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Looking toward the future
It’s no understatement to say that 2017 was a year that few of us will ever forget—and whose forgetting will be welcome for those of us who can achieve it. Fortunately, among all the stuff that the...
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Podcast on Fire's Taiwan Noir Episode #26: Nine Demons and Shanghai Thirteen
Overseeing our respective media empires takes up a lot of time in the lives of Kenny B and myself--so much that we allowed six whole months to pass between episodes of Taiwan Noir. I would say that...
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Tonight! POP OFFENSIVE hosts the SCANDINAVIAN INVASION
Now that our country is being overrun by Norwegians in response to Mr. Trumps golden-tongued proclamation, it may be time to look at what our friends from the frigid north of Europe have to offer us....
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Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (Japan, 1970)
Nikkatsu's Stray Cat Rock films established a couple of precedents in Japanese exploitation cinema. For one, they contained the seeds of the Pinky Violence films that Toei would produce throughout the...
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Pop Offensiv är fantastisk!
I think last week's survey of Scandinavian pop was one of the best episodes of Pop Offensive yet -- and certainly the best one since I took over the show a few months ago. And now it's available for...
View ArticleIt's the FRIDAY'S BEST POP SONG EVER Podcast, Episode 3!
Hi, I'm Todd and I like turtles, Chinese noodles and pop music. Mostly pop music, though. In fact, I like pop music so much that I have a new favorite song every Friday. I post videos of those songs...
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Femina Ridens, aka The Laughing Woman (Italy, 1969)
Ok, ladies, a question for you: Who among you would not feel that a lifetime of male domination and constant humiliation would be a fair trade for being the kept woman of a wealthy, narcissistic...
View ArticleIt's the FRIDAY'S BEST POP SONG EVER Podcast, Episode 4!
Another episode of the Friday's Best Pop Song Ever Podcast is upon us. This time I'm discussing the Herman's Hermits track "No Milk Today" and it's author, Graham Gouldman, who went on to become a...
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Wednesday! POP OFFENSIVE returns.
These past few days have seen me mainlining vitamins in an attempt to avoid becoming sick and postponing yet another episode of Pop Offensive because I have the immune system of a baby. So far things...
View ArticleIt's the FRIDAY'S BEST POP SONG EVER podcast, Episode #5
Preceding hot on the heels of Episode #4 comes Episode #5 of the Friday's Best Pop Song Ever podcast. This time I'm discussing the song "They Don't Know", and providing an overview of the life and...
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