That Man in the Middle: George O’Dowd at his 50th birthday party with former Culture Club drummer and father of three children, Jon Moss and his wife Barbara. © Dave Benett/Getty
➢ Jarvis takes his lyrics to Eliot’s publisher Faber — video interview with Pulp’s songwriter
➢ Lest we forget: man has changed his ways since Peter Wyngarde cracked the sickest joke on vinyl
➢ Irrational, Professor Cox! Discussing science in a tent at Glastonbury?
➢ Martin Kemp’s Stalker gets autumn DVD release
➢ Heaven 17 remind us how electronic music can send the soul soaring!
➢ The Blitz Kids WATN? No 28: Stephen Linard, fashion designer
Back on tour: Pepsi & Shirlie in 1987, and this year photographed by Shirlie Kemp’s daughter, Harleymoon
➢ When Shirl asked Peps if she fancied an arena tour, Peps said to Shirl, Why not? — TV interview
➢ EPIC forecasts for the 2015 media landscape loom closer than we think
➢ Aside from the freaks, George, who else came to your 50th birthday party?
➢ One million people think Charlie really is SoCoolLike — meet the UK’s most popular YouTuber
➢ 1904, The day Nora made a man of Joyce — Bloomsday celebrated
➢ Boy George hits the big Five-0 and he now says, yes, he has ‘lots of regrets’
Cameron Jones: Paradise Point vocalist
➢ Hear about the many lives of Midge Ure, the Mr Nice of pop — This Is Your Life, 2001
➢ Mix your own version of Bowie’s Golden Years with a new iPhone app
➢ 2010, Lady Gaga ousts Lily Allen as UK’s most played artist
➢ Up close and cool — Paradise Point’s first official video wins Boy George’s approval
Pulp playing at St Martin’s: Jarvis Cocker bids farewell to his old art school at the best party for years. Grabbed from gstogdon’s YouTube video
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