SOUTH SEA BUBBLE METROPOLIS
Excellent materialist argument from Woebot: someone w.better econochops than me – is J. K. Galbraith still alive? more to the point, is he active on slsk? – shd write a piece on filesharing, share dealing, hard[…]

Missy Elliot Pass the Duchie/ Britney Spears Me against the Music.
There are no humans in pop music anymore, it can be assembled out of elements that already exist, in this way the vocals seem to be vestigal, reminding that this is “pop music&[…]

MEME OF THE MONTH: it could replace “Use Other Words Please”!!
(you have to read right to the last line – worth it I promise)
(well, unless you already came across it, it is a meme after all)[…]

I’ve spent a very pleasant evening writing entries for Popular, which you might have noticed became rather neglected. I’ve now got a backlog for the first time in ages, and will keep adding too it this weekend, so that – fingers cro[…]

Round & Round We Go: I received an e-mail tonight asking for the lyrics to the FOXWOODS CASINO THEME SONG, which is definitely one step above being G00gled for “how to build a car” or “sweater meat” or (ugh) “jeter[…]

More interesting stuff from Woebot on file-sharing ethics. I’ve commented in the archives on what Matt’s saying, but I thought I’d point to it here because it crystallised an uneasiness I’ve had about PopNose’s rapid suc[…]

“Do you want to be a star? Boys 12-19: THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!”
When casting for if…., they ran this ad (January 1968? The source is a bit unclear but round about then) in The Times, the Telegraph and yes, MELODY MAKER!
(Actually the[…]

Why don’t I like U2? Because Bono is a dick? Well, maybe, but why is he a dick? What particular quality of theirs is it that stops their rockin’ monumentalism working for me? I think it’s this: rather than just be about bigness in a[…]

“don’t like it DON’T LIKE IT“More on kids’n’music, heh: I like where Keiran puts pencils in his ears rather than hear some of the horrible dadmusic…[…]

Thinking of Mr Sinkers thoughts on the Langley Kids, and his desire to hear more kids singing Hymns, I am reminded of this pop culture and theory class that i am taking, and thinking about music that is not pop cult, that has not been excorporated, […]