It’s nice to see that quality shines like a beacon even in the complex mire that is the US charts. Its our little pop princess Kylie taking the US charts by – if not storm – at least a mild shower. Firstly I like the way the British[…]

I disapprove of even noticing celebrities in pubs – not that either Sean Hughes or Paul Morley can be described as celebrities in any usual sense of the word. And as has probably been mentioned here before – the Hogshead is the chain pub[…]

TANYA’S RAINBOW OF RUBBISH: Blue Monday – NEW ORDER
New Order Question One: How do you replace a dark genius like Ian Curtis?
A: You get the drummers wife in.
New Order were – as everyone knows – formed from the ashes of Joy D[…]

My Chain-pub Hell continues. Hogshead last night with fellow-pub-loggers Pete and John. However, Crouch End’s famous ex-funeral parlour venue was graced by not one, but TWO celebs. Sean Hughes and (I think) Paul Morley, only I was too star-str[…]

Freaky Trigger News: the much-touted Strokes! Special! won’t be up until Monday or Tuesday cos family news means I’m not going to be working on the update on Sunday as I usually do. Sorry to keep you waiting but I’m sure all the reg[…]

STOP YOUR SERICULTURE
A sort of reply to Dave’s post:
The point about the Human League, of course, is that their tours aren’t reunion tours – they never broke up (well, they did, but before they got famous). They’re still a wo[…]

Can you use a pub up? This question seemed urgent and key last night, sitting in the All Bar One in Edinburgh’s Exchange Plaza. The point being: is there a limit to the number of times you can visit a pub (especially such a notorious compromise[…]

NO WHISPERS, NO RADIO, NO SCREAMS
So I ask Tom which Mission of Burma songs he’s heard. Oh, ‘Revolver’ and some other ‘famous’ one, he replies. (Probably that ‘Academy Fight Song’ thing.) Why don’t y[…]