Looking back it’s so bizarre, it runs in the family. My mother’s brothers grew up in the 50s and when I was growing up I received some hand me down books and toys. Were they ever into space stuff! A Dan Dare radio station toy, an early To[…]

Minorly incensed at lollard Magnus’s deliberate snub of “It’s Hot” magazine (see the recent Lollards episode), specifically the Busted cartoon strip therein, I have bought the latest issue of this BBC mag as a catch up. (Fortu[…]

Catch You – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Tango – Lady Sovereign
Give It To Me (Dirty) – Timbaland Feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
Discotheque – Young Love
Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson (D-Bop Radio Edit)
Never Marr[…]

FT hasn’t entirely retired its cutting-edge pop reporting (*cough*), but we’re perhaps getting slow in our old age. So feel free to find out more about Margaret Berger from older posts on say Dirrrtypop or Popjustice. Summary:
* “ru[…]

Total Eclipse of the Heart – Westlife (Sunset Strippers remix)
Shine – Take That
Get Lucky – Dragonette
Dream on – Robyn & Ola Salo
Say It Right – Nelly Furtado
XR2 Turbo – MIA (more…)[…]

9 Things The Non-Tech Savvy Do That Annoy Geeks has generated a lot of comments on Digg. So I thought I’d try posting my own (and then self-Digging this post in a pathetic attempt to get some hits. [nb this shouldn’t work])
Don’t ge[…]

Random Cats site found on Digg the other day. Fun if you have HALF AN HOUR to spend looking at them all. More fun that hitting refresh on your favourite off-line bulletin board.[…]

Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne
Love Hammer – Layo & Bushwacka! v MC Hammer (Outlaws bootleg)
Rattled Little Clam – Lullaby Baxter
Oh, MJ! – The Little Ones (stereolab vocal remix)
Painted By Numbers – The Sounds (more&[…]

Dreamwatch interview with PJ Hammond about his return to writing fantasy telly. Actually scratch ‘return’ – Midsomer Murders is total fantasy innit. OK, call it scifi then, bah. Hmm, Inspector Barnaby Fights the Aliengs… GET THE C[…]

Hip Hop Is Dead – NaS and Will.I.Am
With Every Heartbeat – Kleerup ft Robyn
Sabim – BossAC
Electronic Battle Weapon – The Chemical Brothers
Come To Love – Trademark (more…)[…]