Category Archives: Music

The Weekend Awaits

First notice — we’re two weeks away from another PopRox chat. Just thought I’d throw that out there. Today’s links: This is always the most depressing box office week of the year, when studios trot out its trailer trash hoping to get some kind of return on the fact that it’s still summer, even though the movies look like [...]
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Belushi, Britney, J-Lo and Kayne. That Should Be Enough for One Day.

Because I went all Office on everyone Wednesday, let’s hit the links and play catch-up: As if Artie Lange wasn’t depressed enough about his drug habit and how it forced him to leave The Howard Stern Show, now comes the news that the part he’s been dying to play his entire career — his hero, John [...]
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Paring Down the Awards Shows

Thanks to everyone that stopped by the third PopRox live chat Friday! Always a good time, for me at least. Next one is scheduled for Sept. 3. Today’s links: There are too many awards shows. We know that. So just in case you were wondering, here’s how you know an awards show is about as useful as [...]
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Complaining About the VMAs is soooo 2004

Just two more days to the PopRox live chat! This will be the third we’ve done, and we’re going to do it on the first Friday of every month from now on. So get those questions ready and we’ll see you here Friday at noon. Or if you want, you can follow through Twitter at #poprox. [...]
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A First Time for Everything. Like Talking About American Idol.

Sorry no PopRox yesterday. I’ll be back tomorrow, have a quick-hitter Thursday, then we’re live-chattin’ at noon Friday. Thursday I’m going to post the live chat expectations after some of the problems we had last time, too. And I will now start the shameless and constant Facebook and Twitter reminders. As always in Friday’s chat, I’ll be answering [...]
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Free Wurst Tickets!

Contest time! I just got five pairs of tickets to the Poconos’ Wurst Festival at Shawnee Mountain, good for EITHER July 17 or 18 (not a two-day pass). Let’s make this easy — just e-mail me with your name, age, residence and daytime contact info and you’re entered. You can get a good idea of the weekend and [...]
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TV Shows That Need to Be on DVD

Hope everyone had a wild — but safe -- Fourth of July. I’m still having involuntary spasms in my neck, which I’m blaming on being traumatized from the constant boom of fireworks around my house Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. I’m shocked that so many people have access to highly illegal and dangerous fireworks, but hey, [...]
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The End of The Office?

Here it is, your moment of Zen: PopRox live chat at noon on Friday. Come and keep me company. Some people may be taking the day off from work to lengthen it into a four-day weekend, so feel free to join us from home. If you want a pop culture question answered, feel free to [...]
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Live Chat Coming Friday!

Quick hitter here under the guise of being a blog post, but it’s really just a reminder about the PopRox live chat Friday at noon: At the Record, we get dozens of faxes/emails a day from police departments. Almost none of them are remotely interesting. But today, I took one of the fax that claimed a [...]
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The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Craig Kilborn

Not to slam on local TV station Fox 56, but the actions it took last year — actions perfectly within its right and power — are now keeping most of us in the Poconos from seeing the new Craig Kilborn talk show, The Kilborn File. I’m just not whether to thank them or not. The show is [...]
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