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A History of Pop Music – 1972

14th February 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Dr Hook and the Medicine Show – Sylvia’s Mother This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – 1972 And All That

7th February 2025 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. I’ve recently been re-reading David Hepworth’s rather [more…]

A History of Pop Music – 1971

31st January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Slade: Cuz I Love You 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 it. [more…]

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 3

24th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we mark both Peanut Butter Day [more…]

A History of Pop Music – 1970

17th January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 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…]

Happy Margaret Thatcher Day!

10th January 2025 Going Postal 0

My dear old boy – Delighted to say we are back at last. Safe and sound in dear old Blighty after a perfectly hideous 16000 mile round trip to the arse end of the world [more…]

A History of Pop Music – 1969

3rd January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women 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 [more…]

Fabulously Festive Fridays – Who? What? Meh… Needs More Cowbell – Part 7

27th December 2024 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Festive Friday proudly presents yet another march of the muscle Marys up the salubrious passage of contemporary culture. As you brace yourselves for [more…]