Supertroupers: from the same edition of the Guardian, a quiet demonstration of how it should be done, as Peter Paphides interviews two of ABBA. An experienced pop writer taking on and taking seriously a group he clearly has great affection for &#8211[…]

The Poet and the Princess: Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Shakira, a featurette that must have got the commissioning editors salivating. Actually, Colombia’s most famous novelist turns in a celebrity puff piece that would have had Hello! blushing. I[…]

dee dee ramone dead at 50.[…]

MISS KITTIN AND THE HACKER — ‘Frank Sinatra’
DJ ASSAULT — ‘Big Booty Hoes And Sluts Too’
Motor and muse for nu-electro she might be, but you could easily mistake Miss Kittin’s autocue blankness for genuine va[…]

Tom’s Top Ten:
MISS KITTIN AND THE HACKER – “Frank Sinatra”
MINNIE RIPERTON – “Les Fleurs”
NOTORIOUS BIG – “Hypnotise”
ERIC B AND RAKIM – “Eric B Is President”
DJ DIPPA VS […]

Pete Waterman OTFM: Punk RoXoR.[…]

Michelle Golberg, I hate you: Thank you so much for taking a perfectly harmless album and making it sound like distilled aural anathema for anyone who’s paid attention to dance music for the past ten years. You get bonus hate points for the m[…]

r. kelly indicted on child pornography charges: once in a while, i guess a grand jury can see something wrong with a little bump & grind.[…]

“Ethan P has shit for brains.”
“I stopped reading it 1/4 of the way through… it was too frustrating.”[…]

Freaky Trigger Reminder Zone: just to remind you that you’ve only got a couple of weeks left to do your follow-up articles for 102 Beats That (if you’re taking part) and your Focus Group votes (if you want to take part) – links are […]