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[…]

I did not know the ending to Open Water, so after reading Pete’s post I went to the interweb to find out. This led me to this hugely useful site, old news to most of you I’m sure but for me one more handy way to keep up with films I&#8217[…]

Should club nights* have ‘standards’?
There are two schools of thought on this. One says that no, they shouldn’t – it makes good records turn stale and means the evening becomes predictable. My feeling is somewhat different. I[…]

Club Popular:
Just a reminder that
– Club Popular returns on the 30th September, at the Chapel Bar in Islington, free entry, only #1 hits will be played. 7 until late(ish).
– It will be really good.
– A real actual No.1 pop star mig[…]

Musical Emotions That There Are No Specific Words For Part 1 in a series of oh come off it
The sensation when the CDs that looked so great before leaving the house turn out to be exactly what you don’t want to actually listen to when you get to[…]

“Hey, Former Internet Analyst, is [SITE X] worse than it used to be?”
“The answer, grasshopper, is always yes. But only for oneself. Three years reading, five years sitebuilding and three more years working on the net boils down to […]

My status as the ‘office DJ’ seems to be cemented. The latest commission is for our annual biggest-of-the-bigwigs convention, this year in Cape Cod. Sadly I’m not being flown out, box boy in tow, for a superstar set – I’[…]