MOTORHEAD FOR LIFE: I’ve not much stomach for blogging today so you get random links like this (on the official site, lovely). We expect the Dismemberment Plan to follow Motorhead’s lead shortly.[…]

FOR NO MAN
Sometimes my vitriol (not My Vitriol – their time is coming) combined with this damn cough lets me miss the obvious. So as a final word on Tom Waits I shall bring up exhibit E : “In The Neighbourhood”. Its a song from Ses[…]

BUSTA RHYMES – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
BUSTA RHYMES – Get Out
A sorry tale of decline. “Put Your Hands….” is absolutely typical Busta, but his formula was so winning that the best example of it becomes his[…]

Save Napster – how much more Napster commentary do you want? Just read it.[…]

Lester Bangs: “I didn’t go around shoving my prejudices down everybody’s throat. I just endured Cream every fucking day, “Spoonfull” and all the rest of that whiteheap bigdealsowhat . And you’d think it’s onl[…]

TOM WAITS
Rawwwrrr, rawwwrrr, rawwwrrrr.
Your beloved Tanya has come down with a bit of something, faithful readers.
Oh, you thought I was impersonating Tom Waits? No, heavens forbid. Sure, the man has a voice that sounds like the result of gargling[…]

THIS IS SEEE-REEEEY-USS
Yahoo! suggests I should address the Celine question. Now I will admit that Dion isn’t much cop, indeed would happily concede that the very existence of Celine Dion invalidates all prior achievements of human civilisatio[…]

IHM LYRIC WATCH: I ROCK THE HOUSE WITH THE POWER OF A BEE
“I move with the strength and speed of ants” – Ghost Face Killa, “Wu Bangers 101”
Sorry, I must have misunderstood, I thought rap boasts were meant to present the[…]

dr. fetid’s wizards of the sonic: if you’re the kind of listener who likes to hear celebrities singing terrible versions of schlocky pop standards, or who is into bizarro covers of more ‘respectable’ material by obvious lunati[…]

Jejune asks a question: “is there any song on this earth more horrible and unlistenable than Roxanne by the Police? (Assumed answer: no.)”. A quick call to Tanya’s mobile elicits the following answer:
“Roxanne” by the Po[…]