Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. I think I wanna move to Sweden. Not only is the crime rate next to nil, the fair people of Sweden sure know their way around making the best pop music in history! I have been a fan-boy-geek over Robyn for a long time now... more info

Guardian Music — Ziggy Stardust wore nail varnish and platforms, and he changed Gary Kemp's life for ever. The Spandau Ballet guitarist recalls his love affair with glamThe first time I fell in love it was with a man. It happened one Thursday evening in the bedroom... more info

Guardian Music — 100 Club, LondonIn the 1987 film Light of Day, Joan Jett plays Patti Rasnick, a single mother and blue-collar rocker contending with life on the lowest rung of stardom. As to why she bothers, Rasnick is resolute. "Music is all that matters," she says... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Who's rock opera, Quadrophenia, has had a chequered live history. On the opening night of the US tour following the album's 1973 release, Keith Moon decided to try PCP before taking the stage: he was carried off, comatos... more info

Guardian Music — Unsure of where your loyalties should lie when debating hot topics? Then why not let the Facebook majority make those difficult decisions for you?With warring groups set up by users to debate the relative merits of everything from Nick Griffin and a ... more info

Guardian Music — We are in danger of destroying rock-star mystique because the web is less in thrall to image than traditional media"In the last three or four years the internet's taken a stranglehold and killed off the myth of the rock star," Tom Meighan of Kasabian... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — If Brits bosses thought they could end the almighty Wonderbrawl between the Gallaghers, they need to think again.Feuding Oasis brothers Liam, 37, and Noel, 42, have both been invited to next week's 30th anniversary awards show - and no expense has be... more info

The Vinyl Villain — FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYSI've been going through hell trying to come up with a subject for my first Sunday posting.Especially after last week's tour de force by Dick van Dyke. How can I entertain you like that?Or how can I communicate even a fraction of... more info

Guardian Music — It is right that the singer lost his Big Brother case. Double standards have led his attack on a male escort to be trivialisedJustice has prevailed: a judge ruled today that Boy George should not be allowed to bend the rules of his probation and appe... more info

The Vinyl Villain — This is the very occasional series that features different songs with a common title. And given that I've just arrived back in Glasgow from my holiday, then this seems to be rather appropriate:-mp3 : The Beloved - Hello mp3 : Oasis - Hello mp3 : Jam... more info