Archives – 2004 – April  

IHM POP CHAMELEON WATCH
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IHM POP CHAMELEON WATCH
Bowie Invites Fans To “Mash Him Up” – this is the sort of headline I dream of, but on this occasion my dream turns quickly into nightmare. The “mash-ups” Bowie is talking about are actually &#8216[…]

MORRISSEY – “Irish Blood, English Heart” – REVIEWED BY A SPORTING CELEBRITY!
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MORRISSEY – “Irish Blood, English Heart” – REVIEWED BY A SPORTING CELEBRITY!
“Stick it up your bollocks. You’re not even Irish, you English cunt.”[…]

IHM LYRIC WATCH: P BROTHERS Ft SCOR-ZAY-ZEE – “Great Britain”
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IHM LYRIC WATCH: P BROTHERS Ft SCOR-ZAY-ZEE – “Great Britain”
Who says political hip-hop is dead? You just might if by some astonishing stroke of bad luck you hear “Great Britain” by the P Brothers, who have come out, bo[…]

I HATE MUSICALS2: West Side Story
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What I went to see was a gritty exploration of the clash between the dissaffected youths of the Puerto Rican and Italian immigrant communities in New York in the early 1960’s; taking into the account that the neo-tribal warfare betwixt these tw[…]

IHM STUPID PLOTS FOR SONGS WATCH 1: Kate Bush:
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IHM STUPID PLOTS FOR SONGS WATCH
1: Kate Bush: Babooshka
She wanted to test her husband, she knew exactly what to do
Was this:
a) Get 20 multiple choice questions prepared for him when he got home from work
b) Hire a Private detective to see if he&#8[…]

Cut it out Scissor Sisters
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One thing that always cheers me in my constant fight against aural dissonance is musics constant quest to reinvent itself. You may think this may make my quest like Heracles battle against the many headed hydra, cut one off and hundreds spring back i[…]

Thank you for making me an abuse loving fighter
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Much has been made of my flinty personality. Tanya, people say couched in the armour of booze you seem to be a pretty tough cookie. After setting them straight vis a vis the provenance of cookies and the far more preferable biscuit, I admit to their […]

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  1. Tom, I loved loved loved these polls and participated obsessively, until one day (it was March 2023) I just stopped…

  2. I feel sad that I couldn't persistently engage in every poll as much as I'd have liked - and not…

  3. Thanks for doing the polls, Tom, and for writing this lovely, considered, reflective piece. It’s given me closure on my…

  4. Lovely. I drifted away 18 months or so ago (I liked being all in on it and life stuff just…