Greenspun.com has now been down for 36 hours, meaning no ILM and ILE. My assumption is that eventually one of these outages will be permanent (maybe even this one!) or that the ‘restructuring’ of greenspun.com will finally happen and it&#[…]

MECHA-STREISAND VS. NEIL DIAMOSAUR: FITE!
Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits:
“Gary Guthrie was a particularly astute disk jockey. While spinning records for his AKY-FM show in Louisville, Kentucy, he realized that not only had[…]

The Meaning of Country Music
If the top twenty on Country Music Video is any indication, concern about a pop invasion is a fuss about very little. These songs, and the images that accompany them, are comforting in their nostalgia for a world of conse[…]

Here’s Gavin Mueller writing in the OHJ Blog (get your permalinks fixed!) “I think sampling is one of the most potent forms of artistic expression, especially in our post-modern world.”. You just know he’s going to mention DJ […]

The Pixies were officially enshrined as the “most important rock band of the 80s” when Kurt Cobain let slip their influence on Nirvana. (Of course, he also trumpeted the Melvins, so what did he know?) But I don’t think anyone real[…]

NAME AND SHAME
Readers ? solve my pop riddle and name the star!
This man, sinfully ugly though possessed (his friends later said) of a strange charm, rose to prominence in the 1960s with a succession of novelty hits, and quickly established himself […]

Over on Pop Matters, a well written and argued piece on why NWA are the second most influential band in history. The whole piece is perhaps too overblown as if Shan Fowler really does not think anyone is going to agree with him. I was halfway there w[…]

DUEL! 2002 — Round 2 Match 4

Duel! 2002 – Round 2 Match 4

Which of these artists is worse?

Limp Bizkit

David Gray

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Over once again to Mr Pete Baran to set the scene for today&#8[…]

Whot a GRATE festival lineup!!! Guns’n’Roses, THE STREETS (be still my beating heart swoon I wonder whot his star sign is), Andrew W(ic)K(ed), and ‘Rival Schools’ on the New Bands Stage! Could it be the Tompauling fest of Glas[…]

An unexpected discussion of Sue Wilkinson’s “You’ve Got To Be A Hustler If You Want To Get On”, of all things. Black Box Recorder nicked all their ideas from this song.[…]