Problems inherent in running radio competitions. Perhaps Radio One went too fan in their “win tickets to Madonna’s gig” competition when the wanted real Madonna obsessives to ring up. The questions were certainly harder than the ave[…]

Christ, I’m like the Metatron here – excepting that the God in this case is site owner in absentia Mr Tom Ewing (I could tell you his middle name but he would probably kill me). Anyhow, message from on high about the Freaky Trigger Pop Fo[…]

POP-EYE 19/11/00
Let us start with a poser for you. This weeks top six records are all newcomers to our chart, all except one. What – dear readers and lucky not to be listeners – can that record be? Surely one of the combatants in last we[…]

But where shall the twain meet: From Michael Bérubés piece on the listmania of popular culture: “To be a really knowledgeable fan, in other words, you usually have to be a keen critic. Remember this the next time you’re acco[…]

POP-EYE U.S. 11/17/00
this week on the billboard charts, the top three remains solidified with destiny’s child continuing to bitch-slap the competition with “independent women, pt. 1.” creed and 3 doors down stay in spots 2 and 3, 3[…]

So, apparently Disco still sucks. Whew! Glad we cleared that up. Even more interestingly, “techno is disco for pissed off bi-curious white guys.” Get me on the phone to Tresor, boys, I’m shuttin’ them down. Anyway, it’s […]

Spine Magazine – you are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge…
I don’t think we’ve linked to Spine before, which is a shame because it’s a good zine. It’s nice to see UK writers looking at hip hop […]

Do rappers live in the studio? You really have to wonder, based on the sheer amount of post-death output that seems to occur. Now Big Pun is releasing a new album, in February, even though he died months ago. Tupac has “new” material comi[…]

getting in on the spice girls act: i am just so glad that the girls only sold 71,000 copies of their godawful album in the uk. it strikes me that they’re doing even worse in the us, but it’s always hard to tell until you get the billboard[…]

Just to update Maura’s entry below, the song that rips off The Pajama Game is called “Dance With Me” by Debahlah Morgan. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a silly, stupid song, but much less egregious and awful a musical rip[…]