Tory Busted: I am genuinely, surprisingly, perhaps lamely disappointed by this.[…]

Jet + Girls Aloud = Luv: It’s like Lionel Vinyl read my mind![…]

Was this the world’s first MP3 blog? I rather think it was. A regular on the NYLPM sidebar years ago, I was reminded of Euroranch during a conversation with the charming Mr Woebot last night. It used to have a separate and very enthusiastic dow[…]

What I miss about chart countdowns — a random mention of Air Supply over on ILM today got me to thinking about the last time I was thinking about them at all, which would have been 1983 or so. I was about two years into realizing there was a To[…]

Procol Harum
Those who know me reasonably well wouldn’t expect me to like this lot – there is almost nothing one might classify as psychedelic or prog that I do like. But they were the first band I ever saw live (well, discounting support[…]

Indie Amnesty Xtra:
I had a sort through the remaining Amnesty items yesterday and set aside a pile of CDs which are, frankly, total no-hopers on eBay. So I’m not going to sell them on eBay. I’m going to sell them here.
THe pile consists […]

Woebot on MP3 blogs: I did some thinking about MP3 blogs for that article I wrote earlier in the month. One of the things I thought – which didn’t make it into the piece – was that MP3 blogs don’t post enough tat. It’s l[…]

9 Songs To Go…!
Until the 1000th No.1. From the record industry’s point of view it would be neat if the 1000th No.1 also coincides with this year’s Xmas No.1. Will the public be so accomodating? With another week at the top for Eri[…]

POP FACTOR: 857 CONTROVERSY RATING: 174
My second favourite record of the year – ten out of ten! Ten squared! Can I justify that? Maybe. There are a lot of things I can use music for – catharsis, communication, comfort, profundity, scra[…]

More nights out. My friend Ant was always a pretty good DJ, but has never really put his head down and gone for it as an more than a diversionary sideline and/or excuse to buy lots of records (hmm, heard that one before). Anyway, post his metal days […]