A LONDON SONGBOOK
The music London makes, and its relation to the city, has not been written about as much as you might think. Simon Reynolds’ excellent chapter on pirate radio in the UK edition of “Energy Flash”; the atmosphere of […]

Wordcount
(via Auspicious Fish)
This site has delayed me hugely today. I love its conceit. Here for instance is the word science proof of WHICH MUSIC IS BEST:
Rock – 1,511th
Metal – 2,185th
Dance – 2,293rd
Pop – 2,753rd (next […]

A charming idea, finely realised: untrue London stories.[…]

As promised: Me on Fluxblog on Baggy plus THEE BIG POLL.[…]

What A Palaver!
I’m going to stay out of debates about pop for a while, I think, because
– I don’t feel intellectually sharp enough at the moment
– (more importantly) I end up unintentionally upsetting or offending people I re[…]

POP FACTOR: 839 CONTROVERSY RATING:
“Was I ever in love? I called it love.
I mean, it felt like love.
There were moments when –
well –
There were moments when.”
8 (Tom)
The Streets finally have indie cred here. Painfully hip […]

Appliance Anniversary OK the list of wedding anniversaries is well known to be a bit lame – paper/cotton/fruit etc etc. – but Wedding Guide UK’s updated SPEND-MORE-MONEY-PLEASE list of ‘modern anniversaries’ is simply me[…]

Sausages 4Ever: this is going to be the best blog in the world.[…]

Role-playing is a resource-intensive hobby. Aside from the ridiculous number of available rulebooks, supplements, pre-written adventures and so on, you need two things: time and people. I had plenty of time – people were more of a problem. It w[…]

Happy Birthday Kate Bush! A reader has emailed to ask that NYLPM mention that it’s Kate Bush’s birthday (don’t know if it’s a particularly significant one or anything) – NYLPM is happy to oblige. “Babooshka”,[…]