HANNAH MARCUS – Black Hole Sun
INTRODUCTION
I was attracted to this album by a clever letter that Ms. Marcus wrote to Pitchfork, in response to a reviewer who was clearly trying to emulate Richard Meltzer and review albums only by their covers […]

Fred insisted I link to this, his essay on his list of favourite ever songs. But put that out of your mind and read on as it’s got some nice thoughts on radio and self-conscious listmaking. Not thoughts I much agree with but then I’m not […]

Dancing About Architecture: has a Greil Marcus endorsement now, something FT is unlikely to win no matter how many negative Ja Rule reviews we run. All the rock critics love us anyway, yeah, they’re just too cool to say so. Or we are. Or someth[…]

My Fifteen Minutes: the last word on the AICON controversy, I rather think.[…]

Francisco Lopez: Untitled #104: Pitchfork Review: Francisco Lopez composes art music, Pitchfork reviewer doesn’t like it, Pitchfork reviewer gives it 0.0, Pitchfork gets hits off of people who take its marking system too seriously, everybody is[…]

Pop Eye: two polls, the Outkast/Atomic Kitten showdown, and the worst joke ever to appear in pop-eye, which is saying something.[…]

Speaking of which….[…]

Am I Cool Or Not?: you’re getting harsher every week, I swear. Anyway last week’s victim faces judgement, and a new sucker takes the AICON plunge. I think this week’s comments are…well, interesting, and not neccessarily in a g[…]

Part One in an occasional series by your unofficial showbiz correspondent: Celebs in the Pub.
Here’s my list in chronological order. You may notice it is heavily reliant on a) slightly obscure soap stars and b) North London, postcodes N8 and N6[…]

Face Slap: in my DJ Marlboro article, I mentioned my suspicions that the lyrics to Brazilian ‘funk’ hits were probably as dodgy as their booty-bounce cousins. I wasn’t far wrong, although I’ve not come across any booty lyrics […]