I'm not one of those people who cherishes The Rocky Horror Picture Show as a highpoint in movie/musical history. Neither am I one of tho...

There aren't that many true icons left, and this week we lost another. Dolly might not mean the same to other people in my generation as...

Ben messaged me in the middle of last week to pass on the news of Bill Oddie's departure. "If your blog isn't full of The Funky...

Usually it's Ben who informs me of the latest candidates for this feature, but yesterday morning it was Sam who announced that Kevin Kee...

Gone to hunt the great T-Rex in the sky. As the celebrity jukebox has taught us, true immortality only exists in song... or if you have a ba...

We interrupt our scheduled programming for a tribute to Bonnie Tyler, who died on Wednesday. Those of you waiting with bated breath for the ...

Farewell then, Penelope Keith. I hope it was a Good Life.

So I'm in the Tate And I'm looking at a Hockney And oh, Sweet Jesus! There's something about that blue It touches me deep inside...

If this were a paranoid conspiracy part of the internet, we might be wondering if there was a curse on Buffy The Vampire Slayer. First, the ...

It's pushing 30° as I write this so I don't have much enthusiasm for a long post - fortunately Alyson has done all the hard work for...

Who killed Gwen Stacy? Was it Norman Osborn, the criminally insane businessman who liked to fly around on a motorised bat, dressed in a gree...

It's been a busy week, so this is the earliest opportunity I've had to pay tribute to singer and songwriter Chip Taylor who died tow...

Chuck Norris was once bitten by a king cobra; after ten excruciating minutes, the cobra died. Ben messaged me midway through Friday afternoo...

All I need to say about the late, great Neil Sedaka can be heard in the songs below... Neil Sedaka - Oh! Carol Neil Sedaka - Calendar Girl C...

If you appeared in The Godfather, even if it was a relatively small role, chances are that'll take top billing in your obituary. For me ...

In a world where so many prominent politicians are just plain EVIL... it's a shame when we lose one of the half-decent ones. Here are so...

I’ve been reading comics for almost fifty years now, and many of the writers and artists who were around when my obsession began are no ...

It’s forty years to the day since the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. Among ...

OK, I realise this is a cheap way of filling blog posts on my first week back at work, but don't blame me - blame all these songwriters ...

More songs about Bridgette... we'll start with a lovely one that was recommended by C . Is it too late for Christmas songs? Not if they ...