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A PARTING GIFT: We're leaving you with this: Mariah Carey's message from the time when she wasn't nuts at all, oh no . This com...

THE LONG WEEKEND QUESTION: We're not going to be around tomorrow, so we're leaving you with a question. For us, it's Brass In P...

FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE: Ben from A1's lady admirer has been back in touch. It's only fair we share this with you: Hes as bright ...

OH, GOOD, ANOTHER NME SCURVEY: This time they're worrying about the fate of Radio battling with the "continued growth" of MTV...

HOW DO YOU GET DANDRUFF ON YOUR BRA, ANYWAY?: Regardless of the truth or otherwise involved when Billie says her marriage to Chris Evans is...

THE NO ROCK REVIEW: Some people have sent us some stuff to review. So we're reviewing it: Yellow Kid - The Ballad of Holy Joe/ Ambro...

CURSE BLOGGER: We wanted to be first with this The Church Of Me's valuation of albums based on their worth rather than the list price ...

DRIVETHRU DRIVEBY TELLSLIES BYEBYE: You'd think with all the porn and free music on the net, people would have better things to do with...

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KEITH RICHARDS: [ writes Simon Tyers, who really shouldn't know this ] ...was on the NME cover dated 8th July 1995, which for some reas...

WHEN PEARLY DEWDROPS DROP: A Boston celebration of sixteen years of Cocteau Twins . Boston ? Is there a big etherealpop community there?

WE RECEIVED THIS: From: "[NAME]" Date: Wed Aug 6, 2003 8:47:58 am Europe/London To: U have no idea wat u r on about b...

WITHOUT PETEY: Becky Bamboo saw the Libertines, the non-Pete version, in the States. (Warning: Contains nudity) The Living Things were t...

HEH HEH... BY GIVING AWARDS TO THE DARKNESS, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO RUB THE NME'S NOSE IN IT: So the Kerrang awards nominations shortlist...

WHAT THE POP PAPERS SAY: Seven hours early edition As the issue with Beyonce (a-list sexy) is removed, the new Elle replaces it. Britney...

LET'S KICK THE MAJORS SOME MORE: In 2002, one-quarter of all Platinum records were on indie labels . This would seem to suggest that th...

IS IT CAPONE THEY WON'T PUT A CAP ON?: If you need to spot the difference between the RIAA in the States and the BPI in the UK, you onl...

REGGOBIT: Sister Mary Ignatius has died (admittedly back in February). She created and nurtued the Alpha Boy's School in Kingston whe...

THREE WEEKS TO LIVE / BUT AT LEAST I'M NOT IN JOURNEY: You wouldn't think there'd be much risk in going to an REO Speedwagon an...

WELL, HIS CAREER COULD DO WITH A BOOST: Apparently Will Young tried to enter this year's Pop Idol competition but, being a bit dim, pu...

I'M SO BELIEVING FRED DURST: Apparently, Britney broke his heart . Awww, poor sloppy Fred, eh? Sorry, that should read: Can you believe...

WHAT DO HUEY LEWIS AND GARY BARLOW HAVE IN COMMON?: Okay, besides the whole clinging desperately to fame that has slipped away from them so...

ADVERTISED INTENT: There's no real reason why a celebrity shouldn't sell his soul for advertisers - we know what Bill Hicks said, b...

WE GIVE IT FIVE MINUTES: If you're going to get married, and flog the pictures to Hello for a million euro, wouldn't you gussy your...

THE PRICE OF VANITY: So, in the end, then Carly Simon got fifty grand for the secret of who You're So Vain is about - Dick Ebersol, wh...

JACK UP: They're overhauling Jack magazine, apparently ; the magazine that nobody reads is going to be made bigger, so that it can give...

DEAD IN THE WATER HEADLINES: Ananova - Moss to pose nude . Kate Moss posing nude isn't exactly news, is it? More to the point, why have...

OH GOD... THEY'RE REALLY DOING IT: Yes, EMI confirms new singles structure - GBP1.99 for a two-track, GBP2.99 for a version with some ...

'I TOLD YOU SO': Theodore Dalrymple measures the decline of British manners from Lady Chatterley to Marilyn Manson . Yes, my precio...

HOW ABOUT JUST MAKING RECORDS GOOD AGAIN: Unbelievably, one of the ideas being floated to "save" the single is cutting CD singles...