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Popblerd Presents!: The Top 40 Albums of 2010 (25-21)
Hey folks, I’ll be taking tomorrow off from posting because I intend to stuff myself silly with Christmas-related goodies (many of which will very likely contain alcohol), and I haven’t had the opportunity to build up my usual backlog of posts that I can fall back on when I’m lazy/stuffed/drunk. So to you Popblerd! readers who celebrate Christmas, I wish you a safe and joyous holiday. To those of you who don’t celebrate Christmas, enjoy your Chinese food and Tron: […]
Hump Day Flashback: “Sanford & Son”
I’ve never been anywhere near a junkyard in my life, never lived in (or even been near) Watts, never known anyone named Lamont, and never tasted ripple. Matter of fact, I don’t know what ripple (or it’s distant cousin, champipple) even is. However, “Sanford & Son”, the show that introduced me to all these concepts, remains a favorite of mine three decades after I first started watching it (via rerun). Black characters in main roles on TV was still a […]
The 5ive at 5: Five Reasons Not to Hate will.i.am (#5)
I hate will.i.am. Don’t get it twisted. The founder and leader of the Black Eyed Peas is the textbook definition of a sellout. He found his sweet spot creating dumbed-down pop-oriented tunes, creating dark spots on the careers of artists like Kelis and Usher (seriously? How did “OMG” end up being a #1 single?). Wait a second, though. The most frustrating thing about will’s musical exploits is that there are times when he proves that he’s quite talented. There have […]
Random (OK, Not Random) Observations About the R’NR Hall of Fame Nominees
A few words before I move forward: *I’m not here to argue about the Hall of Fame nomination process. I know it’s messed up. You know it’s messed up. Guess what? There’s nothing either of us can do about it. Might the nomination committee be playing favorites? Hey, it’s entirely possible. Now tell me if there’s a Hall of Fame or Hall of Fame-type organization in any field that doesn’t. When you own something, you don’t have to play by […]
Moonlighting: Soulive’s “Rubber Soulive” Review on Popdose
I first caught the jazz/funk trio Soulive a decade ago at a club in New York City that is probably long closed (seriously, I can’t remember what the name of the place was). I’d heard their “Doin’ Something” album (and bought it subsequently), and they turned the place out in a live setting. Unfortunately, I’ve bought subsequent albums and with a few exceptions (the Dave Matthews-assisted “Joyful Girl”, probably their best-known song), all they’ve done is reinforce how much better […]
Moonlighting: My Review of Matt White’s “It’s the Good Crazy” on ESD
Y’all know that I’m a sucker for a dude with an acoustic guitar or a piano, right? I didn’t know much about Matt White when I picked up his latest album, “It’s the Good Crazy”, but the guy has a decent backstory-piano prodigy and everything. He was discovered by Geffen Records via his MySpace page (how very 2006!!), they signed him, nothing stuck, they dropped him, and now he’s on the indie trail…which is probably where he should have started […]
New Release Report 9/14/10: The Floodgates Open
The last couple of weeks have been pretty quiet on the new release front. Well, folks, brace yourselves. ‘Cause there’s a TON of stuff coming out this Tuesday and for the next several Tuesdays. Let’s jump right into it, huh? Linkin Park occasionally gets lumped in with the whole nu-metal movement, which is kinda sad, because I think Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda have more musical talent in their pinkie fingers than Fred Durst has in his whole body. At […]
MJ Week Continues with the Popdose Guide to Michael Jackson, Part 4
Strangely, the hardest part of this whole thing to write had to do with a series of albums I could probably sing along to in my sleep. What can be said about “Off the Wall”, “Thriller”, “Bad” and “Dangerous” that hasn’t been said a million times before? I’ll let you all decide whether I brought anything new to the table, but I do appreciate you checking out all four parts of my MJ series on Popdose. Michael would go on to make […]
Blerd Radio Episode 4: Dude, You're in My Seat
Blerd Radio celebrates a milestone this week! Well, no we don’t. But I couldn’t think of a more dramatic way to introduce Episode 4 . On this episode, I am joined once again by my boy +LB, who was awakened out of peaceful slumber by a text from yours truly saying “Dude! The show starts in ten minutes!”. I am also joined by Jay, who hosts the much more professional (and funnier, and more drunken) Brink of Sanity Podcast . Not only is +LB my first […]
Liquid Liquid Lives on Late Night!!
I was on Twitter at some point last week and remembered ?uestlove of The Roots posting something that sounded like he was trying to say Liquid Liquid was gonna be on the Jimmy Fallon show. I was sort of half paying attention, and just kinda put it aside. “Couldn’t be,” I thought. “They must have broken up years ago”. Lo and behold, I’m surfing the internets and there’s Liquid Liquid performing “Cavern” on Jimmy Fallon’s late night talk fest with […]