Arts
Friday Night at GP
From time to time it is perhaps appropriate that we should relax a little the bonds that tether us to the straight and narrow. As we all know well, A fitting apologia for a bit of [more…]
Music
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1995
Featured song: Oasis – Some Might Say This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1994
Featured song: Elton John – Circle of Life This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1993
Featured song: Pet Shop Boys – Go West This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1992
Featured song: Guns N’ Roses – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1991
Featured song: Paul Rodgers – All Right Now (1991), [feat. Brian May, Steve Vai & Joe Satriani Apologies for the break in articles over the last few months, I have been exceptionally busy. Normal service [more…]
Arts
Uke Heroes: The Plinkity Plunk Heard Around The World
There have been people through the course of musical history who have made a career for themselves playing a simple four-stringed instrument called the Ukulele. Some of these musicians have become superstars and are known [more…]
Arts
Meet Markos Vamvakaris (“Mark Cotton”) – Patriarch of Rebetiko
Some things are not quite what they seem: hardly an earth-shattering perception, but you have to start somewhere. I imagine that a fair number of GPers have spent a holiday in Greece. I dare say [more…]
Arts
First Listen: The Beatles Revolver Album
”While growing up or trying to, not knowing where to start” – George Harrison ‘Cracker Box Palace’ Many say that they associate songs with certain memories. They hear a song and think of places, people [more…]