MP3 and write-up submitted by Martin Skidmore
Elder Beck – Rock And Roll Sermon
This is a thrilling and hilarious track. Elder Charles Beck had been recording all over the place for 25 years, for any label that would let him put his gospel mess[…]

Yet again BBC Three show they employ very, very stupid people.
Repeat after me: BOB MARLEY IS DEAD. HE CANNOT DO INTERVIEWS ANYMORE.[…]

Okay, if we can have Moments In Love and/or Martin’s Great Moments then can we have the opposite. Moments in songs that you hate with a passion. You might hate the song completely due to that moment, or, as in this case just get your teeth set […]

OMD – Romance of the Telescope
With Kelly O currently ripping Visage’s Fade to Grey* in another fun/clumsy (ymmv) stab at the corpse of electro-pop, it was pure chance that I was reminded this week of another of my electro-pop heroes: Orc[…]

If you haven’t already noticed, here’s the write-up of the second half of the 2CD ‘political pop’ compilation, in our essays section. From the first CD, though, here’s
Smiley Culture – Westland Helicopter
which fea[…]

McCarthy – Get A Knife Between Your Teeth
Listening to political records this week made me think about this curio, one of McCarthy’s last singles and not included on their best-of compilation. It’s actually my favourite record by th[…]

OK tonight is the second ever POPTIMISM and here’s what you need to know (some of this you already know)
– It’s at the Polar Bear on Lisle Street Soho between 7 and 2 tonight. Cheap drinks all night.
– It’s an election s[…]

Read all about it. Copies of this will be given away free for the first few paying Poptimism customers tomorrow.[…]

Rob Shearman, the writer of the FANtastic (YMMV) “Dalek” episode of Who gave an online interview to fans shortly after the show went out. He had this to say on the subject of writing speeches for Christopher E
“Well, it was a worry […]

Stylus Singles Jukebox, this week with even more me. This time I feature as a lone voice crying out in a wilderness of horror, or a lone horror crying out in a wilderness of good sense, depending very much on your opinion of “Mr. Lonely” […]