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[…]

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.[…]

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[…]

Nostalgia For The Present Time: a thread. I can remember nothing about January and February this year. What on earth did I do?[…]

Why We Write About The Strokes: So, OK. Neumu which is a big online altzine covers the Strokes who are an altband you might have heard of, yes? (Here’s what I thought of them) Neumu wuvs The Strokes. Reader writes in, and is sick of The Strokes[…]

Second rule of FilePile is YOU DON’T TALK ABOUT FILEPILE: oops. Anyway not that I’m condoning MP3 trading but I thought I’d point out that this fellow seems to put up files regularly which chime rather well with the NYLPM worldview.[…]

Unplug the oldies – for good: long essay with little to say – Rolling Stones apparently now old men shocker. “Rock is about youth” quoth writer. First rule of rock, ‘kids’: never believe anyone who wants to tell yo[…]

I have been neglectful of new music weblogs lately. Given that I’ve hardly been reading all the old music weblogs, this is not surprising. But it means I’ve missed out on sex and sunshine (which is a fine name for a weblog) and somnolence[…]

Consequences: Clarence Carter, Hefner, pop and sin, discussed in a new Freaky Trigger article.[…]

You might like to know that the fourth CLUB SUSSED is taking place this Thursday night in its usual venue: Club Latino, The Plain, Oxford, £3 to get in, 10pm-2am, pop music and beer. A Day Of Decadence is also planned for the Friday. Regular DJ[…]