CHEERS: Okay I’ve been nagged enough by the other contributors to Pumpkin Pubs, and mainly Tom Ewing: who’s sparkling prose can be found at Blue Lines, nylpm and pretty much all over Freaky Trigger (which is only fair as it is his website[…]

BADLY DRAWN BOY – Hour Of The Bewilderbeast
It won a prize, don’t you know? But trust me, all you need to know about this years Mercury Prize winner is encapsulated in its title. The album is an hour long. Question is, what came first, t[…]

MR AND MRS – Not Strictly Music
I know, its a gameshow. But I include it here for a simple reason. The gist of the show is that they ask one member of said married couple questions about the other member. And so that party two does not hear sai[…]

The Guardian covers Pop Bitch: “The only thing we do which is really libellous is a thing on celebrities who have large penises – but we kind of assume no one would sue about that.”.[…]

ALL ABOUT EVE – Martha?s Harbour
I have a dark secret, dear reader. You know I say I hate music. Well, I genuinely do. However there has been a time when I actually envied, actually wanted to physically be a genuine bona fide pop star. Well, a […]

My Booty: Tsch! You and your dirty minds. I refer, of course, to my swag from the Victoria Station WH Smiths 3 for £10 CD clearout. A mailing list sighs in relief.
Anyway, I’ve got nothing else to blog about.
What I got:
THE FALL – […]

Stankonia is an unofficial and anticipatory website/weblog dedicated to the upcoming Outkast album (also called Stankonia, by happy uncoincidence). Share the excitement![…]

“Anatomy Of An Indie Rock Break-Up” – that’s what the Blogger directory listings promised me, but damnation, this looks just like another weblog to me. Even that great title’s changed! Where’s the agony? The songs?[…]

 Brent Sirota tackles Can: “Eventually, the reviewer must concede that Live Music is simply a critical black hole, swallowing every turn-of-phrase lightlessly; it will evade all my descriptions, comparisons and evaluations. Nobody’s thou[…]

How Songs Are Picked For Now Compilations: no surprises here, I suspect. As the article suggests, Napster is moving the global music market from an album-based one to a song-based one, and compilation records are the first sign of that. Good thing to[…]