As a precursor to the Pumpkin Publog Pub Of The Year competition which will be in June/July we have a slightly more disgraceful competition to air first. Now I am not a big pool player (those who know me will confirm that I am not a big anything) bu[…]

Yeah man rave on feel the vibe!: Ronan has a weblog! It’s going to be ace![…]

Oasis to boycott Top of the Pops: rejoice! They will never play the show again after six second were cut from “The Hindu Gazette”! Unfortunately there is a sting in the tale – “Oasis came in to perform seven songs which will b[…]

Piano Magic’s Glen Johnson on mostly their last album Artist’s Rifles, but with this “interesting” take on pop:
“On the contrary, I listen to it for entertainment. It makes me laugh. Particularly R ‘n’ B stu[…]

NYLPM Sells Out!: actually I’m not quite sure why I thought putting a comments system on this site was such a bad idea but I had a hunch it was. However at the end of every post you’ll now see “comments” and you can add yours.[…]

But wait there’s more! FT juvenilia, that is.
– A review of the first Beta Band album, not too bad on the record itself but shockingly off-base in the last paragraph!
– A live review of the Go-Betweens – what a loss I was to t[…]

No Greenspun = more site work, as I get stuck into the FT archives again. The cherries have mostly been picked from this particular tree but here are a couple of old pieces, with hopefully more to follow. The Auteurs album I loved at the time but har[…]

This article might be an unusual one for Freaky Trigger. It won’t offer much in the way of analysis; it won’t put forward any grand or foolish theories; personal reminiscence will be kept to a minimum; I have no expert knowledge to drop a[…]

12ftlizards is a Yahoo! Group for the discussion of the future of ILM/ILE boards in the event of them vanishing. It’s also there for any other admin-style questions that might come up. Membership is open so feel free to join.[…]

Pub carpets – don’t worry this isn’t turning into a pub version of Changing Rooms – merely observations one what makes a decent carpet in a pub. As noted below in discussion of The Ring, there is something comforting about a t[…]