https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2002/11/daniel-bedingfield-if-youre-not-the-one
DANIEL BEDINGFIELD – “If You’re Not The One” – FreakyTrigger
[From November 2002] A few years ago a friend of mine had an idea. He had a studio in his bedroom and wanted to make pop music with it, music that would sound...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/sport/2003/11/regarding-chants
Regarding chants, – FreakyTrigger
[From November 2003] Regarding chants, myself and mrs carsmile were commenting last night on the universality of the tunes used. The Inter fans were singing...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2005/02/war-on-pants
War on pants! – FreakyTrigger
[From February 2005] War on pants! “That’s why they’re called undergarments…they’re supposed to be worn under something else.” Superman was unavailable for...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/ft-advent-calendar-of-free-online-games-17th-december
FT Advent Calendar Of Free Online Games: 17th December – FreakyTrigger
[From December 2009] Sorry for delay. Free wine. Can’t think of a game to put up. There is only one solution. Google “MONKEY HIT GAME!” I was very drunk…...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2001/01/heaven-help-us
Heaven Help Us! – FreakyTrigger
[From January 2001] Heaven Help Us!: how I would love to see the local press coverage of this one.[…]
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2024/04/aard-labour-conclusion-unmourned-and-unloved/comment-page-1
Aard Labour Conclusion: Unmourned And Unloved – FreakyTrigger
[From April 2024] This is the last of my posts about Cerebus The Aardvark, the 300-issue comic by Canadian writer/artist Dave Sim and environmental and...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/which-decade-is-tops-for-pops/2010/05/which-decade-is-tops-for-pops-round-3-the-number-8s/comment-page-1
Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? Round 3: the Number 8s. – FreakyTrigger
[From May 2010] Timely reminder: I’ll be keeping the voting open on all rounds until a few days after we’re done – so if you’ve just breezed in and fancy...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2000/04/alex-reece-pulp-fiction-2000
ALEX REECE – Pulp Fiction 2000 – FreakyTrigger
[From April 2000] ALEX REECE – Pulp Fiction 2000 It starts with bass. The deepest, warmest bass you’ve ever heard, like swimming in amniotic fluid while...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2004/11/post-idea-2
Post idea 2: – FreakyTrigger
[From November 2004] Post idea 2: Old film mags had a local-paper quality lost among the glossies: a regular lament was the infelicities of NFT programming. So...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2001/06/deathofpop1
The Sound of the Atom Splitting – FreakyTrigger
[From June 2001] The Fall And Rise Of Pop, Part I Back in May, Luke Haines titillated his handfuls of observers by calling for a Pop Strike. His plea – for a...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/poptimism-podcast/2006/12/poptimism-lesson-twenty-two
Poptimism – Lesson Twenty Two – FreakyTrigger
[From December 2006] Ring The Alarm – Beyoncé (electropop remix) I Think We’re Alone Now – Girls Aloud Real Gone Kid – Deacon Blue (some bosh remix or another)...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/europop-2008-group-a-turkey-v-portugal
Europop 2008: Group A – Turkey 1 Portugal 2 – FreakyTrigger
[From March 2008] The second group A match, between a confident Turkish side and the rudderless Portugese. Can Portugal get it together on the field? Listen...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2005/10/howling-commandos
Howling Commando’s – FreakyTrigger
[From October 2005] The problem with fantasy films sometimes is getting your head around the logic of the fantasy. Howl’s Moving Castle has this problem in...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2002/07/the-buggles-video-killed-the-radio-star
THE BUGGLES – “Video Killed The Radio Star” – FreakyTrigger
[From July 2002] THE BUGGLES – “Video Killed The Radio Star” Cheap Eighties Nostalgia right? You listen this to remind yourself of high school. But it is...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2002/09/passing
Passing Through – FreakyTrigger
[From September 2002] Jerry the Nipper on broken hearts, epic soundtracks and the immortal majesty of Baxendale When your heart is not so much broken as...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pumpkin/2001/01/for-what-its-worth-heres-my-thoughts-on-the-world-of-drinking-in-said-region
For what it’s worth, here’s my thoughts on the world of drinking in said region – FreakyTrigger
[From January 2001] For what it’s worth, here’s my thoughts on the world of drinking in said region. As I am not very good with maps I am hoping all pubs...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2004/04/popnose9
PopNose9 – FreakyTrigger
[From April 2004] PopNose9 (1.5M) Make that Wednesday evening – things are hectic here and will be until Friday morning, and which point I will reveal the IDs...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/science/2003/11/fauna-of-poland-my-guide
FAUNA OF POLAND: MY GUIDE – FreakyTrigger
[From November 2003] FAUNA OF POLAND: MY GUIDE “We have no rabbits in Poland” said our guide gravely as Isabel enthused over our pets back home (thriving,...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2004/07/happy-birthday-kate-bush
Happy Birthday Kate Bush! – FreakyTrigger
[From July 2004] Happy Birthday Kate Bush! A reader has emailed to ask that NYLPM mention that it’s Kate Bush’s birthday (don’t know if it’s a particularly...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/01/the-strange-death-of-the-uk-charts/comment-page-2
The Strange Death of the UK Charts – FreakyTrigger
[From January 2009] This is a graph – done by anatol_merklich off the Poptimists LiveJournal community, so massive thanks to him – showing the number of new...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2005/05/so-ya-thought-ya-might-like-to-go-to-the-show
So ya / thought ya / might like to… go to The Show – FreakyTrigger
[From May 2005] Talent In A Previous Life‘s review of the Glasgow Girls Aloud gig 2 weeks ago. The most exhaustive description of the show I’ve seen in a...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2001/04/gasp-choke-2
Gasp! Choke! – FreakyTrigger
[From April 2001] Gasp! Choke! – a teen star with a brand image? whatever next? (via everywhere). Observation: real music fans’ stagey shock and outrage at a...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2000/12/first-off-i-would-like-to-say-that-i-had-this-comment-all-written-out
First off, I would like to say that I had this comment all written out… – FreakyTrigger
[From December 2000] First off, I would like to say that I had this comment all written out, I needed to adjust the window to get to the rest of the post, and...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/poptimism-podcast/2006/08/poptimism-lesson-nine
Poptimism – Lesson Nine – FreakyTrigger
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2002/04/angry-robot
angry robot – FreakyTrigger
[From April 2002] angry robot: music review weblog with an electronic emphasis. Looks good.[…]
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2011/12/festive-baco
Seasonal slatternry: the festive bacon sandwich – FreakyTrigger
[From December 2011] An online shop only describable as ‘prepared for a nuclear winter’ has left us with a severe surplus of meat products. Rather fuzzy headed...
