Irvine Welsh – Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs – Interview October 6, 2006 An interview with Irvine Welsh
Mental Shrapnel: Slambasket – Column April 28, 2006 Lollipop has a long history of making fun of stupid people, stupid trends, over-hyped movies, TV shows, bands, and anything else we see.
The Human League – The Very Best of The Human League – Review January 1, 1999 A nice little retrospective of an underrated band whose entire catalog you’d never bother to pick up. Over and out, captain. Bleep.
St. Etienne – Good Humor – Review January 1, 1999 This LP is virtually an aural ice sculpture. Not that it sounds inhuman, exactly – it’s coolly synthesized, but not coldly synthetic.
Plastiscene – Seeing Stars – Review January 1, 1999 Plastiscene have been seeing stars, awright – their names are Noel and Liam, of Oasis fame, fortune, and everything that goes with it.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Strung Out in Heaven – Interview January 1, 1999 An interview with Anton Newcombe
Pure Sugar – Review November 1, 1998 According to the press release, Pure Sugar are “an art thing,” “a love thing,” “a sex thing,” and “a way of life.” Thanks for telling me.
12 Rods – Split Personalities – Review November 1, 1998 The idea behind these guys is that they combine good ol’ fashioned guitar rock with the techno-ambient-electronic pulse of the fewtcha.
Nick Heyward – The Apple Bed – Review November 1, 1998 As far as band names go, Haircut 100 has to be one of the daftest that anyone’s come up with, ever. This is the legacy that Nick Heyward has left us.