Siobhan quits Sugababes!: to be replaced by an ex-member of Atomic Kitten! (NB not Kerry) Say it ain’t so! My pop dream is shattered – it’s emo for me all the way now, sob! Seriously this is bad news as the Sugababes were individual[…]

Sven Goran Eriks-song: oh good.[…]

Ally reviews the new Jay-Z — I apologize if I embarass her or something, but in my utterly unhumble and perfectly right opinion, Ms. Bitchcakes is one of Thee Best Writers Around, Mang, and this is a prime example as to why. It doesn’t h[…]

Walking on the Moon: yet another attempt at a NYLPMer (yours truly) to dive into the murky waters of MTV for all the Internet to see. Publicity stunts disguised as thoughtful social commentary are awesome things to behold. So, remember – tun[…]

CHARLATANS WATCH 2001
As avid viewers of I Hate Music will know, I have a particular fondness for The Charlatans and their life jacket lipped frontman Tim Burgess. The jist of this stems from guessing which icon of rock or pop will they rip off on ea[…]

Cities of the mind: a rather poetic evocation of something many of us have experienced. It’s a peculiarly suburban, peculiarly faux-bohemian teenage phenomenon. Can there be a word more distasteful to the disaffected teenager than suburb? Ev[…]

The Princess of Risk: why Aaliyah mattered. Not that you, o readers, need telling – but it’s nice to see the Guardian saying it.[…]

STARSHIP – Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now
Except not having another hit ever again. I reckon Grace Slick and Yazz still hang around down Safeways bemoaning the fact that the only way actually isn’t up, and that something did indeed stop them […]

Being bedridden in hospital has its down sides as well as its perks. Most of these I irradicated by replacing my saline drip with one parts Tanq and two parts tonic – it glowed eeriely at night but the evening staff barely noticed. However your[…]

AAARRRRGGGGHHHH-LIYAH
I’d like to see her pick herself up and try again now…[…]