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PF#19: Mardi Picasso, 1994.

27 March, 2010 Indie 6

And this one’s with Martin Gambie when he was doing Mardi Picasso. So whatever happened to Martin?

Music critic oppressed by The Man.

27 March, 201027 March, 2010 Pop 0

Bulgarian Alexander Alexandrov has been most unfairly sentenced to 16 years’ prison merely for killing his neighbour, who played “Angels” by Robbie Williams two

PF#19: Dave Graney, 1992.

25 March, 201021 September, 2016 Rock 0

I’ve been digging up the lost unpublished fragments of Party Fears. Here’s an interview with Dave Graney in late 1992, when nobody cared and

My heart bleeds. You can hear it, it’s that guffawing noise.

12 March, 201015 November, 2016 Industry 0

Will the six five four majors shrink to five four three? “Oh dear what a pity never mind,” as Windsor Davies lamented.

Cover versions.

29 January, 2010 Record 0

“Today is not much skilled craftsmen capable of creating a truly awful cover for a vinyl disc. This art, alas, almost lost. When we

Last song at the Tote.

20 January, 2010 Live 1

The last song of the last night, “My Pal” by the Drones with Joel Silbersher, on video. And, of course, the 7:30 Report. Now,

Seven Ages of Rock.

10 January, 20103 January, 2017 Rock, Television 0

The ABC in its infinite wisdom has started broadcasting its first run of the BBC’s Seven Ages Of Rock in the Silly Season, with

If bands were dates.

10 January, 201013 July, 2017 Sex 1

From Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content: If bands were dates. Isis would be that girl who was amazing in bed until she started insisting

Royal Mail issues Classic Album Covers stamp set.

8 January, 201021 April, 2017 Rock 0

Royal Mail has issued a stamp set that commemorates ten classic rock album covers ranging from The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed to Coldplay’s

James Blunt tops decade charts, pop declared dead.

3 January, 2010 Pop 0

PUBLIC ENEMA, The Hit Parade, Thursday (N! News) — James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam was the UK’s biggest-selling album of the 2000s, objectively establishing

The occult symbolism of the Video Music Awards.

27 December, 200927 December, 2009 Pop 0

From unexpected drama to shocking performances, MTV’s 2009 Video Music Awards managed once again to raise eyebrows and get people talking. What most people

So how was your haul?

25 December, 200910 December, 2016 Audio 3

I got a new MP3 player for Christmas from Arkady. It’s a cheap shitty ChiPod — S1 chipset-based. I actually asked specifically for a

Hell Freezes Over.

16 December, 200916 December, 2009 Metal 0

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax are confirmed to share the stage at the Sonisphere festivals in Poland and the Czech Republic next Northern Summer.

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ legacy to benefit lupus.

16 December, 200916 December, 2009 Pop 0

Julian Lennon and co-songwriter James Scott Cook will donate a percentage of profits from a song on Lennon’s new EP to the Lupus Foundation

Have yourself a merry little Christmas.

13 December, 2009 Writing 0

Spotted by Redcountess, Martin Newell’s 1992 rock’n’roll Christmas lyrics. I particularly liked “Hip King Wenceslas.”

All praise the Hammond B-3.

11 December, 2009 Musician 0

Andy Updegrove is a computer standards lawyer. This is about as far from rocknerdery as you get. But I deeply appreciated his piece from

Get Well Soon Ronnie James Dio!

5 December, 2009 Rock 0

We’ve all poked fun at him over the years, but one of Rock’n’Roll’s veterans with a big heart, Ronnie James Dio is battling the

Rage Against The Machine For Christmas No. 1

5 December, 200927 March, 2010 Pop 2

There is a social networking campaign to stop Simon Cowell achieving another Christmas no. 1 spot this year with one of his overblown ersatz

Pet musical peeves.

29 November, 200929 November, 2009 Rock 4

“What kind of music do you like?” Fuck. Who can answer a question like that? I HAVE FUCKING THOUSANDS OF ALBUMS, MOTHERFUCKER. IF YOU

The opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night.”

25 October, 2009 Musician 0

You can’t figure that chord out, can you? Turns out there wasn’t just guitars in the studio, but a piano as well — as

20 years on, woman finally deciphers meaning of mix tape.

10 October, 200929 April, 2017 Writing 2

From NewsBiscuit: “Two decades after being given a C60 cassette of specially selected songs, Rachel Hannigan, a 38-year-old consultant from Knutsford, finally realised the