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ULTIMATE POP STAR
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— 21 Feb 2005 Sarah Comment

ULTIMATE POP STAR last night on Channel Four is just the type of Lists Programming I like – based solely on COLD HARD SALES FIGURES instead of the general poll of the Kate Thorntons of this world. Along with the sheer JOY that comes with the fa[…]

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[…]

Buy some rubbish
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— 18 Feb 2005 Tom Comment

Buy some rubbish
Here’s what I’m selling on eBay: dear oh dear
These are not Grecian Earn items, by the way. All cash goes to me.[…]

Buy some rubbish
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— 18 Feb 2005 Tom Comment

Buy some rubbish
Here’s what I’m selling on eBay: dear oh dear
These are not Grecian Earn items, by the way. All cash goes to me.[…]

Buy some rubbish
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— 18 Feb 2005 Tom Comment

Buy some rubbish
Here’s what I’m selling on eBay: dear oh dear
These are not Grecian Earn items, by the way. All cash goes to me.[…]

MP3, MP4*, iPod…GO!
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— 18 Feb 2005 Pete Baran Comment

MP3, MP4*, iPod…GO!
I was listening to a random old mixed CD this morning and C30, C60, C90, Go came on by Bow Wow Wow. Now I have an amazingly soft spot for this song, with its ice cream carton tub thump and Annabella’s yelping sub strea[…]

The Last Ever Club FT
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— 17 Feb 2005 Tom Comment

The Last Ever Club FT
will be next Thursday, 24th February, at the Chapel Bar in Islington. Guest DJs ‘The Spy’ and Ken C will be joining the regulars to mark the end of an era (well a year, which is a long time in shonky pop nights). We&[…]

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GLORIA 2: THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE TANGLED TIDES
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— 17 Feb 2005 Tom Comment

GLORIA 2: THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE TANGLED TIDES
Apologies for the delayed results on this, which if your memories stretch back two weeks involved a match-up between The Paragons’ “Tide Is High”, Blondie’s cover, and Atomic Kit[…]

Alex Party Needs YOU
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— 16 Feb 2005 Tom Comment

Alex Party Needs YOU
Troubled Diva presents its third annual cross-decade chart challenge, a concerted scientifical effort to discover when pop was best. The #10 from this week is pitted against the #10 from ten, twenty, thirty and forty years ago (t[…]

Fightin’ Brian McFadden is back!
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— 16 Feb 2005 Tom Comment

Fightin’ Brian McFadden is back! These lyrics from his new single really take the cake, a worthy follow-up to “Real To Me” I’m sure you’ll agree:
There’s a world inside and a world out there
With that on tv you jus[…]

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