So, why haven’t you been updating all day, Tom? Well, O Reader, that’s because I’ve been editing the The Freaky Trigger Pop Music Focus Group, June 2000, the definitive overview of the first six months of Y2K in pop. It rules &#8211[…]

DUEL! – ROUND 2: the server is back and so is Duel! Stereophonics vs Kravitz – nasty.
Lack of promised updates because I’ve been a) a bit poorly, b) working on the focus group.[…]

Houston/Problem: I’m unable to update to the main Freaky Trigger site. While this provides me with a cast-iron excuse for not putting up all those articles and letters I’ve been promising, it is also ARSE in that it leaves three vital asp[…]

Step lively, space cadets! Horton Jupiter of the mighty They Came From The Stars (I Saw Them) e-mails me to say that his band are gigging on Tuesday 20th, at 10 PM, at The Clinic on Gerrard Street in Soho, London Town, England, UK. No information as […]

Musics: it’s the blog where the bourgeoisie meets the rebel. Um, no, it’s a blog with lots of links and commentary which I think Fred noticed a while back. It’s sterner and less personalised than most music blogs, but I’m sure[…]

DUEL! – ROUND 2: Muse take on Kid Rock. And now I’m off to bed.[…]

Alive and (Sky)Kicking. Tim’s back and he’s talking about Napster. “Napster technology bypasses that framework, allowing us to create intimate connections with unknown people in a series of exchanges that entirely disregards the fou[…]

Free market fright for music moguls “I believe that information should be free and that people’s creative output is for the benefit of everyone. There are other business models that can be used to generate revenue and reward people for th[…]

nick doro blog: is this a music blog? not really, though it seems to be mostly about music, and good music too if the pictures of Jarvis and Serge are anything to go by. Pop over and say hello.
I’ve just bought If You’re Feeling Siniste[…]

Double Nickels On The Dime gets the Western Homes treatment. I’ve often tried and failed to like the Minutemen, and I’ve tried and failed to work out why I’ve failed, too. File under: blind spot. The fecundity of Double Nickels migh[…]