K9 and Company: The Next Generation
After the link is just some piece of old nonsense I wrote many years back. I came across it the other day and it made me chuckle so I thought I’d share it here.
Warning: fanboy-injokes lurk inside…
On J.K. Rowling
I have today removed from my website my essay “On the Use of Characteronyms in the Works of J.K. Rowling.”
I couldn’t condone any of her recent words regarding the lives of trans people and it has become increasingly uncomfortable for me to hear her double down on the issue and use what I see as increasingly weaselly-worded language to justify her stance.
How I Learned to Hate Rock and Roll – Pet Shop Boys
I was happily partaking of an internet forum the other day (one of a couple I frequent in fact) when a thread was started about a particular pop star – a vaguely diminutive Australian one actually – where a free and frank exchange of views about her last album was held.
But it was all pretty civil because at heart all those discussing it are basically fans. Until of course the thread suddenly started to fill with killjoys.
When You Come Back To Me – Jason Donovan
Those who know me well will be aware (with a due sense of resignation) of my love of extended mixes, – especially those from the PWL stable – which invariably enhance my appreciation of the original track no end. A good mix, in my opinion, builds up the track part by part – allowing you […] Read more…
Story of My Life – Jason Donovan
It’s probably going to do my musical credibility no harm whatsoever to announce that recently a Jason Donovan track has catapulted its way into my “top ten favourite songs ever” chart. (Obviously it will do no harm because I don’t have any.) But yes, I recently had the fortune to stumble upon “Story of My […] Read more…
Terrorize the Dancefloor – The Parade
This has to be one of the best flop songs out there. It completely bombed despite being infuriatingly catchy and bouncy and upbeat and all the things I like best about pop music. One of the reasons for its failure, though, may be the video which – whilst being, to my mind, quite stylish arty […] Read more…