Archives – 2002 – May – 09  

POP-EYE 5/5/02
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POP-EYE 5/5/02
Well, in retrospect the earth didn’t quake, civilization did not fall and the Sugababes were only number one for a week. Now I know this all seems terribly unfair when G-G-Gareth Gates and Will Young can sew the charts up for aro[…]

What I’ve been doing today
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What I’ve been doing today: downloading tracks for the sixth Freaky Trigger Focus Group. A slimmed-down affair this time, with only 29 songs, but still the usual struggles to find half the tracks – and then to find the correct mixes of ha[…]

Queen classic named all-time favourite single
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Queen classic named all-time favourite single – yeah yeah whatever, but look what’s at No.8! What curious persistence![…]

Pubs aren’t the natural home for innovation.
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Pubs aren’t the natural home for innovation. They are by their very nature traditional, even new chains and so called female friendly pub bars are loathe to break with the basic nuts and bolts facade of a pub. You go in, you buy your drink, you[…]

IHM CRIMINAL LYRIC WATCH
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IHM CRIMINAL LYRIC WATCH
Def Leppard ?Animal?
?And I want, and I need, and I love Animals?
Now I?m no lawyer but surely this should have tipped the wink to the Sheffield Police as to who had been buggering all those badgers on the outside of Rotherha[…]

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  1. No offense taken! I don't have the ego to have alarms about myself. I do, still, have sufficient fondness for…

  2. Count me as one of the people oddly affected by issue 300. Although... The thing I most remember about this…