Channel 4 is preparing a Top 100 No.1s Of All Time show, which has been fairly obviously rigged, in that on the website at least you only get to vote from a shortlist of 105. I have a strong and sentimental belief in the magic of the No.1 spot, but h[…]

I’ve updated the archives and links list on the right: if you think you should be on there and you’re not, by all means let me know.[…]

I like bombast-xxx. It’s smartly written and covers bands I’ve heard about, even if it then goes and says something dim like – on a Britney gig – “As costume after costume went on and came off and song after song switche[…]

X is for….”Xylophone Track” by the Magnetic Fields. When people write about this band, the emphasis tends to fall on Stephin Merritt’s songwriting, but one of the reasons 69 Love Songs is such a favourite – and one of th[…]

POP-EYE 8/10/00
One of the good things about the BBC’s pop footage archive fest, Top Of The Pops 2, is that it reminds us of an era when pop stars weren’t afraid to dick about in front of the cameras. Virtually any performance from the la[…]

In more Aaron Carter news, he listed his top 3 musical idols recently in Smash Hits:
1. Michael Jackson
2. Stever Perry from Journey
3. Eminem
I kid you not. Clearly proof of his genius.
You can also annoy Manics fans by singing “Aaron Carter-[…]

Has anyone noticed that in the video for “I Want Candy”, Aaron’s girlfriend looks about three or four years his senior?Does this reveal within the precocious child a taste for older women a la Craig David?[…]

my secret goal here is to destroy the remains of tom’s credibility by discussing aaron carter until even the most patient and open-minded of indie fans remove their bookmarks in abject disgust. so away we go…
one review i read of his new […]

Sacrebleu! Two follow-up albums? Although I guess the Christmas album could count for half, since it seems to be something of a rite of passage for any singer under the age of 17 or so.
There is that one stanza in “Bounce With Me” about […]

did someone say jordy?: well, investigating a little further, i found that jordy recorded not one, but two more albums after the one that spawned his greatest, and only, hit: one was a christmas album, while details about the other album, entitled re[…]