Terribly sad news that John Douglas has passed away. Trashcan Sinatras have always created such gloriously wonderful music. RIP and thank you.

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.

Watching the #totp audience dancing to I Feel Love is an unexpected and joyful highlight of this evening.

Jamelia being brilliant and inventing Bridgerton. #totp

Pure Shores is one of the best songs of the 00s. Or in fact any decade. #totp

#totp 2000 brought to you (in places at least) by the number 45. And there’s a spanking episode of Back to Now for this glittering array of millennial pop with @ricardoautobahn.co.uk sharing an equally glittering array of fab memories & anecdotes. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Eels saving 2000. #totp

NOW124 is released today and is the first time that The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Duran Duran have appeared together on a numbered volume since NOW2 in 1984! The variously compiled Friday fact you didn’t know you needed!

This wonderful new compilation from @rockingbob.bsky.social on Ace Records brings together a selection of rare library music to soundtrack a summer drive - past, present and future. Creative, nostalgic and perfectly curated as always.

This week, 1999, new at No4. It will rise to No2 and get stuck behind Ronan, Westlife and Geri. Still, the sound of pre-millennial summer! Get lots more about this and the other hits of summer 99 with Rob Johnson on the recent episode of Back to Now podcast! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Bonnie at the BBC. ❤️

The latest edition of NOW12” 80s focus on 85/86, glorious coloured vinyl. Great curation across ten sides of mixes! And the CD series lands in 1987 with classic 12”s & rare mixes. And this is only part one! Thanks to the team at NOW for this continuation of a wonderful exploration of the 12”!

Thank you everyone for listening into the Back to Now podcast. A labour of love for everyone who enjoys revisiting pop culture through the variously compiled word of compilations. It’s great to have you onboard. linktr.ee/poprambler

Your weekend just got hotter

Iain McDermott@poprambler.bsky.social · 2w ago

Back to Now! New Episode!🎧 Join Alexis Petridis & @wadeywade.bsky.social as we revisit the NOW Yearbook 1976. Heatwaves, guilty pleasures & a whole lot more! Subscribe & listen at your podcast place of choice or via this link to access episodes and full album playlists too. linktr.ee/poprambler

The new Charli xcx album is very, very good indeed.

Happy birthday NOW3! Released 23/07/84  Duran Duran’s worldwide fl-fl-flexing monster smash Wham! shining brighter than Doris Day. Frankie says Global Annihilation. NOW’s best side of an album EVER. My first NOW & still my favourite. Catch up with Back to Now episode with @mrdiscopop.bsky.social

Only one compilation topped the charts in 1976. Soul Motion gathered together twenty soul, funk and disco numbers. No1 for two weeks in October. Q - is K-Tel brown an actual colour? More 1976 on the Back to Now podcast with @wadeywade.bsky.social and Alexis Petridis. linktr.ee/poprambler

Happy 70th birthday to the official album charts! Here is the first chart topping albums - all five of them. And of course all new entries. The first Top 10 arrives in Nov ‘58, Top 20 in Mar ‘60 and Top 30 in April ‘66. Long may you run long players! 🎂

The NOW Yearbook 1976 highlights how big country was. The variously compiled world of pop served up this - reaching No8. How many parties did this soundtrack? Even space for JJ Barrie! Join Alexis Petridis & @wadeywade.bsky.social for more 1976 pop musings on Back to Now. linktr.ee/poprambler

Back to Now! New Episode! 📺 1976 - just how crucial was Thursday nights and Top of the Pops? Sailor! Fox! Chicago! Ruby Flipper in a scorched Blue Peter garden! Join Alexis Petridis & @wadeywade.bsky.social as we revisit some memorable (and a few forgotten) pop clips. linktr.ee/poprambler

We got the hot for you, so come! Join us do! For HOT CHAT about Fox, 10cc, Sailor, Andrea True Connection and that sort of thing

Iain McDermott@poprambler.bsky.social · 2w ago

Back to Now! New Episode!🎧 Join Alexis Petridis & @wadeywade.bsky.social as we revisit the NOW Yearbook 1976. Heatwaves, guilty pleasures & a whole lot more! Subscribe & listen at your podcast place of choice or via this link to access episodes and full album playlists too. linktr.ee/poprambler

Back to Now! New Episode!🎧 Join Alexis Petridis & @wadeywade.bsky.social as we revisit the NOW Yearbook 1976. Heatwaves, guilty pleasures & a whole lot more! Subscribe & listen at your podcast place of choice or via this link to access episodes and full album playlists too. linktr.ee/poprambler

RIP Jim Gilstrap.

Pseudo satisfaction baby! #totp 87

Was 1976 the biggest year for what we used to call guilty pop pleasures? And what are yours? The Back to Now podcast heads to a quite unique pop year next week! A special episode with @wadeywade.bsky.social and Alexis Petridis. Subscribe and listen to all episodes: linktr.ee/poprambler

Late to the new yearbook but it’s just been so hot! But worth the wait for this volume. And if you enjoyed the latest episode of (Scottish Podcast Awards shortlisted!) Back to Now then this is great fun spotting what was missing from NOW43 (42 & 44!). 1999 is now complete! linktr.ee/poprambler

41 years ago, Live Aid left an indelible mark on the music world & the fans that watched, listened or were lucky enough to be there. On Back to Now, we revisit 13th July and the summer of pop from 1985 with author @graemethomson.bsky.social Listen & subscribe here: linktr.ee/poprambler

The Back to Now podcast. A special summer episode coming soon. Listen, subscribe and catch all previous episodes at your podcast place of choice. linktr.ee/poprambler

Your summer soundtrack podcast listen! The shimmering NOW43 - come back to 1999 with Rob and I and pour a cool drink while you’re at it. 🧊

Iain McDermott@poprambler.bsky.social · last mo.

Back to Now! New Episode! 🎧 Ahead of the new NOW Yearbook ‘99, revisit one of the year’s finest volumes. NOW43, the final summer of the 20th century. Guest Rob Johnson from PopMusicActivism guides us though a feast of pop! Listen and subscribe now at all podcast providers. linktr.ee/poprambler

“Whenever I sing ‘Total Eclipse’ the way people sing along still excites me. It’s one of the songs that audiences know all the lyrics to, and it makes me so happy.” As immortalised on the first NOW album in 1983. Side one, Track eight. RIP and thank you, Bonnie Tyler. ❤️