose Staff
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The Popdose staff rings in the new year with a selection of classic opening moments from our favorite songs, movies, and books.
Michael Parr
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Alicia Keys has shed her ’70s soul inspired roots for more modern influences, but does it work? Michael Parr has the review.
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE As I wrap up this little musical tour of 1981, our last stop will really make you want to dance (or so I hope). Yeah,…
Jason Hare
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Mariah Carey shatters a 21-year record (and probably a few crystal glasses), Color Me Badd continues to suck, and Bryan Adams is told his album isn’t Canadian enough. It’s all part of Jason Hare’s CHART ATTACK! from 10/19/91!
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders moves into week three of the letter P, which means it’s time for things to get mighty purple around here — and hey, is that the Web Sheriff’s siren we hear in the distance?
Matthew Bolin
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There come times in the pop culture universe where an item is so solidly packed with cheese, befuddlement, and WTF? moments that it falls in upon itself, spiraling into a…
Rob Smith
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It’s time for more unsolicited career advice from Don Skwatzenschitz, and this week, he’s trying to help a furloughed Soldier of Love.
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane has emerged from those dusty crates again, and this time, he’s getting down and getting funky.
Matchup Monkey
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Social Distortion – “Bad Luck” Janet Jackson – “Black Cat” Ying Yang Twins – “Salt Shaker” Prince – “The Ladder” The Who – “Smash the Mirror” Rihanna – “Umbrella” Say…