Amanda Palmer & Neil Gaiman – photo by Spin Magazine, heart graffiti by Queenie

And the award for Most Predictable And Yet Still Rather Heartwarming News Story Of The Week goes to: Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman’s engagement announcement.
According to the bandwidth fairies, the picture below is the MOST requested one on this site. Have it [...]

The 1980s. Golden age of pop, right? YES! says Nick Parkhouse. So why do we have to hear the same handful of songs over and over again? What about all those forgotten 80s pop gems?
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Limahl of Kajagoogoo
There were 190 number one records in the UK during the 1980s. Using a conservative estimate of five or [...]

I know I need to update this site, but I keep getting distracted. Ten-second attention span. It’s the modern way.
That and the fact that I’m mesmerised by a book from 1936 by Dorothea Brande, called Wake Up And Live! It’s out of print and currently going for a hundred quid or so in various [...]

It’s been a right old busy week, so there hasn’t been much in the way of Postculturist-ness lately. Apologies to the literally tens of people affected by this shoddy practice. It’s not right and we know it.
But here comes a new week, all fresh and rose-cheeked. Let’s pat it on the head, ruffle its hair, [...]