May/June 2008

 

Editorial

The Days of Future-Past
by Less Lee Moore

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“Those aren’t your memories. They’re somebody else’s.”

Staff Picks

Sex, Death, and Philip Michael Thomas: The Five Most Incomprehensible Music Videos of the 1980s
by Emily C.

Looking For a Visionary: Redd Kross on YouTube
by Less Lee Moore

Top Five Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) Programs
by Nicole V.

Popcasts

This month, we are proud to present our first Popshifter podcasts.

Brave and Vogue in a Zone of Clones: Top Ten 45s from Garbo’s Daughter
with Mandy Mullins and Jaime Sparrowhawk of Garbo’s Daughter

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Jokes: Cinematic Titanic
with Less Lee Moore and Adam McIntyre

Q & A

Punk Rock and Picasso: Q & A with Billy Zoom
by Christian Lipski and Ladycakes

Because It’s Real: Q & A with Jont
by J Howell

Fun With Fandom: Q & A with Artist Emmy Cicierega
by Hanna and Sandy

Tans Are Okay and Love Is The Best: Q & A with Castanets
by J Howell

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“They were designed to copy human beings
in every way except their emotions.”

Dear Popshifter Forum. . .

Writers and readers share their stories.

Those Old Melodies: Songs Rediscovered
Melting the years away.

Popshifter‘s Secret Garden of Crushes

Reviews

Sparks: Exotic Creatures of the Deep
by Less Lee Moore

I Wanna Take You Higher: Coachella 2008
by Stuart Myerburg

If Money Talks Then He’s a Mime: Dick Valentine
by Christian Lipski

The Kids In The Hall: Live As They’ll Ever Be
by Jemiah Jefferson

Mark Mothersbaugh’s Postcard Diaries
by Adam McIntyre

The Amsterdam of the South: Todd Rundgren Plays Atlanta
by Adam McIntyre

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“If we gift them the past we create a cushion or pillow
for their emotions and consequently we can control them better.”

Features

Hating The Eighties: Frank Tovey and Fad Gadget
by Emily C.
If you think all 80s music was superficial fluff, think again.

Play Me I’m Sick
by Michelle Patterson
Redemption—now available in MP3 format.

Carrying a Tune. . . or a Thousand
by Nicole V.
And if you order now, you’ll also receive “Freedom” and “Captivity.”

How Music Travels With Me
by Christian Lipski
And it doesn’t even need its own passport.

With Facebook, Who Needs a High School Reunion?
by Laura L.
Pixelated, Windows-colored memories of the way we were.

Interviews

When You’re Not Excited, You’re Not A Fan: An Interview with Nardwuar the Human Serviette
by Less Lee Moore

Bearing the Smear of Madness: An Interview with Autodrone
by Less Lee Moore

What The Music Wants To Be: An Interview with Mike Doughty
by Barry Sanders

For Your Consideration: An Interview with Trzn of Services
by Ann Clarke