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Popworld and The Grand Unification of Popular Music
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— 20 Feb 2005 Alan Comment

Last week I was slightly concerned that Channel 4’s lovely Popworld* was “on the turn” (as Simon’s parents might have put it). They started out by apologising for their title sequence containing Busted, Mystiq and S-Club, befo[…]

Batman in Love
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— 20 Feb 2005 Anthony Easton Comment

Batman in Love
So, I’m reading Pop Out: Queer Warhol, edited by Jennifer Doyle e al, –is a mostly useless academic wank job about Andy loving other men–there was a line here or a line there that might be useful, but I was disappoint[…]

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