So, what’s Toyah been up to?
TOYAH WILLCOX EXPLORES THE PARALLEL WORLDS OF ROCK & RETAIL AT BCSC CONFERENCE
Rock’n Retail are parallel worlds in many ways according to singer and actress Toyah Willcox.
Toyah, who rounded off the key […]

We’re almost ready to give you all the details of March 24th’s Poptimism launch night (in fact we’ve already given most of them) but I thought I’d draw special attention to one particular aspect of the new night.
We’re c[…]

Very unpleasant. Also in the pub last night the glaring flaw in this rhyme was once again dredged up viz. why, casting around for the natural enemy of a dog, does the old woman settle on a horse?
Unless she just likes horse, of course.[…]

Last chance to play over at the high-tension finale to Troubled Diva’s “Which decade is tops for pops?” poll.[…]

My chair shame.
Until last night it had been a while since I broke a chair. Having destroyed seating in Pete’s flat and two separate gites I should have realised my chair-breaking days were not behind me.
Last night I felt the chair go a while […]

As well as being sources of comfort and food for man, animals are also an endless source of wacky news stories. Only yesterday there was a story about a gorilla signing at women keepers to show him their breasts, and today brings us Snake eats own ta[…]

The Retro Bar Pop Quiz!
Everyone loves the Retro Bar Pop Quiz, I always wonder why I don’t go there more. Anyway Alan suggested it and there was a groundswell of pro-quiz feeling which led to not one, but two FT-related teams locked in a privat[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
87. Roxy Music – “Virginia Plain”
Here’s a parlour game: take a famous debut single and imagine what you’d think of it if that act had released nothing else, ever. Roxy Music’s arch travelogue […]

Stan Lee At It Again: Stan’s new idea is a superhero who balances his powers with real-world problems. Cynics may note that this seems remarkably similar to another new idea he had – in 1961.[…]

Universal “not actually aware of tiny UK website” shocker
We are not in fact being sued for comments Ned made about Xanadu. The server was down (again). Watch this space for more exciting server news. If such a thing can be said to exist.[…]