The Virtual Irish Pub: as if real Irish theme pubs aren’t bad enough. On my visit there were forty benighted ‘virtual drinkers’, almost all of whom were congregated at the ‘Front Door’ area. No sign of any chat going on,[…]

Bob Stanley at home – the Saint Etienne songwriter gives you a tour of his record collection, which is exactly as you’d expect Bob Stanley’s record collection to be.“[Chantal Goya] did a great soundtrack to a Jean-Luc Godard f[…]

The dark secret of the Italian Futurists: no, not the fascism thing which is hardly a secret, more that they were – at least from a musical point of view – a bit crap. For all that Russolo’s intonarumori are a cultural touchstone of[…]

GOLDFRAPP – “Lovely Head”
A duet for theremin and heartache: at least that’s what it sounds like. Goldfrapp make a cool, nervy noise – you mught draw torchy parallels with Portishead, but this is much nearer Broadcast, o[…]

Rat And Parrot Counter-Theory: but that mocks sense. For surely you’d want monster VFM songs such as “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” to be on in the afternoon when nobody could hear them, not taking up valuable punter-time later.
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TWAS 300: A Belated Introduction: Glenn McDonald tells us why.[…]

Mystery Pub Warnings II: in the Rat And Parrot last night at Victoria Place (yes, yes, I know I shouldn’t be going into the Rat And Parrot, but Simon had won a fantasy golf tournament and was treating us all to drinks, and for free beer I&#8217[…]

The A to Z of the UK Chart 2000: detailed but alas rather unbitchy look at the players and perils in the UK chart. Very useful though for struggling editors trying to come up with a focus group listing.[…]

Well, I think “Holler” is rather good! Alright, no I don’t. Since, though, NYLPM team members are actually publishing a lot of stuff, I thought I’d take the opportunity to update the Team list and links you see on your right. […]

A quick swipe from Pearls – lego album covers. I was particularly impressed by the Prodigy one.[…]