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Saturday, June 06, 2015

Tumblrgem: NSFW

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I'm not sure anyone actually asked for this, but here's a Lady GaGa discography via tattoos in gay porn. (Nobody has yet had the Ton...

What the pop papers said: Shampoo wash Heavenly

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From 1992, Shampoo - still in the bit between being fanzine writers and bona fide pop stars - take aim at Heavenly in the NME: If you'r...
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Taylor Swift goes into reverse

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So apparently, when faced with paparazzi and not in the mood, Taylor Swift does this : There's two problems with this approach: firstl...
Friday, June 05, 2015

Noel Gallagher seems to think we want an Oasis reunion

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If you were told that Noel Gallagher was issuing demands about the possibility of an Oasis reunion, you'd probably assume he was making ...

Mark Kozelek: Don't mess with Laura Snapes

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Mark Kozelek has, sadly, form for coming across like a boor, and he's not learning from his mistakes. This week, he turned his creepy ir...

Charlotte Church gently pats critics on the head

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Whenever a well-off person says they'd rather pay more tax and see better public services, there's an immediate clamour of "why...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

Ariana Grande against rabies controls

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Clearly, Ariana Grande never saw mid-80s Saturday night drama The Mad Death , otherwise she might not be quite so blasé about trying to brin...

Akon will power Africa

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It's been a while since we've heard from Akon, who once cut a swathe through this blog, upsetting Buddhists , not quite landing a sh...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

We're Going Places: Nirvana - Taking Punk To The Masses

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Seattle's EMP, Gehry-designed like a discarded sheath at the foot of the Space Needle, is a hell of a venue; broadly collecting together...
Friday, May 29, 2015

"Well, this ranch certainly impressed Suzy and Tim, but can it beat the cottage in the Lake District that Johnnie showed them?"

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It feels like Neverland ranch is constantly at the centre of about to be sold stories - even when Jackson was still doing what I guess we c...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Never Mourn The Buzzcocks

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Yeah, it's probably no surprise that, finally, a BBC Two controller has decided that Buzzcocks has delighted us enough and swung the ax...

Bookmarks: Mikel Knight

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Thanks to @pedro_dee for passing me the link to the alarming story of Mikel Knight and his street teams . It's a business model that ap...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

If McDonald's staff were paid a decent wage, Man I Feel Like A Woman would never have happened

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It turns out that McDonalds pay their staff the least money they possibly can as a service to humanity, and not because they're bastards...

Eurovision 2015: The public and the juries were split

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Away from all the excitement about how a terrible song from Russia could even look like it might win for a short while, there was something ...

Digital Spy surprised to discover how TV works

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Digital Spy seem genuinely upset to discover that Nigella Lawson wasn't stood on the Southbank at Midnight : While the UK's five po...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

Liveblog: Eurovision 2015

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7.05pm It's less than an hour to go until Eurovision starts, and that - on past form - means we're only about six hours of bilingua...

Jack White. Jack White.

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Jack White Writes Poem Called 'Music Is Sacred' http://t.co/SK2ejvKrEu — NME (@NME) May 23, 2015 Of course he has.
Friday, May 22, 2015

Bookmarks: Le Tigre

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A photoset from Mike Evans of Le Tigre playing CBGB's in 2000

Bruce Dickinson's air business has wings

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Bruce Dickinson out of Iron Maiden continues to prove his credentials as the Freddie Laker of Hard Rock (only successful), as he's expan...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Spotify suddenly obsessed with running

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How can you tell Spotify has reached middle age? It's suddenly started becoming obsessed with keep-fit and the gym . Yes, as well as...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Rihanna at war with the Boy Wonder

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Rihanna has put in a trademark application to allow her to launch a cosmetics range under her real name. Trouble is, her real name is Roby...

Listen with No Rock: Glockabelle

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Meet - if you've not already had the pleasure - Glockabelle. I think this might be the first track I've ever come across which could...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Labour leadership: Not true to you

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Never mind Yvette Cooper's sudden realisation that, actually, she always hated Ed Miliband and everything he said, or did, or thought, o...

Bookmarks: Joy Division

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There's a short-but-lovely piece on the Liverpool Echo where Jamie Bowman suggests Joy Division were as comfortable in Liverpool as Man...

Charli XCX breaks our heart a little

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I'm pretty certain that Charli XCX could write something stratospheric for Justin Bieber, but why would you want to? If you had a song t...

What do you give the pop star who has everything?

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Back in the day, it was easy. You'd send George Michael a teddy bear, or a handmade card, or a shaky Polaroid of your cock, or a hat, an...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Brandon Flowers might be slightly wrong

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At least Brandon Flowers believes in himself : "Whether the people want to accept it or not, we might be the best band in the last lon...

Pop stars in reduced circumstances: Gareth Gates

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Gareth Gates, once the original Pop Idol. Wonder what he's up to these days? Playing to standing-room only crowds, that's what . E...
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Bono tries to claim he's a business person, not an arsehole

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Having previously attempted to explain his 'do as I say, not as I do' line on tax as being somehow an obligation, high priest of the...

This week just gone

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What interests Facebook users? 2015's most popular stories amongst people visiting from Facebook: 1. PRS hire an investigator who soun...
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