tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post6424796705322927609..comments2024-03-29T10:17:18.826+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: What the pop papers say: Staggers launches attack on the NME frontSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-41639211985399316352012-10-06T17:38:18.192+00:002012-10-06T17:38:18.192+00:00A "tenth anniversary of Up the Bracket" ...A "tenth anniversary of Up the Bracket" special?<br /><br />My, but a certain form of "pop" (inverted commas deliberate; it's less pop than the Proms by now) really has eaten itself now.<br /><br />Why am I not surprised, incidentally, that a New Statesman hack would dismiss "electro and hip-hop" so instantly? If ever there were a publication that pretends to be at ease with the real working class but is in fact only comfortable with middle-class people affecting pseudo-prole moves, it's the Staggers.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.com