When I was smaller I once read an album review of a New Album by A Beloved Rock Band. It was not a positive review, in fact it was a very bad one. It concluded by saying that Beloved Rock Band had frittered away what little natural talent they had po[…]

Interweb Psychic Health Index: Arbitrary test of the Interweb’s well-being #1. Comparison of no. of people on top naughty file-sharing system *ou**ee* sharing i) Buju Banton’s much condemned dancehall anthem “Boom Bye Bye” whi[…]

Top Of The Pops – The View From The Floor: October’s dripfeed of FT articles continues with this piece by Steve Mannion who brutally crushed the dreams of a million schoolchildren by getting a place in the Top Of The Pops audience. What d[…]

Come as You Are-Nirvana, White Label House Remix
There is nothing here that reminds one of Mr Cobain for the first minute and a half, its ibiza ca 1996 but Kurt is strong and charasmatic , proof of that is in this preformance, because once his voice […]

Tufluv: best new blog in ages (OK, weeks) – good work Simon R. for finding it. New-focussed, review-focussed, etc.[…]

thorts whilst watching top of the pops
1. Clea – Download it – DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN? Another Hollyoaks-Gurls band but with a ludicrous cyber-sex premise. Also one of them hasn’t developed the art of looking into the camera a[…]

‘FIST ME’ SHOCKER OF THE KID-MAG BLOOD FIEND
EXCLUSIVE Freaky Trigger reveals FILTHY THORTS of the SICKO who’s got YOUR kids TERRIFIED to go on the Tube BECAUSE OF THE INSECT ZOMBIE FREAKS. By Al Ewing.
At gore-fest ‘comic&#82[…]

Regarding rock stars remembering where they are, there is a Spinal Tap guest shot in The Simpsons where one of the Tap looks at the back of his guitar before shouting “Hello Springfield!” Despite this kind of tactic, bands have got it wro[…]

Finally something that isn’t ironic to have a go at Alanis Morrisette about. I must admit though, as a youth I often wondered how bands on huge mega-tours remembered where they were every night. Playing the same kind of arena venues with the sa[…]

Geeta’s Original Soundtrack site has been on terrific form recently and here is another excellent example, where she calls for a New Pop revival. I totally agree about the need for absurdity in pop – the “what the fuck?” eleme[…]