I was beginning to think I’d never find a tough lawman to clean up Bootleg City, especially after my faux pas-filled interview with Marshall Crenshaw. (I won’t bore you with…
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Michael Fortes
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Michael Fortes wraps up the first leg of his visits to Bay Area indie bands in a jovial session with the guys from The Aimless Never Miss.
Will Harris
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She made many Popdosers’ hearts flutter during the wild and innocent ’80s, and now she’s here for a chat with — and answering reader questions presented by — the coolest kid in class, Will Harris.
Robert Cass
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I’m not going to lie to you — even though I’m the most powerful figurehead in Bootleg City, I don’t have all the answers. That’s why I often turn to…
Dw. Dunphy
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Dw. Dunphy bids farewell to two pop-culture icons.
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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Many thanks to Reader Jeff (an old pal from my Rutgers days) for reminding me about the time Uncle Donnie was invited up on stage at a D’Angelo show to…
Jon Cummings
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Love her or hate her, Madonna defined popular music Á¢€” screw that, she defined popular culture — like no one else during the 1980s. Her 16 straight Top-5 singles (from…
Jason Hare
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Jason Hare is back for another installment of Chart Attack! — and this week, he takes us all the way back to April 22, 1972, and a top 10 featuring Neil Young, Aretha, and Baba Booey. Wait, what?
Jason Hare
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Hi, everybody! This week’s CHART ATTACK! takes us back a whopping 22 years, and wow, do I feel old, considering I remember hearing just about every single one of these…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Every now and then there are songs that come down the pike that people just love, love, love. But you know what? The songs are…
Tony Redman
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Big Daddy is a musical group with a rather unusual back story. IÁ¢€â„¢ll let the liner notes explain: While on a USO tour of Southeast Asia in 1959, Big Daddy…
Dw. Dunphy
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It’s the curse of the debut album: the artist, unsure of who he/she is or what he/she ought to sound like strikes out in all directions — a power ballad…
Jason Hare
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Hey everybody!Á‚ Just think: one week from now, you’ll probably be feeling full and somewhat nauseous from all the food you’ve ingested.Á‚ I say, why wait a week?Á‚ Get that…
DJ D
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SHE’S A MODERN GIRL (na na na na na) Back in the neon-colored days of the ’80s, Sheena Easton ruled the Adult Contemporary charts with a well-manicured fist. Sheena first…
Jason Hare
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Hello, everybody! I’ll be honest with you — this chart kind of stinks. I mean, it’s not “wretched,” but I wouldn’t say it’s “good by any stretch of the imagination,”…
Matthew Bolin
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Normally, this series takes on an artist who’s a bad person and whose “badness” has tempered his or her ability to make quality albums with consistency — in other words,…
Dw. Dunphy
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Some people are just flat-out smart-asses. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be at times, mind you, but a good smart-ass pulls it off with a modicum of grace…
Darren Robbins
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The weird thing about being into music as much as I am (much to the chagrin of every girlfriend I’ve ever had) is that I still end up missing out…
Ted Asregadoo
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Welcome to it, Popsters! Each week I hope to delight you and yours with some musical goodness mixed the old fashioned way: with thought given to the song order in…
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