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Mark Morris:
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
British film goes coastal
Innocent?
Mark Morris looks at the Tierney Gearon controversy
Welcome To My Beautiful, Fucked Up Life
Mark stumbles downtown via Corinne Day and Jean Michel Basquiat
Lars Von Trier
The Danish
director goes under the microscope.
Of Cappuccino and Polka-dot Shirts
Mark Morris is gobsmacked by Paolo Hewitt's Creation book
'What were we thinking?'
Pondering the perils of irony and other distortions of pop history
What's My Muthafuckin' name?
In praise of Snoop Doggy Dogg
Dance Stance
Mark on the dance buzz of the late '80s.
The mysterious non-death of cinema
Mark Morris on his favourite movies of 1999 so far.
Tim Footman
Stardust and Coaldust
The melancholic magnificence of Peter Skellern
Blotting Up The Tears
the Ink Spots as avatars of indie
Wordless Playtime
Glenn Gould and Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Don't Hang The DJ
Tim remembers his personal Club epiphany.
Favourite Words
(An a capella tribute to Martin Stannard and Syd Barrett and Boyzone)
Put Another Dime In The Juke Box, Baby
or Why knowing too much about Wilson Pickett and/or Crispy Ambulance is better than the alternative
Paul Donnelly:
The Manual Of A Jazz Fan
Robin Tomens' Points Of Departure reviewed
What Happened When Progrock Left To Make A New Home Far Away
new releases by DFA and Finisterre
A City Constructed By A Saxophone
Simon Yarde's Manhattan Suite
Revisiting A Classic
The First Album by Back Door
You Don't Hear That On Radio One
A little Space Rock
One More Night
Paul remembers Michael Karoli
Pete Williams:
Sonic Mook Experiment!
Pete on Mookherjee.
Before I Get Older
Another volley in the debate about Pop euthanasia.
Don't Look Back
The Tricky album Juxtapose.
Knowledge of Beauty
The return of Kevin Rowland and a review of My Beauty
Old
Why Pop should stop at 30.
the boy looks at Johnny
Soul Family Sensation and why never to ask musicians about their own records.
Carrie McMillan:
The Working Condition
The so-called emancipation of women from work.
I'm So In Love
The politics of marriage.
Don't Just Act. Stand There!
In praise of Clint Eastwood and The Western.
It Won't Be You
The UK National Lottery has Carrie McMillan's eye cast over it to see if it smiles back. It doesn't.
Muscles Are Sexy?
Gyms, weights and perfect bodies. Carrie McMillan on the meaning of exercise.
Mike Morris
On Expecting Too Much
what we expect of our artists
The Woman Who Knew Best
Mike on Mary Whitehouse
A Small Compendium Of Ironic Moments
or, Why Mike doesn't miss the 1980's
Where Have All Les Francais Gone?
Mike gets a little bit nostalgic.
The Smartest Kid on Earth
The comics of Chris
Ware
Dickon Edwards:
Of Cerberus and Saint Mugging Squirrels
Alice In The Underground by Scarlet's Well
Great Lyricists Of Our Time
In praise of Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit.
Trash, Cash, and an Indie Chart Rash
Stock Aitken Waterman reappraised.
The Pig Farmer's Alibi
A Statement Of Hope
McCarthy
Eric Mason:
Eric's Trips.
End of '97 frippery with Eric Mason's choice cut selection.
Marco Trovatello:
Broadcast & Kreidler
Marco Trovatello writes from Cologne with a brief glimpse of some selten gehörte musik.
Jonathan Wren
Teaching the shy lads to dance
Belle and Sebastian, Mull Historical Society, New Order and why pop is utterly essential
Mt. Everest
Fiction
Darren Beach:
Darrenpop : The 90's And Me
Five albums;
Primal Scream - Screamadelica, Suede - Dog Man Star, Massive Attack - Blue Lines, Saint Etienne - Fox Base Alpha, Cornelius - Fantasma
How The West Could Be Won
Cornelius in the UK: at the Reading Festival.
Japanic Pop
Darren Beach writes from Tokyo about J-Pop, Shibuya-kei and the importance of a good soft toy.
Rachel Lynch:
George Orwell's 1984
Martin Stannard
My Favourite Pop Groups Not In Any Special Order
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