Folkwrongica

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I got absorbed enough in this Guardian piece to miss my tube stop:

http://music.guardian.co.uk/folk/story/0,,2071468,00.html

A lot of its anecdotal material is good and I can't much disagree with the central argument (tho as they admit Tosches summarises it more neatly) but I didn't like the conclusion - even as a staunch poptimist "the inherent democracy of pop junk" is a MASSIVE handwave.

The Friday Canon: ROD STEWART

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

With one of the most consistently rubbish haircuts in pop, Rod Stewart has been bothering the charts for 36 years! What has he got to show for it? You have 16 ticks over Rod's FORTY-NINE UK Top 40 appearances to find out.

[Poll #978503]

Eminem: (link)
1. Lose Yourself
2. The Real Slim Shady
=3. My Name Is
=3. Stan
5. Without Me
6. Forgot About Dre [w/Dr Dre]
7. The Way I Am
8. Guilty Conscience [ft Dr Dre]
9. Cleanin' Out My Closet
10. Like Toy Soldiers

Wasis: (link)
1. Live Forever
=2. Cigarettes And Alcohol
=2. Supersonic
4. Some Might Say
5. Don't Look Back In Anger
6. Wonderwall
7. Whatever
8. Shakermaker
9. Roll With It
10. D'You Know What I Mean?

-- and shall kogan be king?

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

( a brave new world that has such heroes in it )