Who's Jack

Ever wondered what goes through Noel Gallagher’s head? Will Oasis reunite? Does he miss Liam? What does Gallagher think of the X Factor? Joe West explores… After some leaked pages from Bono’s private journal appeared exclusively online at Who’s Jack back in January, yet another music star has had their innermost thoughts … read more»

This week Joe looks at one of the most talked about female singers of the year, Lana Del Rey and asks if we’re perhaps being just a tad too harsh… I don’t hate Lana Del Rey. Nor do I love her. She sits somewhere on the periphery of my consciousness in the same category as professional sport and Masterchef. I’m sort of aware of … read more»

“You either die a hero or live long enough to release too many albums. You either die a hero or live long enough to release too many albums. You either die a hero or live long enough to release too many albums.” The above is the contents of a letter I’ve been sending to Paul McCartney for as long as I’ve had the ability to dictate to … read more»

Autoglass repair. Autoglass replace. Or, if you prefer: We buy any car. Dot com. Any any any any any any any. Loathe them or loathe them (there is no ‘love’) you have to respect the transparent, gleefully aggressive sales messages put across by advert jingles. Stick something to a tune and it becomes instantly memorable. I can probably … read more»

This week Joe West looks at the rumours that Top of the Pops is making a come back and asks, do we really want it?.. It was briefly reported this week that redundant chart show Top of the Pops would be coming out of retirement to act as a digital supplement to the weekly top 40 countdown on Radio One. However, station controller Ben Cooper was … read more»

This week Joe West imagines what Bono’s diary might read like, then shares it with us… There was an email doing the rounds the other day which claimed to contain extracts from a diary written by U2’s Bono. I don’t know if the source is at all reliable, but here is a portion reprinted to allow those who missed it to make a … read more»

This week Joe talks lyrics and how best to mess with them… There’s a lot of ugly language in the world. And I’m not talking about swearwords, which can be beautifully formed as well as used to express beauty, given the right context. I don’t even care if you have bad handwriting, largely because I’m left handed and so whenever I … read more»

It’s the show that divides music lovers and television watchers in their masses and this week Joe West asks, the X Factor, so what? Last week work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith said that a get-rich-quick culture sustained by the X Factor had been a catalyst of the summer riots. I hope I don’t need to point out that this is a … read more»

This week Joe West talks through his complex relationship with music… When I was a child, I spoke, thought and reasoned as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things. Except my Xbox. And now I can eat all the sweets I want, so I do. But I like to imagine that I perceive the world in a relatively adult manner*. I don’t … read more»