Pop World Cup Draw Reminder

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's TONIGHT!

It's at 7.30! Though we will be there earlier.

It's at The Shaston Arms in Soho

Participants and spectators welcome (this is not a large pub though so you might well be standing up). Come along and find out who gets to manage Togo!

Full draw to appear on Poptimists tomorrow.

In other admin news I've been steadily adding interests to our interests list on the info page: new interests always welcome. And we almost have our 50th full member, hello everyone I don't know.

Comin' up today: Wizzo, MP3s, nonsense. DONT TOUCH THAT DIAL.

suddenly dwalin opened one eye: "who are these weird old men?" he asked

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

TOP POP moment of CBB so far -- not that i watched till last night, bein otherwise engaged - equals a strikingly striking P.Burns (and plus a strikingly RAVAGED-lookin) M.BARRYMORE getting everyone aroused* by the magickal means of a first-thing-on-the-morning loud karaoke rendition of YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD)

*you know what i mean

Winner Stayz On

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Robyn retains her place as the Winner who stays on, beating Beyonce by 5.8 to 5.3 - this is a big slide in votes tho. Her challenger this time is one of the best hip-hop singles of last year, getting a belated UK release on the 23rd January and now starting to get airplay: "Stay Fly" by Three 6 Mafia. "Stay Fly" ended up in about a million end of year singles lists and I'm not quite sure how I missed it, laziness I suppose. The appeal is pretty simple and obvious - that gliding, wasted, "Fly-y-y-y-y-y-y" effect, and the gleaming synth chimes behind the verses that give the track a strange kind of androgyny. Numb, shiny, pop.

(As usual full poptimists members should watch this space for evidence)

[Poll #649268]

Over to you.