The Giddy Carousel of Pop
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A Smash Hits appreciation podcast. Follow us on your podcast app of choice.
Coming soon - Tony's book launch event! At 13 he created Jamming! zine, at 16 went on the road with Madness for The Face, at 17 interviewed P McCartney, at 18 presenting on The Tube, interviewing people like George Michael & Morrissey on live TV. @helpsheffield.co.uk @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social
I'll be chatting to Tony Fletcher at Glossop Labour Club on 16/09 and the Fat Cat in Sheffield on 17/09 (pay as you feel tickets on Eventbrite). He's had an incredible life in music & journalism. Need to know more? Here he is on Word In Your Ear youtu.be/wVvzIvKHQ6I?... #sheffield #thejam #punk #80s
Tony Fletcher - teenage label boss! – remembers the Jam, the Tube and the ‘80s pop explosion
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Thank you @newmodernbooks.bsky.social for the chance to revisit my first pop thrills. Marco Pirroni’s forthcoming book is a fabulous account of his time in Antmania. Any story that includes Siouxsie and Liberace is worth your time. Unplug that jukebox all over again.
The House Of Splain is expanding its remit! Did *you* ever go to a Radio Roadshow, be it Radio 1 or otherwise? Send us your anecdotes and - if possible - your photos and they might appear in a new video! DMs are open.
I've been lucky enough to read a draft of Marco Pironni's forthcoming book. If, like me, The Ants were the band that made you fall in love with pop and changed your life forever, you won't be disappointed. It's brilliantly paced, funny, self-deprecating and lifts the lid on Marco's inner thoughts.
Helen, who was a guest on 2 different episodes, has a new version of her brilliant memoir out. If you didn't buy the original version, this is the perfect occasion to put right that wrong and get the up to date story.
Route@routebooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEWS: A new extended paperback edition of Helen O'Hara's memoir What's She Like will be published in September. Advance copies can be ordered on our website now | www.route-online.com/all-books/wh...
Happy 80s Rewind BIRTHDAY to Green Gartside, who is 71 today! #OTD #Music #Eighties #ScrittiPolitti Wood Beez (Pray like Aretha Franklin):
Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
Directed by John Scarlett-Davis and featuring a young Michael Clark.Green Gartside: “As The Funky Four Plus One said: ’That's The Joint!' Wood Beez started w...
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‘Prince Charming’ was the first album I bought. I was 8. I still have it. It’s fair to say that Adam and the Ants changed my life. It’s an absolute honour to be publishing Marco’s book. It’s a story that totally understands and embraces the ridiculousness of pop music. And it’s properly funny.
new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 4mo agoMARCO PIRRONI - ‘YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE’ The long awaited autobiography. The true story of a pop phenomenon. This is Marco. Allow him to introduce his Firebird Seven. 10-09-26 tr.ee/P2_qxNZ6jC
Someone spread a rumor that Part 2 of Brian and Sarah's discussion of "Please" is now available! Thankfully, that rumor is true! So whether you're in the East End, West End, Lake Geneva,the Finland Station, or somewhere else, we hope you'll enjoy the show! permanentrecordpodcast.com/podcast/pet-...
Permanent Record Podcast: Pet Shop Boys – Please (1986) – Part 2
Episode 201: Pet Shop Boys – Please (1986) – Part 2 Welcome to Part 2 of Brian and Sarah’s discussion of Please, the debut album from the Pet Shop Boys. In Part 1, our hosts set the stage by talking ...
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A couple of previous riders on the Giddy Carousel - wonderful listen from top to tail.
Talk ’90s To Me@talk90stome.bsky.social · 4mo ago🎸 The mag that invented Britpop AND reinvented Glastonbury… @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social talks to her old boss @nndroid.bsky.social about SELECT Mag, greatest rock’n’roll magazine of the ’90s. Includes Nirvana, raving and an inflatable Jarvis Cocker. 💿 Listen linktr.ee/talk90stome
Back to Now! New Episode! 🎧 Join @graemethomson.bsky.social as we revisit NOW5 & the pop culture of summer 1985! We also chat about his new book from @newmodernbooks.bsky.social ‘In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk’. Available at all podcast places, 22 May. linktr.ee/poprambler
If you haven't played this yet... www.monkeon.co.uk/look-in-star...
Some Tenpole Tudor action in Leicester. Seeing Eddie in full flow is a great night out if you get a chance
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new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 4mo agoTruly Gifted Kids:A Book About A Band Called Prefab Sprout by @nigetassell.bsky.social Nige sets out to uncloak the enigma in this deepest dive ever made into Paddy McAloon’s craft, motivations and methods Personal and poetic, a true labour of love about labours of love 13-08-26 tr.ee/-BLPqLQ27t
Episode 200 - Coming Tuesday Night! PLEASE be ready to discuss one of the greatest debut albums of all time!!
Back to NOW! New episode! 🎧 Now available join author, journalist & Smash Hits alumnus Tom Doyle as we revisit the pop landscape of summer ‘88 and NOW12. It is, quite literally, a pop lark! Listen & subscribe at all podcast places or here! linktr.ee/poprambler
In one month, we hit the stage for our first shows of the year!! Please support the promoters & venues, grab your tickets in advance & be part of it... www.songkick.com/artists/1016...
As a 13-year-old in Saudi, Arwa Haider wore Pet Shop Boys T-shirts under her abaya. Now, she writes, a new book and gigs by the duo, and a major exhibition on youth culture, are shining a light on the overlooked power of fandom www.thenerve.news/p/culture-pe...
Fair play this is an extremely funny stitch-up. If you want to understand British indie music when I was a teenager just know that people like this turned up on a six monthly basis
j-e-l 🎃@jelbugle.bsky.social · 7mo ago
@giddypoppod.bsky.social I am certain I remember a Smash Hits singles review of The Coronation Street theme by Dizzy Gillespie. It seems a strange thing to have imagined, I’m certain it was printed. Could’ve been in No 1 or Record Mirror but feel certain ver Hits. Anyone else?! 😵💫
Strawberry Switchblade official merch, the first in 40 years! Night School Records, who released the 1982 4-Piece Demo, have worked with the band to produce three T shirt designs night-school.bandcamp.com/merch
The ‘89 edition one of my most prized possessions … and now looking at this I MUST OWN THEM ALL
The Giddy Carousel of Pop@giddypoppod.bsky.social · 7mo agoAnyone out there remember the Yearbooks?
The 1990 Yearbook includes the greatest interview in the history of music journalism
The Giddy Carousel of Pop@giddypoppod.bsky.social · 7mo agoAnyone out there remember the Yearbooks?
Nathan gives advice to Michael Jackson on the letters page of Ver Hits from 19/04 1989.
He’s wearing glasses so surely the pop caption would be ‘Noddy Frame’
