Category: OPINION
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TAYLOR SWIFT AMBIVALENCE IS OKAY
Ambivalence in pop, rock and everything else, is not often spoken about. And why would it? Barely summoning a feeling about something is not something…
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LIN MANUEL AND THE WARRIORS MUSICAL
You may have read that headline and assumed that we’d taken a massive blow to the back of the head. Alas, no. Y’see, Lin-Manuel Miranda…
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PHIL HARTMAN // BEFORE COMEDY, LP SLEEVES!
You’ll know Phil Hartman whether you know it or not. He was the voice of Simpsons character Troy McClure, Lionel Hutz, Duff Man and more.…
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REST IN POWER, SINÉAD O’CONNOR
Sinéad O’Connor has died aged 56. It’s strange to write about her passing as, like many music fans, we’ve spent a good amount of time…
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HA HA THIS IS FINE, GOOGLE AI TO READ YOUR MIND
Much like recreational drugs, AI is a fine toy to muck around with if you already know what you’re doing, but wildly annoying in the…
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JANE BIRKIN, REPOSE EN PAIX
For the French to take an English person to heart, they have to be pretty special – and of course, they don’t come much more…
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ANTI WOKE HITS YOU’LL FEEL TIRED ABOUT, NOT ANGRY
You’re not supposed to give them attention, apparently, because that’s all they want. However, fuck that. See, apparently there’s a culture war-a-brewin’, and honestly, it’s…
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ARE WE FINALLY SEEING A COMEBACK SUMMER OF UKG?
For some, UK Garage never went away and, of course, in the underground, there’s been people holding it down for 2 Step, speed garage, or…
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THE STORY OF KING CURTIS
To many, King Curtis is the emotional saxophone at the start of Withnail & I, as his take on ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ drifts…
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WE’RE STILL MENTIONING MUSICIANS’ WEIGHT IN 2023
People are idiots and say idiotic things all the time. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with being an idiot, but tropes get tired fast and it’s…
