#CrazyStupidBook: Malcolm McLean (@maltreateddd) – ‘Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s Pop Groupie’

Oct 11, 2019Oct 10, 2019 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Many of pop's greatest icons - and not so greatest, let's be honest - have put pen to paper (or commissioned a ghost writer) and told all about their struggle for success, life at the top, life thereafter, maybe even a second bite at the cherry. But no one, to our recollection, has ever written … Continue reading #CrazyStupidBook: Malcolm McLean (@maltreateddd) – ‘Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s Pop Groupie’

#BlastfromthePast: The Girl Groups That Pop Forgot

Aug 18, 2018Oct 6, 2018 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

You may notice that there's a bit of a girl power theme to some of the blogs this weekend, viewers. You'll find out why in the case of tomorrow's blog, but for this week's #BlastfromthePast, it's a six times whammy of it. For every Spice Girls or Little Mix, for every Girls Aloud or The … Continue reading #BlastfromthePast: The Girl Groups That Pop Forgot

#BlastfromthePast: Lolly

Jul 14, 2018Jul 20, 2018 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

We have someone special to thank for this week's #BlastfromthePast blog. You see, there is a quite brilliant Twitter account we started following a few months ago. I don't doubt that some of you readers of this here blog of a certain age may have already heard of it. In a time when intense online campaigning … Continue reading #BlastfromthePast: Lolly

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