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Pet Shop Boys unveil “Winner” video – but what are the all time PSB winners?

If you scrutinise this blog carefully, you may find a few subtle indications that Pop Lifer are Pet Shop Boys fans. In fact, we think they are the greatest pop act of all time, and our towering achievement in life … Continue reading

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What you looking at, you little rich boy?

Above are two men, standing in front of black doors. One of them is George Osborne – who is famous for only having a Plan A. The other is Ben Drew – who is famous for being Plan B. But which plan … Continue reading

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Important rock’n’roll announcement

So there you go – rock’n’roll is not dead. Don’t be fooled by our name, Pop Lifer bows to nobody in our love of rock’n’roll. Not even Joan Jett. So you can imagine how relieved we were to see this t … Continue reading

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Picture this #7 – The Dirtiest Race

When Ben Johnson smiles children cry. If a 116 year old tradition, based on an ideal which stretches over millennia, has a villain, it is Johnson.  He broods, he scowls –  he is the convenient symbol behind which hundreds of similar … Continue reading

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“I get to be a hero” – Frank Ocean takes centre stage as music’s man of the hour

Over in the states, Frank Ocean has kicked off his first major tour since revealing his first love was a man. As Ocean has wryly noted on Twitter, “And the women still scream in the front row, contrary to what the naysayers … Continue reading

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Picture This #6 – Tricky Kid

For a man who, by conventional measures, isn’t exactly model material, Adrian Thawes AKA Tricky has certainly been in a lot of amazing pictures. Before opting for this – a still from the  strange, narcotically seductive video for “Hell Is Round The Corner”, … Continue reading

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