Mr. 82
This fellow is one of the more intriguing coves posting on ILM. His posts, several on the same thread, are always under different names, rarely does an identity appear twice. His modus operandi tends to be to reprint a music news story and ask[…]

MAUL MY MEMORIES!: An occasional series (‘series’) where I post tracks I used to really, really like and that I’m now – well – not so sure about. Most of them will hail from that den of frauds and jokers men call… […]

POP FACTOR: 288 CONTROVERSY RATING: 226
The problem with retro in a pop context: absorbing the lesson that things were better back when can limit you. If you believe in the golden past then maybe you subconsciously believe that all YOU can do is pu[…]

International Business Traveler
Steve’s post below skirts round the subject of fear of flying. I never used to be afraid of getting on a plane, then suddenly a couple of years ago I started getting the twinges of unease he talks about. I realis[…]

Total Relaxation Inducer
From the Future Slang website:
Sleep Machine (TRI): Total Relaxation Inducer. Coffin-like machine that compresses a full night’s sleep into ten minutes.
From the BBC website: World’s first sleep center opens in Ne[…]

Identity Crisis Remixed: DC Comics’ rubbish ‘summer event’ given an unsubtle, but deserved slap. (via I Want A Blog, and speaking of unsubtle, is that the welcome return of Styleman I spy…?)[…]

A Poetics Of Pop
Amateurist asks for more technically informed analysis of music: you can guess the discussion that ensues (at least if you’ve spent any time on ILM). For what it’s worth I’m with Michael Daddino – great idea, […]

“This self-indulgence could kill a boy…”
Here it is! “Unworthy” by Thieves, my almost-nomination for the best tracks of the 90s poll on ILM. Who were Thieves? A duo of David McAlmont (later of Bernard Butler team-up and […]

I can’t sleep tonight….
I feel somewhat guilty for nominating in ILM’s 1990s poll in the first place (I did it by email, so there), and even more guilty for changing my singles nomination: from Thieves’ “Unworthy” […]

A Tale Of Two DJs: one of whom was me, so I’m a bit biased. I DJed last night at a London bar, for a friend’s birthday party. When she asked if I could do it before their proper DJs started, they told her to fax my CV over! These people t[…]