Bored broadsheet music journo phones in lazy opinion piece about "landfill indie":
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/does-the-...

A few comments (from a former indie kid):
1. C86 was not the seminal indie tape. Creation's Doing It For The Kids was the one that really mattered.
2. The Stone Roses, who regularly top all-time favourite alternative LPs lists, were the very definition of landfill indie.
3. The writer seems to have missed the point that indie has continued to thrive since the 80s, only it's artists like Aphex Twin and Crystal Castles rather than Blur and The Pigeon Detectives.
4. The Independent is still capable of memorable music writing: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-kate...

Listening to last week's Podcast, Clare Grogan mentioned inventing the name "Tallulah Gosh". This reminded me of seeing recently that Amelia Fletcher of the 80s indie band Tallulah Gosh (and backing vocals on some of the early The Wedding Present records) is now Chief Economist at the Office Of Fair Trading. Anyone else know of members of bands who have gone on to more notable careers or achievements in other fields?