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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45 at 45: Blondie’s Atomic
March 2, 2025 Music
Perfect 10: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark — The OMD LPs
February 28, 2025 Music
Perfect 10: The best Brookside characters
February 20, 2025 Screen
Perfect 10: Peter Gabriel albums, ranked
February 13, 2025 Music
Remembering Robert Palmer: Bryan Ferry on Johnny & Mary
February 1, 2025 Music
Random Jukebox: Robert Wyatt’s Shipbuilding
January 28, 2025 Music
Random Jukebox
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, remix album, gay bands, NYC, b-52s, 1980s bands, Steve Pafford
The queen’s speech: Jake Shears on The B-52s’ Love Shack
October 3, 2023
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, Bond themes, Writing's On The Wall, David Bowie, Shirley Bassey, Ed Sheeran, Elton John
Random Pukebox: Sam Smith’s Writing’s On The Wall
May 19, 2022
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, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin
Random Jukebox: Serge Gainsbourg’s Je t’aime… moi non plus + Jane Birkin live in Antibes 2022
March 14, 2022
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, Notre-Dame, Paris is Burning, synth-pop, Gary Numan, 2008
Random Jukebox: Ladyhawke’s Paris is Burning
July 13, 2019
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, 1980s, Theo Hutchcraft, Trevor Horn, TFF, London
Random Jukebox: Hurts’ Wonderful Life
April 14, 2018
Music
Music, Interviews
Exclusive audio: Pete Burns on Marilyn, Marlene and Pet Shop Boys
December 27, 2024