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Rubbish Grammy Article
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Rubbish Grammy Article found by Ian. An I-Spy game of cluelessness but my favourite line is this: “popular music has been enveloped by the “cultural attitude” of MTV. That is, the attitude of rebellion”. Pop music and rebellio[…]

If I Was Lush, I’d Be Pretty Pissed Off By Now
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If I Was Lush, I’d Be Pretty Pissed Off By Now: replace “making history” with “making money” and you’ll be nearer the mark, eh BBC? All Freaky Trigger has to say at this point is: go on Shaggy![…]

Fantasy Pop League
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Fantasy Pop League: finally updated! Notice that the managers who have actually been playing are doing better than those who haven’t (with the regrettable exception of Vinny – sorry old chap but there’s always next fortnight). For t[…]

Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: JA RULE – “Rule 3:36”
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Some records join every dot. Last year, for instance, the Kelis album and the Jay-Z album and the Romeo Must Die soundtrack turned hip-hop around for me. They made sense of a lot of things – my latent love of the genre, my excitement over R&amp[…]

Most of the people
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Most of the people replying to this dance thread listened to music during the time house and techno music appeared and club culture exploded in popularity, in Europe at least. I’m really interested in some younger people’s perspectives on[…]

Somebody’sbeen watching too much late-70s
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Somebody’sbeen watching too much late-70s Dr.Who: mind you, it’s nice of the Grammys to put something in for the dads. Oh no, hold on, that would be Steely Dan.[…]

Pop Eye
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Pop Eye: Pete at the controls, a new picture, two new polls, and Atomic Kitten still at No.1….[…]

Icestock
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Icestock: Wired reports on Antarctica’s burgeoning music scene.[…]

WE ARE POP
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WE ARE POP: An evening out in a well-known London hostelry with some of the Tangents crew, the ice being broken when the Freaky Trigger boys (me, Pete and Al) demonstrated their total pop supremacy by getting the £10 jackpot on the Top Of The P[…]

Rap Snacks
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Rap Snacks: it’s hip-hop crisps! But of course it is. (via The Null Device, whose tagline I am so jealous of.)[…]

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