ContactMusic — BOB GELDOF has urged the British public to "be proud" of its charitable efforts in the 25 years since the Live Aid fundraising extravaganza.The former Boomtown Rats... more info

ContactMusic — BOB GELDOF reportedly took so long to deliver a speech at a charity dinner in Australia, all the meals had to be thrown away.The Boomtown Rats frontman was the star guest... more info

Totally Fuzzy — STEFAN M— said... Friendsound are all about the swampy ambience of Sketch... • SKETCH - Reasons to Sway (Apollo/R&S 1994) • SKETCH - Zincanode (Racing Junior 2000) Thanks Totallies. Yrs damply, http://friendsound.wordpress.com Inf... more info

The Vinyl Villain — THREE MINUTES IS LONG ENOUGH....On the coat tails of the punk revolution of mid to late 1970’s came New Wave and Power Pop. Much has been written about New Wave but Power Pop seems to have disappeared under the radar.It was Pete Townshend who... more info

Guardian Music — Trashy, silly and unashamedly puerile, Flexipop! only lasted two years. But, says novelist Tim Lott, who started the magazine, its revolutionary spirit can still be felt 30 years onIn 1980, a new music magazine ­appeared. In some ways it was a ba... more info

The Vinyl Villain — It's something of a special posting this week.A few weeks back, I got a really nice email from Stefan Grimm of Kassel in Germany saying that he was a fan of the blog, and in particular, the series looking back at 1979. I wrote back and said thanks, ... more info