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 [...]

Glastonbury Festival in the 21st century – is it still worth the trek? Depending on who you ask, it’s either (A) a messy corporate hellhole full of coke-addled B-listers and yummy mummies in Boden and floral wellies, or (B) a transcendental human experience, teeming with brilliant music, diverse cultural experiences and the greatest atmosphere on [...]

I wasn’t going to post anything about Michael Jackson’s sudden death, because there’s saturation coverage on all media as it is. But he’s one of the huge cultural pegs on which I hang my own life history. I can’t not.
Instead of yet more tiresome prose, here are two videos by way of memorial.
The first is [...]