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WANTED
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— 28 Aug 2001 Tom Comment

WANTED: Writers (also design help and illustrators) for Freaky Trigger’s new daily section. Pop sympathies, fresh opinions, good jokes preferred. Must be willing to contribute something, however brief, on a weekly basis. Current NYLPM contribut[…]

aaliyah, r.i.p.:
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— 26 Aug 2001 fred Comment

aaliyah, r.i.p.: when one watches the news, they’re welcoming anonymous tragedy into their lives: livery cab driver shot dead in brooklyn; raging fire claims the lives of three people; fifteen dead in bombing in the middle east. if anything has[…]

Aaliyah killed in plane crash
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— 26 Aug 2001 Ned Raggett Comment

Aaliyah killed in plane crash
Two things:
1. “Try Again” may have been, for a lot of us, the latecomer’s entry to both Aaliyah’s talents and Timbaland’s genius, but still, what an entry it was.
2. Please, please, ple[…]

A Five Word Review of the New Michael Jackson Single…
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— 24 Aug 2001 maura Comment

A Five Word Review of the New Michael Jackson Single, Which Has A Title That Is Too Eighth Grade Yearbook Lame To Even Consider Posting Here, Not To Mention A Celebrity Cameo And A Snooze-A-Rific Beat:
“The Girl Is Mine ’01”[…]

Say you’re a winner, but, man, you’re just a sinner now….
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— 24 Aug 2001 David Comment

Say you’re a winner, but, man, you’re just a sinner now….

HYPE – Slang (n.)
– Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion
– Exaggerated or extravagant claims made especially in advertising or promotional […]

THE CITY OF SOUND – Stephen Troussé gets carsick on the road with Paul Morley and Kylie Minogue
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— 22 Aug 2001 Stephen 2 comments

WORDS AND MUSIC
A HISTORY OF POP IN THE SHAPE OF A CITY
BLOOMSBURY, £12.99, ISBN: 0747557780
If an ideal pop journal were to give me 1,864 words to take a tour of Paul Morley’s new ‘history of pop in the shape of a city’, there mig[…]

This thread
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— 21 Aug 2001 Sundar Comment

This thread got me thinking that I hadn’t posted here in a while and that my day yesterday would probably make a better story than that Shellac-and-Main bullshit in the archives so my day from about 3 pm August 19 went:
Sarah and I start drinki[…]

New archive additions
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— 21 Aug 2001 Tom Comment

New archive additions on Freaky Trigger: MJ Hibbett on local bands. Ned on Charles Schulz. Sterling on Americana. Me on 1977. Otis on John Fahey. It’s nice to have them back.[…]

VERLAINES — ‘Hanging By Strands’ / ‘Joed Out’
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— 18 Aug 2001 David Comment

VERLAINES — ‘Hanging By Strands’ / ‘Joed Out’
BARBARA MANNING — ‘Hanging By Strands / ‘Joed Out’
A fox fur is an expensive accessory — it speaks of a life of privilege, prestige, and money. […]

Consequences: Two Songs About Sin
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— 16 Aug 2001 Tom Comment

CLARENCE CARTER – “Making Love (At The Dark End Of The Street)”
HEFNER – “I Stole A Bride”
Something missing from pop, maybe: a sense of sin. Sins we have in multitudes, of course – red-capped anger, ice-wris[…]

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