20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1991
Featured song: Free – All Right Now (Doing Their Thing, 1970) Official Live Video This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up [more…]
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From Tangible to Digital: The Shift from Physical to Virtual Media
In the past few decades, we’ve witnessed a profound transformation in how we create, share, and preserve our memories and communications. The digital revolution has reshaped the landscape of human expression, moving us from the [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday: Pirates! Pt.2
Ahoy shipmates! Avast behind, shiver me timbers and please be welcome – ya scurvy, land-lubbery dogs – to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and yet another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical [more…]
Arts
Boudicca Rising and the Age of Artificial Imagination
There’s much talk these days about Artificial Intelligence—our supposed saviour or eventual enslaver. Most of us now realise that much of what’s labelled “AI” is really shorthand for Large Language Models (LLMs): systems capable of [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1990
Featured song: Status Quo – The Anniversary Waltz (I & II) 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…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 7 – Happy New Year!
Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s spooky edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and yet another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we respectfully [more…]
Arts
Thou Shouldst Not Have Been Old Till Thou Hadst Been Wise
A wet and windy autumn evening saw me driving across darkening fens to Hunstanton where the sea front Princess Theatre hosted John Lydon; not a gig, this is his talking tour. The audience knew John [more…]
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Bridge Too Far?
This weekend I decided to take on what I’d convinced myself should be a simple upgrade — swapping the bridge on my Strat copy. Of course, in the real world, whenever I’m involved with power [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1989
Featured song: Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine 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…]