A couple of music-related postings from Maura’s site: this is a piece about Mary Lou Lord, among other things. I’ve not heard any of the woman’s music, but I can ‘relate’. And this, from this week, takes a curiously puri[…]

The Idler tackles Albion: it’s that old chestnut ‘English music’ again, though the Idler’s take on it seems a bit stuck in the past. “But in the Eighties, there didn’t seem to be much to connect music to the countr[…]

Am I Cool Or Not? is back, recovered after its New Year hangover. A new victim and a new judgement for your delight – and thankyou everyone who writes in, too![…]

This is neither the time nor place to have the “Baby One More Time” argument (though I disagree with Ned, whilst admitting that Paul Morley is far too bloated now to have quite that much enthusiasm for young Ms Spears). Two points though,[…]

About Morley’s being vexed concerning lack o’ Britney — wrong song, frankly, to be worried about. I have no idea what other singles of hers might have hit number one (maybe some, maybe none), but I stand by my belief that “&#8[…]

STUPID THINGS SAID BY POP STARS 1: Jazzie B
Now admittedly the entire column could consist of this particular item, but nevertheless it behooves me to scrape away the superficial veneer of dimness which covers most pop stars to discover the imbicile […]

Inevitable – this would find itself here. So the Top 100 Number Singles in the UK list raises its ugly head. Its already drawn much criticism for its methodology on this very weblog, something that the articles and the television programme were[…]