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SR Meets The Pipettes
After some turbulent months, Gavin Midgley catches up with singer Gwenno to find a group raring to go out and make great music again. Published 30/8/09.

X Factor: SR Goes to the Auditions
Elisa Parish lives out her fantasy of being in the audience for the newly-added live auditions. She reflects on how this development may affect her beloved show. Published 3/7/09.

Vinylporn! Example 2: The Magnetic Fields
Sometimes fans can feel they’re being taken advantage of their desire for a sexy slice of vinyl, as Gavin Midgley illustrates using one of his favourite records. Published 29/6/09.

Atmospop – An Introduction
Gavin Midgley waxes lyrical about a favoured genre. Published 29/5/09.

Eurovision – Grand Final Preview
Gavin Midgley takes a look at what when on during the week, and how the pre-qualifies may fare on the big night. Published 15/5/09.

Eurovision – Semi-Final 2 Preview
Another rundown of songs with Gavin Midgley. Published 13/5/09.

Eurovision – Semi-Final 1 Preview
Gavin Midgley runs down the first batch of songs to be sung in Moscow. Published 11/5/09.

Why The Industry Is Filled With Unimaginative Dullards (Pt. 87)
Gavin Midgley becomes enraged with the unoriginality of the music media, again. Published 17/4/09.

Vinylporn! Example 1
Gavin Midgley gets overexcited about a Beatles charity shop find. Published 25/3/09.

Desperately Seeking Sixteen
Gavin Midgley proves that Stuck Records is once again at the cutting edge of music technology. Published 25/3/09.

A Look Back at Supposed Cack – Introduction and Part 1
Where Stuck Records takes in a critically-mauled album for a reappraisal and explore why it came in for such ridicule in the first place. Gavin Midgley casts the first stone. Published 19/3/09.

What Makes A Great Cover Version?
Gavin Midgley cites some of his favourite examples to explain what often doesn’t work, work. Published 12/3/09.

Keeping It Real
Using only a late-90s pop promo, Gavin Midgley finds out how attitudes in music have changed over the last ten years. Published 10/3/09.