What kind of mentalist writes almost 3,000 words about “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina”? Me. Also up on Freaky Trigger today is David Howie’s word-jazz write-up of Lift To Experience’s The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads.
And an[…]

A million is an overrated number. We should start counting site hits in BINARY! YES! Binary Sitemeter! Wanted now!
FT HITS: 111010101010101001011100000111010101100101010101010011 etc etc.
Las Ketchup eh? I’ve got to respect them for making an a[…]

Million Hit March: at some point today, at around half four I’d guess, Freaky Trigger got its millionth hit (as counted by Site Meter plus the handful I’d got prior to using them). It was probably some punka sniping at Jess’ article[…]

Virgin denies ‘racism’ jibe after axing rap: “Does anyone still not like hip-hop and R&B”, I asked on ILM last week. Here’s one answer. The ‘racism’ stuff is playing into Virgin’s hands though.[…]

Scroll down a bit to “Great moments in rock critic bluffing Part 2” and you’ll see M.Matos’ fine dissection of one Robert B. Ray’s theories of “critical overcomprehension” – which summarises as: critics[…]

How to ruin Ryan Adams’ day – and get your money back![…]

Send In The Clowns: fifty versions of this fine song reviewed, one by one. (So far Van Morrison and Stan Kenton). I was/am actually planning to do a similar piece with another song so I hope Mike won’t think I’m bitin’ his ideas![…]

AVRIL LAVIGNE – “Sk8er Boi”
First seven seconds: pretty much perfect. That’s handy if you’re on a slow dial-up, plus it means you can imagine what the rest of the song is like. It is kind of what you’re imagining b[…]

The Golden Triumph Of Naked Hostility: HYPER HYPER! Oh wait wrong hardcore. My introductory skillz are somewhat lacking for this new FT piece, where Jess Harvell rewinds the 90s hardcore scene, because I know nothing about any of the bands he even me[…]

Rock Me, Powerhouse: music blog. I’m not sure how much I actually like this style but I like that it’s there, and after all you might like it more, so here it is.[…]