Pitchfork Tracks Of 2007: I’m in this, a bit (capsule reviews of T2, Groove Armada, Spoon) and voted in it and anyway it’s always intriguing to see what the P4K list turns up. What I thort of the Top 10, under the cut: (more…)[…]

Everything you ever wanted to know about the ladies voted (yet again) Kerrang!’s most fanciable female, by their creator. Not safe for post-adolescence.
(I will only take the NME annual “cool” polls seriously when Th’ Lone Gro[…]

Doing the rounds on Livejournal over the last couple of days has been the “Wikipedia band meme”, a methodology for creating a fake band and record using random wikipedia articles. I first saw it on Rosie’s journal (her of Popular co[…]

9. The Orb – Assassin
Another brilliant transition takes us from Anita’s dying echoes (“Don’t be afraid, it’s just the magic friend, friend, friend, friend…“) into a track that could be its polar opposite. ([…]

Yes yes there is an obvious answer to the question but the specific phenomenon of all the big Christmas hits (and Andy Williams) getting back into the Top 40 still bears closer examination. For instance, why is Mariah Carey’s “All I Want […]

Good post from Carl Wilson on the 33 1/3 Books blog – his central thought, that what’s “good” about music is “its ecology, its unintended consequences” is obviously one I agree with. I’ll be buying his Celine[…]

Estelle, do you remember her – 1980 year that g0d made me – Estelle, she’s been singing songs in the Americas with people more famous than her. Though if you ask me calling yourself John “Legend” is trying too hard. It&#[…]

GLEN CAMPBELL – Rhinestone Cowboy
I have a firm belief that this is the second song I ever heard.
Read all about my childhood association with Glen here. Instead here I want to talk about how a song can subtly infiltrate different thoughts and […]

I’m spending my Sunday replaying the wonderful NIntendo DS law-em-up Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations and have a chance to make a note of something I couldn’t record on my first run through this case! Whilst interviewi[…]

Following on from last night’s volleyballpop discussion on Lollards, I thought I’d do a quick post as a follow up with some links to the other songs I mentioned! Doing the theme tune to volleyball championships seems to be quite lucrative[…]