Tatquest 2004
I for one am delighted that we’re now living in the era of post-cool and in this spirit I continue my warts-and-all ‘download diary’ from yesterday.
THE GRID – “Swamp Thing”: some hole in history has […]

Chuck Klosterman vs The Olympics: I’m guessing the coverage of the Olympics in America is very different to its coverage here. In Britain, where the only thing medal hopes usually end up beating is medal experiences, the very joy of the Olympic[…]

Still no token jazz: The Popjustice Twenty Quid Singles Prize offers its alternative to the Mercury folderol. Both lists feel a bit disappointing, to be honest.[…]

Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed an advert at the bottom of some of our Haloscan comments boxes. These ads are selected by gnomes working deep in the bowels of Haloscan,Inc. and we have no control over them. But this one caught my eye – &#82[…]

THE SQUARE TABLE 4 / BIG AND RICH – “Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)”
Pop Factor: 784 Controversy Score: 256
You’ll love it first time if you’re going to love it at all, I reckon. The froth of messageboard talk raised my […]

Kid Shirt: I like this blog a lot.[…]

Me Hearties
Songs I acquired at the weekend; a selection.
SHEILA AND B DEVOTION – “Cover Girls”: from an album by the people who did “Spacer”, picked as usual for a promising title. Vigorous disco-rock crossover with a g[…]

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MASTER OF MAGNETISM?
 

 
The other day I started thinking about Magneto. A summary of Magneto’s comics career (as understood by me) illustrates the qualities and perils of a character-led approach to comics, I reckon[…]

Interview with Brian Higgins, aka Xenomania, that’s an interesting counterpoint to Marcello’s onslaught on pop (see below). Higgins turns out to be like a lot of other pop auteurs, trying to smuggle a bit of the other (other) into the cha[…]

We’ll be putting the totaliser on the front page during the week. Meanwhile the good news is that we’ve raised our first £30 already, with a staff member selling an unwanted Belle And Sebastian ticket to an anonymous benefactor. The[…]