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Bubble and Dean write World Cup song
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Bubble and Dean write World Cup song: misty-eyed foreigners who yearn for UK pop scene please note.[…]

C90 Go: Number 1
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The Origin Of The Species
The tape itself is some fifteen years old, from a time when buying new blank tapes seemed as big a thing as buying shoes, so the same four or five were recorded over again, and again, matted with sound and fuzz. This one pro[…]

daveyblog
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daveyblog: this is the bloke who I got that chart of bootleg MP3s from. A link as promised![…]

“I’m thrilled that Sting has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. Next for his KNIGHTHOOD!”
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“I’m thrilled that Sting has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. Next for his KNIGHTHOOD!”: the UK music business provides one moment of rock-solid entertainment every year – no, not the BRIT Awards, but the Talking P[…]

Top 11 Bootlegs of 2001
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Top 11 Bootlegs of 2001: while we’re on an MP3 tip. Includes “Strokes Of Genuis”, “Smells Like Booty” etc. This is via somebody but I can’t remember who – someone called David whose blog I hadn’t seen b[…]

Back by popular demand
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Back by popular demand: 4 unreleased Morrissey songs, on MP3. Hopefully the links still work.[…]

From indie music to pop music.
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From indie music to pop music.: the Pitchfork message board faces a worrying conundrum. To them I say: join ussssss…[…]

POP-EYE 13/01/02
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POP-EYE 13/01/02
Twelth night has come and gone, but the second chart of the year still finds pop suffering seasonal after-effects. Most of the big stars, and all of those lazy indie types, are still sleeping off their over-indulgences, and so this w[…]

New Freaky Trigger Stuff!
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New Freaky Trigger Stuff!: that link is Sterling talking about voices and R&B – excellent piece, do check it out – and this is me attacking the cult of passion in rock criticism.[…]

Nelly wants fans to adopt patriotic fashion
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Nelly wants fans to adopt patriotic fashion: good work Sir, bouncing back and all that. Except look deeper into the article (worth it for Nelly’s foolish facepaint) and we find that “It’s my new clothing line”. K-ching! In oth[…]

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