Danny Myers
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Danny Myers was influenced as a child by a peculiar cocktail of Nick Kershaw, general elections, a-Ha and the ZX Spectrum. The result has been passionate interest in pop, film, TV, politics and football.

During office hours, Danny works in local government. After a day pretending to be on The West Wing he contributes to Pop Lifer, a blog celebrating the peaks of pop culture, past and present. Pop Lifer’s scattershot enthusiasm has recently seen it blog on The Smiths, Blur, Armando Iannuci, Frank Ocean, the Olympics, Doctor Who, Pet Shop Boys, Rebecca Front and T Rex. Pop Lifer is a no-profit, no-cynicism zone.

Blog Entries by Danny Myers

Ideology Bites - How Obama Vs Romney Is Actually Martin Sheen vs Jimmy Stewart

(7) Comments | Posted 15 October 2012 | (00:00)

It's Obama vs Romney. Should you choose, your next month could be a rolling ticker of projected turnouts and approval ratings, punctuated with demographic profiles of key swing states or explanations of the electoral college system and a confusing reverse of left and right and red and blue.

In...

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Turn Off Your Mind and Float Upstream - 50 Years on From 'Love Me Do' Can We Listen to The Beatles Objectively?

(8) Comments | Posted 5 October 2012 | (00:00)

50 years to the day after the release of their first single, 'Love Me Do', it may be high time to take a fresh look at The Beatles. Yes, the Fab Four: Britain's last and maybe final global conquerors, the dead cat bounce of a diminishing Empire, the fairy tale...

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