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Black celebration: dissecting Depeche Mode’s Violator

February 26, 2026
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Die young, stay pretty: the intimacy and iconography of James Dean

February 8, 2026

John Lydon at 70: “Have I mellowed? Absolutely fucking not!” – a classic interview revisited

January 31, 2026

Starman in Streatham: David McAlmont climbs the Wall To Wall Bowie

January 25, 2026

Remembering Robert Palmer: Bryan Ferry on Johnny & Mary

January 22, 2026

The Caped Crusader of camp: Holy Happy 60th, Batman!

January 15, 2026

The Moolah Of Suburbia: cashing in on Bowie’s Bromley house 

January 10, 2026

The Grand Illusion of David Bowie: David Currie book foreword by Steve Pafford

January 8, 2026

That time Neil Tennant reviewed a Duran Duran gig in Smash Hits. Talk Talk bring up the rear

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Random Jukebox: Duran Duran’s A View To A Kill + how they took over Bond from Bowie

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The Youth of Today: That time Neil Tennant interviewed Musical Youth in Smash Hits

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June Whitfield at 100: Mum and Gran’s most Absolutely Fabulous one-liners, dear

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Perfect 10: Simple Minds albums

Spawned in a Glasgow ghetto in 1977, Simple Minds nabbed their name from a line in Bowie’s The Jean Genie while shapeshifting from punk outrage (original unsubtle moniker: Johnny And The…
October 18, 2025
bySteve Pafford
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100 words for Thatcher

Historically, when it comes to notable Librans October 13 has been a date with more than its fair share of Born On This Days, among them… Paul Simon Chris Farlowe Sacha Baron Cohen Yves…
October 13, 2025
bySteve Pafford

Thirty-Three Times A Lady: Kate Bush’s Never For Ever

On 8 September 1980, Kate Bush aficionados were rushing down to the record shops (remember them?) to get their grubby mitts on her brand new album. And buy they did, because when it shot…
September 8, 2025
byCallum Pearce
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Random Jukebox: Dinah Washington’s Mad About The Boy

One hundred years ago, jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington was born in Alabama. The Grammy-winning “Queen of the Jukeboxes” would leave this bitter earth behind at the tender age of 39,…
August 28, 2024
bySteve Pafford
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45 at 45: Devo get to Whip It good

For half a century, delectable deviants Devo have confounded audiences, collaborated with A-listers and continued to twist and contort what contemporary music can be with their jumpsuited…
August 26, 2025
bySteve Pafford

45 at 45: David Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes

A rather personal retro special marking the 45th anniversary of David Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes single and one incredibly striking video, issued to UK retailers on Friday 1 August 1980 but as was…
August 3, 2025
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Celebrations on a dance floor: The time Neil Tennant interviewed Kool And The Gang in Smash Hits

Get ya back up off the wall, ’cos here’s a freaky fun fact on 45. Before they descended into total slush muppets with mid-eighties bore ballads like Joanna and Cherish, America’s Kool And The…
July 10, 2025
bySteve Pafford

Three from Berlin: Sex (I’m A) on The Metro will Take My Breath Away

Beware the savage jaw, Terri’s just turned 64…  “Of course, the record we’re best known for is Take My Breath Away, from Top Gun in 1986. Giorgio Moroder wrote and produced that track.…
June 26, 2025
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