apropos of nothing

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

[Poll #1436159]

"We believe the big papers are calling it 'wonky pop'"

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The upside to recession and global conflict? The Dolly Rockers, apparently.

You can choose the highlights from their magnificent band bio yourself, but I would just mention this:

Dolly Rockers belong to the generation who want pop back on their own terms. A generation who make no distinction between Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ and Blur’s ‘Girls & Boys’

Sounds great! One paragraph later:

“We don’t feel we have much in common with manufactured girl bands. Pop music to us is Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Mark Ronson…”

(TBH I quite enjoyed the one song I heard by them. So I don't want to blame them for the worst piece of pop writing this year.)

Best Song of 2001: Heat #4

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Missy Elliott gets the highest turnout of the decade so far, with a whopping 49 votes to win heat #3. Daft Punk, S Club 7 and Mary J Blige are safely through, but Alicia and DanBed tie for fifth - see below for the run-off.

Today's poll sees double J-Lo remix action, microgoth, mashups, possible incest and the Jackson Five (sort of). It's heat #4, everybody!

( Voting rules remain the same - TEN ticks in total. )

( Just tell her it wasn't you! )