PHIL KLINE – UNSILENT NIGHT
The streets of New York, a cold winter night, and a whole lot of boomboxes playing pre-recorded tapes of a million swirly tinkles. This is either the corniest minimalism or the wryest new age you’ll ever hear. […]

BASEMENT JAXX – “Where’s Your Head At”
Fun, he says. This is a “fun” song. I’m guessing Mr. Ewing doesn’t watch much of the music television, because if he (like I) were exposed to this song via the i[…]

Pub Etiquette: Playing Catch-Up. This practise – ordering multiple or very strong drinks in an attempt to catch up to your co-drinkers in inebriation terms – is bad form. It makes you look vulgar at best, a medical case at worst. That sai[…]

A good range of Grman & Blgian beers I said below – and I’m not repeating it here merely for the deliberate and funky spelling. Things like this make me like a pub, despite the fact that I rarely actually drink them. I suppose it is […]

Mochi Manifesto: another one for the sidebar (eventually) – music blog by Honda of ILM regularity, with a semi-focus on electronic sounds. Which is always good to see, especially since we neglect them cos the joke potential is low. Meanwhile yo[…]

Come on Back Eileen: Blimey is this some kind of meme? Anyway Barry Walters reviews the new No Doubt and the new Smash Mouth as part of a call for the return of happiness to rock. Hard to deny the appeal of happy, funny music though (i) I’m not[…]

2002 is the year of the…..flute. Well okay, a pretty poor observation and one which will almost certainly not be borne out by – say – March even. However I cannot help but notice that two big tracks for January prominently feature a[…]