Back by popular demand: 4 unreleased Morrissey songs, on MP3. Hopefully the links still work.[…]

Fandabidozie: Just as a way to stop boring all my friends whenever they travel on the bus with me I shall repeat the constant conjunction which has unfortunately been made in my head. Why has Pink taken to doing impressions of Little Jimmy Krankie in[…]

From indie music to pop music.: the Pitchfork message board faces a worrying conundrum. To them I say: join ussssss…[…]

POP-EYE 13/01/02
Twelth night has come and gone, but the second chart of the year still finds pop suffering seasonal after-effects. Most of the big stars, and all of those lazy indie types, are still sleeping off their over-indulgences, and so this w[…]

PRINCIPLES
A couple of years ago, when I was 16, I remember listening to Never Mind the Bollocks a lot. In particular I remember a family holiday to France that summer where I swelled with anger at having to stay in a nice hotel in the Dordogne and b[…]

SELLING YOUR SOUL AT THE CROSSROADS
Or a response to Dave’s piece below on Beyonce’s stabs at diversifying via the movie business. For some strange reason Hollywood is showing little of its usual caution in these matters what with the loo[…]

New Freaky Trigger Stuff!: that link is Sterling talking about voices and R&B – excellent piece, do check it out – and this is me attacking the cult of passion in rock criticism.[…]

FROM THE “SUDDENLY THE REAL LIFE ROCK TOP TEN DOESN’T LOOK SO BAD” FILE: Metafilter users weigh in on worst band ever, results split between “all boy bands” and Creed. Be sure to seek out the post where Scott Stapp&#8217[…]

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO? or YOU & ME ARE THROUGH
Not sure if this is real news to anyone, but Sarah’s snarkery regarding Bond Girls going P!O!P! (or attempting such an explosion) gives us a perfect opportunity to look at t[…]

I’ll see your Death in Vegas and raise you one Sophie Ellis-Bextor auditioning to be a BOND GURL. I read this in the PRINTED PAGES of your Local NME, whereupon one tiny second of checking their source showed it to be on dodgy Bond fansite &#822[…]