some thoughts around fandom

What are the acts that you associate with fans?

What’s on Donald Trump’s iPod?

Ramones – The KKK Took My Baby Away
Donald may not know who the Klan are, but his dad certainly did. He was arrested at a KKK rally in 1927.

Here’s what I done tonight. Watching Hinds and an indie boy band in Brighton.

The last draft I wrote here was for a dead person.

Rock and roll “knowledge” versus clear sexism. Which side are you on?

I am not interested in whether a couple of old dudes turned up to a young dude’s party, and got refused entry. Shit happens.

tips for conducting a successful interview

More thanks to folk on Facebook:

Worst questions you’ve ever been asked in a band interview

Thanks to all my colleagues on Facebook:

An appreciation of Melvins: ‘These are people who make up their own myths and legends, uncaring of what happens around them’

This was originally written for a Russian publication as a review of the Melvins’ 2014 album Hold It In. I was trying to write for a wider Russian audience which…well, I have no idea I succeeded in that intention. (I was asked to play up the Nirvana connection.) The review was published, I believe. Needless to say, the promised payment never showed.

song of the day 5. beyoncé

If I could own just two records, to span the breadth and solace of popular music, it would be Ramones by Ramones and 4 (The Platinum Edition) by Beyoncé. 

nostalgia

About the future I only can reminisce

a crash course in popular music studies – pt 1, the theorists

Adorno, you use to take down the whole of Britpop: