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, Disney+ shows, and can often be seen under his seasonal DJ alias, DJ Father Christmas. He is the co-host of Pop Break's flagship podcast The Socially Distanced Podcast (w/Amanda Rivas) which drops weekly as well as TV Break and Bill vs. The MCU.

Four Things We Learned from the Stranger Things Season 3 Teaser

Bill Bodkin - July 16, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXyju7zFwyE We've finally gotten our first taste of Stranger Things Season 3 this morning. The first footage released was a grainy TV ad, dug up from...

Meet The Nectars: New Jersey’s Sweet New Alt-Rock Outfit

Bill Bodkin - July 13, 2018

New Jersey is a bit of a fertile crescent when it comes to producing really good bands. Yes, we're absolutely biased since we're based...

Matt Mays on Vinyl, Touring with Gaslight Anthem & More

Bill Bodkin - July 13, 2018

There's pleasure in discovery. It's a quote someone gave me for a story in college years ago, but it's stuck with me my entire career....

Wrestling Documentary ‘350 Days’ Hits Theaters Tomorrow For Special One Day Event

Bill Bodkin - July 11, 2018

The brand new wrestling documentary 350 Days hits theaters nationwide tomorrow, July 12, for a special one day event. The event is produced by Fathom...

Sea. Hear. Now Festival Announces Daily Line-Up

Bill Bodkin - July 11, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XDfPGTs8ro The Sea. Hear. Now Festival, the exciting new oceanfront festival coming to Asbury Park this September, has unveiled its daily line-up. On Saturday September 29,...

Dwayne Gretzky on Their Awesome Name, The Best Songs to Cover, & Hockey

Bill Bodkin - July 11, 2018

Great party music knows no borders. Dwayne Gretzky, one of Toronto's premier Canadian cover bands, is coming to the Northeast this July to spread a...

Asbury Park Favorites to Provide Soundtrack for CBGB at Newark Airport

Bill Bodkin - July 11, 2018

Whoever thought that CBGB and the Asbury Park music scene would come together...in an airport. This summer the Asbury Park Music Foundation, and Tito's Handmade...

The Peach Music Festival Might Have the Best Line-Up of Summer 2018

Bill Bodkin - July 10, 2018

Hot take. The Peach Music Festival's 2018 line-up may not just be one of the best jam-oriented festival line-ups this summer, but one of the...

Kung Fu on New Music, The Fifth Element, & Martial Arts Movies

Bill Bodkin - July 5, 2018

Like in a good martial arts movie, a good song will have a moment when you know that it's about to go down. That...

The Parlor Mob Drops New Video For Their Latest Single, ‘Fourth of July’

Bill Bodkin - July 4, 2018

The Parlor Mob is back -- and they've dropped a killer new single with a video to accompany it. 'Fourth of July' was released (as...

Monday Night RAW in Sioux Falls: You Know It’s Bad When The Best Part of the Show is a Flying Porta Potty

Bill Bodkin - July 3, 2018

Welp, that happened. Braun Strowman has done some pretty incredible/ridiculous things in the past two years. He turned over an ambulance, he threw a grappling...