I have no recollection at all of why I wanted to hear something by Seely, and now Pitchfork have banged on so much about the Cure I’m not sure I still do. And yet…if anyone knows about the band, they could always set me straight.[…]

Bigheads need not apply: it’s related to pop, tangentially – it’s just a shame (if not surprising) that people with this kind of understanding of the music aren’t working in the business directly.[…]

Napster — friend or foe?: the debate continues in Salon. I agree mostly with what the piece says, though I think the reason rock fans kvetch about the music industry was as much because it’s a cheap means of looking rebellious and indepen[…]

I know it’s more than slightly cheesy to blog your own site, but Mike’s piece on synths, The Rock Machine Turns You On!, is by far the best-researched thing I’ve ever had the pleasure to publish and I’d urge anyone reading thi[…]

What is FoBo? According to Momus’ new Thought For The Day, it’s “faux-bohemian”, and he likes it. Bit of a curate’s egg, this thought, though as usual worth reading: he’s at his best musing on the copyright crisis,[…]

HEAVENLY = “Atta Girl” (from the Various Artists album There And Back Again Lane, SARAH 100)
Predictably, since I started using blogger I’ve found myself reading a lot of blogs. When I’ve worked out which ones I like best I&#8[…]

According to Bathysphere, there’s a new Smog album coming out. I’m excited, in a suitably morose, paranoid and lonely fashion.[…]

A fine piece on Serge Gainsbourg which I wish I’d read before writing my own essay.[…]

This is an excellent idea – an MP3 weblog: [EuroRanch MP3]. Of course, I have no idea what the bands are like.[…]

SAINT ETIENNE – “How We Used To Live” (CD Single)
Do let’s be beastly to the Germans. To Rococo Rot (and Sean O’Hagan of the High Llamas) assume production duties on Saint Etienne’s comeback epic and the beat promp[…]