We Will Never Give It Up
I have never really made mix tapes or discs or things like that for myself. For others, yes, sometimes due to love, other times due to, well, education (starting in 1994 or so, after a complaint from my mom that all my genera[…]

Moloko, “Sing It Back (Herbert’s Tasteful Dub)”
The first thing that seduces you about a Herbert production is the sensuousness of noise sounds. There’s very little here in the way of “natural” sounds, maybe the d[…]

A very quick update before the birthday special gets going next week – Ronan Fitzgerald contributes a Futurism review and becomes the first Freaky Trigger writer ever to use the phrase “this is rock and roll”. The early 80s time-tra[…]

spizzazzz: they like pop. I really have to stop finding these good new weblogs just through my referrer stats.[…]

Sugar – JC Auto (Live)
(In the middle of downloading my favorite 100 singles of the 90s, so be prepared for more of these [mwuhahaha…]) Even through a pair of 4Q (4Q?? Did they get these off the back of a pickup?) computer speakers, thi[…]

USHER – “U Got It Bad”
Filler? FILLER? Oh, no no no no. Usher’s testifying (in that modern stylee) – no pounding on the altar, not much sweat, and he only falls to his knees because he’s dancing. But this is pr[…]

ASHANTI — “Foolish”
Like Usher’s “U Got It Bad,” redolent of nothing more than mid-album filler, this song betrays no clue why it would go #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Unlike Usher, it’s actively irritating o[…]

…I’D NEVER GET LAID
Blink 182 the soundtrack for date rape? Hardly. “First Date,” their latest single, is nowhere near as insidious; it’s nothing more than the backing music for That Guy. You know, the one with style for[…]

DUEL! 2002 — Round 2 Seedings
The first round of Duel! 2002 is finally over and the draw for the second round takes place tonight, among the following contestants. Seed status was determined by the margin of victory in Round 1.
Seeds:
1. Creed
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I’m really not convinced that there is ever a good season to pub garden. It’s just one of those things that the British don’t seem to be very good at al fresco eating & drinking – yes, I know it’s a clich’ but[…]