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20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1994

16th January 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Elton John – Circle of Life This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Ivory Cutlery’s Albums Of The Year 2025

9th January 2026 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, and please be welcome to yet another of our fortnightly fumbles around the dank and sweaty intergluteal cleft of popular culture. Tonight, as we brace [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1993

2nd January 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Pet Shop Boys – Go West This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]

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In The Bleak Midwinter

28th December 2025 Swiss Bob 0

This is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, set to music first by Gustav Holst in 1906 and then by Harold Darke in 1911. This is by Darke :   Swiss Bob 2025  

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Fabulously Festive Fridays – Plank Spanking

26th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, and please be welcome to yet another of our regular sprout-fuelled snuffles around the sweaty intergluteal cleft of popular culture. I trust you all enjoyed [more…]

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

25th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery. In memory of Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd October 1957 – 3rd January 2022   OldTrout  

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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

22nd December 2025 Going Postal 0

O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. O come, Thou Rod of [more…]

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Fabulously Festive Fridays – The Christmas Single

19th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, and please be welcome to yet another of our regular Babycham fuelled snuffles around the sweaty intergluteal cleft of popular culture. Tonight, after our previous [more…]

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Fabulously Festive Fridays – The Christmas Single

12th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends and please be welcome to yet another of our regular Campari soaked fumbles around the moist gusset of popular culture. Tonight, after our previous examination [more…]

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