Song In My Head

Stuck in my head for virtually the last five days has been the clever tune "Sale of the Century" by the long forgotten -- or should I say never-really-caught-on-in-this-country-to-be-forgotten -- Britpop band Sleeper.

Like Elastica, the London band was fronted by a woman -- Louise Wener -- though they skewed more pop than their harder-sounding compadres. Wener and Elastica's Justine Frischmann really were considered the two biggest female stars in Britpop. And the band also spawned a English slang term -- Sleeperblokes -- anonymous dudes who hang out with more glamorous women.