I’m proud to present the third batch of CD treasures for re-housing. If you want to see the list of items, go to TMFD and click on the link below the totaliser. If you want to see them in their full glory, follow the links below:
Frankly not ev[…]

Why I Am A Sucker
Our canteen has started stocking Hershey bars. This is presumably because lots of Americans work here. Also lots of dupes like me. Hershey bars are twice as expensive as the good honest Cadbury’s chocolate bars beloved of the […]

MAUL MY MEMORIES II
If I was the sort of person who posted to ILM here is a thread I would post: “Things you knew would be ‘cult bands/albums/records’ the moment you heard them”. The clumsy phrasing of that suggests that I hav[…]

POP FACTOR: 774 CONTROVERSY RATING: 190
Girls Aloud take their mockabilly strut a little too fast, there’s a lockstep urgency to the rhythm that makes the fun more frantic by giving you the feeling they’re just a trip away from falling […]

Green Wing: COUNTERPOINT
I have to say I’m surprised and pleased to find myself in an apparent majority on Green Wing. But I have to cede a fair few points to Pete – Green Day is bold, different, experimental, uncompromising TV and to res[…]

Public and large thanks to
Edward at Enthusiastic But Mediocre
Jessica at Into The Groove
John at The Tofu Hut
Keith at TTIKTDA
for their help with a piece on MP3 Blogs I’ve been writing, which I finished and sent off last night. I’ll let[…]

Oh NO!: thread bemoaning the apparently imminent floppage of “Chewing Gum” by Annie. I agree that it’s the lack of airplay and supermarket stockage that’s done for the song. I can understand why Radio 1 and Asda have stayed aw[…]

The ‘enhanced’ CD of “Love Machine” is well worth your £2.99. You get a great sleeve, a version of the song which has actual bass on it unlike the MP3 doing the rounds, a Girls Aloud ‘game’ which won’t […]

One man saw it coming: The Society section of the Guardian is 25 years old, and has trawled its archives to celebrate. The second piece on this page, from 1982, (scroll down) is particularly interesting:
Some insights into the effects of modern commu[…]

Great British Crisps
Newish wheeze from Walkers – crisps purporting to replicate the taste of ‘great British dinners’, very suitable for pubs where drinkers are missing said great dinners. Though if my table ever holds a baked ham a[…]