Records which should not be played in pubs: Tom brings us to the awful spectre of Radiohead in pubs. I have nothing against the odd playing of Creep, Just or even bleeding Pyramid Song in a pub – the whole point of a jukebox is to throw up the […]

Return of the mournful Two-Tone record? As always with me I hear two tracks which appear to have a similar kind of backing and instantly conjure it into a trend. Nevertheless what – for want of a better name – I will call mournful Two-Ton[…]

Worst Blackboard Art-Rocity is surely the Wheatsheaf in Oxford’s piss-poor painting of Thom Yorke with “Cheer Up Thom Come To The Wheatsheaf” sloganned next to another painting of the Cheshire Cat out of Alice in Wonderland (why??).[…]

BEETHOVEN vs BACH
Another trawl through my always riveting mail finds alongside the requests for me to eviscerate Gong and Genesis(The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway – and gets run over by me in a monster truck, etc etc) this curious note from Tona[…]

Blackboards: Not only a great Iranian film from 2001 but seemingly the only way a pub can spread its message to its punters. But what I fail to understand is where pubs went wrong and misunderstood the whole point of blackboards. You write on them wi[…]

Well, its that time again folks. That’s right, Brit Vote Rigging time. The idea of having certain awards open to the public to vote for is both an exercise in widening the democracy of the event and to get people involved. People think the Brit[…]

Various Artists: In the Beginning There Was Rhythm: Pitchfork Review “These songs came out of the bleak setting of industrial England in the late 70s and early 80s…skinheads and members of the National Right roamed the streets.” Bli[…]

Dump Her Fran!: Travis complain about “celebration of mediocrity” shocker – but the real reason for Fran Healy’s wrath at Pop Idol is soon revealed…[…]

Blowoutmagazine.com sent us a snarky letter about the Strokes spesh which I’ll run here when I pull it out of my e-mail folder at home. If you too were disgusted by FT’s wallowing in the trough of corporate hype then you might enjoy this […]

A Rush and a Push: have we linked this one yet? So many music blogs, so little time!! Mmmm, nice design. Good commentary too.[…]