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Rare to find a thinkpiece I agree with so unequivocally
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Rare to find a thinkpiece I agree with so unequivocally as this one from an Atlanta paper about the joy of Now – as in, the moment in pop, not the compilation album, although that would fit the rubric. (via scrubbles.
And it’s also rare t[…]

Glass Music
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Glass Music: this is the most interesting-sounding thing I’ve read about in Pitchfork for a while.[…]

We Put The A In Accordian
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By far and away the pinacle in imaginary They Might Be Giants awfulness – We Put The A In Accordian – is an almost prog-rock type number which explains almost their entire career away as some sort of sad, sorry joke. It is only a matter o[…]

Not to turn this into an argument or owt
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Not to turn this into an argument or owt – but my point was somewhat different. I suggested that if we had not seen that particular edition of Top Of The Pops then it is highly unlikely that Kernkraft 400 would have made it on to the list in th[…]

I beg to differ.
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I beg to differ. As I recall Kernkraft 400 did so well in the focus group because relations between the Robbie Williams faction and the Baha Men faction had severely deteriorated and a compromise candidate was required. Apologies if this shatters any[…]

Top Of The Pops relaunch.
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Top Of The Pops relaunch. Of course ver Pops (I refuse to call it TOTP as the fashion has had it since five years ago) has had more relaunches than the Ark Royal – and this news is merely news by its lack of newsworthiness. The important facto[…]

Am I Cool Or Not?
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Am I Cool Or Not?: a tenth victim – plus! updated archives![…]

Undynamic Speculation
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Undynamic Speculation
Nicole, it would not surprise me at all if Marx were Justin’s primary collaborator on a solo album. The elder statesman of schlocky swoonpop wrote *NSYNC’s latest single, the insidiously listenable “This I Pro[…]

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