And not to preempt my own press, but…: great Voice all around this week, with ILX’s Sean Carruthers giving Tom Petty a nice noogie of logic, Elena Oumano on Sean Paul, Shaggy, & “American” dancehall, and a Michael Freedbe[…]

Jess on the Sugababes – I liked this piece a lot.[…]

UNTOUCHABLES MUSIC/GUBI SANDHU – “Teray Meray Pyar Dian” / Danger 2
Over the past couple of years, pop trendwatchers have spotted, feted and provisionally buried the trend for ‘Indian’ influences in hip-hop. But what&#82[…]

Who said romance wasn’t dead? It might not be dead but on these efforts it may well be very, very sick indeed…. Still his hair isn’t as silly as Michael Bolton’s was.[…]

OUT OF THEIR BRILLIANT MINDS : FURNITURE vs LIVING IN A BOX
I have been contacted by a long time reader to bemoan my lack of commentary on the 1980’s band Furniture – a beat combo who barely set the charts alight in 1986. Now I know I say[…]

On of the gifts of country music is describing the geography of the land as the geography of the heart. Each place has its memories, and places that are described as the fly over by those who live in the coast are filled with states that have a uniq[…]

Bad news for fans of FAT JOE – he’s the latest Real Music Martyr, as his “Crush Tonight” becomes an early victim of the glut of Reality-Pop product set to dominate December and January’s Top 40s, stalling at No.42. Joe&#[…]

META-POPEYE – Not a Popeye at all therefore (though its nice to see Eminem at number one, he’s done well the scrappy lil’ fighter). Since Mark Goodier left the Radio One Chart rundown we have had a selection of guest presenters from[…]

HOW TO WRITE A BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SONG : A I HATE MUSIC CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE SPECIAL
1: Choose your era.
If you want to write a 70’s Springsteen song go to option 2.
If you want to write an 80’s Springsteen song go to option 3.
If you[…]

Hey Steve, nice to see you. Part of the other reason may well have been the temprementality of said jukebox as well, which was doing the admittedly bargain deal of five song for a quid which would skip the odd track or three programmed in out of capr[…]