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IT WASN'T THE HULL, IT WAS THE UPGRADE: So, we struggle to keep up with stuff as we're stuck in Hull (sorry, if you're from Hul...

WHAT THE POP PAPERS SAY: Live, tonight, from Hull: Ice, which must be the dimmest, nastiest piece of work ever to be sold on a general newsa...

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS...: Just what are Ananova trying to tell us in their report on Cheryl from Girls Aloud being sent for trial over t...

NATIONAL MONUMENT DAMAGED: But the Barry Mannilow breaks nose gags write themselves, so we'll let them lie...

SOMETIMES MISSING THE BUS CAN BE BETTER: Leastways, Jim Fairchild of Grandaddy didn't quite miss the bus, but he didn't get hit to...

MORE BICKLE THAN TRAVIS: Travis have announced a one-off UK gig. Judging by this picture of Fran Healy: it's presumably because they...

THAT WOULD BE A COHERENT POSITION, THEN, WOULD IT?: It's clear, then, that if music is free for downloading, the music industry is not...

READING BETWEEN THE LINES: When the Australian Daily Telegraph says New style for subdued Avril , we suspect they're trying to hint th...

WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?: See Eminem's Ass is an offer we would turn down at the best of times, but... really... especiall...

I WISH I HAD OVARIES: For then I could have Simon Tyer's children. It's the only fitting reward for this: Say goodbye to absence o...

THE VINYL COUNTDOWN?: While we don't shed many tears for the fate of the record labels, the current downturn in the music industry (you...

NEVER MIND THE POP IDOL: You can cruise your way to fame by winning a competition being run by Richard X - he's offering the winner th...

Last night's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross had Radiohead on, and we remembered why we loved them so. (Actually, Shania Twain, also a g...

THE LAST LAUGH?: After all the jibes about her being sent so far to the back of the video she was virtually on Vh-1 instead of MTV, Carnie ...

CHRISTINA - A WARNING FROM HISTORY: A wonderful, obsessive chap believes he predicted Christina Aguilera thirteen years before she forgot ...

IN THROUGH THE WINDOW: It turns out the rumours of a Libertine gig in a flat in Chelsea were spot on. We didn't go, but Kirsty of You...

GOOD POINT, WELL MADE: Karl has emailed us again, and makes this observation: I don't mean to pester you again, but after reading your...

IT'S THE SONG I HATE: The ever-wonderful Spizzazz are just coming to the end of their Hate Week , an excellent example to us all of The...

IT'S THE FRIDAY DRUMMER ROUND-UP: Godsmack singer Sully Erna a little too influenced by Rush drummer Neil Peart Mickey Hart - the Gratef...

AMERICANS, EH?: They take Coldplay and Travis to their hearts, when they're quite happy to shun their homegrown, much better variety in...

AT LEAST SHE'S NOT MEG: The headline says 'Mavericks to support Shania Twain'. The photo suggests that it's actually an aw...

NEWS SO BLEAK, IT COULD CAST CLOUDS OVER A SUNNY FRIDAY: Junior Eurovision . Combining the merits of Eurovision with the joys of kid's ...

IN THAT SAME PIECE: Cary Sherman of the RIAA says that one of their problems is getting the message out to kids "raised on downloading...

PERCEPTION IS ALL, REALLY: There's a fascinating anecdote at the start of this C-Net article about file sharing : Mark Ishikawa was ea...

IT WASN'T US, M'KAY?: This whole tale about a little blind girl who got a brush-off email from someone pretending to be Mariah Car...

GIVE IT UP, LOVE: As the anorak gloss of the tabloid covering makes clear , Victoria Beckham can go and mull exciting new rap directions al...

PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE NAKED: Are we going blind, or does Eve 6's singer look like a dead ringer for Jamie out of Space? Anyw...

ANOTHER FACTORY OPENS: Like that other stalwart of Granada TV, Mike Baldwin, Tony Wilson seems to love opening new Factories. He's alre...

OH GOOD, ANOTHER CHART IN THE SLOT: As if the battle of the charts isn't bad enough (and we can't believe that anyone - hello, Metr...

THERE'S ONLY ONE THING WORSE THAN EUROVISION SHUNNING YOU: And that's kicking a fuss up about it. Tatu seem to have realised their ...