Pete’s CafÁ© and Bar is located on the corner of 4th and Main in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. It’s a trendy restaurant with nice large windows that look out on…
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The first 13 episodes of Fox’s new hit musical series, Glee, released here in a 4 DVD set, are an entertaining, yet wildly inconsistent group of episodes that sees the…
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You’ve watched the news footage, seen the photos and read the news tweets; you’ve heard the screams and pleas and shook your head at the ludicrous comments by idiots. Whenever…
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I dread an empty house. When Julie and the kids are out of town, as they were the week before Christmas, our home is too quiet. No matter how many…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE By now, you’re thoroughly drenched in holiday music – with the vast majority of the songs celebrating Christmas. So why bother with yet another holiday-themed…
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During the summer, when getting up to run at the crack of dawn didn’t mean donning four layers of clothes and a wool cap, I was able to run longer…
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On a frigid winter’s night in December 1994, a group of friends met at some bar in Lakewood, Ohio, I think the name of the place was Around the Corner….
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Premiering tonight on TNT is the new dramedy series, Men of a Certain Age, which comes from Emmy winners Ray Romano and Mike Royce, one of the executive producers and…
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We gathered around the tree hanging ornaments on its branches while baby Jacob looked on and Christmas music played over the stereo. It was our first Christmas in our new…
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Like most families, mine had a Thanksgiving tradition we kept up until I began college. For my entire childhood I remember it like this: Our Wednesday nights were spent driving,…
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As the decade draws to a close, the Popdose staff looks back at its favorite films of the last 10 years.
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Scott Malchus celebrates his 100th Basement Songs column by doing what he does best — opening his heart and fearlessly expressing his feelings.
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Andy Barker, P.I. was, by far, my favorite new series to premiere during the winter of 2007. Andy Richter’s second foray into half-hour comedy was a hybrid comedy/mystery series, co-created…
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Scott Malchus gets fast and loud in this week’s Basement Songs, wishing his son a happy birthday to the strains of a Rock Band favorite.
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As a longtime Monty Python fanatic, I’ve often heard of the legendary Fawlty Towers, the British sitcom John Cleese co-created and starred in after Flying Circus had gone off the…
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In his latest column, Scott Malchus listens to a sweet duet and reflects on 17 years of life with his wife.
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If vampires, mysteries and romance are your thing, you can do much worse than Blood Ties, the supernatural drama that aired on Lifetime in 2007. The second season collection contains…
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In an effort to conserve gas and save money, I’ve been riding my bike to the train station on a regular basis. It reminds me of my sophomore year at…
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The Brothers Bloom is the second feature film from writer/director Rian Johnson. His first, the high school film noir cult classic, Brick, revealed a promising filmmaker with a fluent style…
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Since the day we moved into our house, I have regularly snuggled my daughter Sophie for about 10 minutes before she goes to sleep at night. When she was younger,…
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An Audience of One (2009, Indiepix) Purchase this DVD from Amazon or from Indiepix At age 40, Richard Gozawsky, a San Francisco Pentecostal pastor at one of those houses of…
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New Tricks: Season One (2009, BBC) purchase from Amazon: DVD Call it Cold Case for the retired crowd. The BBCÁ¢€â„¢s mystery series New Tricks doesnÁ¢€â„¢t break any new ground as…
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One of my brotherÁ¢€â„¢s infamous parties was going on downstairs in the basement.Á‚ He didnÁ¢€â„¢t have to return to Columbus for a couple weeks, so I guess he felt one…
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The Proposal (2009, Touchstone) purchase from Amazon: Deluxe DVD Edition | Blu-ray Sandra Bullock is at the top of her game and Ryan Reynolds gives one of his best performances…
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In this week’s edition of Basement Songs, Scott Malchus remembers the cash-poor early days of his marriage — and says goodbye to an old friend.
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ItÁ¢€™s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the twisted spawn of Seinfeld. Much like NBCÁ¢€™s beloved sitcom, the show centers around four friends (three males and a female). In this case,…
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I can understand why fans of the character Wolverine and his band of misunderstood mutants, the X-Men, were disappointed with this film. Sure, the movie has some kick-ass action sequences,…
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Scott Malchus relives the fall of 1987, when Sting’s …Nothing Like the Sun was new and high school shenanigans were in the air.
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Castle: The Complete First Season (2009, ABC Studios/Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD Castle, the ABC mystery series, proves one thing: Nathan Fillion is a star. He has charm, comic…
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Scott Malchus is headed back to the basement again, where he’s rising up to the challenge of our rival — and facing down a parent’s worst fear.