Comments on: 10 Years Of Freaky Trigger: March 1999 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 29 May 2012 02:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mike http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-582072 mike Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:36:23 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-582072 <i>So what was the mindblowing development in 1999/2000?</i> Napster launched in June 1999. So what was the mindblowing development in 1999/2000?

Napster launched in June 1999.

]]> By: Kat but logged out innit http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-582041 Kat but logged out innit Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:40:56 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-582041 Absolutely. And Will Young! (I heart Will Young.) I would dearly love to hear Will Young singing over a banging Max Martin production. Absolutely. And Will Young! (I heart Will Young.)

I would dearly love to hear Will Young singing over a banging Max Martin production.

]]> By: wichita lineman http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581938 wichita lineman Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:45:47 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581938 Good call Kat. How about starts with 'H', ends in 'earsay' (or earache)? Popstars debuted in New Zealand in '99. Not quite mindblowing, but it did lead to the best British pop group of this decade. Good call Kat. How about starts with ‘H’, ends in ‘earsay’ (or earache)? Popstars debuted in New Zealand in ’99. Not quite mindblowing, but it did lead to the best British pop group of this decade.

]]> By: Kat but logged out innit http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581933 Kat but logged out innit Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:35:44 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581933 <i>So what was the mindblowing development in 1999/2000?</i> Er, starts with 'B', ends in 'ritney'? (Or more accurately, starts with M and ends in Ax Martin - I know he did lots of stuff beforehand but by 1999 EVERYONE seemed to be copying him...) So what was the mindblowing development in 1999/2000?

Er, starts with ‘B’, ends in ‘ritney’?

(Or more accurately, starts with M and ends in Ax Martin – I know he did lots of stuff beforehand but by 1999 EVERYONE seemed to be copying him…)

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581932 Tom Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:33:58 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581932 More from the vaults: 1. I can't remotely remember who did us this logo, and I'm not totally sure we ever actually used it! 2. I discovered that my original HTML template - since I'd never once 'coded' anything in my life before - was Simon Reynolds' "Unfaves Of 1998" (#1 - Broken Beats). So thanks to Simon there! More from the vaults:

1. I can’t remotely remember who did us this logo, and I’m not totally sure we ever actually used it!

2. I discovered that my original HTML template – since I’d never once ‘coded’ anything in my life before – was Simon Reynolds’ “Unfaves Of 1998″ (#1 – Broken Beats). So thanks to Simon there!

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581927 Tom Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:07:55 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581927 Not many people were into the Vengaboys in 1999 - but everyone who heard them formed a band. As I've noted elsewhere, a glance at the top 40 new entries for March 1999 suggests this was a pretty inauspicious time to launch a pop site, so it's a good thing the first things I wrote about were Jim O'Rourke and the Auteurs. Ahem. Not many people were into the Vengaboys in 1999 – but everyone who heard them formed a band.

As I’ve noted elsewhere, a glance at the top 40 new entries for March 1999 suggests this was a pretty inauspicious time to launch a pop site, so it’s a good thing the first things I wrote about were Jim O’Rourke and the Auteurs. Ahem.

]]> By: wichita lineman http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581920 wichita lineman Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:52:20 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581920 Ah. Yes. And there was me thinking it might have something to do with the Vengaboys. Ah. Yes. And there was me thinking it might have something to do with the Vengaboys.

]]> By: a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581919 a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:41:39 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581919 Freaky Trigger! Do keep up! Freaky Trigger! Do keep up!

]]> By: wichita lineman http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581914 wichita lineman Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:59:43 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581914 So what was the mindblowing development in 1999/2000? So what was the mindblowing development in 1999/2000?

]]> By: Matthew http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581889 Matthew Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:32:58 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581889 Though in a way I hope there is an 11-year cyclical basis to rock history, because that would mean we were due for something interesting in a year or two! Though in a way I hope there is an 11-year cyclical basis to rock history, because that would mean we were due for something interesting in a year or two!

]]> By: byebyepride http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/10-years-of-freaky-trigger-march-1999/#comment-581879 byebyepride Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:46:23 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=13103#comment-581879 <i>Tom invented Freaky Trigger on a bus journey in the mid-90s. Typically, it took him 5 years to do anything about it.</i> Now if I'm thinking of the same bus journey, it was in Edinburgh, riding along Princes St, on a very wet day. And if taking 5 years to do something about it is typical for you, I don't think I've gotten around to doing anything yet!! Still maybe in another ten years... Long live Freaky Trigger. Tom invented Freaky Trigger on a bus journey in the mid-90s. Typically, it took him 5 years to do anything about it.

Now if I’m thinking of the same bus journey, it was in Edinburgh, riding along Princes St, on a very wet day. And if taking 5 years to do something about it is typical for you, I don’t think I’ve gotten around to doing anything yet!! Still maybe in another ten years…

Long live Freaky Trigger.

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