What I Listened To when I left my job. In order:
1. BLUR – “To The End”
2. THIEVES – “Unworthy” (“Don’t tell me I should try and GET SOME SLEEP….”)
3. MADONNA – “Like A Prayer&#8[…]

This is three days late but it has to be said. Trick or treat children in pubs. NO.[…]

Our Lady of Sorrows: long piece on Billie Holiday. Looks interesting.[…]

My mind’s elsewhere today but for the sake of content (c’mon team) here are Guardian reviews of the Spice Girls (bad) and Fatboy Slim (worse). I can’t imagine the critics are too far wrong in either case.[…]

The Cultural Hulk: Al picks up the mouse and draws once again.[…]

I HATE MUSIC: freakytrigger.com is gradually getting back to working order and the first thing I restored is Tanya’s site (sans archives, sadly, for the moment). There’s nothing new there, because I’ve not told Tanya yet that she ca[…]

Here is Bob Stanley talking about Canada’s attempt to keep Eminem out of the country: he uses it as an opportunity to write about pop and outrage, and the history of pop being offensive. This is how we talk about offensiveness now: a light, jad[…]

The Focus Group is Go. If you expected a focus group invite and haven’t got it, it’s because:
i) I didn’t know you wanted one. E-Mail Me if you do.
ii) I’ve got your e-mail wrong. See above.
iii) I drink with you and you&#8217[…]

Napster in Bertelsmann deal: inevitably.[…]

Once again I am ashamed to be British: not even Travis think Travis are the best band in the world, for pity’s sakes. And David Gray winning Best Single??[…]