And it's to you, the readers, that we beg one week's indulgence as we uncurl our lips, pat ourselves on that back and take you, in the next 46 pages, on a runaway rollercoaster ride through the stuff and nonsense, faces and fads, ecstatic highs and miserable lows that have littered 40 years of doing battle with the monster that is popular culture.
And it's to you, the readers, that we beg one week's indulgence as we uncurl our lips, pat ourselves on that back and take you, in the next 46 pages, on a runaway rollercoaster ride through the stuff and nonsense, faces and fads, ecstatic at the top and bottom that have littered 40 years of doing battle with the monster that is popular culture.