Arts
A History of Pop Music – 1968
Featured song: The Bee Gees – Words 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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Arts
Fabulously Festive Fridays – Who? What? Meh… Needs More Cowbell – Part 6
Seasonal greetings, dear Puffins, and please be welcome to part six in our short series of articles, guaranteed to contain no weirdos, nothing obscure, nothing remotely challenging and no tunes not thoroughly well known to [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1967
Featured song: The Monkees 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. One article for [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Who? What? Meh… Needs More Cowbell – Part 5
Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another march of the muscle Marys up the salubrious passage of contemporary culture. Please be welcome to part [more…]
Arts
A History of Pop Music – 1966
Featured song: The beach Boys – Good Vibrations 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…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Who? What? Meh… Needs More Cowbell – Part 4
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. Please be welcome [more…]
Arts
A History of Pop Music – 1965
Featured song: Gerry & The Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey 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 Fridays – Who? What? Meh… Needs More Cowbell – Part 3
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. Please be welcome [more…]
Arts
Male Singers
My tastes in Music are pretty catholic but I cannot stand garage, punk, rap and the like. Born in 1940 my introduction to serious music was our Sunday afternoon treat, courtesy of the foster parents, [more…]