Flies

Trying to making sense of an entire decade is daunting - heck, trying to remember what happened last week is tough. Read More

In late September an unsolicited package arrived at the Atlanta home of writer, graphic designer, and indie-scene gadfly Henry Owings, whose endeavors range from the long-running zine Chunklet to Grammy-winning design work for Revenant Records' 2001 Charley Patton box set. Read More

Alexandra Burke has apparently booked a family holiday to Mauritius for New Year. The 21-year-old singer, who won last year's X Factor , said that she wanted to treat her loved ones to a break to thank them for their support during the start of her music career. Read More

Considering the confused state of our popular culture, not only is it difficult to look back and try to pick out a unifying theme that defined 2009, but it is an almost impossible undertaking to conjecture what will happen in the realm of popular culture in 2010. Read More

Last Saturday night, during the staff Christmas party, I cut a rug with Colleen during Dancing Queen. Read More

I've been pretty scathing in my condemnation of manufactured pop music in these columns, yet every single year I end up getting sucked into the TV spectacle of the X-Factor (which for my occidental readers, is the UK version of American Idol ), as much (if not indeed a lot more) as a marketing based intellectual exercise in promotion, presentation and social psychology as any kind of singing or general talent contest. Read More

"We're going to Disney World" — and they're going soon. Read More

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SMOKEY Robinson has been part of the fabric of Motown since day one. Read More

SMOKEY Robinson has been part of the fabric of Motown since day one. Read More