Not new but just spotted this ‘researching’ the biggest selling singles of 2008…mostly biggest pieces of shite of 2008 – of which the original Nickleback tune was one big steaming one.

Weirdly how a parody + pictures + man in a dress says more about the sad cult of celebrity and the sorry state of pop than 10,000 articles…I hope in 2009 we lose this obsession with celebrity, because it has caused the very brainrot that probably has lead to the economic, political and intellectual crash of 2008.

Boston paper Weekly Dig has given props to DJNoNo and Santastic 4!

Muppets? John Denver? Do they KNOW what insanity they are dealing with here? LOL. Be very scared… In fact I came up with another Xmas tune on the 23rd, too late sadly. Next year?

Thanks! Santastic4 is still available to download, unless you’re totally maxed out on Xmess tunes….and the video hasn’t been attacked by angry Mariah Carey fans (yet).

Hope you had, and have, a good one!

OK I’ve become aware that someone in L.A. is claiming to be The One And Only DJ NoNo – let it be known a) this is NOT ME and b) I’ve been using the DJ NoNo name since 2004 (blog goes back to early 2005, but I was using the name in 2004) so, no you are not ‘the One and Only’ DJ NoNo. The confuse stuff he seems to be doing hiphop mixes too, with those really cheesy radio-style intro stings. Ugh.

And there seems to be another one too (is this someone different?). Aargh I wish people would do a basic Google search and stop biting my name!

And anyway he has to line up – there’s already a DJ/Producer called DJ NoNo in Monaco (thought he was from Barcelona? Confusing language barrier) doing funky/minimal house, I only noticed him after he started appearing in Google alerts in 2007. He or I might have been first who knows – but up until now the different languages and styles have meant I never bumped into him and I’m perfectly amiable to share the name – his work won’t be confused for mine, and vice versa.

And his stuff is pretty good, when he popped up, I was embarassed that my DJ NoNo’s total muppetry might be making a mockery of his skills But at least he has the grace not to seemingly either be offended by my silliness or not to claim to be the only one…

Sigh…

It’s 6 years today since Joe Strummer died.

Just a note to mark the date, and to say the 5th anniversary mashup album from last year ‘This One’s For Joe‘ is still up and rolling. Thanks Joe!

All you ever need for music, originally uploaded by timbearcub.

You don’t need anything else