ADMIN: We’ve thrown caution to the wind and signed up for Gmail – freakytrigger@gmail.com, unsurprisingly. This will probably be the ‘official’ FT email account, we’ll change everything over soon. The main benefit is goi[…]

ORBITAL – “You Lot”
Simplicity is oftentimes a great thing. Layered synth lines over a straightforward beat carries the listener into an extended sample of a speech about taking over the world via science (I have no idea where this[…]

Into The Groove: more blogging! more MP3s! more pop! I hope this makes up to you, O readers, for the absence of today’s Britney Week entry.[…]

BRITNEY SPEARS – “I’ve Just Begun (Having My Fun)”
The intricacies of Britney marketing relegate this to an In The Zone bonus track in some countries; a non-release in others. Which is odd, because you could imagine it being a[…]

JUVENILE – Juve The Great: Screwed & Chopped
DAVID BANNER – MTA 2: Baptised In Dirty Water: Screwed & Chopped
LIL FLIP – You Gotta Feel Me: Screwed & Chopped
In late 2003, thanks to David Banner’s star turn for […]

BRITNEY SPEARS – “Autumn Goodbye”
Twinned quaintness: a B-Side, and a Britney tune carried mostly by its sung melody. It’s A-Side was “…Baby One More Time”, which may not be the best of her records but is sti[…]

Sexually explicit film version of Nick Hornby’s 31 Songs cuts 22 songs to fit the sex in.
Alright, that is actually a lie. Instead Michael Winterbottom has made what may well be an unreleasable sex’n’concert film where a young coupl[…]

BRITNEY SPEARS – “Anticipating (Alan Braxe Mix)”
The Britney/Daft Punk link-up never got beyond a delicious rumour but this 2002 remix gives you an idea of what might have been. Halfway between Madonna’s “Music” an[…]

… when the land cries out for heroes … Watching Eurovision w.my dad (=73) is always one of the year’s highlights – i am completely fascinated by the height of his camp threshold (mine is a lot lower) plus as a parent (ie of m[…]

The only relevant news item in this week’s Marketing was the sad decision of Bodyform to finally discard the “Whoa Bodyform” music from their adverts, which will apparently be speech-based in future. One research study claimed it to[…]