29 September 2022MUSICTHURSDAY: TIME FOR YÉ-YÉ!Not weekend yet, still Thursday. We need Yé-yé to get through the day.
25 September 2022MUSICTHE DISTILLERS – DRAIN THE BLOODIf Joan Jett & the Blackhearts share Islay whiskey with Patti Smith, you'll get The Distillers.
18 September 2022MUSICNO AMERICAN IDIOT WHEN DRIVINGAccording to a Chinese study, "American Idiot" is a dangerous song to listen to when driving.
14 September 2022MUSICMURDER BALLADSMurder Ballads, a subgenre of the traditional ballad form dealing with a crime or a gruesome death.
8 September 2022MUSICSOUNDTRACKS OF LAST-KISS GOODBYEFor Block Rockin' Beats 1st anniversary, the previous exhibitors were asked to pick their funeral soundtracks.
20 August 2022MUSICTURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS: DANDY TWENTYOne of the most influential debut albums in post-punk, turned 20 today.
31 July 2022MUSICALL MY LITTLE WORDSTwoâcan I say "cute"?âcovers of The Magnetic Fields' beautiful song, "All My Little Words".
18 June 2022MUSICALISON MOYET: SITUATION 61Alison Moyet, one of my biggest heroines back in New Wave & New Romantics days, turned 61 today.
10 April 2022MUSICRED RIGHT HANDOne of the badassest aspects of 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, aside from the crime drama series itself, is the carefully crafted soundtrack.
28 January 2022MUSICRELAX: A STRATEGIC ASSAULT ON POPFrankie Goes to Hollywood started a five-week run at no. 1 on the UK singles chart with âRelax!â
25 December 2021MUSICMACGOWAN & FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORKWhat's the greatest Christmas song of all time? Fairytale of New York!
18 December 2021MUSICMANEATERHall and Oates' "Maneater" reached no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on this date in 1982.
18 November 2021MUSIC36TH TASTE OF PSYCHOCANDY𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺, one of the key records in what became shoegaze, turned 36 today.
15 November 2021MUSICALL FEMALE VOCALISTS: YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON35 years ago today, pop history was made when the Top 5 UK singles were all by female vocalists. Kim Wilde was one of them.
21 August 2021MUSICROCK-N-ROLL EXHIBITION: RANDY SALIMAn exhibition of rock 'n' roll tunes by Randy Salim.