The Gossip live – and also Peaches live – in this weeks thrilling themed FT update. (No, that’s right, it’s not the Strokes special. Patience, O Readers).[…]

When is All Bar One not a pub? There seems to be a quiet acceptance from some of the punters round here that All Bar One is in some ways a pub. Whereas I will happily set it outside the realm of being a pub by its own very attemps not to be a pub. Th[…]

When Is A Pub Not A Pub? When it’s a bar. And vice versa. Blurring the lines betwixt the two is a dangerous game and generally ends in tears. All Bar One for instance tries very hard to be a bar and hence ends up a shit pub. Most ghastly East L[…]

V2 records say that court ruling is unbelievable. So you have a band who decide to name themselves exactly the same thing as an extant – if relavitely unsuccessful – band. Original band takes them to court, and considering that the all n[…]

Peggy Lee – “Is That All There Is?”
I broke up with a woman three weeks ago who loves Peggy Lee, and who introduced me to her (and who, and who…) I’ve just been listening to a lot of her stuff again, in alphabetical orde[…]

THINGS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE (But Pubs Expect Us To Do)
2: Carry more than two drinks to your table.
Three pints of lager and a J20 cannot be transferred from the bar to your thirsty mates without spillage. It’s not as if most pubs don’t […]

TANYA’S RAINBOW OF RUBBISH: Babes In Toyland = “Bruise Violet”
Riot Grrls and I have an unhappy history together, readers. Of course when they turned up they declared war on dreary boyrock, and that’s a battle I’m alway[…]

Speaking of patriotism…: “several other rappers have found themselves in the unusual position of supporting their government. New York collective the Wu-Tang Clan inserted a topical verse into their latest album, Iron Flag, that included […]

GEORGE JONES: Fighting Side Of Me
I’m both an early starter and a latecomer to country. The first record I probably listened to at length was Glen Campbell’s 20 Golden Greats, which my mother used to play incessantly when I was about two.[…]

THINGS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE (But Pubs Expect Us To Do)
1: Have a shit whilst holding the toilet door shut with out feet.
The cubicle door is always too far away, and the effort expended in keeping the door shut whilst extending the leg appears to clo[…]