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[…]

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[…]

THE GLOUCESTER ARMS – Gloucester Green, Oxford
The last time I was in The Gloucester Arms in Oxford was probably about seven years ago. Going back for a wet Monday afternoon session last week I noticed that the place had not changed one bit. Th[…]

POP-EYE 17/2/02
Due to circumstances beyond our control (mainly including lots of drink and Enrique Iglesias still being number one) there was no Pop-Eye last week. Now I don’t intend to pull double shift this week, but I do understand that wit[…]

Kerrang topples NME as best selling music weekly. Not that we are swamped by music weeklies these days – and at closer inspection this is not a story looking at the collapse of the weekly. The NME has stayed solid, Kerrang has put on a massive […]

Now call me bemused, but if the judge isn’t quite sure who has won a case, then who on earth is supposed to? Here is the reason why we will never see bootlegs getting official releases: Robbie Williams in Woodie Guthrie legal wrangle (via Loudo[…]

Open fires in pubs. Attractive? Yes. Bloody uncomfortable if you are sitting three feet away from them? Double yes. As part of the soon to be announced Pumpkin Publog Pub Of The Year award we will be taking into deep consideration comfort of heating.[…]

THE STREETS – Too Much Brandy
There has been much excitement in Freaky Trigger circles about The Streets album Original Pirate Material but I must admit that it was something that did not quite click with me. Listening to the single Has It Come[…]

Kylie can’t be arsed to be big in America. There is no story here of course, but I like the analogy where it appears that Kylie is using the old “Funny how the girls you fall in love with never fancy you, funny how the ones you don’[…]