Category Archives: Straight shit

Perfect Timing

London 2012 is about to begin amid guffaws about bus drivers getting lost and indignation over security cock-ups. You couldn’t have made it up. Well, they did actually*. The almost perfect Twenty Twelve is about to conclude on Tuesday. This is … Continue reading

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“I wished at 13 there was somebody I looked up to who would have said something like that” – Frank Ocean part 2

There are some people, gay and straight, who argue that a person’s sexuality should be a private matter. There are also some who would argue that it doesn’t matter how a celebrity happens to “come out”, as long as it happens. I’m … Continue reading

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Pop’s gentle revolutionary – Frank Ocean, part 1

“Anyone that has an issue with Frank Ocean is an idiot.” 50 Cent, 3 days ago. And anyone who doubts that pop music has lost its potential to change the world, or that Frank Ocean is a revolutionary, should read … Continue reading

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Life Listings – Sado-Masochism

Based on an industry database, Life Listings has over 41,000 entries drawn from PopLifer’s team of real life experts. Sado-Masochism                USA                       ** 2002  … Continue reading

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Introducing the blog

If you could run this music in the background that would be appropriate. Hello there. We are Neil and Chris, though we are not the Pet Shop Boys, they are just our pseudonyms. Nor are we in any way affiliated to the … Continue reading

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