Archives – 2002 – February – 13  

I Hate Music lyric watch #10: Transglobal Underground – “Templehead”
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“Music, it is the universal language”
Oh, right. So that’s why in Star Trek all the alien races speak “music” then. Why do we speak English or French or Chinese when we could all be happily burbling along in the Esperant[…]

Open fires in pubs
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Open fires in pubs. Attractive? Yes. Bloody uncomfortable if you are sitting three feet away from them? Double yes. As part of the soon to be announced Pumpkin Publog Pub Of The Year award we will be taking into deep consideration comfort of heating.[…]

THE STREETS – Too Much Brandy
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THE STREETS – Too Much Brandy
There has been much excitement in Freaky Trigger circles about The Streets album Original Pirate Material but I must admit that it was something that did not quite click with me. Listening to the single Has It Come[…]

Is this your CD collection?
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Is this your CD collection?: they stole our idea!! Well, ILM’s long-running “12 CD” trope, anyway, which here gets a Guardian style going-over. It’s quite a funny article but leaves a bad taste in the mouth – I bet Stuar[…]

Your Ananova correspondent
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Your Ananova correspondent is busy expanding her international borders by looking at Spains version of Pop Idol, Operacion Triunfo! From what I can tell there are three winners, one is a fan of the hippy look called ROSA! Sadly she bears a resembalan[…]

Will reveals ‘superstar’ image on debut single cover
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Will reveals ‘superstar’ image on debut single cover – since our usual Ananova correspondent is clearly infatuated with Will Young it falls on me to ask the key question – does this person, o readers, look like a “true s[…]

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