The 21 Most Read Entries On My Old Blog

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

Defining the enemy 3

This final part is taken direct from the Sigur Rós message board (edited). What's interesting is that it's much more good-humoured and well-argued than the vast majority of the "Outraged of Hackney" comments on the Drowned In Sound threads. You'd think it would be the other way round. Respect due this handful of Sigur Rós fans, then.

Defining the enemy 2

This edit is from the follow-up thread on the Drowned In Sound message board, in response to a post on my PhD blog. They used my words without permission (and shorn of context), so I thought I'd return the favour.

defining the enemy 1

Some of you might have blinked and missed this. A recent link to a recent post on the Drowned In Sound message boards caused some people to get very hot under the collar.

Defending the indefensible – 4: Sigur Rós

It's not meaningful. It's not cathartic. It's not emotive.

Defending the indefensible - 3: Snow Patrol

They're like Sigur Rós, only boring. Oh, wait.

Plan B Magazine R.I.P. pt 5 - June 2004

After the (relative) success of the previous entry in this series - Melissa's 'Making Plan B' from right at the magazine's inception - I thought I'd re-post an early blog entry from the same year.