Further sharing platter scandal unsurprisingly as part of the overall Rat And Parrot defraudment: inequality in food portion terms. In other words: you get a billion billion ‘cajun wedges’ which nobody wants but you get only one ‘ch[…]

KURT SCHWITTERS – “Ursonate”
a bit crap? the futurists were a riot, from the absurd nihilistic manifestos to the compositions themselves. it should be kept in mind that they were painters not musicians. the text for this a capell[…]

And Julie Was Her Name – Listening To Old Music
Whenever you choose to fix it, the birth of Rock is a barrier, like a wall built in time. We on the other side look back to the times before and can’t touch them somehow, can’t imagine tho[…]

PULP – “The Night That Minnie Temperley Died” (live MP3)
as time passes and his stature as a “sex symbol” grows, it’s getting increasingly difficult to imagine jarvis cocker as the kind of guy who has no other opti[…]

I might as well remind people that our fabulous forum, I Love Music, is not just my personal playground. Ally just contributed a question about sports songs, and any of you, readers and contributors alike, are more than welcome to put any question yo[…]

THOM YORKE IS A TWAT[…]

“Platters for sharing” Often offered, regularly ordered but never any good at all – it’s the pub sharing platter. For more than the price of two meals, you can recreate that crap wedding reception buffet vibe by ordering a se[…]

Some things that go wrong with pub nachos:
1. You get those horrible bland/salty tortilla chips.
2. Plate is superhot from being microwaved. Microwaving nachos is criminal – they go soggy, chips and cheese get hot but salsa remains cold. Urgh[…]

A New Greater Wimpy, A No Smarter Bang: my guess is there are translation issues at work here but I found this more or less incomprehensible. Its basic thesis as far as I can get it is that 2000 is a Classic Year because of bands like Smog and Lambch[…]

100 Top 70s Punk LPs: have I blogged this before? I honestly can’t remember. Anyway, I’m in a punky mood today and this gave me ten minutes solid nostalgic entertainment.[…]