I agree with everything Christian Hoard has to say about the new Wilco album, but his first paragraph is so glib, bitter, ungenerous, and (I think, in places) scared that it spoils the rest somehow. And, yes, part of me wonders and worries if this is[…]

102 Beats That – part 4 of 6, another 12 entries now up.[…]

Glastongbury! Sod the Stereophonix rumXoRs with the news that the A-PAUL-ING Tompaulin(g) are confirmed to be playing this years top sitting in a field rock music festival. Tompaulin are GRATE cos their website is called ‘The Sixties Were Rubbi[…]

Cult of Personality: somewhat embarrassing to be blogging this, but anyway, here’s an interview. With me. If you like you can compare it to the OHJ’s interviews with Ryan Pitchfork and George Splendid for terrible insights into the mental[…]

UK acts disappear from US charts: this is the kind of thing that gets the papers here terribly excited. Does it really mean anything? Not much – there’s been a gap between British and American public tastes for ages, and the stuff selling[…]

And some which went out at the group stage…
Faithless star to compose World Cup track: (Will be “basic”, apparently. This is thankfully not Maxi Jazz.)
David Beckham wanted for new World In Motion remix: (Exactly what it says. Keith[…]

Saint George’s Day Special! In a spirit of sportsmanship and patriotism NYLPM presents the Bottom Five World Cup pop stories so far, in descending order of awfulness. Thanks to John for finding them all!
1. Dublin group to provide Ireland&#8217[…]

Who is the most famous member of the So Solid Crew? Megaman – the so called leader. Oxide & Neutrino, do they really count? Lisa Mafia because she is the “only” girl (okay – she has at least finally ‘fessed to the p[…]

102 Beats That: part 3 of 6.[…]

::: POP-EYE POP-EYE POP-EYE :::
Well coo crikey here is my first attempt at a Pop-Eye. I watched CD-UK especially for this, you know. B-b-b-but where is G-g-gates?! I’ve been wanting to use my ever so funny, and in fact only MAN FROM DELMONTE j[…]