I've added a list of "other music related blogs" to the menu on the left. I've actually only met two of the bloggers in question (Anne Marie and Nine), so it's not some sinister clique - actually they're just good pages that I found whilst browsing about on a nightshift!

Coming soon: new links, including a lots of music-related blogs that I have stumbled across in the last month.
I have to mention The Church of Me in advance though, as it is so well written it has actually made me keen to investigate So Solid Crew (specifically the 'Fuck It' mix CD) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; two slices of popular culture which I just do not get. His piece on Kate Bush is also great, so pay him a visit.
Plenty more blog related links on the way!

Some decent records actually came out this week (!), here they are...

ALBUMS
the Chemical Brothers Come with us
less collaborative than earlier, pushing more into warped psychedelic stuff.
Neil Halstead Sleeping on Roads
Unfairly under-rated Mojave 3 singer/songwriter's debut solo album - he plays everything on it as well.
Nobukazu Takemura Sign
digital companion to the limited 12" released in late 2001 - guest appearances from John McEntire and Douglas McCoombs of Tortoise
Steve Reich Triple Quartet
excellent new cd from the king of minimalism - rave reviews in the wire and the guardian - his best for years apparently

SINGLES
Fog Pneumonia
a one man band and Ninja Tune’s first ever singer/songwriter/producer - acoustic strumming meets turntable action -a bit like Neil Young meets Coldcut! Great debut single.
the Clientele / Clock Strikes Thirteen split single
another in the drive-in series of reverse split singles , where each band covers the other in this case Clientele cover " six foot drop' and cst perform "we could walk together"
the Cooper Temple Clause Film maker / Been training dogs
more energetic than the stuff I usually listen to but this is really good stuff- tipped for great things this year.

Well my nightshift is going a bit better than usual, due to ITV showing New Order at Reading Festival in 1998, which I was actually at. I'd forgotten that they did a flat-out 'greatest hits' that night, it was fantastic. They even played 'Atmosphere'!

January - what is it good for? I've even been driven make up a lovely new A-Z index (long overdue) which collects our 60+ interviews and 80+ reviews into a single table. Thank God that's done!

Stepping the production drive next month - lots of new stuff on the way. Meanwhile, I'm treating this like a proper weblog and putting in links to stupid stuff like this. Enjoy!