cannot fucking wait to see this:

Say My NameSisters, mothers, businesswomen, role models, music artists - in an industry dominated by men and noted for misogyny, the unstoppable female lyricists of Say My Name speak candidly about class, race, and gender in pursuing their passions as female MCs. From hip hop’s birthplace in the Bronx to the ladies ( Read more... )

yet another fbook status update referencing it in a bid to seem fun = I never need to hear the phrase "put a donk on it" again. NO LONGER FUNNY. OVER. STOP. JUST STOP ( Read more... )

OMG VERA ZVONAREVA INTO HER FIRST SLAM SEMI-FINAL!!!!!!!

Joy abounds. BEPA!

Venus out of the Australian Open in the second round! Carla Suárez Navarro saved a match point and came back from 2-5 down in the third set to win the last five games!

i bit the bullet and listened to a stream of the animal collective album - it's EVEN WORSE than i thought it would be. not only do i loathe this with every fibre of my being, i can't hear what anyone would like about it at all. the flattened-out production, whereby everything sounds as if it's been mixed at the same level, makes me feel physically ( Read more... )

( I think I have listened to too much music this year. )

1. ERYKAH BADU - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War ( Read more... )

1. Put your music playing device on shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing the note (all of you) as well as the person you got the note from (dubdobdeeIF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY? That's Just Not Me ( Read more... )

The pleasant side effect to having had a lot of work, and consequently many writing crises, over the past couple of weeks is that I have mostly been staying inside, in the warm, and catching up with a flurry of 2008 albums. Many of them are excellent, here are some sketchy initial thoughts with some youtubes and sendspaces.

School Of Seven Bells, ( Read more... )

My feature on the future of black British music is here, and I am rather proud of it.

Also! I applaud new Kanye and excoriate old McCartney. And they both make the Guardian music front page ( Read more... )