Bitz
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Interesting discussion on Enthusiastic But about MP3 blogs, their increasing appeal to indie pluggers, a[…]

POP FACTOR: 635 CONTROVERSY RATING: 183
The new Thunderbirds are not puppets any longer – and so who better to soundtrack their adventures than Busted… who… are also… not…. gnarrrrr. This record exists beyond all defin[…]

Concept Testing
If there’s one thing guaranteed to raise people’s hackles about marketing, it’s the concept of a “target market”. Nobody likes to be told they’re predictable. Particularly as (in general) they&#8217[…]

Dining Distractions
Children in restaurants: no bad thing, train their palates young, etc etc.
Lone diners: no bad thing, takes a bit of guts but lack of company should never deter the dedicated foodie.
BUT!
Children in restaurants ignored by their p[…]

Sports Pick N Mix
This is the viewer appeal of the Olympics. Or to put it another way: if a football match is a big bar of Bourneville, which takes a while to munch through (but might still leave you feeling sick), the Olympics are the open box of Bl[…]

ABBA Song of the Week!: a weekly partwork of amateur downloadable ABBA remixes, quality not guaranteed, and only one at a time, but even so this is the kind of thing that makes me feel good about the Internet. All these tireless remixers working to a[…]

INDIE AMNESTY
You know the score by now, unwanted CDs of doubtful provenance auctioned on eBay for our Grecian Earn appeal. So forget the blurb and check out these beauties!
Sad Beth for one earth pence!
I Love 1996
Someone take their tartrazine away[…]

“These Greek vases are classic – in every sense!”
A colleague lured me to the boozer so I missed the Real Actual Opening Fandango but arrived home in time to see the parade get going – British Virgin Islands and their only com[…]

CAETANO VELOSO – “London, London”: “A group approach a policeman / He seems so pleased to please them” – Veloso wanders in London, alone, knowing nobody, slightly melancholy but safe. The song drifts like its write[…]

V – “Hip To Hip”
Popjustice’s pet boyband make – as you might expect – wonderfully infectious singles, and when I’ve seen them on TV the enthusiasm has crackled off the screen. But just what is it that makes […]