I might be out on a limb here...

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

...but the new McFly song "Transylvania" is the best pop single of the year!! The video is on YouTube, and is on all the time on the Hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vywTMyQZ7oc&mode=related&search=

Yeah! McFly, classic or dud?

New Kelly Clarkson single "Never Again"

[koganbot]

New Kelly Clarkson single "Never Again" is posted on her MySpace. I would say "holy fuck" but it's exactly what I expected: like the dark tracks on Breakaway but louder.

The Friday Canon: BOB MARLEY

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Every home in the land has a copy of Bob's greatest hits, but which of those greatest hits are the greatest? A relatively small number of UK Top 40 singles means you get just FIVE Bob-ticks to dish out! Rumours that I'm too busy at work to do a longer poll today are completely true.

[Poll #965750]
U2 Canon results to be posted later.

Chart Championship Week 6 RESULTS

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Over to infov0re! Come back in a couple of hours for revelations.

"I think this lot is a pretty accurate representation of the kind of stuff I like - the electronic and hip-hop are almost all winners; the more guitar-led pop turns out to be something I'm fussier about. Anyhow, there are definitely more than 6 winners here; I think only a few tracks I could do without any future. So definitely a success. Also: nice to see people responding not only to the kind of stuff I've been sending _out_, but also my biog. I still don't feel very "poptimist", but am glad there's enough stuff here I like! Also, amused that the first three tracks are my favourites - I usually gravitate to the beginning of CDs, but those three are all solid gold, for me.

( The Verdict )

League Of Pop Admin

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Titles and players for Week 6 in the Chart Championship now updated. Four players on 12 points - Koganbot, Skillextric, Lisa_Go_Blind and Lockedintheatti. L_G_B is the only one with a game in hand though (and hasn't lost since week one).

Halfway through! League placings to go up tomorrow probably.

Next week it's katstevens in the Pop Prem and skillextric in the Chart Champ - big week for his title rivals. Intros from both of them before monday please!

We're now getting to the stage where some players - epicharmus and dubdobdee especially - are about to miss weeks cos of various commitments. So if you know you're going to skip a week, it might be worth sending a track along on spec that I can use if you can't get me something when it's deadline time.

Thanks!