The Boy on the Bus: scary Eminem fan freaks out guy on bus. Well written, but slightly disingenuous in its implications. I’ve been freaked by kids on buses and trains, been beaten up by one bunch. Some of the kids probably had band patches or t[…]

Don’t play that song again!: The most irritating songs of all time, as voted for by dotmusic. I have to say “We’re Going To Ibiza” has grown on me somewhat. But other than that, hard to fault this predictable list and it&#8217[…]

Pop Music is shit. I get the impression sometimes that people think NYLPM will roll over and put its paws in the air for anything as long as it goes Top 10. I say thee nay! There is a whole cartload of pop music out there which is just as calculated,[…]

The Godfathers of Britpop: the dichotomy of the mid-90s – it’s a new article on Robin Carmody’s Elidor site, and I hope he won’t mind me saying that it’s taking a pop at what has become really quite an easy target. Britp[…]

Interview with The Coup from the Onion’s marvellous A.V. club. Solid, ego-free interviewing with people who have something to say…..what a concept![…]

Hip Hop Must Die!: bloody good article which refuses to draw the cosy conclusions most ‘real’ hip-hop heads seem to, and is infinitely better for it.[…]

Time Travellin’: we used to have a section in the bookshop I named ‘Parahistory’, for all the post-Daniken, pre-Millennium “Did Aliens/Christ/Masons/Yeti Build The Pyramids?” books that were flooding in. Here’s a h[…]

Nick Drake – A Gay Perspective: recent articles on Drake have tended to suggest that in fact he was a bit of a womaniser. This article, though, led me to this list of articles on the man, which includes Ian MacDonald’s vast overview of hi[…]

Cultural Artifacts of the Moment: A Musical Education – yeah yeah, I host it, but this is a fascinating trip down one fan’s memory lane. Since said fan (Mike) is probably the most eclectic listener I know, this is well worth a look.[…]

Not a bad idea at all: Andy Weatherall has put together a compilation, 9 O’Clock Drop of early 80s white avant-funk bands (ACR, 23 Skidoo, et al. – lots of Factory acts too, I shouldn’t wonder). Here’s an article (link c/o Mar[…]