NYLPM in “cynical” claim!

According to today’s Guardian, the coincidence of “Dry Your Eyes” and Euro 2004 (as mentioned repeatedly round here) was “a fluke”. “I’d like to claim genius, that we sa[…]

THE JULIA LENNON THEORY
This is to assist people on TMFD where this has recently been brought up. Here are quotes from the nine occasions Sinkah has refered to this, with a brief commentary.
From :Why Can’t England produce competent drummers
th[…]

Into The Valley Of Tat
Continuing NYLPM’s warts-and-all look at the sordid easy-come easy-go life of that modern pariah, The Downloader.
ALCAZAR – “Dancefloor Docusoap”: In Europe Alcazar are treated as living gods and no wond[…]

“THERE’S A LOT ABOUT ME THAT YOU DON’T KNOW”
The Pet Shop Boys, Videos and Age
(Originally submitted for FT a while back, and now posted here with Tom’s encouragement given FT’s change in emphasis)
One of my indulg[…]

WA-MUTHA-FUCKIN’-HEY!!!
TIM KASH IS GONE!!!
Obviously the show’ll still be a fetid crock of shit and will still feature that horrific voiceover woman (and James effing Cannon), but…
WA-MUTHA-FUCKIN’-HEY!!![…]

There’s plenty to get mildly irate about with this Guardian article by The Usual Suspect on McFly but, for our present purposes, take note of the tone of voice with which he talks about four intelligent, successful, talented – and I […]

STILL NOT GETTING IT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
“Beyond that, though,” says mr blissblog, “I’m not sure of the extent to which you…can make the charts the foundation of a pop theology. After all, they’re simply a structure […]

The other copyright battle: pop’s unexpected longevity has a major commercial downside. “Once out of copyright, the BPI fears such potentially lucrative recordings could be exploited without recompense to the performers or the copyright h[…]

THE SQUARE TABLE 6/ The Shapeshifters – “Lola’s Theme”
Pop Factor: 673 Controversy Score: 260
My appreciation for Lola’s Theme considered as the image of a dance track:
A. THE BUILD: it seems like it’s always bee[…]

THREE OF A KIND – “Babycakes”
A Summer gets the anthems it deserves. And this humble, cloudy weather fits “Babycakes” so well – the sudden return of Garage, but shyer, more tentative, and much more tender. Twee-ste[…]