Today is supposed to be Blue Monday. Not, as you might think, a day when we are all supposed to go around cheerily whistling Joy Division oh God how embarrassing New Order tunes, but actually the most depressing day of the year. It’s the third Monday in January, and A Scientist Somewhere has calculated that [...]
Clearly, there’s only one story in the news right now. Any political blogger writing about anything other than the Murdoch meltdown obviously has no business claiming to have their finger anywhere near the pulse. That’s why I’m going to gaily ignore the whole thing and tell you about my holidays. In my defence, a commenter [...]
This blog usually deals with weighty political matters, questions of state and society and suchlike. It does not usually concern itself with trivialities like pop music. Which is odd, because I love pop music. The poppier the better: proper, joyous, upbeat, carefree pop with crazy dancing and stupid clothes. So here is a pop-based blog, [...]