Julian: I remember my parents playing early Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel, but as a kid it was glam rock on Top of the Pops, Sweet Slade,T Rex and David Bowie that got me excited – until punk. Phil: My parents were into opera and big bands like Glenn miller and Tommy Dorsey, th...
Henry & Me released just one 7″ as far as I know. The A-side was “Sentimental” and the B-side was “Average Guy”. I’ve had this record for a long time on my saved searches but nothing pops up for me. Luckily I finally heard one of their songs, Average Guy, thanks to the...
She sent me one that is a 3 cup and two 12 cup size cake pans. Well my batter doesn’t make enough for a 12 cup cake, so I made two 3 cup cakes, which is perfect because #SundaySupper turned two today! I did lighten up the traditional bundt cake recipe, since most cakes...
Once I sent a ‘jingle’ into a Saturday Superstore competition- just me singing onto a cassette- ‘Saturday morning and I’m feeling bored, I turn on Saturday Superstore, maybe if I’m lucky one day I’ll see, a message in the tellygrams just for me’; nothing came of it. ++ Had...
most especially about Claes Molander who seems to be the driving force behind Riviera. We know that he lived in London between 1973 and 1978 and he became inspired by Gary Glitter when he saw him on Top of the Pops. He would come back to Sweden and have a band there called The Varlet...
Lastly, I’ve played, according to Last.fm around 5 times the last week the new Cola Jet Set album. Surprised to see my name on the thank yous, the album is a sweet sweet rush of jangly popstactiness. If not knowing Spanish is a problem for some of you, don’t despair. The mus...
++ You were telling me there was a promo video for Honeysuckle Love!! I hope it shows up on Youtube someday. But how was it? What does it show? Any anecdotes you could share about it? And where was it shown? Top of the Pops?
It’s well over 20 years since I tasted it but I recall it being pretty cheap and nasty!..a bit like ‘Panda Pops’ which your British readers will probably know!. ++ You were around in the early 90s, just after the big wave of guitar pop bands in the UK, the so called C86. ...