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Deviant Glam
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— 2 Apr 1999 Tom Comment

Velvet Goldmine and the Erotics of Pop
So here’s what I liked about Velvet Goldmine: there’s a moment when teenaged glam fan Arthur gets home after buying the new ‘Brian Slade’ record. He puts the record on the player and then[…]

Robert Crumb Was Right!
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— 29 Mar 1999 Tom Comment

Various Artists – That’s What I Call Sweet Music
For thirty-odd years now, underground comics legend R.Crumb has been preaching musical theory to a decidedly sceptical audience. Crumb was always faintly anachronistic in the hippie comix s[…]

Triggerism
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— 25 Mar 1999 Tom 2 comments

Confessions Of A Pop Fan
This isn’t a manifesto, it’s just a vague statement of intent, or maybe belief. Heaven knows it’s difficult, even absurd, to try and crystallise what I feel about music and music criticism, and even more dif[…]

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  1. "In fact, I’ve only encountered one blogger with good things to say about Latter Days, and he ended up collaborating…

  3. "at one point a character literally dusts him". That part was hilarious!

  6. "Dave Sim sticks the landing." That is my feeling too. As frustrating and borderline unreadable as the last 50 issues…

  7. One thing I think you missed and one thing I have to shamefacedly admit: 1) The Krazy Kat homage, brief…

  8. " ... it’s also an ominous indication of where he’s going as a creator. He’s laying out dialogue so as…