Showcasing the journalism of Steve Pafford, a multi-faceted model turned actor and author, who writes about The Arts, Entertainment and International Issues.
A catablog of published work past and present, covering writing, editing, print and online media, radio, TV, and film.
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Blondie, Bowie, Basquiat: The Clem Burke interview (part one)
November 24, 2024 Music
Adam Ant, Visage, Dead or Alive and the first singles I ever bought
November 5, 2024 Music
Marilyn: Does Anyone Still Want Him? By Neil Tennant
November 4, 2024 Music, Interviews
Perfect 10: James Bond of the British Secret Service
October 14, 2024 Screen
I came out…. and I wanted the world to know
October 11, 2024 News
Perfect 10: War songs of the ’80s that aren’t by Culture Club
October 7, 2024 Music
Random Jukebox
remix album, gay bands, NYC, b-52s, 1980s bands, Steve Pafford, the b-52s, Jake Shears, scissor sisters, Athens Georgia, Mesa, USA, Cindy Wilson, AZ, Australia, Love Shack, Arizona, 1980s, bands from Georgia, Fred Schneider, gay singers, Uptown Horns, The Guardian, Rock Lobster, Random Jukebox, 1989
The queen’s speech: Jake Shears on The B-52s’ Love Shack
October 3, 2023
Bond themes, Writing's On The Wall, David Bowie, Shirley Bassey, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Random Jukebox, Perfect 10, New York, Daniel Craig, beige music, EMI, Sam Smith, Steve Pafford, Spectre, Donna Summer, James Bond, 007, George Lazenby, Adele, Jimmy Napes, London, I Feel Love, 2015, BBC
Random Pukebox: Sam Smith’s Writing’s On The Wall
May 19, 2022
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Pet Shop Boys, Serge Gainsbourg, Andy Warhol, 1960s pop, 1969, Sam Taylor Wood, Joe Dallesandro, YBA, Random Jukebox, Je T'aime, French singers, Brigitte Bardot, Antibes
Random Jukebox: Serge Gainsbourg’s Je t’aime… moi non plus + Jane Birkin live in Antibes 2022
March 14, 2022
Notre-Dame, Paris is Burning, synth-pop, Gary Numan, 2008, France, Random Jukebox, electro pop, Blondie, Stevie Nicks, blonde singers, Human League, great pop singles, Paris, Paris Hilton, Eurythmics, Little Boots, Girls Aloud, 2009, Kim Wilde, intothepopvoid, New Zealand, Derek Crook, Notre-Dame de Paris, Ladyhawke
Random Jukebox: Ladyhawke’s Paris is Burning
July 13, 2019
1980s, Theo Hutchcraft, Trevor Horn, TFF, London, British pop, Manchester music, Pet Shop Boys, PSB, synth pop duos, UK, Sony Music, 2010, BBC, Manchester bands, Random Jukebox, Brian Eno, Tears for Fears, Anton Corbijn, David Bowie, 2000s, Helmut Newton, EMI, Arthur Baker, Tina Turner, Adam Anderson, Depeche Mode, Hurts, Edie Sedgwick
Random Jukebox: Hurts’ Wonderful Life
April 14, 2018