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Perfect 10: the Bee Gees

Is talent genetic? There’s certainly a pervasive argument to suggest it might be. Some of the most successful performers in pop history are part of musical families – top drawer acts like…
September 1, 2026
byWayne Studer
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Put on the blue light: having a cryo facial at Purexpert

August 1, 2026

Record Collector Presents… Rolling Stones in the 70s: Some Girls and soul sisters, out now

July 22, 2026

Record Collector Presents… Rolling Stones in the 70s: Exile On Main St. at Nellcote, out now 

July 14, 2026

Turn around, Tyler: Bonnie’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart and one outrageously homoerotic video

July 11, 2026

Every night is Friday night: Obscure Pet Shop Boys fifth night review

July 10, 2026

It’s Thursday night: Obscure Pet Shop Boys fourth night review

July 9, 2026

It was a Wednesday night: Obscure Pet Shop Boys third night review

July 8, 2026
Random Jukebox

Random Jukebox: U2’s Miss Sarajevo, One New Year’s Day 

May 10, 2026

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

May 12, 2025
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From London to Berlin: the Obscure Pet Shop Boys (p)review

July 5, 2026

Say No Go: The surprise rehabilitation of Daryl Hall & John Oates (No Can Do)

July 2, 2026
Music

David Bowie’s Underground + the merry Magic Dance of Labyrinth at 40

Love it or hate it, Labyrinth was not only a movie which went from cult classic to perennial favourite, but it launched Jennifer Connelly’s career, and bolstered Bowie’s bulging bank balance…
June 23, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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More PMs than realities: why Britain is always going up the hill backwards

The cathedral’s glittering on coronation day Crowned heads and cardinals under military sway I approach the altar slowly in a humble shroud to receive the acclamation of the loyal crowd Give…
June 22, 2026
bySteve Pafford

We shall overcome? Why Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is more relevant than ever

Racism, police brutality, riots, war, unemployment, disasters, environmental crisis: you could be forgiven for thinking What’s Going On is a record of our times in the 2020s. But no, it’s a…
May 21, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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Random Jukebox: Goldfrapp’s Human

Sometimes you just have to roll with the selections of the random jukebox, and today it put on its red shoes and picked Human, a delicious standout from Goldfrapp’s glacial debut album from…
July 31, 2024
bySteve Pafford
Random Jukebox

Angel or Legend? Assessing Bob Marley

Reputation or record sales? It’s a simple fact that Bob Marley was the first rock star of reggae. The leonine, dressed-down, kickabout messiah looked and sounded like he could lead an exodus…
May 11, 2026
bySteve Pafford

Mick Ronson on the wall: Heaven and Hell in Hull

Remembering the chief Spider, Mick Ronson, who died 33 years ago In the last week of summer 2019, I found myself in the Humberside hellhole of Kingston upon Hull for the first and quite…
April 29, 2026
bySteve Pafford
Events

100 words for Windsor 

Historically, when it comes to notable Taureans April 21 has been a date with more than its fair share of Born On This Days, among them… Iggy Pop, of the Stooges Robert Smith, of the…
April 21, 2026
bySteve Pafford

The winners took it all: ABBA’s Waterloo at 52

My, my. Ridley Scott’s Napoléon movie went down like a lead ballon with the French. Moi? Two years on and I’ve still yet to see it. And with friendly Axel from Apple at Nice’s CAP3000 ranting…
April 6, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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