Author Archives: PopLifer

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Pop Lifer Towers experiencing Twitter difficulties

Posted on August 20, 2012 by PopLifer

Hi there – for new visitors who have come here and would like to follow us on twitter but can’t – we apologise. There seems to be a problem with our twitter account which we are trying to resolve as … Continue reading →

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Tony Scott, director of Top Gun and True Romance, dies – Picture This #17

Posted on August 20, 2012 by PopLifer

News is coming in that Tony Scott, director of blockbuster films from Top Gun through to Man On Fire, has died aged 68. The cause of death is apparently suicide, which makes the news particularly sad, and reminds us that depression … Continue reading →

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Happy 31st Birthday, Pet Shop Boys

Posted on August 19, 2012 by PopLifer

31 years ago today a magazine editor from Newcastle called Neil Tennant and a trained architect called Chris Lowe met by chance in a shop on the King’s Road in London. It was not a pet shop. Within 5 years … Continue reading →

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Pussy Riot’s laughter in the face of Putin – Picture This #16

Posted on August 17, 2012 by PopLifer

For those of you who haven’t been following the news, three members of Moscow’s feminist punk band Pussy Riot – pictured above – were today jailed for 2 years for “hooliganism”, following their performance of an anti Vladimir Putin song … Continue reading →

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Darkly Dreaming Donnie – Picture This #17, Donnie Darko

Posted on August 17, 2012 by PopLifer

We often presume artists know what they are doing, that when we find a perfect pop song, a great album, an enthralling TV series or a captivating film that the person who created it must have either given birth to … Continue reading →

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All the people, so many people – blurblog 3, from Parklife triumph to dreams of Escape

Posted on August 17, 2012 by PopLifer

Third of 3 blogs charting Britain’s on/off love affair with Blur. Part 1, the introduction, here. Part 2, covering the troubled early years, here. Now onto the imperial phase. To coincide with Blur’s performance at Hyde Park on Sunday, ITV … Continue reading →

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