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Pop Essays #3: Scent, ‘Up and Down’

Jan 21, 2021Jan 27, 2021 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ 1 Comment

Hello all, welcome to this week's Pop Essays - I trust I find you all well? I'm quite well aware of the fact these seem to be the only posts I've been doing with regularity on here recently but I think I'll cut myself some slack for once. Unusual times and all that! Shall we … Continue reading Pop Essays #3: Scent, ‘Up and Down’

Pop Essays #2: Ladyhawke, ‘Paris Is Burning’

Jan 14, 2021Feb 20, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Welcome to this week's Pop Essays, as I continue my new weekly series which profiles favourite songs and artists of mine from years past that I am revisiting and shining a well deserved light on that may not have had it before. Thanks for all the lovely feedback on last week's first essay - it's … Continue reading Pop Essays #2: Ladyhawke, ‘Paris Is Burning’

Pop Essays #1: Ultra, ‘Rescue Me’

Jan 7, 2021Jan 18, 2021 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

Firstly a happy new year to you all, albeit one that seems to be starting suspiciously just as the last one did globally speaking. But no matter, I'm a firm believer, in the words of D:Ream, that things can only get better. Especially as today, I write both my first blog post of 2021 and … Continue reading Pop Essays #1: Ultra, ‘Rescue Me’

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