Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season (2009, ABC Studios/Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD Instead of lamenting on the things that were wrong with the fifth season of GreyÁ¢€â„¢s Anatomy,…
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Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season (2009, Warner Brothers) purchase from Amazon: DVD The fourth season of Supernatural kicks ass. Great mythology, plenty of action, some good doses of humor, it…
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Two years ago, when I was working on this column’s debut, I wrote about Bruce Springsteen’s “Book of Dreams” and what the song means to Julie and me. During the…
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ThereÁ¢€â„¢s a killer on the loose in Melrose Place! Beware! The ’90s hit soap is back, this time on the CW, which seems to be mining the previous decade for…
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Brothers and Sisters: The Complete Third Season (2009, ABC/Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD ABCÁ¢€â„¢s durable drama Brothers and Sisters hit some road bumps in its third season. After a…
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Scott Malchus has had a copy of the remastered Rubber Soul since last week, and he hasn’t been able to listen to anything else. Read his thoughtful review in this week’s edition of Basement Songs.
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Greek: Chapter 3 (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD Greek, ABC FamilyÁ¢€â„¢s college based dramedy, continues to be a delight. For those of you who think itÁ¢€â„¢s just another…
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It’s Beatles Week here at Popdose, and Jon Cummings kicks things off by leading the staff through a list of our personal Fab Four favorites.
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thirtysomething: the complete first season (2009, Shout Factory) purchase from Amazon: DVD In the mid ’80s, Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, a writing/producing team who had worked on the dramatic…
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Tracey Takes On… Seasons 3 & 4 (2009, Vivendi Entertainment) purchase from Amazon: DVD Here’s what I know about Tracey Ullman: She’s a gifted actress who immerses herself into her…
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Southern California resident Scott Malchus has fire on his mind this week — and memories of listening to this song from Death Cab for Cutie’s Narrow Stairs.
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OMFG, you guys, Scott Malchus has a copy of Gossip Girl: The Complete Second Season on DVD, and he’s giving it away! Find out how you can win!
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Eli Stone: The Complete Second and Final Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD ItÁ¢€â„¢s disappointing that the earnest, big-hearted series Eli Stone never found a large enough audience…
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I know what you were expecting. “See You In September” or “Summer Nights” from Grease or, in a sarcastic vein, “School’s Out” — but we don’t need no steenkin’ kitsch….
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No, not that Joe Jackson. This week, Scott Malchus ruminates on the nature of creativity, his relationship with his father, and his own motivations for writing, all against the backdrop of a track from Tucker: The Man and His Dream.
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Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete Second and Final Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD You may not recall, but there were two Á¢€Å“rich folks with problemsÁ¢€ TV shows…
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Gigantic (2009, Vivendi Entertainment) Purchase this DVD from Amazon Matt AseltonÁ¢€â„¢s film Gigantic is a quirky little movie with a great deal of charm and plenty of heart. Eccentric would…
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Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD The hospital sitcom Scrubs pulled off something rare in the television industry last year: It jumped networks, from…
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As summer draws to a close, Scott Malchus looks back on two months of time spent with his vacationing kids…and cranks the Ramones.
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Come with us now on a journey through time and space to the world of the Mighty Boosh. A recent appearance by the English comedy team The Mighty Boosh at…
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It’s time for another edition of Basement Songs — and this week, Scott Malchus has John Hughes on his mind.
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Scott Malchus returns to the basement for another week, and regales us with the story of how Sammy Hagar sparked a personal epiphany.
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Mr. Rock ‘n Roll: The Alan Freed Story (2009, Eagle) Purchase from Amazon You never know what to expect when youÁ¢€â„¢re watching a made for TV docudrama like Mr. Rock…
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Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009, BBC) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray Torchwood, the BBCÁ¢€â„¢s highly acclaimed science fiction television series, returned to the small screen with an epic five-hour…
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The Middleman: The Complete Series (2009, Shout Factory) Purchase from Amazon Ready for some wholesome, butt-kicking goodness? Then you need to check out The Middleman: The Complete Series, the cult…
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Take a moment to sit back, relax, and listen to the following piece of music. ItÁ¢€â„¢s Á¢€Å“Clair de lune,Á¢€ written by French composer, Claude Debussy, performed by pianist John OÁ¢€â„¢Conor…
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Leverage: The 1st Season (2009, Paramount) Purchase from Amazon Not since the late ’60s Robert Wagner series, It Takes a Thief, has a television show about thieves been so much…
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Push (2009, Summit Entertainment) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray ItÁ¢€â„¢s obvious that the makers of the film Push thought they had a winner on their hands because, with an…
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The Kinks’ State of Confusion was just the second LP I ever purchased. With loose change IÁ¢€â„¢d saved from scrounging around in the couch or picking up from the piles…