Category Archives: Music

Hole’s “Pretty On The Inside” – The Forgotten Files #2

Posted on September 20, 2012 by PopLifer

Second in an irregular feature on nuggets of pop culture that have been largely buried by time, but deserve to be digged up again. Courtney Love – singer, actress, controversy magnet, online provocateur and, yes, famous widow – may not … Continue reading →

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Fall into fashion, fall out again – blurblog 4, from Blur to break up

Posted on August 21, 2012 by PopLifer

blurblog 4, the penultimate part in our blogathon on Blur. blurblog 1, on Hyde Park and how Blur have become a central part of our pop life is here, blurblog 2 on the tricky early years is here and blurblog 3 on the triumph … 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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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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Sometimes I wonder if I’m here – blurblog 2, leisure time to modern life

Posted on August 16, 2012 by PopLifer

blurblog 2, second in our series on the long and tempestuous love affair between Britain and Blur. For blurblog 1 – go here. Writing this in 2012,  it’s astonishing to think how close Blur came to being a minor footnote in pop history, just … Continue reading →

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