Sometimes to understand pop now, you need to look back at what it was then. Or so a wise man once wrote. This is The Story of Pop: 1999, and time once again to bring you another huge UK chart hit from exactly 20 years ago. This week: the 19th top 40 single from some … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 9)
If you're needing a midweek mood boost, then three of the most uplifting and inspiring stories we've found on our interweb travels in the last week is a surefire winner - this is The Good News Week. If you enjoy the stories we've found this week, let us know - remember this is a place … Continue reading The Good News Week (27/02/2019)
So I have a small announcement where the blog is concerned today. I have decided to rest #CatchupRoundup, my series of blogs each Tuesday where I picked the best TV shows on the on demand services. The reasons for this are mainly because it was getting increasingly difficult to find decent stuff to watch across … Continue reading Ciao for now, #CatchupRoundup
If the glorious early spring weather wasn't enough to make you smile at the start of a new week, thankfully we've got the very thing guaranteed to raise the mirth factor, with #TweetHeeHee, our weekly round up of all the hilarious bits we've found on our Tweeting travels of the last seven days - so … Continue reading #TweetHeeHee (25/02/2019)
ARTIST: Julia Michaels feat. Niall Horan SONG: What A Time SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? After the 'Issues' songstress joined Mullingar's finest as the opening act on the UK and Europe leg of his world tour last year, it was perhaps a little inevitable that they would end up working … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Julia Michaels feat. Niall Horan – ‘What A Time’
It was the year of SM:TV Live on Saturday mornings, Pokemon cards in the school playground, and a solar eclipse. Oh - and also the year of some stellar pop music. This is The Story of Pop: 1999, our new weekly look back at the biggest UK chart hits of 20 years ago. This week: … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 8)
Needing a burst of positivity to inspire you and lift you up? Look no further than The Good News Week, our weekly bulletin every Wednesday of some of the most uplifting stories that have been making the news in the last seven days. If you enjoy checking these stories out, remember this is a place … Continue reading The Good News Week (20/02/2019)
Needing to cosy in with some good new stuff on the box tonight? Look no further and get yourself comfy, as we bring you #CatchupRoundup, our weekly look at some of the best new shows the on demand services have to offer... FLAT PACK POP: SWEDEN'S MUSIC MIRACLE (BBC iPlayer) Question: what do Ace of … Continue reading #CatchupRoundup (19/02/2019)
Happy Monday people! If you're on half term this week - or just enjoying the nice touch of early spring - then sit back and relax because we're here to bring the mirth to your new week with #TweetHeeHee. So get your laughing gear around our round-up of the funniest Tweets from the last seven … Continue reading #TweetHeeHee (18/02/2019)
ARTIST: Jack & Jack SONG: Daydreaming SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I fully anticipate that my traffic for this week's #SongoftheWeek blog is going to be abnormally higher - chiefly because of the two young rapscallions behind it. But first the facts. Pop's not had a proper duo since the … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jack & Jack – ‘Daydreaming’
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