MARCUS – “POP MUSIK 2001”
“hi, my name is marcus and i’m a pop-oholic”
the very idea of a remake of”pop musik” at this particular time in music is a fantastic one. “pop musik” is a celebrati[…]

WEEZER – “HASH PIPE”
kids can be so cruel, a lesson the boys learned at a younger age than most, but at the very least they had each other: they would always have each other. bonds were formed for the old familiar reasons: the insou[…]

AIR – “RADIO #1”
if they weren’t fearful of looking egotistical — and if it also made for a better hook than “ray-dee-ohh num-berrrr one” — the boys from air woulda/shoulda named this single of theirs &[…]

BASEMENT JAXX – “ROMEO” (MP3)
when modern music looks into the past for archetypal lovers, it usually comes up with two results, men whose individual approaches to amor could scarely be more different: romeo and casanova. casanova w[…]

tom cruise to star as phil spector: oi! tom cruise! oi! cameron crowe!! yes, a phil spector biopic would be a good thing, but do we really want it from the team who brought us jerry maguire? and considering crowe’s last foray into making a movi[…]

let me be the first to say it: if you didn’t happen to notice that garish, that obtrusive and, yes, just a wee bit hopeless message to the right, today is tom ewing’s birthday. i first met him when he was my current age. scary.
a tom mome[…]

DESTINY’S CHILD – “SURVIVOR”
after selling millions of albums, landing number one singles, gracing magazine covers the world over, winning every award imaginable, and, very likely, earning a healthy living in the process, dest[…]

JANET JACKSON – “ALL 4 U”:
“all my girls at the party, look at that body,
shaking that thing like you never did see,
got a nice package alright,
guess i’m gonna have to ride it tonight.”
thus begins janet jackson&#[…]

going back to spin, i’d say that, yes, it is a publicity stunt, but it’s also the truth. the timing couldn’t have been any better, what with the napster explosion combined with a dearth of great albums released this year. going over[…]

POP-EYE U.S. 11/17/00
this week on the billboard charts, the top three remains solidified with destiny’s child continuing to bitch-slap the competition with “independent women, pt. 1.” creed and 3 doors down stay in spots 2 and 3, 3[…]