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Oasis to boycott Top of the Pops
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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[…]

NYLPM Sells Out!
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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!
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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
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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[…]

Top Ranking – The Genius Of Soul Jazz
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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
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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.[…]

Greenspun.com
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Greenspun.com has now been down for 36 hours, meaning no ILM and ILE. My assumption is that eventually one of these outages will be permanent (maybe even this one!) or that the ‘restructuring’ of greenspun.com will finally happen and it&#[…]

On sampling and post-modernism
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Here’s Gavin Mueller writing in the OHJ Blog (get your permalinks fixed!) “I think sampling is one of the most potent forms of artistic expression, especially in our post-modern world.”. You just know he’s going to mention DJ […]

DUEL! 2002 — Round 2 Match 4
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DUEL! 2002 — Round 2 Match 4

Duel! 2002 – Round 2 Match 4

Which of these artists is worse?

Limp Bizkit

David Gray

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Over once again to Mr Pete Baran to set the scene for today&#8[…]

An unexpected discussion
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An unexpected discussion of Sue Wilkinson’s “You’ve Got To Be A Hustler If You Want To Get On”, of all things. Black Box Recorder nicked all their ideas from this song.[…]

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