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Pet Shop Boys. Eventually.

Hello PopLifer readers. For those of you who actually want to read us banging on about the Pet Shop Boys again – apologies, we are taking a short break in our rundown of their 10 best ever. Probably a day or … Continue reading

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Inside the rings – five things you should know about the Olympics (but won’t see on TV)

It’s not all hi-nrg pop and gay icons at PopLifer, you know. While Neil has been working out new ways to say “lovely tune” in the Pet Shop Boys rundown and thinking about Gore Vidal, Chris  has been an embedded reporter prowling the Olympic … Continue reading

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Gore Vidal, the establishment outlaw, dies – Picture This #12

Sad news – American author, essayist, wit and commentator Gore Vidal has died, aged 86. Vidal’s elegance as a writer and sharpness as a wit was only matched by his personal courage. In 1948, Vidal was a celebrated young writer on … Continue reading

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PSB Winner #7 – What Have I Done To Deserve This?

Oh, you know the drill by now. We’re writing about the 10 best Pet Shop Boys songs of all time (our A sides) and the next 10 best (our B sides). It’s all in honour of their current single “Winner” which – … Continue reading

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Picture This #11 – Team GB, Men’s Gymnastics, Bronze Winners

More multi-cultural crap, eh, Aidan Burley? Neil

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PSB Winner #6 – I Want To Wake Up

In honour of the new Pet Shop Boys single “Winner” we’ve been blogging like bastards about our 10 favourite PSB songs of all time, in no particular order. Each blog has an A side (which made our top 10) and is … Continue reading

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