It couldn’t happen here: Germany has launched its official state web portal – and the moderator is Blixa Bargeld![…]

Carter USM: yeah, I said it: Carter USM. I confront my past and somewhere else on Freaky Trigger Dr. C confronts a past and Pete confronts some giant spiders.[…]

POP-EYE GUEST STAR SPECIAL
ilxor.com programming master Graham P takes the Pop-Eye baton for this weeks trek to the summit of Mt.Pop (thanks Graham!):
“”The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)” is still at number one for a third week. We[…]

Tom’s Top Ten!
SINEAD O’CONNOR – “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina”
MISSY ELLIOTT – “Work It”
ABASS ABASS – “Urgence”
BHUNDU BOYS – “Jit Jive”
DR.DRE – “[…]

GENE FARRIS – “This Is My Religion”
I ended up disliking this one. Appreciating it, yes, but disliking it. Farris has the tension/no-release thing just so, and “This Is My Religion” is the most delightful case of chemica[…]

The Minor Fall, The Major Lift: Another one I haven’t linked because I wasn’t sure if I’d linked to it before. Sarkier-than-usual music blog, good I think.[…]

Christgau on International Rap: wish I’d read this before writing my piece along similar lines.[…]

Freaky Trigger is BACK! After (almost) two months off, what better to lead off than Ronan’s Underworld live review (and Ronan’s life review). Also featured: Sterlingon Sleater-Kinney and me on African hip-hop. And that’s for starter[…]

ABS – “What You Got”
Abs Five (now Abs One?) rides the “Uptown Top Ranking” riddim and nicks the chorus too – are we to believe he actually goes out on the pull inna khaki suit an ‘ting? The ladies seem impre[…]

Morrissey on Craig Kilborn
He wears a cardigan and a lavender lace up shirt. A mimes broad patrimonies gesture almost deflects his doughy face. He has gained forty pounds and he looks tired.
He has wrinkles and gray hair and a collapsed pompadour.
My[…]