Friday, August 29, 2008

RIP: Steve Foley

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We at PowerPop wish to recognize the passing of Steve Foley , who drummed for The Replacements on their last tour. Foley died over the weeke...
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Weekend Listomania (Special Bend Me Shape Me! Video Edition)

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Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental rentboy amanuensis Hop-Sing and I are off for the Republican National ...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

A Slightly Earlier Than Usual Clue to the New Direction

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From 1977, here's The Pretenders , featuring all-time coolest rock woman Chrissie Hynde , and a brief snippet of their fabulously sexy ...
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Spinal Tap: The Lego Years

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In honor of tonight's history making Democratic Convention, I tried, unsuccessfully, to find a video of Sha-Na-Na 's hilarious ...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

No Problemo

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I may have mentioned this earlier, but for me, the big rock reunion of 2007 wasn't Led Zeppelin or The Police . For my money, it was the...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Did You Ever See a Jew Jitsu? (Well, I Did)

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[Posted about this over at Box Office, but it's too good not to share, especially as I've been looking for the album cover for years...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Suicide is Painless

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Absolutely hellacious technical problems today -- hence this brief, pathetic blogpost is all I can manage until they're resolved or I ki...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Weekend Listomania (Special Mandrake Gestures Hypnotically! Video Edition)

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Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental rentboy amanuensis Hop-Sing and I are off for another weekend in the f...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

A Somewhat Early Clue to the New Direction

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Off to NYC for yet another not-so-mysterious assignation. In the meantime, from 1975, and Ken Russell 's execrable film version of The W...
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School of Shlock

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My review of Rainn Wilson as the Pete Best of 80s hair metal in The Rocker is now up over at Box Office . Short version: The Citizen Kane o...
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