Blogroll
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The growing voices in the media are definitely on the net. Political blogs have turned out to be increasingly influential and music blogs are determining key trends across genres.
Already front-runners have emerged, their voices calling out further than the rest.
Below is a selection of our favourites, from the sublime to the ridiculous. There are many hundreds available, and we recommend you spend a happy hour trawling through every extreme of opinion available.
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Politics
Political Opinions
A useful resource, cataloguing the vast array of political blogs out there and indicating the 'hot topics' of the moment.
Guido Fawkes
Perhaps the most famous of the renegade blogs, Guido boasts a vast readership amongst the great and the good, regularly scooping the 'dead tree' press to political tittle-tattle.
Iain Dale
The acceptable face of popular blogging, the former Conservative MP candidate has become the most popular on the web. Obviously Tory-leaning, though not rabidly so, Iain is one of the most readable out there, and also writes on his beloved West Ham United.
Web Cameron
The initial furore has died down, but Dave is still working on his YouTube project and updating with surprising regularity.
Comment is Free
Definitely one falling in to the 'serious' camp, this is definitely the place for serious political discussion, ideological debate and petty argument. A place for all budding Polly Toynbee's.
Boris Johnson
The straw-haired 'thinking man's idiot' and now (frighteningly) the most powerful elected Conservative in the country showcases his admirable writing skills, sounding off on anything that comes to mind, which occasionally includes politics. Likely to be updated less often these days in light of his astonishing win in the London mayoral election.
Dizzy Thinks
An altogether more thoughtful Guido-style blog. Largely comment and opinion, but gets the odd scoop and is widely respected in the blogging community.
Recess Monkey
The best read of the Labour-leaning blogs, Recess Monkey also often appears alongside Guido on the political Bloggers TV channel '18 Doughty Street'.
Political Betting
For those who like to have a flutter, or perhaps have picked up a tip in the Westminster corridors of power, here's the place to make your millions.
Beau Bo D'Or
The pick of the anarchic Photoshop merchants, you can find some inspired pictorial manipulation of occasionally respectable political figures here.
Media
Metafilter
Cited as the best media blog around by Forbes, Metafilter is frequently the source of news stories for hacks struggling to find a lead. Vast array of interesting titbits.
Blogcritics
Self-assessing itself as a "sinister cabal of superior writers", Blogcritics is not short of ego, but not short of interest either. Anyone with a personal blog can contribute here.
Gawker
Reliable source of media and pop culture gossip, though largely US-based.
Poynter Online
A good one for any budding journalists (considering a career change already?), Poynter offers detailed insights in to the media world.
James RB
Erudite musings of a young freelance journalist - a good read for random opinion; and not a bad template if you're thinking of starting a blog yourself.
Dave Barry
Random comedy from one of America's finest comedy columnists.
Popbitch
UK-based magazine of random pop culture and celebrity gossip. Tricky to navigate at times, but worth it for the occasionally wonderful scandals they unearth / make up.
Donald Trump
Yes, the oddly coiffed business magnate and US Apprentice star somehow finds time to blog, posting occasional business and marketing advice.
Zach Braff
The irresistibly gelled Scrubs star and film director has a blog on his personal site. Doesn't update that regularly, but does post the occasional exclusive clip of Scrubs there.
William Shatner
The man, the legend. Posts about once a month, if you're lucky.
Music
Hype Machine
A repository and amalgamation of thousands of music blogs, Hype Machine is the ultimate place to find new bands, early secret releases of album tracks - anything interesting in the music industry that isn't in the shops yet has probably already been here for 3 months.
Stereojam
Feeds in to the Hype Machine but well worth a good look in its own right for MP3 downloads of new tracks and videos, as well as some interesting and insightful posts.
I Guess I'm Floating
Winner of Best Music Blog Award in 2006, this oddly-named blog is extremely well-written and full of nice surprises. Rock focused.
David Gilmour
The man behind the guitar and voice of much of what good stuff Pink Floyd produced, Dave has proved to be an adroit blogger as well, winning legions of readers with his musings and postings. Gives a peek of his new album too - to be found nowhere else.
Last FM
The world's largest social music platform. Finds tracks by the artists you love, and suggests new finds on the basis of what you type in. A great way to get yourself in to some new music.
IMEEM
Social networking with music. Share music tastes with friends, find and recommend new tracks and build playlists of your favourite tracks and videos.
Elbo.ws
A bit like Hype Machine, Elbo is another music blog aggregator, bringing together the pick of the web's bewildering selection of musical blogs. Slightly less comprehensive than Hypem, but can still turn up some brilliant scoops before the others.
Radio Blog Club
Working closely with the artists, there's no way of selecting specific tracks here, only the band in question. Still a very good site though, particularly if you're looking for a more classical or jazzy seam of sounds.
Consultancy
Top Consultant
Boasting a readership of over a quarter of a million, Top Consultant is probably the pick of the very small selection of management consultancy blogs. Takes the fairly serious, business-like tone you would expect, but opens good debating points.
Guerrilla Consulting
Produced by Mike McLaughlin, a principal at Deloitte, this blog has some interesting discussion and useful tips for good consulting practice.
Steve Shu
A management consultant with Nortel Networks, Steve Shu is one the few independent consultant bloggers out there. Telecommunications and software specialist.
