Letters from Rosie, 6

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

The 21 Most Read Entries On My Old Blog

Thought I'd print the stats from this one, as well.

Music to drive by

Music for listening to in the car is way different for music for listening to at home.

Christopher Walken vs Lady Gaga

To paraphrase Ian Dury, "There ain't 'alf been some clever bastards..."

ET Recommends - 40: Mika

Listen, don't act so surprised, I have form here - OK?

on vacation

I'll be back in a week's time. So don't fret.

Lady Gaga acoustic

What's going on? Is it just me, or is this version occupying the precise middle ground between Amy Winehouse and Kate Nash?

ET Recommends - 19: Lady GaGa

I want to be explicit here. No less an authority than Simon Price thinks she's brilliant. And I've got to agree. She's this generation's Prince. And I couldn't give a crap about her sexuality. Indeed, I rather appreciate the manipulated confusion.

The problem with free speech

This post is dedicated to those tireless champions of free speech on the Drowned In Sound message boards who see nothing wrong with using an offensive word or phrase as long as everyone else does.

Presumably, next week we'll see them using the word "nigger" everywhere - unless, of course, not enough people use that word as an insult anymore.

ET Recommends - 17: Gablé

Again, a case of accidental discovery via iTunes.

Great trainwrecks of our time – 3: Paris Hilton meets Lady GaGa

Not musical this time, but...

If you're here and...

... you haven't got your arses over to Drowned In Sound this week, do so now! Article (and link) breakdown follows...

um... music journalism R.I.P. anyone?

No really. There's a point to this. And the question mark is deliberate.