TOTALLY GRATUITOUS PULP AT GLASTONBURY POST

So, all you muddy revellers reading this from the post apocalyptic Glastonbury fields (or sensible, warm, dry, armchair fans), it turns out Pulp are the surprise act playing on the Park Stage tomorrow. 

This seems as good a reason as any to post some classic clips from their incredible 1995 Glastonbury appearance ahead of their hot ticket headline slot at Wireless next week which I am literally DYING to see (then T in the Park, then Reading..).  They truly are the best band EVER, no returns. 

They're also re-releasing their first three albums - It (1983), Freaks (1987 - where Russell gets to sing...) and Separations (1992) - with a few added bonus tracks, which I suggest you snap up sharpish too.  

Clearly this isn't my most eloquent of posts but Jarvis, Steve, Candida, Nick, Mark and Russell leave me tongue tied in a proper fan girl kinda way. What can I say?  PULP RULE.

Check www.pulppeople.com for forthcoming tour dates.  

WHAT DO I DO NOW? READ LOUISE WENER'S ADVENTURES IN BRITPOP

Sleeper have become the 90's music scene equivalent of 1980's puffy marshmallow reversible Slush Puppy jumpers - you loved em but it's not until someone mentions them that you remember they were a big part of what was going on at the time. 

Despite a back catalogue loaded with catchy tunes, the grandstanding of a Wireless reunion, like Blur or Pulp (yay!) is not for them.  They've moved on (or possibly haven't been asked). 

Lippy doe-eyed frontwoman Louise Wener is now an established author and I have to admit to being a little disappointed to hear that her new book, Just for One Day: Adventures in Britpop, is actually a re-titled re-release of her fantastic, awkwardly sassy autobiography, Different for Girls: A Girl's True-Life Adventures in Pop. Even more baffling is why Amazon are selling the two books together as a bundle... Whatever, hopefully it will help to bring this hilarious little book to a much bigger audience.  Wener's wry and searingly, endearingly honest tales from her school days to the height of Britpop fame are a great read although if you're from anywhere near Ilford when Our Price was still the premier Saturday hang out, it will strike such a chord I recommend you don't read it on public transport.  Yes reader, I snorted.

A few Sleeper greats courtesy of YouTube:-
What Do I Do Now?
Inbetweener
Vegas
Alice in Vain
Sale of the Century