Tag Archives: 1980s
Duran Duran and the glamour v grit music wars of the 80s
Ahead of tonight’s BBC4 Duran Duran night.. There is one rather interesting section of my interview with John Taylor and Roger Taylor we couldn’t quite get into the final Front Row edit on Monday night. So here’s the transcript. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, culture, Duran Duran, front row, james bond, music, pop videos
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I Dressed Ziggy Stardust – revisited
I Dressed Ziggy Stardust is getting a re-broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday afternoon. Here’s a bit about why: When I pitched I Dressed Ziggy Stardust to Radio 4 back in 2012 there was nothing more to it than a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Music, Radio, Science Fiction/Fantasy, TV, Uncategorized
Tagged 1970s, 1980s, 70s, 80s, alice bloch, BBC, David Bowie, London, Rupa Huq, Shyama Perera, Ziggy Stardust
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We gotta get out of this place: Small town boys & the curse of pop stardom
“I used to scrump apples in the grounds here here,” says Jim Dale, smiling that boyish smile as we sit for our interview in a grand medieval manor house. Now a country house hotel it used to be a school … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, Basildon, Carry On, Corby, Dave Gahan, Jim Dale, Paul Morley, Six Five Special
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