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The Like – June Gloom (Video)I loved their last single, What I Say and What I Mean, a fabulous fusion of pop and rock, but this new one is as gloomy as it’s title suggests. If What I Say… had been their one off rocky single, they’d be an amazing band, yet it seems it… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

I don’t know why anyone was surprised at my last post claiming that Nietzsche was condoning the love of pop music in Beyond Good & Evil. Since I wrote that I have discovered that I am far from the first person to link pop and philosophy. In the comments to my Nietzsche post, Tim (who… Continue reading Time for some more “questionable readings of Nietzsche”

In mourning of Smash Hits I went rifling in my cupboard for SH related things and found the Smash Hist yearbook of 2002. The book was actually about 2001 and everything that happened in it. Only a few months later I stopped buying Smash Hits altogether, but not without good reason (it was around the… Continue reading Everything Changes But Me

A couple of weeks ago I posted a tricky pop quiz and invited readers to e-mail in their answers. Everyone who responded did excellently well – here are the scores in ascending order: Susan – 27Hanzan & Abbie – both 28Barney – 33 Well done everyone and especially Barney who only got 1 question wrong!… Continue reading And the winner is…

The saddest thing about Smash Hits’ closure for me is that I will never fulfil my dream of writing for it. Even if, some time in the future, I’d had only one small article published in the magazine, it would have made my life. Now more than ever we have to carry on its legacy,… Continue reading It’s sad, so sad…

Today, as you’ve probably noticed, is the 1st of February, so it’s time to count down my top 20 favourite songs of January: 1. Protocol – Where’s The Pleasure2. Morningwood – Nth Degree3. Christian Falk feat. Robyn & Ola Salo – Dream On4. Pay TV – Miss Capitalist5. Will Young – All Time Love6. Delays… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic!

Madonna – Hung Up 19th November 2005 At last we reach the end of the top 25 no.1 songs of the decade, and funnily enough the final song was also my favourite song of 2005. It’s also quite amusing that the only no.1 single I liked last year was my favourite song of the year,… Continue reading A Decade Of Poptastic No.1s!

Now it’s time for part 2 of my review of Norway’s Melody Grand Prix. Again, click here to watch along with me. Semi Final 2 (Bodø): Queentastic – Absolutely Fabulous As you will have no doubt guessed by now, this band are drag queens, and their music is every bit as camp as you would… Continue reading Melodi Club

Britney Spears – Toxic 13th March 2004 As I’m sure you’ll have noticed, brilliant no.1s have been a pretty rare occurence in the last 2 years – I’ve only included one song each from ’04 and ’05 in my top 25, and this is the song I’ve declared the best of 2004. It’s also quite… Continue reading A Decade Of Poptastic No.1s!

Will Young – Leave Right Now 6th December 2003 This song was ‘make or break’ for Will and luckily he more than survived. Will is known for his ballads and love songs, but he managed to do something here that was just a bit different and it worked marvellously. With this single Will became an… Continue reading A Decade Of Poptastic No.1s!