Judge Dredd bans Emo (really this should go in tomorrow’s links round-up but I can’t access ILX at work).[…]

Club Popular is NEXT WEDNESDAY! (Click for details). But what should we play? I’ve been sifting through the 50 CDs of UK #1s, ‘auditioning’ candidates, but I also want advice from NYLPM readers. Use the comments box to make a sugges[…]

Links Round-Up:
Why I love Eamon’s “Fuck It” – lengthy analysis at Clap Clap Blog, good point about holding off the swears till the chorus, the Liz Phair bit is cheeky too (but then I’ve not heard any pre-‘sell out[…]

Mendel’s Dwarf: Part Two of Two
So away from literary concerns, how is the science in Mendel’s Dwarf? Well don’t ask me, I gave up Biology aged thirteen because the experiments were not as good as Chemistry and Physics and it was a […]

‘These people aren’t being rational’
Article by, arch curmudgeon, Stephen Moss in today’s Guardian (G2) about the “Friends of Radio 3”, as linked to by Tom (below). It covers the BBC’s reaction and exposes th[…]

He Made Their Glowing Colours – somewhat reader-hostile colour scheme disguises good pop-centric blog. Long analysis of “Air Hostess”.
Giving up ILX is good for your blogging – Dave Stelfox is back in operation with mixtapes a[…]

45rpm – it’s a music blog! In Swedish! It seems to be about pop and sexism and it links to a Stock Aitken And Waterman site. Most mysterious, if any multi-lingual reader wants to attempt a summary in the comments box I’d be grateful[…]

PopNose13 (1.6M) – time for a Popnose! I was alerted to the existence of this one by none other than Mark S. Standard rules apply – if you know what it is don’t tell, but please do comment. Reveal at the weekend.[…]

Thinking about Dave Clarke vs Jive Bunny (see below) gets me thinking about DJing and ‘art’. Clarke implicitly puts what he does on a higher aesthetic level than 2ManyDJs (and Jive Bunny obviously) – he doesn’t say why; it may[…]

The backlash begins? Too Many DJs Snub 2 Many DJs: “I often have 2ManyDjs enforced on me by women on tour buses. It’s f*cking Jive Bunny that’s done in such a trendy type of way it suits Post Menstrual Stress.” Dave Clarke (vi[…]