Several days later – although in the grip of Armadillo Fever you lose all track of time – and I can move my hands and eyes well enough to type out my long-promised entry on Jeremy Beadle. Long-promised I say, not long-awaited. Anyway, app[…]

After all the nasty things I’ve said about Rolling Stone, they have to go and run this.[…]

Today’s forum question: otherwise cool bands ruined by their irritating fans? (With thanks to Kathleen)
Sharp-eyed readers will also notice that I am a hooer and have inserted BlogHop rating buttons in the right-hand column. I know it’s v[…]

Uncharactistically Joshlike thoughts strike me this morning while listening to Karenina, Charlemagne Palestine’s voice-and-harmonium tribute to his dead black labrador. The main characteristic of a piece of recorded music is that we can listen […]

POP-EYE 22/10/00
Ladies and gentlemen, an honest-to-goodness Top 40 climber has made this week‘s biggest impact: Paul Gambaccini and Tim Rice, those wizened guardians of pop propriety, would be delighted. Baha Men‘s “Who Let The Dog[…]

Adventures in Sound: very interesting looking music zine with articles and reviews ranging from Burt Bacharach to Z’Ev. I say “looking” because I don’t have time right now to give it the full checking-out it deserves. Maybe yo[…]

JOHNNY CASH – “I See A Darkness”
THE HANDSOME FAMILY – “The Dutchboy”
You might hardly notice the most important difference between Will Oldham’s reading of his “I See A Darkness” and Johnny Cash&[…]

Outkast: Stankonia – heeeeeeeeeeeere’s Robin, getting excited about the new Outkast album, something I really ought to hear myself.[…]

It’s Tricky! He’s a mentalist!: interview with Mr. Thaws which contains much scary ranting, a few sensible bits, and one useful nugget of information, to wit that “Divine Comedy”, his most vicious 90s record, is seeing ‘[…]

A tale of two rock critics: this is a good one. On the one hand you have Cameron Crowe, he of first rock-crit film biopic fame and youngest-staffer on Rolling Stone notoriety, telling the world about how absolutely cool it was to be hangin’ wit[…]