The latest Podrophenia is up for download. where Piley, self and Lord Hastings spin in a playlist of lockdown listens: from Peaches to Publi...

Podrophenia the letter Y - is up for download: Chris Constantinou joins us covering his career from playing Live Aid with Adam Ant and T...

"Your flashy clothes are your pride and joy " David Bowie - The London Boys Ahead of Sunday's Bowie by the Sea bank holiday...

I'm sure you can do your own jokes for this pic' Remember Sharon Tandy from Friday's post ? Well she's back doing a Dusty-me...

Matt from Worksopp wrote in last week - asking do I have 'Joe Loss's version of 'Shot In The Dark'? Yes Matt, I do. It...

I am very tempted with new Star Trek film. But I'm not a Trekkie. Alright I had a mad buzz for the show when the BBC aired their five y...

Midnight. A private members club on the Rue Saint-Vincent, Montmartre. In an empty Louis XVI style drawing room, a selection of spirits in c...

Why not pop on over to Piley's place for some more retro-choco treats So following on from Friday's ice cream themes, here's an...

Following on from Mick's bit of bubblegum blogging I've been inspired to post a pair of sweet-tooth booties, built around two Velv...

Until it finally closed a few years ago, my favourite local, second-hand record and bookshop (and the only place you'd get a fair price ...

Remember the 1972 smasher 'Popcorn' by Hot Butter - a track that galloped along at the speed of the space race, sounding like Donn...

To walk into any packed pub with a piano, dust off the lid, roll up your sleeves, crack those knuckles - then knock out this fire-fingered p...

This post is dedicated to the memory of John Martyn - RIP JM Hairy-headed, heavy-loaded, underground funk is the mood of today's FF,thre...

As arppegiated-jingle-jangle-paisley-'n'-polka-dot-wispy-wafto-pop-about-girls goes - I always prefered The Dukes of Stratosphear -...

Community Chest - 'You've won second prize in a beauty contest . Move straight to frontman for The Commodores' Motown has reac...

That's my uncle D in the shades One of the musical tales rattled around at family gatherings and get-togethers involves  my uncle...

So then boys, girls bloggers and bloggettes it's over and out from me until next year. Now, what can I sign off with until '09 ...so...

It's just a touch too early to start dishing out the tinsel tunes (we'll save that for next week), but as a winter warm-up, how abou...

As I may have mentioned before I'm a bugger for a cover version , and one area rich with glittering goodies and buried treasure is that ...

It's Pop-O-Matic! Well Pop pickers - it’s something a bit diff’ for this week’s Funky Friday.. Can you work out who’s who on this trick...