THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE
This site is not called I Hate Science. I think, in general, that science is a rather good thing, especially in the field of medical advances. I am not even anti-cloning – since the music industry succeeded in this fiel[…]

what i listened to yesterday:
didn’t listen to anything till i got home from work. then:
sunny day real estate — “seven”: wanted to see if it was as hair-metal as i remembered. it was.
smashing pumpkins — siamese drea[…]

And of course having said that here’s a link to Dickon Edwards talking about Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit, in terms of his being a great lyricist. Which he probably is.[…]

I’m moving house, starting tomorrow: this means few or no posts here from me, maybe for several days. If the rest of the team want to take up the slack, that would be great and we’ll all have something new to read. Otherwise you might wan[…]

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[…]

This is three days late but it has to be said. Trick or treat children in pubs. NO.[…]