Johnny Cigarettes Posted Fri Jul 14 12:17:38 BST 2000 by Jon

Wasn't he a stand-up originally? When he started at NME he used to do long 'comedy' features, sometimes OK, which read like old stand-up routines. I always had the idea he failed at that and went in to journalism.


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Posted By Mike J on Fri Jul 14 15:29:25 BST 2000:

>I always had the idea he failed at that and went in to journalism.

...what's he going to do now he's failed at *that*?

One of the very worst writers in an era not exactly blessed with great music writing.


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Posted By PJ on Fri Jul 14 17:35:45 BST 2000:

He works for Loaded now - and does various shit there including some of the music articles. owhere near as good as he was in the NME, of course. Loaded's shit, remember?


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Posted By Jon on Mon Jul 17 17:28:19 BST 2000:

He was good in the old days.

Steve Sutherland is annoying. David Stubbs is tiresome. Kitty Empire is a sweetie.


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Posted By Alone Again Or on Mon Jul 17 20:03:05 BST 2000:

> Kitty Empire is a sweetie.

Yes. She is. But she did write a fawning article about fucking This Life once.


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Posted By Troy on Wed Jul 19 21:34:06 BST 2000:

He used to write the 'Thrills' page in the NME, which is quite funny sometimes.


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