Am I Cool Or Not?: only eleven entries this week, tut tut, but some pretty amusing ones. And a new subject, of course…[…]

First Browning, Now Homer!: “”The style, structure and themes of rap music, generally, are the same as classic Greek and Latin poetry,” Biggs said. “When you look at the ‘Iliad,’ it doesn’t take a very learne[…]

Special Announcement: a week today it is NYLPM’s first birthday, and Freaky Trigger’s second. There will be a big special feature to celebrate, with original writing from a lot of great people. So far so good. But! NYLPM is about the link[…]

Not strictly musical: anyone who misses Blue Lines may be interested to know that I’ll be returning to the ‘weblog community’ for one week only, taking over Wherever You Are while Vaughan has a rest. From this evening, or tomorrow. […]

Pop Eye: thankyou to Pete, who sent me Pop-Eye extra early this week and reckoned without idleness, AICON and the pub. It’s up now – Westlife, Gorillaz, et al. and two polls.[…]

I have no idea about the Oxford Blue – however I have been drinking at “The Oxford Pub” or to give it its full and rather more revealing title The Oxford Pub: It’s A Scream. It’s A Crime, more like, etc. This used of cou[…]

Pay To Play: expose of radio plugging practises which generally manages to exchange nostril-flared outrage for dry factuality and is the better for it. Except for that odd little intro: “Does radio seem bad these days? Do all the hits sound the[…]

Welcome aboard, Nanette! I notice though that you do not mention the video, which has Destiny’s Child prowling about an island in shipwrecked-cavewoman gear. It’s very artistic. Oh yes.
Judging from what I heard watching the video on CD:U[…]

Reorganisation creep…gone is the top ten (look to your right), though it will return in a fairer and more democratic form. What replaces it? Well, often at Freaky Trigger we get messages along the lines of, hey, you are nasty to so much music, […]

Am I Cool Or Not?: five “Fool” verdicts in a row – can this week’s subject buck the trend? Find out now.[…]