A brief thought about the Gorrillaz new magnum o’pus “19 2000”. There are definately two singers on it, one being female. But the only female member of the band is Noodles. As far as I recall she is called Noodles because the only w[…]

The FT re-launch party thing: AMAZING PARTY DETAILS REVEALED ON THIS THREAD![…]

Everything old is new again once again: I await Christina Aguilera’s next video, in which she runs amok, dodging an army of angry principals and wreaking havoc in her high school while singing about the ways in which she’s not gonna take […]

CANNIBAL OX – “The F-Word”
Mathematics, wounded Ox style: F1 is of course “fuck”, but F2 is “friend”, and F3 = F1 times F2 = “friction”. This, in other words, is not undie rap so much as indie rap[…]

*NSYNC — “Pop”
EVE (featuring Gwen Stefani) — “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”
R. KELLY — “Fiesta Remix (featuring Jay-Z)”
‘Besides, who’s really looking for a scorching indictment of the world […]

The best music article Salon has published in ages, even if (like me), you’re not a big two-step listener. Because its central idea – that critics and musicians simply do not take commercial music seriously enough (either as finished prod[…]

THE STROKES! – “MODERN AGE!”
warning: if you tolerate this, then your children will be next. it’s been ten years now since kurt and co., with their carefully crafted look, changed the face of youth fashion, having kids nation[…]

Starlust: (Primal-Scream.net) world (in)famous primal scream fanfiction. Approach with caution. (via Kate on ILE).[…]

RUSH – “Overture/Temples of Syrinx”
I like Ayn Rand. Granted, I’ve only read two of her novels and nothing in five years or so but I like what I know. As someone who likes both literature and social programs, this has taken […]

9% of Americans don’t know who Paul McCartney is: given name-recognition factors of politicians, historical figures, Jesus, etc. this is actually staggeringly low. Objectivity also compels me to note that the “biggest fans” (undefin[…]