Growing up I was always enraptured by the music of ELO, and it still never fails to bring nothing but positivity. RIP.

Am so thrilled that Connection is a Song is being born in Brighton - and at my favourite shop for new vinyl & music books resident

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💬 If you are in town I am chatting with Jak Hutchcraft at Sound Affects, East St Tap

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The first four 2024 episodes of Back to Now podcast with guests Sam Liddicott Niall McMurray Anna Doble and David Quantick have been a poptastic ride!
Thanks everyone for listening & joining in, plenty more variously compiled stories coming soon!

At your podcast of choice now. 🎧

In a parallel universe, Sandie Shaw was always the singer with The Smiths. #totp

Imperial. 🎉

A last goodbye today🙏

Catching up with the latest grooves and I can report that the season’s colour is most definitely yellow. 💛 NOW That's What I Call Music

The story of music in the '90s... and my quest for 'Elastica hair'...

Connection is a Song. Out 9 May via Nine Eight Books

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Pulp and Fake Plastic Christmas Trees.
A perfect 1995 festive treat. #totp #TOTP

Public service announcement! 🎧

The new episode of Back to NOW! is available at all podcast places with it’s guest, writer and pop fan David Quantick celebrating some very modern sounds from NOW116! Phew!

Catch it before the newsagent sells out (sort of).

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***NEW!***

‘The Closest Thing to Crazy’

From the underground to the overground, the remarkable musical life story of Mike Batt LVO is coming soon

26-09-24

You can buy it here:
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NB: Contains Wombles

Magic TV is currently showing the greatest hits of Sugababes and Girls Aloud.
As you were.

Allow me to recommend David Quantick on this. Just for the hilariously accurate Gary Barlow shade alone.

So, thank you to everyone who has engaged in the last episode of Back to Now, celebrating NOW29 and 1994. Shampoo, Sophie B, Neneh and so much more. Anna Doble book is fabulous, I urge you to buy it and amongst others has taken me back to one of my favourites. ❤️

TOMORROW! 🎧
Back to Now! New Episode! 🎉
As @nowmusic celebrates 40 years, the famous numbered series reached volume 116. Writer & NOW fan David Quantick (@quantick) dives in to explore why pop is still fit, healthy and very important.

Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/70ggs…

Inspired by the NOW That's What I Call Music reissue of NOW17 and the wonderful Demon Music Group deluxe edition of Electribal Memories, the Sunday afternoon vibe is very 1990.
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In a shameless plug for the latest Back to Now episode with Anna Doble - ahead of her amazing book ‘Connection is a Song: Coming Up & Coming Out Through the Music of the 90s’ - 12 classic albums that defined 1994 (and infiltrated NOW29!).
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