Jethro Tull. Simply writing the words here feels like entering some kind of permanently culturally forbidden territory, a hidden world that we are told permanently not to enter. It was punk that did it, of course. The conscious “Englishness&#82[…]

The Weekend Stops Here: a radio show run by a nice person who HumanClicked me after reaching Freaky Trigger via a search for the Magnetic Fields. Hooray for the Magnetic Fields! So I promised him a link and here it is. If you’re in the Cambridg[…]

God, I hate them. I really fucking hate them. For the benefit of those outside the UK, there’s a mainstream media stereotype here that people living on the Southern English coastline (where I grew up) are your stereotypical dim surf boys and gi[…]

With the current furore about students with no money and less taste playing swap shop with stolen music (i.e. Napster), Negativland’s stock has rarely been higher. This is a good thing, surely, since Negativland are a cutting-edge political ban[…]

You are Invited: I was indeed invited to link to this Dismemberment Plan site. An e-mail to NYLPM pretty much guarantees a link at some point, even if that point is the point in the far, far future when I clear my inbox out. I won’t add much in[…]