OUT OF THEIR BRILLIANT MINDS : FURNITURE vs LIVING IN A BOX
I have been contacted by a long time reader to bemoan my lack of commentary on the 1980’s band Furniture – a beat combo who barely set the charts alight in 1986. Now I know I say[…]

On of the gifts of country music is describing the geography of the land as the geography of the heart. Each place has its memories, and places that are described as the fly over by those who live in the coast are filled with states that have a uniq[…]

Bad news for fans of FAT JOE – he’s the latest Real Music Martyr, as his “Crush Tonight” becomes an early victim of the glut of Reality-Pop product set to dominate December and January’s Top 40s, stalling at No.42. Joe&#[…]

META-POPEYE – Not a Popeye at all therefore (though its nice to see Eminem at number one, he’s done well the scrappy lil’ fighter). Since Mark Goodier left the Radio One Chart rundown we have had a selection of guest presenters from[…]

HOW TO WRITE A BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SONG : A I HATE MUSIC CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE SPECIAL
1: Choose your era.
If you want to write a 70’s Springsteen song go to option 2.
If you want to write an 80’s Springsteen song go to option 3.
If you[…]

Hey Steve, nice to see you. Part of the other reason may well have been the temprementality of said jukebox as well, which was doing the admittedly bargain deal of five song for a quid which would skip the odd track or three programmed in out of capr[…]

B-b-but Jel – what of the shock news that not only is the three way battle of Brian Harvey, Girls Aloud and One True Voice- but for some strange reason Avril Lavigne is also releasing Sk8ter Boi on the 16/12/02. Only TV advertised Christmas hop[…]

… I would nominate Radiohead and Indie – so a combination of the two genres is bound to keep every body off the dance floor. You can listen to Beer Barrel Polka on Frank’s website. And if that isn’t enough, Ethel Merman’[…]

must’ve been five years old in the passenger seat, mid-dusk, on the barren highway drive to grandma’s house, the sky a navy swath, faraway lights from radio towers, signposts, airplanes, whatever, piercing through cobwebs of branches like[…]

Further to mr baran’s comments on jukers, i think the main reasons for pubs removing them were all demonstrated on friday night at Mabel’s Tavern, another in the diminishing band of pubs with jukers. These reasons mainly involve inebriat[…]