NYLPM Sells Out!: actually I’m not quite sure why I thought putting a comments system on this site was such a bad idea but I had a hunch it was. However at the end of every post you’ll now see “comments” and you can add yours.[…]

But wait there’s more! FT juvenilia, that is.
– A review of the first Beta Band album, not too bad on the record itself but shockingly off-base in the last paragraph!
– A live review of the Go-Betweens – what a loss I was to t[…]

No Greenspun = more site work, as I get stuck into the FT archives again. The cherries have mostly been picked from this particular tree but here are a couple of old pieces, with hopefully more to follow. The Auteurs album I loved at the time but har[…]

12ftlizards is a Yahoo! Group for the discussion of the future of ILM/ILE boards in the event of them vanishing. It’s also there for any other admin-style questions that might come up. Membership is open so feel free to join.[…]

Greenspun.com has now been down for 36 hours, meaning no ILM and ILE. My assumption is that eventually one of these outages will be permanent (maybe even this one!) or that the ‘restructuring’ of greenspun.com will finally happen and it&#[…]

MECHA-STREISAND VS. NEIL DIAMOSAUR: FITE!
Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits:
“Gary Guthrie was a particularly astute disk jockey. While spinning records for his AKY-FM show in Louisville, Kentucy, he realized that not only had[…]

Here’s Gavin Mueller writing in the OHJ Blog (get your permalinks fixed!) “I think sampling is one of the most potent forms of artistic expression, especially in our post-modern world.”. You just know he’s going to mention DJ […]

The Pixies were officially enshrined as the “most important rock band of the 80s” when Kurt Cobain let slip their influence on Nirvana. (Of course, he also trumpeted the Melvins, so what did he know?) But I don’t think anyone real[…]

Over on Pop Matters, a well written and argued piece on why NWA are the second most influential band in history. The whole piece is perhaps too overblown as if Shan Fowler really does not think anyone is going to agree with him. I was halfway there w[…]

DUEL! 2002 — Round 2 Match 4

Duel! 2002 – Round 2 Match 4

Which of these artists is worse?

Limp Bizkit

David Gray

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Over once again to Mr Pete Baran to set the scene for today&#8[…]