Song of the day (Australia) - 143: Venom P. Stinger

OK. Day two of my tribute to becoming Australian, and this group have significance for me.

Hole 2.0 - Nobody's Daughter (the response to the response)

Petra Davis has posted an eloquently-argued defence of Courtney's new solo album over at The Quietus. I felt it merited a proper response.

Hole 2.0 - Nobody's Daughter (the live-to-air review)

Hey. Glad you could make it. Thought we might want to establish a few rules before I get down to the actual reviewing.

Letters from Rosie, 6

Received another excellent, thought-provoking email from Rosie, partway inspired by my recent Tall Tales And True post.

Tall Tales And True - the confessions of a former music critic, part one

I woke up, and my face was floating in vomit.

The 11 Most Read Entries On My Blog

I'm going to discount the Lady Gaga = hermaphrodite one. It was top of Google Image search for months, and hits were accordingly skewed. (And don't bother searching for it, because I took the entry down: you can find the photograph here, if you really want to.)

Defending The Indefensible - 13: Courtney Love

I don’t like bands reforming usually – and I certainly don’t like bands reforming when they contain only ONE original member.

Letters from Rosie, 5

So I wrote back to Rosie, following her previous email, stating that I wasn't sure that many of us have the constancy she claims on our behalf - that we all contradict ourselves and doubt ourselves and (speaking personally) sometimes wish we could be co-opted by the mainstream, but that it's long since occurred to me that the mainstream simply doesn't want to co-opt me. And so I'm forced to create alternatives, whether I want to or not.

This is what she wrote back.

The 10 Myths of Riot Grrrl

I'd be failing in my duty as a fading music critic if I didn't link to this Guardian article (blog entry).

Great trainwrecks of our time - 7: Kurt Cobain vs Guitar Hero pt 2

Wait a second. Now I'm reading news stories on the web about this? I'll say this once, and once only, people. I'm not that interesting.

Great trainwrecks of our time - 6: Kurt Cobain covers Bon Jovi

Um. Grohl and Love sanctioned this one for the new Guitar Hero. So respect due to Grohl and Love then. Fucking corporate cock-sucking memory-destroying fret-wanking MTV-supporting fame-chasing money-grabbing grave-turning publicity-loving vacuous spoiled jaded cunting rock whores.

Riot Grrrl - the entire series

Thought I'd put all the parts of the Riot Grrrl interviews I did with Julia Downes for her PhD thesis on DIY Queer Feminist (Sub)cultural Resistance in the UK in one place. It's worth checking the original posts for the reader comments, so I've left in the links at the bottom.

How to start a music magazine

Sneaky preview of an article that's about to go up on Drowned In Sound as part of the Music Journalism R.I.P? week.

The return of Hole. Not.

Oh, this is just sad... or it would be, if one thought she was actually going to do it.

Riot Grrrl 1

Trawling the depths of my computer, I found another couple of documents of interest.

Plan B Magazine R.I.P. pt 4 - Making 'Plan B'

I just found this in the depths of my computer.

Everett True vs Courtney Love (the archives)

This review is a favourite of mine.