Meet the authors

Here’s the group of people who spend more time than is strictly appropriate thinking about amazing pop. Click on the pictures to see all their Into the Popvoid posts.

Niall McMurray – Into the Popvoid Editor

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Niall is a pop-enthusiast from London. A former editor of the ground-breaking LGBT newspaper one80news, he spends much of his time freelancing and the rest looking for Taylor Swift gifs that will adequately express his feelings.

Stewart Allan

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Stewart worked for over 20 years at the blunt end of the music industry and has spent the last couple of years writing books about famous people he’s never met. He refuses to believe the 1980s ended over two decades ago and spends most of his time trying to prove it. La Roux and Taylor Swift are his key witnesses at present.

Dan Poliak

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Dan is an American male supermodel and CIA operative who sometimes writes about pop culture and music. His infrequent “Tsk, Tsk, Brits” posts here will focus on songs that were US smashes but were unjustly ignored in the UK.

Derek Crook

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Derek is a London based communications and PR man by day, pop obsessive by night. He has a particular penchant for a dramatic, synth based pop song, and his prized possession is a signed Shea Seger CD.

 

Guest Contributors

Pete Paphides

Pete Paphides is a writer and broadcaster and can currently be heard talking about and playing amazing tunes every Tuesday lunchtime on Soho Radio.

Rod Thomas 

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Rod is better known as Bright Light Bright Light and has released three albums, Make Me Believe in Hope, Life is Easy and Choreography, plus the EP Cinematography.

Luke Owen 

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Luke is a digital copywriter in London. He is fighting a losing battle with his waistline and spends more time than he’d like on the District line.

Rob Johnson
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Rob lives in London and works for a law firm, waiting for the day he can run his own night club focusing on the hits and (more importantly) the forgotten gems of specific years in music (1995-2004 to be precise).

Joe Rivers

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Joe Rivers is a freelance writer and associate editor of independent music and film website, No Ripcord. His work has appeared in The Huffington Post, Sabotage Times, Clash magazine, NME and New Statesman.

Joe Anderton

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Joe is one of those millenials teetering on the edge of getting a full time media career but hasn’t quite made it yet, hence his sympathy for commercially unsuccessful pop.

Elliot Robinson 

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Elliot is a writer and editor from Birmingham who quite possibly spends too many of his waking hours listening to music. When not listening to pop, he can usually be found revelling in 90s-R&B brilliance.

7 Comments »

  1. Just read your Swing Out Sister post. GREAT work. As a champion / writer of pop’s broad peaks, it’s always nice to see fellow listeners / writers in arms doing the same thing. Be well. Q.

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  2. Thanks for delving into the void Niall – sometimes it’s the best place to be…..
    Corinne, Swing Out Sister.
    xxx

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  3. Loved the piece on Desdemona by Kids from Fame. I used to dress up in sister’s and dad’s accessories (pixie boots and ties round my head) and do a show to my loyal toys, singing to my reflection in the GPlan mirror. I used the break turning over the vinyl, to hurriedly have a glass of water ‘backstage’ and do a costume change. This was all in a council housebedroom the size of a matchbox. Desdemona was the highlight of my show … and my encore of Be My Music was legendary. Just ask Big Ted!

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  4. Sent similar story to Graham Norton ‘can’t believe its not better’ which featured. Same show just a different song ….’ Got to make somethin’ Outta Nothin’ – Letitia Dean & Paul Medford

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