FOODS EATEN IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS #1: Seed Cake – a perennial it seems to me in early 20th century children’s lit; the Wouldbegoods and Treasure Seekers were surely always noshing it. Not just children’s lit – it turns up […]

THE FOUR TUNES – “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” (aka PopNose 11) – bluesy doo-wop from 1953, the Four Tunes’ last RCA release according to this site. I love this record – it’s drenched in resigned sorr[…]

Linkses:
Nick Southall’s review of The Streets is one of the more sensible ones.
Speaking of The Streets, comparisons pour in. The Specials, Serge Gainsbourg (duh!), Chas N Dave, Dexys, J.Pac, and Posey Simmons’ Gemma Bovary! Ive also see[…]

Coming to Club Popular? Stuck for suggestions…?. The contest (scroll down) is still open…[…]

Chants laureate appointed: If you thought the entire scheme to appoint a chants laureate was a misguided notion fated to produce ‘chants’ that are over-elaborate and not very funny… then you were probably right.[…]

Major Sidebar Revamp! Since downloads of our lovely PopNose files have declined rather I’m putting them on the sidebar (including new PopNose 14) – I’ll still put an entry here for the increasingly scarce comments and of course the […]

You’re listening to the…: The Streets’ new album is out today. Lots of people, me included, think it’s great. But what – or who – does it actually sound like? NYLPM presents its dinner-party guide to names to drop […]

Judge Dredd bans Emo (really this should go in tomorrow’s links round-up but I can’t access ILX at work).[…]

HOLY SHIT IT’S A NEW ARTICLE! – FT is proud to present publogger William Crump’s write-up and photo-log of his night out at Morimoto, the self-named restaurant of the Iron Chef star.[…]

Complete list of every word used in Batman TV series fights.[…]