“NOTEBOOKS OUT PLAGIARISTS!”[…]

Good question huh? Would you leave an oversized, over-powered infant in charge of a super-powered robot? Indeed the question is begged why would he want to operate said robot in the first place when his prime directive is to SMASH!
Answer. To sell to[…]

Eurovision Day 2. Nowadays the Key Facts everyone knows about the contest is that it’s enjoyed by gay people and it’s a fit-up. In more innocent times what people knew about Eurovision is that it was always won by songs with nonsense titl[…]

NO SCOOTER IN THIS PUB EITHER
frank kogan on pub rock
(the “experts” referred to may have been ME haha)[…]

I didn’t realise how much I liked Kirsty MacColl’s music until she died.
I sometimes feel sad listening to her voice, it carries weariness even in the happy songs. An anthology released earlier this year captures it well, all the heartbr[…]

It’s Eurovision time again! There are a host of blogs celebrating this, and I’m sure some of them are putting MP3s up. For the next three days, we’ll jump the bandwagon, today offering Britain’s best-ever entry:
Bardo – […]

Another Stylus singles jukebox with lashings of me, and not too many of my really lazy reviews. In my unseen comments I was horrible to the Kaiser Chiefs, nice to Hot Hot Heat, and Sleater-Kinney and I came to an understanding about thirty seconds in[…]

Guru Josh – Infinity
If you export the sun-drenched Balearic vibe back to generally un-blissed Britain, you’re going to get things like this: cardboard uplift, a huckster’s take on youth revolution. Guru Josh queered his career by a[…]

MP3 and write-up submitted by Martin Skidmore
Elder Beck – Rock And Roll Sermon
This is a thrilling and hilarious track. Elder Charles Beck had been recording all over the place for 25 years, for any label that would let him put his gospel mess[…]

Yet again BBC Three show they employ very, very stupid people.
Repeat after me: BOB MARLEY IS DEAD. HE CANNOT DO INTERVIEWS ANYMORE.[…]