FT Wrecking Everyones Curve
Five years ago!
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Just think Tom…you could’ve been making mixtapes […]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
84. Pulp – “Babies”
The genius of “Babies” is that the harder you try to make sense of the story the less sense the song seems to make: and the more you think about the song the less the story matter[…]

In the Finnish department store they laid out the CDs as follows:
– Classical and non; then
– Finnish language and non; then
– Mid and full price.
The racking policies of big shops are culturally significant. In Britain HMV’s […]

Only a 4 for I’m Going Slightly Mad??!!
Popular hit its 200th No.1 yesterday, and this morning I find another P-inspired blog, this one with a slightly different focus: reviewing every Queen single! Best of luck. Queen are a good choice for thi[…]

Country Glamour: great title, great concept – “Country music sits with you at the bar while you down crap beer and wallow in your own misery. People who say “I like everything except country” are also, conveniently, the stupid[…]

POPNOSE MP3 OF THE WEEK
5. Muumilauluja – “Moron Valituslaulu”
This MP3 comes from the Finnish version of Moomin Voices, recordings of songs co-written by Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins. A bop in the eye for my shrivelled inne[…]

Just got back from a brief and very enjoyable holiday in Finland.[…]

Since we’re redesigning…
I’ve been meaning to write an intro to FT for newcomers for ages. I never got around to it. It’s not that hard anyway – seven blogs, different subjects, team of writers, there you go. Anyway toni[…]

Since we’re redesigning…
Freaky Trigger is a UK-based website which consists of a bunch of themed weblogs. It started life in 1999 as a music site, edited by me, as a way to get my ramblings on pop music out of my head and onto the web. I[…]

THE FT TOP 100 SONGS
85. Teddybears STHLM ft Mad Cobra – “Cobrastyle”
If I was a real music journalist I would look forward most to the part of the job where you make up new genres! I think I would make up a genre which would includ[…]