Letters from Rosie, 7

Hello Jerry,

The world of blogging is.... real money.

The 21 Most Read Entries On My Old Blog

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

Pitchfork joke

Q) How many Pitchfork writers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A) 4.2

Letters from Rosie, 3

The third in the series from my coolest correspondent. (Although I'm pretty chuffed at The Gossip saying they reckon me to be the "most important and interesting critic of all time" - I'd be even more chuffed if I believed they were being remotely serious.)

Incidentally, the criteria she's applying to Vampire Weekend - whose bassist once invited me to perform oral sex upon his penis, following this Village Voice column - I applied to The Vines a few years earlier.

Rosie follows...

the new conservatism is the new conservatism

(Pitchfork have voted Radiohead's Kid A as their Number One album of the decade.)

ET Recommends - 32: Pens (the immediate fallout)

All of the following is taken from responses to a link on Stevie Chick's Facebook page, linking to my previous blog entry on the mighty Pens. (If you're one of the participants and object to your words being appropriated here, please let me know.)

ET Recommends - 32: Pens (update)

Bangs wept, but this band have just been lifted from the realms of the merely great (which anyone can be) to being the coolest in the UK!

Pavement to reunite

Um. Apparently. After a solid decade of rumour. I blame these guys myself. Smug, self-centered, music-hating dorks.

The Pitchfork "Top" 500 of the 00s

Everything that's wrong with music is contained within the following list.

Defending the indefensible - 9: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

So when does a pallid copy of the past cease to be a pallid copy of the past? It is simply when enough time has gone by, that everyone has forgotten how rush-of-blood energising this music can be?

ET Recommends - 9: The Bats

Fuck it. I can't stop listening to this album.

Everett True vs Polly Scattergood

For a moment, I thought I was having a Coldplay moment, covertly appreciating the bombastic production and lack of lyrical subtlety that characterises Polly Scattergood's debut album.

Everett True vs Smog

You're all ahead of me here. I know it.

Everett True vs The Maccabees

Someone sent me the new album from The Maccabees.

Plan B Magazine R.I.P. pt 3

There's a post on the Plan B forum, made by the magazine's publisher Frances Morgan, that I want to reprint.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs vs Q Magazine

Been sent the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album this morning.

Music That I Like vs web 2.0

Gentle reader. You are part of a very select bunch. Very select. Perhaps too select.

Everett True vs the Australian Music Press

This is the article that started it all.