strawmen in the wind
“The ass is back, after almost two decades of pop culture focusing on the bust line, this is significant”: Ignoring the um iconic weight this observer places on this trend, is it even (= ie empirically ) true? I have […]

In which science journalist Simon Singh takes umbrage at the lyrics of Katie Melua’s Nine Million Bicycles and in particular the science contained within.
Me I would be more holistic and say the whole song is rubbidge. And where is her proof t[…]

quotidian cliche misinforms us — PWEI and GBOA (not to mention NAD) were JABOF and thus NEVER TRUE GREBO. In the interests of the quest for a higher reality, all is now revealed:
Deep Grebo Level 1: It all makes sense when you think about it&#[…]

on the bus home yesterday i sat behind a man who had just bought the CD of the ELP “classic”; he wz busy reading (and rereading) the sleeve — i wz inexplicably excited, and having to strain NOT to lean over his shoulder and PEER OBT[…]

I was standing in the foyer at my work talking to Mr William Bloody Swygart and he said, “Oh, have you heard about Simon Reynolds’ new book?”. I said “No” and he showed me on the Interweb, there was a special site to it […]

From the Popular mailbag:
” hey honnnnney lantree you was sexxxxxxy back in the 1960s on those drums i liked you so much years later i went and bought myself a set of drums i still think your sexy i don t care how old you are my name is kato s[…]

Maybe I am not of the right age range, or the general indifference of the public towards Sugar Baby Love is actually restricted to me. But is there really THAT MUCH money in going on tour as the Rubettes in this day and age? They’re no Bucks Fi[…]

In two weeks time (October 14th), we have another POPTIMISM night – hurrah! This is the good news.
The bad news is, it’s our last at the Polar Bear, as they don’t need us any more. We don’t know whether this is just us, or a w[…]

RIP Helen Cresswell, author of The Bagthorpe Saga, which made me larff so much as an 11-year old that I’ve never dared go back and try reading it again.[…]

scorsese wz a good choice of dylan doc-director for any number of reasons of course, but one might just be the way BE MY BABY kicks off mean streets – seeing as MS has a clear gift for making you rehear songs
not much to say abt the portrait o[…]