The Worst Songwriter Of All Time?: ancient but very readable Slate piece, may well be of interest to Popular fans.[…]

The Geezaesthetic Manifesto – it’s all about pubs, right?[…]

Two pieces from – some might say – opposite ends of the Wedge’s spectrum up on Freaky Trigger today. Al interviews hot UK comics artist Frazer Irving, and Alex T continues his investigations of Adorno.[…]

Two articles by Pete on the main Freaky Trigger site of interest to DYS readers – I Am Curious Orange investigates Stelios’ new EasyCinema concept in Milton Keynes, and Kill Me Again and Again and Again rolls its eyes over this year&#8217[…]

The Ninth Freaky Trigger Pop Music Focus Group is part of this month’s FT update.[…]

Even in this ever-shrinking world in which we live in non-Brits may not know about the Cheeky Girls phenomenon. They are two bony sisters from Transylvania who have finagled a comedy appearance on a reality pop show into becoming something close to a[…]

For any of you who missed the Freaky Trigger Christmas Party yesterday, not only did you miss a cracking good time but you missed my Nuclear War Set which (from memory) ran as follows. Note real actual Doomsday at end.
ELECTRIC SIX – “Nuc[…]

Bookslut: Less racy than the name suggests, a good book-centric blog, strong on links.[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 6th December (5%-6%): Ayingerbrau Prinz
The Fat Man. The Jolly German. David Blaine. Just some of the names for that most famous native of the Bavarian Alps, Ayingerbrau lager. Ayingerbrau is an unusual brand fo[…]

We’re trying to invite Mr Q onto NYLPM but the invites are snarling up. Meanwhile, here’s his review of…
SCORPIONS – ‘Drifting Sun’
track from Fly to the Rainbow, 1974
Krautrock was the most escape-obsessed genre e[…]