Why Online Indie Rock Zines Suck: I am intensely jealous of Nanette’s bulletin board, on which there’s currently this very interesting* discussion about the Indie Rock Zine Crisis which Us Vs Them identified-stroke-started earlier on toda[…]

Re-rewind the Clock: I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hugely influenced by Chuck Eddy – in fact in its prior incarnation NYLPM was a pretty obvious attempt to do a singles column in Eddy style, which soon changed tack when I realised[…]

Tom at Barbelith has some interesting things to say about MP3s and encryption. I don’t see any reason why his plans wouldn’t work, but I do see that they’d enforce copyright protection more tightly than has been the case since befor[…]

The first thing to say about the Mercury Music Prize is that you have to assume it’s a hive of corruption and critical second-guessing. Take it in any other way and you’d be endorsing the possibility that a panel of judges genuinely do t[…]

Holy City Cracks Down on Loud Pop Music: It sounds like the concept for a Who album. Yes, look at me, I’m typing in capitals. I’d put this on my blog, but it’s been a while since I did a post of ol’ NYLPM.[…]

Go Nicholas Maw Go!: it’s the Mercury Music Prize with another dicey shortlist. Coldplay installed as favourites, shudder.[…]

DONNA’S WORLD FAMOUS “LONG & SHORT OF IT!”: there’s no two ways about it, this is a site dedicated to hard rock stars’ cocks. No other comment neccessary, really, except it’s also a better anti-drugs advert th[…]

Tomorrow I’m going to see The Magnetic Fields perform live, and I know some of you are too. Pre-show drinks are a definite possibility. If you want to sort out a meeting, drop an e-mail to me here during the day tomorrow. Pip pip![…]

“The last two members of Boyzone to go solo, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy, are to record a cover of the Milli Vanilli single ‘Girl You Know It’s True’, which is expected later in the year.” – who says pop stars don&[…]

The Boy on the Bus: scary Eminem fan freaks out guy on bus. Well written, but slightly disingenuous in its implications. I’ve been freaked by kids on buses and trains, been beaten up by one bunch. Some of the kids probably had band patches or t[…]