tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post6328962901166239564..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Not Forgot-Ten: November 2010Simon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-17182007632963772232010-12-30T17:40:46.155+00:002010-12-30T17:40:46.155+00:00Hi Neil,
Thanks for the kind words... I'm goi...Hi Neil,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words... I'm going into the second decade of XRRF in a few weeks, so it's good to know that some people enjoy it.<br /><br />I kind-of-miss doing Pop Papers regularly, but even on a weak week for the NME it takes a bloody long time to write...<br /><br />Haven't seen the new NME yet - though I'm looking forward to it now. (Still haven't quite been able to bring myself to unsheath the Christmas one yet - Beady Eye? On the cover of the Christmas one? Really?)Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-87487325949218875382010-12-29T21:33:57.005+00:002010-12-29T21:33:57.005+00:00Hi Simon - long term reader, just commenting to sa...Hi Simon - long term reader, just commenting to say thank you so much for keeping this blog going, it's always one of my first sites when I log on and never fails to disappoint. The 2010 end of year round up is (as always) a great highlight of the festive season with everything neatly pulled together and a few clear narrative threads; just as amusing as the original stories it links to.<br /><br />If there's one thing I miss it's What The Pop Papers Say (not that I blame you for spurning the state of the NME these days). Just wondered if you'd seen the latest one with the "Top 100 Albums You've Never Heard"? It's the first copy I've bought in over 9 years and I've been pleasantly surprised for the following reasons:<br /><br />1) It's over 90% written by band members rather than the usual style brigade; <br /><br />2) It features lots of albums I'm genuinely interested in hearing, either from prior reading or due to the enthusiastic and informative writeup (a nice change from usual);<br /><br />3) It has a good few (Cluster, Moebius and Plank) that I would heartily recommend to anyone, and am pleased to see Ver Kids being introduced to;<br /><br />4) It's always fun (at the risk of sounding smug) to have a giggle at the NME's idea of obscure bands - like Suicide (both albums), Fleetwood Mac and, er, Queen - but the best bit is;<br /><br />5) The NME, without a shred of irony, branding as 'weird and never-heard' so many bands and albums (Clor, The Cardigans, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) that *The NME* previously told us were "your new favourite band" and "one of the albums of the year without a doubt"…<br /><br />Anyway thought you'd like to know - hope this makes up for my bitchy Sheryl Crow logical syntax comments back in 2003… <br /><br />Cheers and long may XRRF continue!! <br />Neil ComfortNeil Comfortnoreply@blogger.com