January/February 2009
Editorial
You Think You’ve Seen It All Except The Future*
by Less Lee Moore
Popshifter‘s Best Of Lists
by our Staff and Very Special Guest Contributors:
Fatal Farm, Brian Kehew, Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., David Markey, JG Thirlwell, and James Urbaniak
Staff Picks
Top Five: TV’s Female Role Models
by Michelle Patterson
Top Five Most Inadvertently Hilarious Rock Books
by Emily C.
Ten Songs That Made Your Parents Want To Kill Themselves
by Jim R. Clark
Interviews
Nothing Wrong With Liking A Flashy Man: An Interview With Dick Valentine
by Christian Lipski
Toothpaste For Dinner: An Interview With Drew, Humorist
by Adam McIntyre
1 Top Class Manager—The Notebooks of Rob Gretton: A Q & A With Lesley Gilbert
by Emily C.
Features
Licorice Pizza: My History With Vinyl
by Jesse Roth
Travel Advice For a Journey Into Comic Books
by Christian Lipski
China Girls
by Chelsea Spear
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Film Remakes, Part Two
by Michelle Patterson
Dark City is Overrated
by Chelsea Spear
Origin of Similarity: Why Muse Is Not Radiohead
by Christian Lipski
Reviews
Bands, Posters, Lights, Money: The Notebooks of Rob Gretton
by Emily C.
Not Your Mother’s Biopic: Gus Van Sant’s Milk
by Maureen
The Heart Of Darkness: Comedy And Drama From The Coen Brothers
by Lisa Anderson
The Gonzo Tapes: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
by Lisa Haviland
The Bicycles, Oh No, It’s Love
by Less Lee Moore
Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains, S/T
by Less Lee Moore
Jay Reatard, Matador Singles ‘08
by Less Lee Moore
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., Catnip Dynamite
by Less Lee Moore
Peter Project, S/T
by Megashaun
The Shortwave Set, Replica Sun Machine
by Chelsea Spear
Weep, Never Ever
by Less Lee Moore
Waxing Nostalgic
Popshifter trips down the turntable lane.
There’s A First Time For Everything: David Bowie, Stryper, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Robyn Hitchcock
by Christian Lipski
Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique
by Laura L.
Boys Wearing Eyeliner by Less Lee Moore
Japan, Quiet Life
Love and Rockets, Express
Adam Ant, Strip