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Listening booth — Queensrÿche, “Before the Storm”

Chris Holmes
posted on August 27, 2011August 27, 2011
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As Hurricane Irene moved toward GFS headquarters in central New Jersey, here's a special Queensrÿche edition of the Listening Booth.

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Why The Hell Should I Like… A Tribe Called Quest?

“Why the hell should I like… ?” is an experiment of sorts between Popblerd and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. What we’re going to attempt to do is to pick 10 songs from our favorite

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Listening booth — RIP Jani Lane of Warrant

Chris Holmes
posted on August 12, 2011
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Today we remember Jani Lane, former lead singer for the hard rock/hair metal band Warrant, who passed away yesterday at age

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Listening booth — Mastodon, “Black Tongue”

Chris Holmes
posted on July 27, 2011July 27, 2011
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Here's the lead single and video for the upcoming Mastodon album, The Hunter. For those let down by Crack the Skye (like me), this sounds real

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Listening booth — Trombone Shorty, “Encore” (feat. Warren Haynes)

Chris Holmes
posted on July 26, 2011
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Here's the lead single from Trombone Shorty's next album (and follow-up to Backatown), For True. It's "Encore" featuring Warren Haynes on

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Listening booth — Kool & the Gang, “Too Hot”

Chris Holmes
posted on July 22, 2011
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As most of the United States fries from this latest heat wave, let's listen to a song that references heat. That will make us feel

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Cross-pollination: My favorite instrumentals (on Popdose)

Chris Holmes
posted on July 22, 2011June 18, 2013
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My latest Popdose mixtape features more than 20 of the greatest instrumentals you'll ever hear. Act now and get absolutely nothing else

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Pop Culture Capsule — July 20-26, 1986

Chris Holmes
posted on July 21, 2011February 19, 2022
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We hope in the time machine and head back a quarter century to July 1986, to check out the top movies, music, and books of the

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Sunday Jazz: Cal Tjader, “Shoshana”

Chris Holmes
posted on July 17, 2011July 16, 2011
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In honor of the late, great vibraphonist and Latin musician Cal Tjader, let's listen to just one of his many brilliant contributions to Latin

Listening booth — Queensrÿche, “Before the Storm”

Why The Hell Should I Like… A Tribe Called Quest?

Listening booth — RIP Jani Lane of Warrant

Listening booth — Mastodon, “Black Tongue”

Listening booth — Trombone Shorty, “Encore” (feat. Warren Haynes)

Listening booth — Kool & the Gang, “Too Hot”

Cross-pollination: My favorite instrumentals (on Popdose)

Pop Culture Capsule — July 20-26, 1986

Sunday Jazz: Cal Tjader, “Shoshana”

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