Lady Gaga

Dark times in the NO ENCORE studio as Dave loses a tooth, Craig deals with a sudden tragedy and Colm... is in pretty good form by comparison, actually. Elsewhere it's a bright summer day as the boys tackle a pretty shoddy batch of new…

My love of Britney Spears runs deep. It’s a love so strong that it reminds me that I have the ability to actually love at all. People are often bewildered by my love. She is seen as an act who is past it or irrelevant when the fact is that…

This week, the general election happened, and Twitter was awash with tweets about polling booths, exit polls, the demise of the country as we know it, and ballot papers. We also saw the whole of the internet transform into a viral campaign…

Joanna Newsom Divers If you’ve read anything about the post-modern provocateur that is Joanna Newsom you’ll probably know at least one thing; she’s polarising. Music writers love to emphasise the revolutionary fact that an artist could…

For the day that's in it, I've decided to take a look at some inspirational women artists both past and present Artemisia Gentileschi Artemisia was a bit of a pioneer for women artists, and in fact was a total feminist before feminism…

I am a woman and I love sex. I’m somewhat of a liberal in this sense. I support social freedom of choice and expression in regards to one’s sexuality, gender and lifestyle. I believe it’s not only important - but healthy - to live a life…