I'm so old I can barely remember the old forum, but yes. Before that I think I was using some kind of Blur yahoo mailing list group?? Anyone remember that?

I like Damon's look best in the gap between Leisure and Modern Life - sort of Popscene era. A nice shift from baggy chic to a loose, slightly bohemian style with the DMs, unbranded t-shirts, open necked shirts and beads. Lovely look. Once he started adding the mod revival Carnaby St affectations (ho...

I don't know if anyone else is kind of addicted to watching reaction videos on youtube, but if you're not familiar with them, and have engaged a litle with discussion on other threads about the volume of youtube views that Blurgh and The Gorillas have accrued, you might find them quite interesting. ...

I think the comparison with Radiohead is a bit misleading - Blur have always been a band who were intensely interested in competition, in standing out, in reflecting the time and in demonstrating their influences, whereas Radiohead have always been a (creditably) inward-looking band. Blur could in t...

I used to be a very firm believer that art could be judged objectively and that one could say with conviction that one work is better than another. I remember being in Aesthetics classes at University and making that point dogmatically to a bunch of philosophy students and mavelling at their contrar...

It's a shame but I have to agree that it doesn't feel like an album to me (and that's consistent with what they originally intended, I guess).

I find myself in the odd position of thinking that Song Machine has better songs than Humanz, but the latter is the better album. Don't ask me to explain!

I don't think Pitchfork, The Quietus or Stereogum even bothered reviewing it, did they? Presumably their albums of the year are constructed from stuff they've reviewed.

I went through a bit of a hording in 2003 and bought everything blur, but for some reason I never went for the think tank album and single vinyl's and they appear to be the ones that are worth the most. I guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles I'm in the process of filling out my record coll...

Wouldn't consider buying any other format; certainly not mp3s!

Shane MacGowan would be both topical and terrific.

Or, alternatively, he's doing whatever he likes, and that's cool.

David Byrne, Alex Kapranos and Thom Yorke are all great ideas I’d add: Bon Iver The Horrors (I know it has been done but would love it to see the light of day) Hot Chip Ghostpoet The Flaming Lips Yannis Phillipakis Paul Weller Nick Cave Guy Garvey Christine and the Queens All great calls. Can imagi...

Oh, Bjork would be great!

Great question. Off the top of my head:

- Patti Smith
- Tom Waits
- Donald Fagan (from Steely Dan)
- Bobby Gillespie
- Killer Mike (of Run The Jewels)
- David Byrne
- YG
- Shane McGowan
- Elvis Costello
- Tyler the Creator
- Kanye West
- Neil Young
- John Lydon

Just saw that, looks good. Graham is wonderful. Interesting to see one of the key musicians in Blur having such an original idea, meanwhile. A vaguely dystopian, fantastical excursion into high-concept pop, accompanied by comic-book visuals. Where've I heard that before... Looking forward to Dave's ...