Actually it’s a post I made on a brobdignagian R-Thread on ILM with the Wedge-related part in bold:
“In Seattle Dave Q said that ‘ordinary people’ are mostly rockist. I think this is true once you’ve started self-identif[…]

I’ve mostly been avoiding reviews of the new Dr Who series. Not because I think critical discussion of it is pointless, or because many disagree with me, but because I think they’re problematic. Is the problem in TV reviewing, or is it a […]

If you haven’t already noticed, here’s the write-up of the second half of the 2CD ‘political pop’ compilation, in our essays section. From the first CD, though, here’s
Smiley Culture – Westland Helicopter
which fea[…]

British Political Pop 1990-2005
This is the second of a pair of compilation CDs giving one potential outline of how British pop acts tackled politics. This CD looks at the post-Thatcher era, from 1990 onwards. This coincides with my own life as a vot[…]

McCarthy – Get A Knife Between Your Teeth
Listening to political records this week made me think about this curio, one of McCarthy’s last singles and not included on their best-of compilation. It’s actually my favourite record by th[…]

Tory “runners and riders” post-Howard: is this the best they can do? Answer: yes. Ghastly mixed feelings for the left-leaner – Tory leaders getting more and more ridiculous as the gene pool shrinks, but electoral pass the parcel mea[…]

To slip into the football argot so curiously beloved of Blair this campaign, “I’d have taken that result before the game”. Labour majority bad for Blair, usable for Brown. Tories make a few gains in (mostly) seats you’d expect[…]

The first thing some people say when I tell them I am in market research is “Oh, opinion polls?”. Well, no, the bulk of MR has nothing to do with them, but it doesn’t stop the wider industry getting the collective jitters when an el[…]

OK tonight is the second ever POPTIMISM and here’s what you need to know (some of this you already know)
– It’s at the Polar Bear on Lisle Street Soho between 7 and 2 tonight. Cheap drinks all night.
– It’s an election s[…]

Read all about it. Copies of this will be given away free for the first few paying Poptimism customers tomorrow.[…]