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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – The Day The Music Died

9th August 2024 Going Postal 0

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards pop pickers to be born… Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – 1960

2nd August 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown 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…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Cockles & Mussels…

26th July 2024 Going Postal 0

…Alive, Alive O! Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the crease to deliver yet another light-loafered, lubed-up googly from the gasworks-end of musical magnificence. [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – 1959

19th July 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Bert Weedon – Guitar Boogie Shuffle 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…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Why Are You Gay?

12th July 2024 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends. This week, we shall don our finest white polyester suits and totter about on our tallest platform shoes for yet another elegantly coiffured, meticulously manicured [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – 1958

5th July 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls Of Fire 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…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – A Nice Firm Bottom

28th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays proudly present yet another light-loafered, lubed-up and luxuriant leap over the pavilion-end puddles of musical magnificence. Tonight’s missive will probe the [more…]

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A History of Pop Music – 1957

21st June 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Song: – Buddy Holly – That’ll Be The Day 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…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Polari

14th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends. Tonight, it’s bona to vada your dolly old eeks, as this week’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another march of the muscle Marys up [more…]

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