NME Tells Us but Won’t show us Who’s Cool

The Observer
has an article on the NME’s annual Cool List which this year has placed
a woman in premier position. Beth Ditto from the Gossip is apparently
THE coolest person in music, and of the top 10, five are female.
However, the cover of the magazine has not gone to any of these, but to
all-male Muse instead- something which Lily Allen (one of these top
five, and supposed cover star) has been lambasting on her blog –

"you
thought that your readers might not buy a magazine with an overweight
lesbian and a not particularly attractive looking me , on the front .
Wankers .’

Lily makes some important points on women
being accepted as true musical artists however they look- particularly
infuriated by NME’s editor Conor McNicholas’ comment that these women
are "living proof that you can still rock a crowd when you’re wearing
stilettos". So far the post has received 629 comments, and support from
The Observer’s reporter.