Beatles head list of greatest songs: surprise surprise. This is the list that Fred linked to yesterday, but the Guardian helpfully provides the full 100. “In My Life” isn’t the worst song in the world but it’s still pretty clo[…]

Kathleen wants songs about people called Kathleen. Surely the Tindersticks did one, on some limited edition single. And equally surely it was a cover of something…..the name Townes Van Zandt crawls into my mind. Only one way to check: yes. I&#8[…]

Paul Morley interviews Duran Duran: oh for the paragraph tag. One of his classic pieces, nonetheless.[…]

Samantha Fox reviews The Fall: and there’s a listing of Sam’s own work here. Naughty girls, you’ll recall, need love too.[…]

MOTORHEAD FOR LIFE: I’ve not much stomach for blogging today so you get random links like this (on the official site, lovely). We expect the Dismemberment Plan to follow Motorhead’s lead shortly.[…]

BUSTA RHYMES – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
BUSTA RHYMES – Get Out
A sorry tale of decline. “Put Your Hands….” is absolutely typical Busta, but his formula was so winning that the best example of it becomes his[…]

Lester Bangs: “I didn’t go around shoving my prejudices down everybody’s throat. I just endured Cream every fucking day, “Spoonfull” and all the rest of that whiteheap bigdealsowhat . And you’d think it’s onl[…]

dr. fetid’s wizards of the sonic: if you’re the kind of listener who likes to hear celebrities singing terrible versions of schlocky pop standards, or who is into bizarro covers of more ‘respectable’ material by obvious lunati[…]

Jejune asks a question: “is there any song on this earth more horrible and unlistenable than Roxanne by the Police? (Assumed answer: no.)”. A quick call to Tanya’s mobile elicits the following answer:
“Roxanne” by the Po[…]

Yahoo! UK & Ireland Picks of the Week: FT doesn’t usually trigger its own trumpet samples, but on this occasion comment is perhaps called for: We Rock. Who’d have thought Yahoo! UK was so poor that a crumpled tenner would suffice?[…]