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Maybe it’s intensely wrong of me, but …
Whilst doing some random surfing, I found myself listening to the BBC London News ident. Thus I suddenly found myself on my desk grooving to it a la Tyres O’Flaherty in Spaced, as if it was the latest groovy Pet Shop Boys tune … can you spot the [...]

So after 42 years, the UK’s premiere music show, Top Of The Pops, comes to an unfortunate, if not entirely unexpected end.
But amongst the lineup of 42 years of pop highlights, from the Rolling Stones to Robbie Williams, they couldn’t find the time (even though they covered the 80s and 90s in detail) to [...]

I was musing recently that little in film or music gets me truly excited these days.
Then I pick up a copy of Word Magazine featuring the Pet Shop Boys - a fantastic multi-page interview with the pop geniuses that makes me genuinely excited about the new forthcoming album, and even manages to connect the Pet [...]

Browsing through the Internet, I’ve just heard the new Pet Shop Boys single - I’m With Stupid …
It’s got a fantastically boombastic orchestra-meets-Gary-Numan opening, then settles down somewhat after that amazing high to be a traditionally good Pet Shop Boys song, with a reasonable bassline, fantastic lyrics. But the drums on it are awesome. Being [...]

Be warned. I usually hate it when bloggers go on about how much a song means to them because of certain lyrics. But hey. It’s November, nearly December, and a time of year when holding back from sentimentality can be a futile gesture.