Bill Bodkin

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Bill Bodkin is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Pop Break, and most importantly a husband, and father. Ol' Graybeard writes way too much about wrestling, jam bands, Asbury Park music, HBO shows, and can often be seen under his season DJ alias, DJ Father Christmas. He is the co-host of the Socially Distanced Podcast (w/Al Mannarino) which drops weekly on Apple, Google, Anchor & Spotify. He is the co-host of the monthly podcasts -- Anchored in Asbury, TV Break and Bill vs. The MCU.

Hi-Tide Summer Holiday Summer Returns to Asbury Park August 16-18

Bill Bodkin - March 11, 2024

The late summer classic has returned. The Hi-Tide Summer Holiday -- a three day celebration of the music and culture of surf, tiki and mid-century...

Blink-182, Dave Matthews, Killers to Headline Oceans Calling 2024

Bill Bodkin - March 6, 2024

Ocean City, Maryland in the fall is usually a magical place as the final days of summer clash with the early days of autumn...

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Noah Kahan to Headline Sea.Hear.Now 2024

Bill Bodkin - March 5, 2024

Oh. My. God. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have been announced for Sea Hear Now 2024 as the headlining act for Sunday September...

Pop 5 for February: The Infinity Saga, Women Pave the Way, Shogun, New Japan & More

Bill Bodkin - March 5, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMCNJP2ipI&t=14s February was a wild month. It felt like every studio and streamer dropped every trailer bit and of news they possibly could (Marvel had...

Review: Thunderbolts Issue #3

Bill Bodkin - February 28, 2024

Thunderbolts #3 is written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing with Geraldo Borges as penciler and Terry Dodson on cover art. First world problems do...

Review: Spider-Boy #1-3

Bill Bodkin - February 14, 2024

The Spider-Verse is a wildly fascinating construct within Marvel Comics and both the Sony and Marvel realms of Spider-man. One of the results of the...

The Marvels Review: 5 Reasons Not to Sleep on The MCU’s Hidden Gem

Bill Bodkin - February 13, 2024

The Marvels, which dropped on Disney+ on Wednesday February 7, is a film way too many people (including avid Marvel fans) unfairly slept on...

Ranking the Super Bowl LVIII Movie Trailers

Bill Bodkin - February 12, 2024

Super Bowl LVIII is in the books. The game itself was a rather mundane, almost early regular season affair for the first three quarters before...

Reverb! Delay! Fuzz! An Interview with Sunshine Spazz

Bill Bodkin - January 29, 2024

While we hail Asbury Park for being the center of all things music at the Jersey Shore -- let's no sleep on Ocean County....

Bill’s Pop 5: My 2000th Post on Pop Break

Bill Bodkin - January 24, 2024

And Now for Something Completely Different Part 1: January 24, 2023 was not on my bingo card as an important day. But, here I...

2024 Oscar Nominations: The Complete List

Bill Bodkin - January 23, 2024

The 2024 Oscar Nominations are officially here. Announced this morning via X, the nominations featured a plethora of nominations for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Yorgos...