… Note, for instance, the seeming contradictions between playing music to set a mood and playing it to get into a mood. Currently I’m listening to Brother JT, who might or might not be insane. Certainly when I saw him live at Terrastock 2, a[…]

Create your own Belle And Sebastian song!: you know you want to. “Is she alright or is she on the game?” etc. And for karmic balance here’s Full Fathom Five on why B & S matter.[…]

confessions of a canadian anglophile: great reply/follow-up to Tim’s Britpop story.[…]

Promise Ring: Electric Pink EP: Pitchfork Review: I have never in my life heard The Promise Ring – this review suggests I should keep it that way. Pitchforkpeople can write, of course they can, but the dig at westernhomes at the end of this rev[…]

The reeducation of Lauryn Hill: what makes a pop song? asks Salon (in publishing and royalties terms, that is). Interesting topic, surprisingly dull article. It might be this, says one guy. It might be that. says another. There’s a basic contra[…]

Punk Manifesto: Greg Griffin’s ‘punk manifesto”s core message (summary: Ask Questions) is good and infinitely repeatable. The evolutionary-biology flimflam surrounding it is original, though I wouldn’t agree with him that lyin[…]

us|against|them – an indie music weblog yo: damnation, I should be going to work, yet still the blogging madness continues. This is, as it says, an indie music weblog, and lists a lot of reviews of bands I’m far to out of touch (and Briti[…]

THE ENGLISH TAPE, SIDE 1 TRACK 4
DAVID BOWIE – “The London Boys”(no doubt available on the endless reissues of Bowie’s ’66 stuff)
Existentialist mod panic as Dave arrives in the big city and finds his trousers are cut wr[…]

Pop… Pop… Pop Musik!: A nice person writes in to ask where nylpm’s name comes from. Well, it comes from M’s 1979 hit “Pop Muzik”, and you can find the lyrics here. I had huge qualms about linking to this site becau[…]

The Funky Page: while I’ve not attempted to download any of the RealAudio files, this looks like a nice little personal tribute/resource to “hard funky soul” – includes Pigmeat Markham, James Brown, lots of other good people.[…]