Tom’s Top Ten
GUNS N ROSES – “November Rain”
SUPERTRAMP – “Give A Little Bit”
VAN HALEN – “Jump”
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – “Let’s Take A Ride”
JUDAS PRIEST – “B[…]

Surely Travis Morrison Isn’t Really Saying That Nobody He Knows Likes Metal Machine Music? – but anyway, good list. One good joke (I won’t quote it), one good idea (the “haunted house” thing), bouncily informal writing. […]

The Real Music Martyrs: our continued look at the records Pop Idol and related projects are keeping out of the Top 40. This week there’s three Pop Idol singles in the charts so three unfortunate records are denied another week’s exposure […]

GUNS AND ROSES – “November Rain”
We had a “rock party” last night. I was going to go as Fred Durst but I couldn’t find a baseball cap, so instead I sat around downloading hard rock hits, almost all of which sounded[…]

Note to self: remember this the next time you feel like the “untold stories of 90s pop” have been told by now, over and over, until everyone is long sick of them. Then tell them again. Louder.[…]

SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL
Many people misunderstand this very simple phrase. They look at the logistics – fish, barrel, gun – and come up with the wrong conclusion that while the barrel does constraint the fish its still going to be a sl[…]

What’s A Girl Like Me Doing At A Rink Like This? asks new FT writer Stripey in a look at the everyday life of the roller-rink. Meanwhile Ned suffers a crisis of faith in pop, and Playgroup are an inspiration to me.[…]

And you thought ILX was having problems…[…]

Hahaha! Fabrizio turns out to be a member of the Strokes! I don’t know why that amuses me so much, probably because I’m now in the mood for pasta. He’s second coolest. DUDE! NME readers minus minus!
Here is my TOP TEN COOL PEOPLE li[…]

With Spizzazz on half-term break here’s Pop-Eye, back with its slippered-feet up in the Dad Chair and a mug of hot cocoa by its side as we grumble over the top forty. Is it a boy or a girl? Well at No.1 it’s both of course – Nelly &[…]