Popstars in need of a hug (but no funny business)
This week: Ladyhawke From Saturday's Independent: "The last time I cried was yesterday. I'm not prone to tears but everything is getting too much at the moment. I don't have…
The Briefing
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A Freemasons remix of the Whitney single: does the job
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1cXS1nSbaM Is it just us or is this 'Whitney Houston comeback single' business not really amounting to very much? FEAR NOT! Here is a woeful YouTube video featuring: A. Some…
"Nobody knows who or what they're joining…"
The new issue of the Pet Shop Boys fanclub magazine Literally features an extensive — 'fifteen pages' extensive — Brian Higgins interview. "It's very difficult to get in. Everyone's hand-picked.…
OH GOD. OH NO. NOT AGAIN. SOMEONE STOP IT
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A Friday photoastory
Erik Hassle loves his toaster. Erik Hassle wonders to himself whether his toaster might be better off in the wild, allowed to frolic and gambol in the summer sun. Toasters…
Update re forthcoming pop superstar (TBC)
Time for some 'mower' information (You're taking involuntary redundancy — Ed) about Fabio Lendrum, the chap whose 'Rebel Rebel Go Go' we featured as a Song Of The Day at…
This Tiesto album is v listenable
We've been 'a‑grooving' to Tiesto's 'Kaleidoscope' for precisely seven days and, do you know what, despite suffering slightly from what it's fair to call 'Rudebox Bloat' there's a great twelve-track…
You see *this* Madonna teaser clip is, in contrast, really good
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az4dJuVT9IA 'Ideas For Madonna Single Campaign' 1. Actually release a video instead of a load of diverting but ultimately pointless 'teaser clips' of interest only to bloggers and gays. 2. Fin.
Dessert Island Discs Vol 1
1. 'Like An Angel Delight Passing Through My Room' 2. 'I Custard A Girl' 3. 'Life Is An Arctic Rollercoaster' 4. 'Mousse Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' 5. 'Yes Sir, I Creme…
Major label act in 'free download of actually brilliant song' shocker
It's taking so long for Mini Viva to put a foot wrong that when they do eventually do something shit it will represent such a massive accumulation of badness that…