HELMET – “Unsung”
Sounds like Black Sabbath – “Ironman”, to be exact. A bit faster (of course), and the guitars are extra-shiny, but Page Hamilton’s barking marches in step with Ozzy’s caterwauling. T[…]

daveyblog: this is the bloke who I got that chart of bootleg MP3s from. A link as promised![…]

“I’m thrilled that Sting has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. Next for his KNIGHTHOOD!”: the UK music business provides one moment of rock-solid entertainment every year – no, not the BRIT Awards, but the Talking P[…]

JIMI HENDRIX – “Drifting”
Notes enter, chiming like church bells, repeating and ringing over each other. Then a light patter of drums, a brief reminisce of old sounds, running backwards now, before that voice comes. Floating, drifti[…]

Top 11 Bootlegs of 2001: while we’re on an MP3 tip. Includes “Strokes Of Genuis”, “Smells Like Booty” etc. This is via somebody but I can’t remember who – someone called David whose blog I hadn’t seen b[…]

Back by popular demand: 4 unreleased Morrissey songs, on MP3. Hopefully the links still work.[…]

Fandabidozie: Just as a way to stop boring all my friends whenever they travel on the bus with me I shall repeat the constant conjunction which has unfortunately been made in my head. Why has Pink taken to doing impressions of Little Jimmy Krankie in[…]

Pub Ettiquette: Christ knows I’m the last person to talk to about how to behave in pubs, but there really ought to be a guide on how to avoid people in pubs. London should be big enough so that various parties do not collide if they do not wish[…]

From indie music to pop music.: the Pitchfork message board faces a worrying conundrum. To them I say: join ussssss…[…]

POP-EYE 13/01/02
Twelth night has come and gone, but the second chart of the year still finds pop suffering seasonal after-effects. Most of the big stars, and all of those lazy indie types, are still sleeping off their over-indulgences, and so this w[…]