A Year In Pop: 43

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A Top 3 full of new entries for the first time in...ages! And some other stuff.

[Poll #1079787]

No Pop Open results, by the way, until we've got an acceptable level of votes for the 90s group.

X Factor? Anyone?

[genie22.livejournal.com]

 Hey gang,

Just wondering if any of you are obsessing over this year's X-Factor?

If so:

Who'd you want to win?
What do you think of the decisions so far?
Do you think the idea of combining failed solo singers into a group was a stroke of genius?

Answers, opinions, more please!

I.am.really.bored.of.revising.

Waiting around for an alBUM like you

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I am in my yearly "jesus i'd better catch up on some albums then" conscience fit. It is like the fable of the grasshopper and the ant, the ant works hard listening to albums all year and has a proper year end list that they've thought about and all, whereas the poptimist grasshopper swans about listening to McFly and has no resources when winter comes in.

But now grasshoppers have the interweb so in yr face ant.

I have albums by Enrique, Infernal, Radiohead, Siobhan Donaghy, Field, Fall Out Boy, Roisin Murphy and Studio to listen to. I NEED MOAR. What albums have you heard so far this year that you would urge me to listen to?

(I know I talked to some of you about this yesterday.)