PULP: Lest We Forget
…that when Pulp began their illustrious career they were not called Pulp. Oh no. They were called Arabacus Pulp. Arabacus Pulp. There’s no excuse for that, not age nor ugliness nor virginity: it sounds like a characte[…]

PULP: This Is Arsecore
When Cocker, Doyle et al shambled off to the studios in 1992 to record yet another batch of singles, do you think that any of them suggested that ? if these weren?t hits they might just call it a day? How close were we from bei[…]

HARDchord.com – Top 40 Like a Bullet to the Head: is a new music site, which claims a “major aversion to radio-friendly music” but the best column in its first issue is about N’Sync, and the second-best mentions the Spice Girl[…]

Also in Mojo we learn that Frank Black has a new album, Dog in the Sand, on the way. So what? you may ask – but on this album Mr. Black has upped the production after years thrashing about in his faux-garage, and he’s also recruited one J[…]

Love’s anatomy: stop sniggering at the back, boy, it’s an interview with Stephin Merritt. Heard most of it before, but I gleaned a few more details about his musical: “It’s a successful invasion from Venus in the form of a pre[…]

POP STAR DATING TIPS – PART 1
Surprisingly you will find that I rather approve of your average joe dating a Pop Star. The reason is simple, the more time he or she spends doting over their new found love, the less time they will have to commit […]

Golden Oldies is a top article about rock critics which asks the forbidden question: are they too old to write about the music? Poking this particular stone makes all the lice curl up in a frenzy of defensiveness.
My point of view – I have no t[…]

If you’re thinking of helping top bloggers come up with amusing gangsta rap parodies of popular marketing slogans, maybe Enculturation can help you understand the medium. It gives me immense pleasure to dismiss this lengthy, footnoteful, carefu[…]

Depeche Mode: Bite one
Chances are if you grew up in the 80s or 90s in Britain – you may have received a letter like this:
Chere Tanya!
Ca va?! Je suis ton amie de stylo, Marie France. J’habite a Rouen, j’ai quatorze ans, j&#8217[…]

RONAN KEATING – “LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER”
beating tom to the punch…on his own blog, no less! but keating is a little too foreign for my blog, so here we are.
anyway, young ronan is embarking upon a solo career as you might&#82[…]