20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1955
Featured song: Bill Haley & His Comets with “Rock Around the Clock”. This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]
Phil the Ex Test Manager
Arts
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 (Preview)
Oh dear – It’s that time of year again… Don your taffeta and sequinned best, pull on your bondage trousers, lube up your leather chaps and please be welcome to the annual festival of flounce [more…]
Cooking
Homemade Sweet and Sour Chicken
This is so superb, trust me. You may (indeed may not) like your local Chinese Sweet and Sour, but after you have made this, you will probably stick to homemade. This is for four adult [more…]
20th Century
G5E4 – Origins of Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Start of The Later Years
Welcome pop pickers. Back to Rock ‘n’ Roll, the start of the later period. This is the sort of music that makes you want to tap your feet, dance, and singalong. Thank you to Wiki, [more…]
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G4E4 – Northern Soul & Disco – Later Years
Welcome pop pickers. This week we start the Disco era. This is what we heard at the Youth Club in the early 1970’s through to the late 1980’s, when most nights were party nights, men [more…]
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G3E4 – The Singers – Bit of Willie and friends
This week we are back to the singers. Thank you to Wiki and Top of the Pops. I have always enjoyed those singers who really do have an outstanding voice, and when combined with an [more…]
20th Century
G2E4 -Glam Rock – The Later Days
Welcome pop pickers to episode 4 of Genre 2, Glam Rock. This week back to Glam Rock. Thank you to Wiki and Top of the Pops. Courtesy of Wiki: New Romantic acts in the UK such [more…]
20th Century
G1E5 – Origins of the Motown – The later years Part 1
This is Genre 1, Motown, episode 5. For those of a certain age this will bring back some fond memories and get your foot tapping. If you are a lot younger, as this is such [more…]
20th Century
G6E3 – Those different ones like what I like (Part 3 of 6)
Welcome pop pickers. This is based on stuff like what I like, there will be various bands and artists to try and cheer you up and kick-start your weekend. Hopefully for many of you, to [more…]