Pitchfork Review Discovery: one of the tracks could have fitted on a Trans Am album, kids! There can be little higher praise! Good old Pitchfork. Actually it’s an OK review, once you get past dance review cliche #1 (“Maybe I haven’t[…]

DUEL II! – Duel Of The Dead: many apologies to Duel fans who have been ‘eagerly’ awaiting the results of the Otis/Marvin slugfest. They are up, and Ally of NYLPM fame has stepped in to write Bout 5. The duellists? Go and find out.[…]

well y’know, that’s just a bonus: to use a vile Internet cliche, I “laughed out loud”. You will too.[…]

Am I Cool Or Not?: only eleven entries this week, tut tut, but some pretty amusing ones. And a new subject, of course…[…]

First Browning, Now Homer!: “”The style, structure and themes of rap music, generally, are the same as classic Greek and Latin poetry,” Biggs said. “When you look at the ‘Iliad,’ it doesn’t take a very learne[…]

Special Announcement: a week today it is NYLPM’s first birthday, and Freaky Trigger’s second. There will be a big special feature to celebrate, with original writing from a lot of great people. So far so good. But! NYLPM is about the link[…]

To go with Tanya’s piece on The Smiths, here’s some love letters to Morrissey. I was, admittedly, a Morrissey/Smiths obsessive in the early 90s, but I never would have written a love letter to the man. I mean, really![…]

Not strictly musical: anyone who misses Blue Lines may be interested to know that I’ll be returning to the ‘weblog community’ for one week only, taking over Wherever You Are while Vaughan has a rest. From this evening, or tomorrow. […]

Pop Eye: thankyou to Pete, who sent me Pop-Eye extra early this week and reckoned without idleness, AICON and the pub. It’s up now – Westlife, Gorillaz, et al. and two polls.[…]

LOU REED – Metal Machine Music
made me less sad last night.
You’re a joke.[…]