Archives – 2001 – February – 16  

NME sales decline
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— 16 Feb 2001 Tom Comment

NME sales decline: they’ve been concentrating on the online market – and it shows, nme.com is about twice as good as the print version. I of course can see how their online readership’s going too due to my job working for THE MAN (t[…]

First review I’ve seen
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— 16 Feb 2001 Tom Comment

First review I’ve seen of the new Nick Cave record. I’m not particularly fussed but I know some of you lovelies are.[…]

I am, as they say, prickly
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— 16 Feb 2001 Tom Comment

I am, as they say, prickly at the moment, despite some good fortune yesterday, and so have been snappy on the forum and frothed into absurd irritation by the likes of the Pazz And Jop Poll. So it is probably not a good day for me to look at college r[…]

Many have toyed with the idea
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— 16 Feb 2001 Tom Comment

Many have toyed with the idea of reviewing 69 Love Songs track-by-track…..Josh Blog is actually doing it.[…]

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