POP EYE 7/1/2001
Right you fuckers listen up. It’s January. Outside it is cold. I am forced to wear a coat which makes me look like a 1982 Echo And The Bunnymen fan. The potential indignity of falling plum on my arse is near-constant. British w[…]

The dog ate it: I had a whole list of links to give you and forgot to e-mail it from work. The one that won’t wait is this defence of Eminem, which gets it exactly right as far as I’m concerned (though is a bit mean on poor old Britney). […]

The inevitable All Saint’s split has occurred then. Or has it? Since it would appear that in the crowded jostling British charts you need to paint yourself red to be seen – any press is good press when you have a single out. Therefore, si[…]

thirteen days in sosho
I leave my job on the 26th Jan, and this marks the end of my weekday presence in what many would have you believe to be London’s finest bar zone. Hmmm. “Where are you going tonight?” “Well I thought I[…]

A couple of music-related postings from Maura’s site: this is a piece about Mary Lou Lord, among other things. I’ve not heard any of the woman’s music, but I can ‘relate’. And this, from this week, takes a curiously puri[…]

The Idler tackles Albion: it’s that old chestnut ‘English music’ again, though the Idler’s take on it seems a bit stuck in the past. “But in the Eighties, there didn’t seem to be much to connect music to the countr[…]

Am I Cool Or Not? is back, recovered after its New Year hangover. A new victim and a new judgement for your delight – and thankyou everyone who writes in, too![…]

This is neither the time nor place to have the “Baby One More Time” argument (though I disagree with Ned, whilst admitting that Paul Morley is far too bloated now to have quite that much enthusiasm for young Ms Spears). Two points though,[…]

About Morley’s being vexed concerning lack o’ Britney — wrong song, frankly, to be worried about. I have no idea what other singles of hers might have hit number one (maybe some, maybe none), but I stand by my belief that “&#8[…]

STUPID THINGS SAID BY POP STARS 1: Jazzie B
Now admittedly the entire column could consist of this particular item, but nevertheless it behooves me to scrape away the superficial veneer of dimness which covers most pop stars to discover the imbicile […]