Friday, 15 October 2021
Gender Bending in the 1980s
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Go Back To the 80s in These Novels!
If you want a good 80s fix may I humbly suggest my three 80s Murder Mysteries. The narrator of these novels is a pop music journalist (just like I was) in the early 1980s. In fact, I've done my best to describe the music scene, the clubs of early 80s London exactly as I experienced them - plus a few murders! If you want a fun 80s read, give them a try!
More info here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MQYB837
Saturday, 18 September 2021
Flexipop! Magazine - The Inside Story
Why was the 80s pop magazine, Flexipop!, seized by the police? And why was hard-rock singer, Zodiac Mindwarp, working in a Flexipop! basement room? Here's the lowdown from someone who was there at the time...
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
80s Pop Music Interviews - the Sony Walkman Connection
Sunday, 12 September 2021
How To Be a 1980s Pop Music Journalist
Ah, the glamour! The celebrities! The music! The nightclubs!
So what was it really like to be a pop music journalist in the days of the New Romantics? I've just started a new YouTube channel that will explain everything. If you've read any of my '80s Murder Mysteries' novels, these videos will explain some of the real-life background. Be sure to subscribe so that you will receive notification whenever I post some new videos. Here are the first three...
Sunday, 8 March 2020
80s Picture Discs – Divine Decadence
Supposedly in the shape of men’s underpants, this featured Divine trying to rip the trunks off a hunky young man (according to the credits on the disc, Divine’s ‘playmate’ was Scott McCray). Anyway, this is one of my most treasured items of early '80s pop junk.
And here’s the song it was promoting…
Thursday, 5 March 2020
80s Bands From Australia
But what about Cold Chisel? Or Mi-Sex? If you don’t know them, go to YouTube and look them up. Here’s a quick blast from Mi-Sex to whet your appetite…