Author: Alex the Pensmith

Thirtysomething. Essex born and bred. Son. Uncle. Dreamer. Writer and blogger. Pop music, books, VW campers and comedy. Fanboy of many things. Makes an excellent cup of tea. Likes bacon.

#CrazyStupidGig: McBusted (@mcbusted) – Most Excellent Adventure Tour (O2 Arena, London, 4th April 2015)

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Hello all - and happy Easter! Today's blog post is being powered to you on these bad boys... (*with mouthful of egg* I digress.) It's been a busy couple of weeks, so firstly a few things - I've gone a little bit more upmarket as you can see, and now have a full domain name … Continue reading #CrazyStupidGig: McBusted (@mcbusted) – Most Excellent Adventure Tour (O2 Arena, London, 4th April 2015)

#BringBackEnya – why it’s time for the 2015 return of a pop enigma

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I've spoken on previous blogs before, about how my taste in music has been inherited from various different sources over the years. Quite a lot of that is thanked in part to my parents. Some of it I'm happy to admit a love for (Simon &  Garfunkel, The Beatles), and others I'm partly cautious to … Continue reading #BringBackEnya – why it’s time for the 2015 return of a pop enigma

Beating again: the rebirth of Marvin Humes

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The post pop group solo career is a tricky, some might say unforgiving mistress to navigate. For every success story - Beyoncé, Robbie or Justin selling out stadiums and shifting albums by the bucketload, there's a thousand Abz, Lisa Scott-Lees or Appletons starring in Z-list reality shows and being dropped like hot potatoes from their … Continue reading Beating again: the rebirth of Marvin Humes

TV top trumps: is watching the box now a battle for trend supremacy?

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Netflix. NowTV. Sky+. LoveFilm. A TiVo. Series Record. Amazon Prime. iPlayer. 4OD. On Demand. It seems that with the growth of technology in just the last two decades alone that we are being bombarded ever more with impossibly new ways - and new devices and contraptions - to do the thing our humble TVs were … Continue reading TV top trumps: is watching the box now a battle for trend supremacy?