Rush –the world’s most famous cult band — brought their Time Machine Tour to the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA for a marathon set (or should I say, two…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE By the early 90s, the musical terrain was fracturing. As hip hop and grunge ascended, country music also saw their star rising in the popular…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The other night I was flipping through the channels on TV and I stumbled on a live performance of the Pretenders on PBS. Hearing songs…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Since 2004, the PDX Pop Now festival in Portland, Oregon has been an event that grows bigger every year. It’s an all-volunteer music free festival…
For me, working in the radio industry has its hazards, and one is being bombarded with music from artists who are clearly more product than performer. In early 2001, coming…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE For those of you who are The The fans, and thought this mix was all about Matt Johnson’s album Soul Mining, you’re out of luck,…
For his latest Mix Six, Ted Asregadoo gets all mushy and stuff. What is this, Valentine’s Day?
Writing a song is easy. You just bang out a chain of chords, always driving to the chorus as fast and as often as possible. Then you throw on some…
Some singles have just arrived on our doorstep, so now’s as good a time as any to scan what’s sailing ’round the horn. To kick things off, let’s talk about…
The bourbon section at my local BevMo is pretty good. They have higher end bourbons that sit locked in a case from which you can ogle to your heart’s content,…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The recent death of Ronnie James Dio and Alex Chilton gave rise to an explosion of lamentation from rock journalists, musicians and fans for whom…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE What is it about certain cities that feeds a musician’s muse? New York is certainly one of the more popular cities where many ‘o band…
Scott Malchus and Ted Asregadoo discuss the end of Lost and offer up a unique music mix featuring the music of Peter Gabriel and Michael Giacchino.
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE When rock-and-roll reared its beautiful/ugly head, the backlash against it was pretty ferocious. The cultural conservative invective against this form of music ran the gamut…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Whenever I fill in at Ted’s desk here at the Mix Six, I like to have a good time. Case in point, this week’s flashback…
As his birthday approaches, Ted Asregadoo is inspired to put together a playlist of songs from the year he was born.
This week, Ted Asregadoo takes a big swan dive into a pool of power pop tunes. Come on in! The water’s fine.
That sound you heard last week was the sound of an orgasm, shared in unison worldwide by the dedicated legion of Rush fans. Make no mistake, I’m not talking about…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Outer space … other planets … dying stars … these are the musical metaphors of many bands who use said metaphors to either describe something…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Sometimes the music gods command me to mix certain things together. Case in point, the latest issue of Rolling Stone and reading Facebook updates…
Ted Asregadoo’s been drinking a lot lately, but it’s okay, because it’s for work.
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The theme of America in popular music has run the gamut of idealized notions of a land where one can pursue one’s dreams, to a…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE What possesses an artist to revisit his or her recordings years later and decide to remake the song? Sometimes it’s money, sometimes it’s about a…
Ted Asregadoo stuffs a little Cake in his Belly — with a side of Korn and some Smashing Pumpkins — in a Mix Six inspired by body parts and food.
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Quick! Without looking at the list of artists below, what do you think of when you think of the ’70s? Did you think of disco? …
If there was ever a genre of music that I really can’t stand, it’s country music. That being said, I have to say that the music gods must have a…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE My iPod was having a love affair with the ladies the other day — which is a really good thing! Not all the songs in…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Being a science fiction TV geek has gotten easier since my childhood days of Space: 1999, Star Trek, and the original Battlestar Galactica. Thanks in…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Over the weekend, Popdose’s Jeff Johnson and I were able to get together for a bit of a visit. Alas, the circumstance behind this get…
The election of Scott Brown to the United States Senate has been the sexy political story of the week, but it’s also a reminder to the Democratic party — and…