Author Archives: PopLifer

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Ideology Bites – How Obama vs Romney is actually Martin Sheen vs Jimmy Stewart

Posted on October 15, 2012 by PopLifer

Contrary to popular belief, this years’s US Presidential Election is not between President Obama and Mitt Romney. No, it is actually between Jimmy Stewart and Martin Sheen. Here’s why. Its Obama vs Romney. Should you choose, your next month could … Continue reading →

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Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body? Sorting out Morrissey’s sex life

Posted on October 6, 2012 by PopLifer

Number 3 in our series of blogs on the best ideas The Smiths had, the ones that changed pop and people’s lives forever. In the first blog, we argued that the band’s best idea of all was breaking up and … Continue reading →

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Turn Off Your Mind and Float Upstream – 50 years on from “Love Me Do” can we listen to The Beatles objectively?

Posted on October 5, 2012 by PopLifer

50 years ago today, The Beatles released their first single, “Love Me Do”. Pop Lifer couldn’t let this anniversary pass without comment. A  longer version of this article is available at the Huffington Post.  50 years to the day after … Continue reading →

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Boxer Orlando Cruz joins Frank Ocean and Zachary Quinto on the new gay revolutionary front

Posted on October 4, 2012 by PopLifer

Just under three months ago a wildly talented, rising young star called Frank Ocean did something utterly extraordinary: he told the world, freely and fearlessly, that he had loved another man. What made Ocean’s announcement particularly inspiring were three things. … Continue reading →

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The songs that made you cry: The Smiths and the art of the b-side

Posted on October 2, 2012 by PopLifer

This is the second in our series of blogs on the best ideas The Smiths had, the ones that changed pop and people’s lives forever. In the first blog, we argued that the band’s best idea of all was breaking … Continue reading →

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Oscar Wilde on Twitter

Posted on September 30, 2012 by PopLifer

The case against Twitter. 99% of Tweets are dull, witless crap. It’s full of poisonous bile, rampant egomania and hate. It helps drive the most moronic aspects of our celebrity culture. It’s the enemy of substantial thought. It’s impossible to … Continue reading →

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