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#2 behind (surprise, surprise) Paul Weller – feels like 1985 again

I cannot believe Grinderman II finished above BR. What a strange list… is the Ferry album any good? And Killing Joke!!??!!

1. Lloyd Cole, Broken Record (Tapete): Record of the year, man. Rock ‘n’ roll pop-folk that’s full-band perfect; there’s sadness, joy, pure wretched heartbreak, self-loathing, drinking and, of course, the glorious piss-takes; from “Writer’s Retreat!”: “When you head out to the shack in the woods, I won’t be there.”

Well … they say all publicity is good, don’t they? A mention of Rattlesnakes and Lloyd Cole in this piece of creative writing from Sabotage Times.

Germany’s most popular woman’s magazine; puts Broken Record on the best list just behind the Beatles.

Edwyn Collins — Bored. Steve Mason — Lost and Found. KT Tunstall — Fade Like A Shadow. Unkle Bob — Satellite. Lloyd Cole — Like a Broken Record.

A very flatering article on the Figaro (french rightist newspaper) web site. The article (in french) compares Lloyd and Suzanne Vega, both in Paris this week, who still deserve their …

Article Scan. I choose Prince, T.Rex, The Walkmen, Wire, Highway 61

Lloyd, Cole and the Commotion – headline news in British tabloid, The Sun.

A few years ago, James Venhaus wrote a nifty 10-minute piece for TheatreASAP, the annual 24-hour play fest, that traced a relationship from the end to the beginning. Venhaus spent the summer expanding the piece, which is getting its premiere run at the Overtime Theater. The new work, retitled “Broken Record,” lives up to the promise of the shorter work.