The Freaky Trigger Pop Music Focus Group is back up, as part of the continued restoration of freakytrigger.com. Now with actual links on the contributors’ page! And I’ll take this as an opportunity to remind people that the deadline for b[…]

rockcritics.com has a new look and new features including a guestbook and LISTS LISTS LISTS. You should go there every week, I think.
And speaking of lists, I don’t soundtrack my life – at least not consciously. But on red letter days (or[…]

Now, I’m a big fan of quiz machines in pubs. The quiz element of the machines is a noble art which JPM, in my opinion, have mastered. However, the recent phasing out of all the old machines in favour of the new touch-screen things with loads of[…]

What I Listened To today; where. Abridged. In order:
1. DR DRE – “Lil Ghetto Boy”; on the bus there.
2. SPICE GIRLS – “Holler”; in HMV.
3. BLACK STAR/TALIB KWELI – ?; in a shop (note: this could have been any[…]

What I Listened To when I left my job. In order:
1. BLUR – “To The End”
2. THIEVES – “Unworthy” (“Don’t tell me I should try and GET SOME SLEEP….”)
3. MADONNA – “Like A Prayer&#8[…]