Dancer In The Dark: nylpm doesn’t often do film reviews – but my usual review home is dead at the moment. Anyway Dancer In The Dark is a musical, and it does star a pop personage. It is also absolutely ridiculous – a fact which cert[…]

The Focus Group is Go. If you expected a focus group invite and haven’t got it, it’s because:
i) I didn’t know you wanted one. E-Mail Me if you do.
ii) I’ve got your e-mail wrong. See above.
iii) I drink with you and you&#8217[…]

Napster in Bertelsmann deal: inevitably.[…]

Once again I am ashamed to be British: not even Travis think Travis are the best band in the world, for pity’s sakes. And David Gray winning Best Single??[…]

transcription of the actual radio on where chuck eddy made the controversial bone thugs comment:
seems like phil dellio misrepresented him in the critique linked below. he didn’t say “i haven’t decided if i want to like this yet&#8[…]

The State Of UK Garage 2000. If you read Tim Finney’s Skykicking then you’ll have read this already, the blog entry which mutated into a full article. Otherwise if you’ve got any interest in UK Garage you’re in for enlightenme[…]

Julie London: Freaky Trigger remains crippled by the loss of its main server but it staggers on nonetheless, with the first of several new pieces today – an essay about Julie London and oldies, by me.[…]

Bitchpork: you may well have seen this link elsewhere – it’s the unofficial (oh really?) Pitchfork message board. So far it is talking about the Albums Of The Year, as all music message boards everywhere ever must by law do, or they get t[…]

Billie Piper explains JFK’s death courtesy of Pop Skool. Very good animation, and for Josh, interactive pornographic bits too. From the people who brought us the tremendous TV Go Home, and the rubbish 11 O’Clock Show.[…]

This week’s chart offers us an object lesson in fanbase loyalty. When a band have been going for a number of years, and have – to be frank – lost their bloom somewhat, and when the singles they release are sub-par outings, either il[…]