Yes, it’s full of ’80s cheesiness, but that’s what makes it so great. You can just picture George Michael and Andrew Ridgely performing this song in sweaters that would make even Bill Cosby blush.
Continue reading ‘Top Five Holiday Tunes: By Laura L.’
To me, “Christmas Song” means a song that is about the holiday. I’m not sure what crazed goon chose “My Favorite Things” to include on the Christmas radio station, but I can’t abide by it. That also excludes songs from Christmas specials that are not about the holiday. Like “We’re A Couple Of Misfits” from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer—it’s not about the holiday. Your interpretation may vary, and that’s good.
Continue reading ‘Top Ten Holiday Tunes: By Christian Lipski’
I think it has everything. Lush orchestration, festive jangly bells, underrated reindeer, and more than a little bit of indie magic.
Continue reading ‘Top Ten Holiday Tunes: By Alex Arnott’
By Emily Carney
In a recent issue of Popshifter, I wrote an excoriating article about Courtney Love, (Way Past Almost Golden: Courtney Love In The 2000s ) in which touched upon her most recent problems with drug addiction. I am writing this to apologize to Ms. Love (even though I doubt she will ever read this or anything else I commit to writing).
Continue reading ‘An Open Apology to Courtney Love’
By John Lane
29 years on, it gets more and more difficult to articulate how much John Lennon’s death meant to me, for various reasons.
Continue reading ’29 Years On: John Lennon’
By Less Lee Moore
Normally Popshifter does not immerse itself in the murky waters of celebrity gossip or political controversy, but since those two topics frequently converge with pop culture, in this case I’ll make an exception.
Continue reading ‘Entertainment News Is Neither Entertainment Nor News. Discuss.’
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Interviewed by Christian Lipski
I first encountered Shannon Wheeler’s work when we were undergraduates at UC Berkeley and he drew a strip called Tooth & Justice in the school paper, The Daily Californian. He’s best known now for the character Too Much Coffee Man, who became Wheeler’s voice for social commentary and satire.
The TMCM comic series earned an Eisner award in 1995. Wheeler’s current home, Portland Oregon, saw the premiere of the Too Much Coffee Man opera in 2006 (and its extended “refill” in 2008). Wheeler also created Postage Stamp Funnies for The Onion’s print edition, and is publishing his cartoons in The New Yorker.
Continue reading ‘From The Daily Cal To The New Yorker: Q&A With Shannon Wheeler of Too Much Coffee Man’
By Ann Clarke
It’s not often that this happens, but. . . occasionally I find myself waiting for about ten years for an album to come out. Most people would give up hope by then, but if you like an artist enough, you always hold out for whatever they do. This would be the case with Rowland S. Howard. He’s one of those musicians I’ve pretty much had a hard-on on for since I first stumbled upon him.
Continue reading ‘Rowland S. Howard, Pop Crimes‘
By John Lane
Aye, the following individual is never, ever to be classified as a “guilty pleasure,” understood? Yes, one could use the expression that he is an “acquired taste,” but goodness knows not all acquired tastes are meant to pass the taste test of everyone.
Robert Wyatt is an English creation, one that could’ve only been born of and thrived in England (albeit in a quiet, genteel way), as he has done professionally for over 40 years.
Continue reading ‘In Praise Of Robert Wyatt’