I'm not sure if any of you knew but having assumed for years that 'Jeremy.J.Beadle', author of the excellent 'Will Pop Eat Itself?, 1993, Faber was probably a Drummond or Home alias I've just found out he was not only real but sadly died of Aids in 1995. Commemorated by the Jeremy J Beadle prize for outstanding music writing. Nobody ever took The JAMs more seriously.

I was lucky enough to be lent this book buy a girlfriend whom I'd lent the only copy I've ever seen of the tekno compilation that had "the geep" on it - then we broke up, I kept the book and she kept "the geep" (damn!) I always assumed that "will pop eat itself?" had its origins as a college/uni dissertation and was then expanded into a book it's sad to learn of his demise, as I did think the book was insightful and relevant and always wondered if he had ever followed up on the subjects of sampling, &c.