Song of the day (Australia) - 144: The Drones

Day three of my tribute to being Australian, and no surprise here.

Song of the day - 120: Afrirampo

Ah, bugger it all.

Song of the day - 105: Pigbag

I'm all for shameless opportunism, if it amuses me.

Song of the day - 99: The Royal We

Now, if you don't know why I'm featuring this short-lived Glasgow-based group here, you haven't been paying attention.

Song of the day - 94: Neverever

Ah, but I love Facebook sometimes.

Song of the day - 85: Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs

C'mon. It's always time to be excited when there's a new Holly Golightly album in the offing.

Song of the day - 78: Blurt

Man alive, this band were scary, and a riot to dance to, live.

male groupies

I just wrote this in answer to a question from Holly Sidewinder about the form male groupies take.

Song of the day - 65: Effi Briest

Someone was kind enough to send me the Effi Briest album.

My new favourite blog

There's gotta be one, hasn't there?

Song of the day - 22: Electrelane

Well, I was thinking of posting some music from Zola Jesus - very Gothic, but with a good 'G' - especially as I've been admiring old clips of Siouxsie And The Banshees on Top Of The Pops.

The 21 Most Read Entries On My Old Blog

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

Plan B Magazine

All 46 issues of Plan B magazine 2004-2009 are available now to download FREE (PDF format) at the Plan B website. It makes me feel so proud, that I was part of this. Respect due to all the folk back in London and Brighton, and everywhere.

Defending the indefensible – 12: Vampire Weekend

A brief return for a former series on this blog: it seems timely, bearing in mind Vampire Weekend's outrageous current popularity in the States. The following is reprinted from my old Village Voice blog, dated Dec 11, 2007. Its publication led to an offer from bassist Chris Baio for me to "suck his dick" - a generous offer indeed, which I have yet to take him up on.

Reflections on Plan B magazine

Former Careless Talk Costs Lives and Plan B contributor Steve Hanson has just started the mammoth task of re-posting all his articles and reviews onto his blog.

ET Recommends - 27: mertle

As intimate and sweet and rewarding as you could require.

ET Recommends - 25: Hello Cuca

You know already, of course. At least, I expect you know already. I mean, you must know already. Don't you? Whatever.

ET Recommends - 23: Las Kellies

"Horses are running everywhere/While I eat my cornflakes/I prepare to go to the beach/Which one I will choose?"

Everett True vs Marnie Stern

This is how you fuck with Everett True's skull.

writing for free on the Internet

There's a lot of literature about this right now, particularly on the Internet.