Publog Drinking Experiment cont’d.
Following in Pete’s wake I present the effects of getting drunk solely on humble cooking brew Carlsberg:
– positive experience, no great feeling of drunkenness at any point, just a gradual heighten[…]

Real Actual ‘Gay Ray’ (except not a ray). Some blue sky thinking from the Pentagon.[…]

BUSTED TRIBUTE #2
How to judge how much a band affects ones life? How about the medium of karaoke?
I like karaoke. I rather like flicking through the big book and picking whatever takes my fancy at that moment. I do not have standards that I always d[…]

BUSTED TRIBUTE #1
I BLAME BIFFY CLYRO!!
Ah Busted. I saw you at Wembley Stadium. By myself. I sat in a row of three seats on the balcony as close to the front as the balcony allowed. I appeared to be the only person drinking. How I smiled as I handed[…]

Just a Bit of Fun[…]

PLUS ALSO CHILD-FOSTERING as SHTICK wtf??:
the Txtin Reviewers Collective declare that we require JUDGE JOHN DEED ep in which the entire court-room is made up of his entire family (so that eg the defendent gets to send the head of the jury to bed w/[…]

Interesting research on the music/brain front from the London Tube, where, according to the Guardian, “tube bosses will use recordings of Pavarotti recitals, Vivaldi, and Mozart in a battle against anti-social behaviour at 35 stations in the Di[…]

I was hoping to finish writing about The Honeycombs’ “Have I The Right?” today in order to put it up on Popular, but no luck. Then I remembered that the mighty Dr C. had written about that song (and others) for us a few years ago, s[…]

The Honeycombs, by Dr C
I’m in love with Honey Lantree, and anyone who cares about pop should love her too. Look at the cover of The Honeycombs ‘I Can’t Stop’ – she’s above the boys, looking to the left and slightl[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
97. The Beat – “Save It For Later”
So, do lyrics matter? Well, what we have here suggests not – a charming parade of colloquialisms adding up to… what, exactly? What’s “Save It To Later&#[…]