Category Archives: Straight shit

PSB Winner #4 – Love Etc

Posted on July 28, 2012 by PopLifer

No doubt we’ll be returning to the Olympics shortly, but for now it’s back to the Pet Shop Boys and the 4th of 10 blogs devoted to our favourite PSB songs of all time, in no particular order. Each blog has an A side (which made … Continue reading →

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The Olympic Opening Ceremony: the best, most expensive in-joke in history

Posted on July 28, 2012 by PopLifer

Poplifer is not a fan of most Olympic  opening ceremonies. Think of the trashiest tourist shop at an airport, give it a fascist twist and stadium scale, and away you go – fireworks, flags and kids in militarised lines, a celebration … Continue reading →

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PopLifer’s Adventures in Persia

Posted on July 28, 2012 by PopLifer

Frank Ocean’s revolutionary message spreads further, with a little nudge from PopLifer…

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Picture This #8 – how Danny Boyle first snatched our attention

Posted on July 27, 2012 by PopLifer

Tonight, the stage is Danny Boyle’s. His Olympic opening ceremony will hold the world’s attention with flying sheep, a horde of geese, winged cyclists, an ode to the NHS and a village cricket match. There will be athletes with flags. … Continue reading →

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Picture this #7 – The Dirtiest Race

Posted on July 24, 2012 by PopLifer

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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How to explain sex to children using office stationery

Posted on July 23, 2012 by PopLifer

Courtesy of the warped folks at Psychotic Humour. If I had children and attempted this exercise, all I would be able to find for demonstration purposes would be lots of hideously mangled, chewed, leaking biros. Which would be very useful for explaining the sex … Continue reading →

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