Monthly Archives: November 2008
PM is going on holiday. Bye.
Here: Posts will still materialise across the week. People will continue to read with less-than-moderate interest. Have a productive week, see you a week Monday!
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Wrongs #1: Connie Talbot – Three Little Birds
In the first entry of a new category for PM (JESUS CHRIST etc.), there’s room for a truly boggling amount of inappropriateness. The seven-year-old (although probably now at least fourteen and in possession of a rapidly increasing chemical habit of … Continue reading
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Asobi Seksu – Shepherds Bush Empire 21/11/08
In a support role for Ladytron, Asobi Seksu showed that, still, they have incredible power. It’s easy to forget that they are a potent live act, what with their seeming inability to settle on a distinct line-up, but they show … Continue reading
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Notes On The X Factor #5
It seems futile to continually harp on about how Rachel Hylton was literally incapable of delivering a thoughtful and appropriate performance of any of her songs, so these notes will ignore her from now on. She’s gone anyway, so we … Continue reading
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Seeland – Library
Seeland – Library (LoAF) For artists with such strong roots in significantly more difficult and cold acts like Broadcast and Plone, Seeland have certainly managed to lighten up. Library is warmly accessible, not fussy … Continue reading
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Co-Pilgrim – Pucker Up Buttercup
Co-Pilgrim – Pucker Up Buttercup (Low Transit Industries) The star of Pucker Up Buttercup is, quite irrefutably, Michael Gale’s elastic voice. This might seem a slightly silly statement to make regarding a solo artist (what else could the star … Continue reading
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What Is It About Leona’s ‘Run’ That Makes It So Good?
In a frankly lame week for The X Factor, by any applicable distance the finest performance and performer of the night was the only one that didn’t come from a contestant – Leona Lewis. Her incredible performance of Snow Patrol’s Run gravely … Continue reading
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Various Artists – Be True To Your School (A Fortuna POP! Compilation)
Various Artists – Be True To Your School (A Fortuna POP! Compilation) Fifteen years is a very long time to not make money doing something, so anyone who braves such an undertaking should probably be congratulated or committed (in … Continue reading
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Notes On The X Factor #4
It seems, as Daniel Evans finally takes his forced leave from the competition, that PM’s predictions are becoming slightly more destined. After a severe backlash (also predicted) that saw Evans fall from slight student joke to washed-up pool cleaner with … Continue reading
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