there's nothing more sinister to me than getting the subject message from a publicist when i write a good review of a record - it makes me feel like maybe i've done something wrong, or that christgau's cynical take on pop consumerism is creeping into my bones.

here's some weird instant voyeur intake for you, if you're in the kylie kind of mood.

here's my venus article if you're not down with the mag or whatever. there's a whole slew of provi scene stuff flying around right now, from a report in MMR to the RISD loft scene stuff in Nest, an interview with Ben Load in Dazed and Confused and that weird, sort of frustrating piece in Art Forum, about bands as art, art as bands. Other than Forcefield (and Black Dice by extension) it isn't explicity Provi, but there's just this weird vibe abt it, like there's going to be a backlash, if there isn't already.