I have your straw man right here, Sir
Reason to Rock – offered as a handy resource for certain ongoing ILM debates.[…]

I thought as much.: Britain’s (occasionally) best pop band destroyed by the evil forces within it. Unless of course the real reason for the ‘break’ is that Charlie wants to get in some pre-election campaigning for Mr.Howard.[…]

Just because it’s Friday
Two music writers, one of whom has a prominent regular writing gig, the other of which is giving music fans something actually useful and getting no money at all. Can you guess which is which?
1. Jess Harvell, whose sit[…]

I am going to a gig tomorrow! I had thought that – Glastonbury aside which is of course “not about the music man” (i.e. the music is atrocious) – this was my first gig in three whole years but I’d forgotten about Brian W[…]

Pop Factor: 711 Controversy Rating: 286
From a marketing point of view, the double-whammy repositioning of Dizzee in the mainest of mainstreams is startling, particularly as the rest of Showtime is only user-friendly compared to his older stuff. I […]

I had thought Popjustice was going a bit over the top with its critique of Band Aid 20 (if you accept PJ’s logic then EVERYONE needs to be on the single to fully reap the marginal benefits – if Sam and Mark, why not Nurse With Wound?). Bu[…]

Download and singles chart to merge – in ‘new year’, i.e. just after the 1000th No.1? Or just in time for it. (Yes I know three quarters of you care less than nothing about this.) (via No Rock And Roll Fun)[…]

“I think that people should steer clear of the Ukranian Snickers”[…]

My German Poem
This is offered
i) In a spirit of vague solidarity with the Save The Jolly German campaign.
ii) As an example of the uselessness of our educational system/my brain, it being all I can remember from my German GCSE (an A grade at that!).[…]

Fat Man Campaign Update
– 53 people have signed the petition so far, a groundswell of popular opinion we are confident will prove impossible for the martinets at Tadcaster to ignore.
– We are writing to the mayor of Aying, the small town […]