If u cant conceive it muffin, just let it be nuffin.

Remember Lumidee? She had that incredibly annoying 'Uh ooooooh' song (yes it's brilliant now) during the summer of r&b hell that was 2003. I stayed at Warwick that summer making SRA awards, kissing an MA student and djing events for children who were inexplicably involved in events on campus. And all they wanted to hear was bloody r&b (this was in a particular era where I was turning my nose up at anything non-pop). It was Sean Paul this, Blu Cantrell that, Eminem, Black Eyed Peas etc etc

Anyway, Lumidee is back and I can almost hear your sighs of relief across the webwaves. In fact, thank god she has returned to us in these 'Beyonce having become a bizarre mash of Tina Turner and Diana Ross' days. And she is back with something rather odd - She's Like The Wind. Yes, everyone's favourite weep-a-thon Swayze classic from the ditzy Dirty Dancing has been reworked into a soulful grinder-  with Lumidee joined by Tony Sunshine -   ripe for overplaying on Radio 1.

It's "doing damage on the airwaves" in America and I've got no doubt that it's going to be absolutely pounded in the UK too despite it being a tiny bit shonky. I have no idea when it's coming out over here but I bet it'll be blaring out of every car cruising down Blackpool promenade on a Saturday night come Summer. New lyrics include: Listen baby I’ve been around // I know that you like how I wear my crown // And I know that im something that is so profound
// So far what im hearing look I like the sound . What??

Listen to it here.

p.s. Can someone explain to me how Cascada keeps getting top 10 hits? Have we travelled back to 2001? Are the charts accidentally only counting sales in the North West?

For Gods sake

Can everyone STOP with the Doctor Who spoilers please? Every surprise, every twist, EVERYTHING, is being ruined. The worst offender is the bloody radio times who spoilt the last two episodes of season 2 with their damn front page.

Today it's reported that the lovely, on my eligable celebrity boyfriends list, John Simm, will star in the series soon. I will not go any further because I do not want to spoil for anyone who manages to avoid the damn things. This is good because he is ace but bad because I totally had him down for the eleventh doctor. BOO HOO.

The 2 Coolest Drummers in 1 Photo

I've been a little bit quiet here because I've just got a new job. Hooray! It's somewhere I've wanted to work for ages and combines both my radio and web skills. Ace. Now I just need to get back into coping on little sleep after djing. A call to arms Londoners - where is good for lunch around Brick Lane/Shoreditch High Street area?

Mika was astounding at Popstarz. Various people have accused him of miming but I can confirm he was live. In any case I can't really pay much attention to Mika when his drummer is on stage with him. Last time I saw our #1 at Ronnie Scotts, I stared and stared at his drummer for ages wondering why I knew her. Then I got home and thought 'huh maybe she's the drummer for The Faders', and then dismissed it thinking I was only thinking that because she was a a girl, black and a drummer.

But no, I was right! Mika's drummer is Cherisse Osei, formerly of short lived girl band The Faders. They were to the UK what The Like are to America in terms of having famous parents.  Hooray for fact based (rather than race based) deduction! Anyway Cherisse totally rules when on stage with Mika - she was born to be a star. Even if that birth was an offensive 1986 one.

Here are some other facts about Cherisse:

• Her full name is Cherisse Amma Loren Ofosu-Osei


• Cherisse passed grade 8 drums at 15 and got her first kit when she was 3.


• She started out in a heavy metal band called Fuse and her first gig was a Muse concert.


• She has worked with Richard Ridings and John Blackwell. When I first read this I excitedly though it said Richard Blackwood :-(


• PERSONAL FACT: I passed Richard Blackwood at work yesterday and gave him a totally starstruck face.


• The Faders debut single No Sleep Tonight was used on Veronica Mars, one of my favourite TV shows.


• She is like totally BFF with someone gaypop would pay good money to snog.

These are probably enough facts for someone you've probably not heard of. However I hope to be doing a mini interview with her for F*@K Magazine if she says yes. What form this will take I do not yet know but hopefully she wouldn't google my name and find this slightly stalkerish post. F*@K is a new gay magazine set up by the gods behind ghetto and popstarz by the way. It's totally ace and I've so far contributed a Fischerspooner interview (in issue 2) and have a Charlotte Hatherley and Maximo Park piece in forthcoming issue 3. Ace. Cherisse for #4!

Booking of the year?

Mika - at Popstarz - while he's no.1! See you Friday? [Coming soon: CSS (2/2) and Long Blondes (9/2)]

Just a quick note to say it is really really cold in London, particularly in my bedroom where my stupid sash style windows appear to be letting in all air possible. GRRRH.

Does anyone have an opinion on music festivals to try in Europe? I've already done Exit (woo!) and Benicassim (boo!) and am thinking something Scandavian as I'd quite like to see a lot of Scandavian pop acts.

My Maximo Park interview went well. Paul even sang a bit of Billie down the phone to me. My life couldn't be more complete.

Annie-tastic

So remember how I love Annie? She's a Norwegian DJ and pop singer whose debut album Anniemal was released on 679 [who may I point out have signed Dead Disco!], had a pretty big push from the label and  was dug by lots of bloggers and critics but no-one who would actually use a shop to buy it.

Well today, Universal Records signed her for a UK deal. She'll be working with Xenomania to make an album which'll be out at the end of 2006. Yippee. I wrote more on the subject over here. 

A quickie

As John Legend would say Holler holler holler!

I have just been given short notice that I'm interviewing Paul Smith from Maximo Park in the morning.

Now I will obviously do my own research but the fact that I'm going out
to see Client at Nag tonight leaves me with little time to prepare.

So if you happen to know anything wildly fascinating about Paul or MP
that I might not know please tell me. Alternatively if you have any
questions that I'd be stupid not to ask please hand them over.

In return I'll tell a good pop fact.

Thanks

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