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The curious case of Facebook’s Nevermind censor fest recently has re-raised the issue of the contention that’s always loomed over Nirvana’s 1991 album cover. Furthermore, the album sees its 20th anniversary reissue on 27th September, so I thought it only right to take a little look at album covers that have shocked, disgusted, outraged and […]
July 25, 2011
To say it’s heartbreaking when a person dies prematurely is as true as it is an understatement. No matter what the reason, a life lost young is only ever a tragedy. The news on Saturday that Amy Winehouse had been found dead at her Camden home was no exception. Indeed, a frightening talent stopped in […]
July 14, 2011
Last night, I posted the video of MC Hammer’s 1990 hit Can’t Touch This up on my Facebook profile. As one who purports to know good music when she hears it, and as one who’s been described as having ‘discerning’ taste in music, slapping MC Hammer up on my public profile was, in a vain […]
July 6, 2011
At the end of June, I found myself gripped by a helter-skelter of emotions. On the evening of Wednesday 22nd June, I was travelling by train from Plymouth to Exeter. Along the way, scores of people – young, old, sharp, crusty, male, female – loaded up with various bits of camping paraphernalia bundled aboard the […]
May 10, 2011
This morning, I woke up thinking of The Beatles. There’s a reason for that, but it has little to do with the matter I wish to discuss here, so I’m not going to tell. Anyway, cerebrally looped into the various marvels their discography has to offer (I sang ‘I Am The Walrus’ while I brushed […]
May 7, 2011
I’m sure Craig David’s a really nice guy. I’m sure he’s just the sort of affable, polite chap a girl wants to meet on the subway on a Monday. I’m sure that many appreciate his selection of beanie hats and admire his facial topiary with neatly manicured envy. I, however, don’t think any of these […]
May 6, 2011
There’s nothing like a trip to a museum when one’s feeling the thirst to learn something about something. Or perhaps, a little saunter down artefact alley to see with one’s own eyes pieces of history, a few world-famous brushstrokes or, if you like to bust out your inner geek now and then, an entire building […]
August 3, 2011
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