Smells Like Steve Perry: “wannabe Chuck Eddys”, we were called by Mark Richardson on ILM recently, and there’s a fair bit of truth in that. This though is the best refutation (best cause it’s only partially refuting things) of[…]

Am I Cool Or Not? – Cool or Fool: the decision, once again, is yours.[…]

The best jukebox in Soho? So the Golden Lion bigs itself up – and this may well be true. Its certainly odd, having two machines feeding to what one must assume be one Jukebox Hive Mind controlling the pubs tunes. How this works if tracks are be[…]

TMBG answer to Squeeze’s “Cool For Cats”, and specifically the question not posited by Difford and Tilbrook – What if condiments could fall in love? Hot For Dogs is the heartwarming (in the way that bile – when produced […]

cutoffaPOPear – via Tim this is James Lucas’ blog and he gets an extra big fat link which you must all click on to make up for the fact that I’ve not responded yet about the CDs he so kindly sent me. Sorry James, I’ll get to i[…]

WU TANG-CLAN – “I Can’t Go To Sleep”
In Robin Carmody’s review of the Clan’s The W album, “I Can’t Go To Sleep” comes in for particular criticism – Robin sees the stricken lachrymosity of Gh[…]

Kid 606′ PS I Love You reviewed by the NME. My first thought on listening to this record – which I’m not sure whether I like or not though I think it’s pleasant – is that all the reviews would be exactly like this one, i[…]

The new music weblogs just keep on coming: kill one and ten more spring up to take its place. Brought to my attention today was Bleeding Ears, a reviews-and-links blog on vaguely NYLPM-ish lines. If you like the stuff you read here, or on Robin&#8217[…]

I have been good and updated all FT’s article archives: music reviews, thinkpieces, and non-music articles now all brought up to date. Some of the best pop writing on the Internet rubs shoulders with a load of old pony – have a look and s[…]

TMBG’s answer to The Who’s “Tommy”, and specifically the question – Can anyone write a stupider disability themed song than “Pinball Wizard”? This is a supposedly whimsical, but instead thoroughly irritating […]