THE CLASH – White Man (In Hammersmith Palais)
I don’t like the Clash very much. You can probably guess why: Strummer’s prolier-than-thou bark, all that keep-it-real stuff, their very incarnation of the no/sell-out discourse that kee[…]

Elizabeth Wurtzel explains why she loves Britney Spears: As sure as night follows day I’m going to link to this predictably unsatisfying piece on Britney. I’ve never read anything by Wurtzel which hasn’t stated the obvious, though u[…]

now, tom, i think the truth about “busby berkeley dreams” lies somewhere between your two interpretations. robin is correct in saying that it’s a beautiful song about “a simple and uncritical faith in the concept of love&#8221[…]

WARRING FACTIONS – IHM LYRIC WATCH 4
Of course, along with my own attempts at peace making in the bitter Middle Eastern conflict, Mr Philip Oakey of the Human League tried his damnedest to point out the ironic contradictions of life in Beirut,[…]