Music

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Goth Rock Night!

10th July 2026 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another light-loafered, lubed-up, luxuriant leap over the gasworks-end puddles of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader (inspired by Adolfo [more…]

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1965

3rd July 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: Righteous Brothers – Just Once in My Life This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for [more…]

Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off – Parp!

26th June 2026 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers (from the hot and steamy Côte d’Azur on the stunning Mediterranean coastline of southeastern France) and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and yet another of our groin-polished googlies from [more…]

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1964

19th June 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: In Dreams This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and the link for [more…]

Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off – We Need To Talk About Bordeaux

12th June 2026 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers (from the hot and steamy Côte d’Azur on the stunning Mediterranean coastline of southeastern France) and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and yet another of our groin-polished googlies from [more…]

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1963

5th June 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: Please Please Me – The Beatles This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year [more…]

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Blue Dot Fever

29th May 2026 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly delivers yet another light-loafered, groin-polished googly from the gasworks end of musical magnificence. Tonight, as we respectfully mark Inflammatory Bowel [more…]

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1962

22nd May 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: The Beach Boys – Surfin Safari Before I start with the article, I would like to raise a concern. Over the last few weeks there have been several comments about how bad some [more…]

Unsung Mavericks: Shel Silverstein

20th May 2026 Going Postal 0

The recent passing of Dr Hook & The Medicine Show’s singer Dennis Locorriere unexpectedly led me down a rabbit hole and sparked an idea for an article—or even a series. Listening to Dr Hook’s ‘Sylvia’s [more…]