I'm watching Girls Aloud's 100 Perfect Pop Songs on 4music. This has included: Don't Leave Me This Way by the Communards (brilliant), Manic Monday by the Bangles, Pulp's Common People and one place higher Mylo's remix of Miami Sound Machine's Dr Beat (the best video of the 1980s and therefore arguably better than Common People). There's also been ( Read more... )

On the way to work I passed a layby where a saloon car was parked. Propped up behind it were a wreath and a cross of green foliage. As I got closer, I noticed a wreath at the front too, and a sign saying, "Holly wreaths and crosses for sale." It was not a dead car, just a Christmas business, probably not supposed to appear as gloomy and sinster ( Read more... )

I remember living the dream
Twenty minutes in the hotel bar
Then I slipped into your girlfriend's jeans
Discuss.

I miss H. Oh the fun we had deciphering Girls Aloud lyrics.

Well here's a surprise. Girls Aloud have won the Popjustice £20 Music Prize, awarded every September for the best pop record of the year recorded by Girls Aloud. Call The Shots knocked The Sugababes' About You Now into 2nd place. Clearly the Girls of Allowedness's gambling references and slightly-sad mid-tempo pop have proved the winning ( Read more... )

Meh. Weekend coming and all. I've got nothing planned. I may go see Into The Wild or Prête-moi ta main (aka I Do) but neither sounds too compelling. Instead, as usual, I am forced to live in a fantasy world of celebrity fun and excitement.

Reasons to love Girls Aloud number ten billion: Cheryl Cole wanted to be a mortuary cosmetician if she ( Read more... )

I'm having to work at work and even think about stuff a bit. Still, enough time to track down the following exciting news stories from the BBC website. And also to wonder if anyone knows where I can obtain a rabid chinchilla? Please?

Tea tree oil or lavender oil make boys grow breasts! Shamefully, "It is not known whether the oils could have ( Read more... )

Um, so Richard Hawley sounds like Tony Bennett. This is the pick of modern British music? And, Girls Aloud are from Belgium? Lichtenstein? Pluto? Well, even better than Chemistry, Ladytron's Witching Hour was probably the best British album of the past year, but it didn't sound like Coldplay. It does disturb me how much critically acclaimed ( Read more... )