Pop 2000


the planet water love dove	love peace music by stevie chick
by scott morriss
Grand Stand... (yawn) how about BAND STAND! - sport is such a priority on TV that even programme scheduling is moved around to include it and a section of national news broadcasts set aside for reporting on it. Music has radio, but a little more TV exposure wouldn't go amiss, especially as some people are as crazy about music as others are crazy about sport, or both!	rich, skating to where? (click pic)
music should be recognised as one of the positive parts of our planet's culture. Although it is so ingrained into our lives as to be unrecognisable as more than a soundtrack to anybody but music fanaticss, it's high profile is not only entertaining but heart warming. Pop Stars make the unlikeliest ambassadors but they have more heart and soul than many so called world leaders. the rock n roll isles are steeped in music and musicians and should be proud of such an achievement. music has radio but other exposure is not always easy to attain. we need awards ceremonies almost monthly now. sport has real media attention. music is also an unrecognised tourism industry, a business that employs thousands, a successful industry, a national export. pop as in popular, nothing more, nothing less. music has no colour, it is for the ears. direction-less passion seeks help! in the mid-90s some noticed a pop explosion, and as so much non-typical chart fodder invaded the charts, could contain the excitement no longer. met with the expected apathetic cynicism it would be 1997 until the words "pop explosion" appeared in accepted music media, but the bands, the fans, the fanzines... had felt it too. people mentioning how great the music was (whether it was supposed to be on it's knees, or not!) an explosion of experimentation, musical talent and the melting of all influences - the musical innovations (and their accompanying vibes and cults) of the 90s are already the sound of the so called 21st century
Pop 2000 put on a gig at London's Midweeker Club at The Borderline. Mo Solid Gold played an incredible gig that earned them high praise in Juiced, The Telegraph's internet magazine, and a label deal with Chrysalis. (They went on to sell 50,000 copies of their debut album, even, with no UK media interest, so the biz dropped them! (?!?!?!)
planet water people of inspiration... (just a few of the evangelists that have dropped by and preached some common sens pointers to life...) Bill Hicks, Martin Luther King, Jerry Springer, Sidney Poitier, John Power, Maya Angelou, Public Enemy, Credit To The Nation, Ben Elton, Duke Ellington, Meera Syal, Jerry Sadowitz, Jackie Brown, Murray McLachlen Young, Nelson Mandela, Lennie St Luce, Patrick Jones, Quincy Jones, Rosa Parks, Manic Street Preachers, Spike Lee, Mother Theresa, Puffy Coombes, Forrest Gump, Jarvis Cocker, Angela Davis, Gregory Sams, Tim Westwood, Princess Diana, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Alexander McQueen, Blair Peach, Billy Bragg, Whoopi Goldberg, Philip Hall, Dennis Pennis, Woody and Buzz Lightyear, The Dalai Lama, Emily Pankhurst, Malcolm X, Howard Marks, Sister Netifa, Mat Fraser & Ash Atalla, Marilyn Manson, Muhammed Ali, The Clash, Jimi Hendrix, Mags, Asian Dub Foundation, Martin Millar, Andi Peters, The Spice Girls, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Mo Mowlem, Ali G, Benjamin Zephania, Comic Relief, Nina Simone, Mark Thomas greetings from glastonbury 1998
and final end of the century rant The Stone Roses and Super Furry Animals are excellent examples of how exciting it is to let groups be unique. 1999 : Ministry Of Music Information - not the only valid opinion!