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The Freaky Trigger Readers’ Poll 2018: #10-#1 – FreakyTrigger
[From January 2019] “Bonjour dudes, it’s me, the Lascaux Cave Paintings, specifically the one where a bull with a spear through its arse is goring a bloke to...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/05/pop-world-cup-on-resonance-fm-104-4
Pop World Cup on Resonance FM 104.4 – FreakyTrigger
[From May 2010] (Almost) all of this week’s pop footballing action will be reviewed and discussed tomorrow at 4pm on Resonance FM 104.4 by your faithful hosts,...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pumpkin/2002/02/blackboards
Blackboards: – FreakyTrigger
[From February 2002] Blackboards: Not only a great Iranian film from 2001 but seemingly the only way a pub can spread its message to its punters. But what I...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2003/06/boomkats-flipside
Boomkat’s Flipside – FreakyTrigger
[From June 2003] Boomkat fails in the method act with The Wreckoning. The surface has Moloko written over it, but then you scratch underneath and realize...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2005/12/christmas-bonus
Christmas Bonus – FreakyTrigger
[From December 2005] Christmas Ain’t Christmas, New Year Ain’t New Year, Without The One You Love – heartbreak Christmas soul, upped here because of snarl-ups...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2002/10/the-golden-triumph-of-naked-hostility
The Golden Triumph Of Naked Hostility – FreakyTrigger
[From October 2002] The Golden Triumph Of Naked Hostility: HYPER HYPER! Oh wait wrong hardcore. My introductory skillz are somewhat lacking for this new FT...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2004/12/pcgmwatch-november-2004
PCGMwatch: November 2004 – FreakyTrigger
[From December 2004] PCGMwatch: November 2004 Mental state of political correctness worse than ever! – “Sydney Scrooge” accused of “political correctness gone...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2000/09/especially-for-fred
Especially for Fred… – FreakyTrigger
[From September 2000] Especially for Fred… (and other interested parties), it’s the Guardian’s amusing review of the new Madonna album.[…]
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/hidden-landscapes/2018/05/the-invisible-dandy-scribbled-farewell-notes-on-tom-wolfe
the invisible dandy: scribbled farewell notes on TOM WOLFE – FreakyTrigger
[From May 2018] [This post originally went up at my PATREON: subscribers get to read posts and hear podcasts early — and help offset costs and time and help me...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2006/02/politcs-and-abstraction
Politcs and Abstraction – FreakyTrigger
[From February 2006] Yek/Sue Williams The question about how political abstraction can be, esp. in relations to painting keeps popping up, an unsolvable...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2019/03/omargeddon-8-umbrella-mistress
Omargeddon #8: Umbrella Mistress – FreakyTrigger
[From March 2019] Back in the day, I had a very fixed idea of what an Omar Rodríguez-López album should sound like. I was still in recovery from the rockism...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2004/08/complete-control
COMPLETE CONTROL – FreakyTrigger
[From August 2004] COMPLETE CONTROL: Pete’s away again boys and girls, and I believe he was silly enough to hand over the reins for Do You See to me whilst...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/07/welcome-to-the-new-look-freaky-trigger
Welcome to the new-look Freaky Trigger! – FreakyTrigger
[From July 2006] If you’re a regular visitor to freakytrigger.co.uk, you’ll certainly have noticed that things look different today. The lovely new design – by...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2004/03/wivewatch-2
wive$watch – FreakyTrigger
[From March 2004] wive$watch In his tremendous memoir, Times Square Red Times Square Blue, Samuel R. Delany spends a few pages discusses acting in porno movies...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2005/03/tv-diary-everything-i-watched-on-29305
TV Diary: everything I watched on 29/3/05 – FreakyTrigger
[From March 2005] TV Diary: everything I watched on 29/3/05 WWE Raw: It starts with an occasional chat-show style segment, and commentator Jerry Lawler says,...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2004/09/not-an-artist-given-to-great-subtlety
Not an artist given to great subtlety – FreakyTrigger
[From September 2004] Not an artist given to great subtlety, Mauro Perucchetti’s new show at Beaux Arts* is a big punchy thrill. For a start, as you walk up...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2004/08/quiet-here-today-innit
Quiet here today innit? – FreakyTrigger
[From August 2004] Quiet here today innit? However I’m writing like mad about music in lots of other places: Popular inches on and I’ve been writing about...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/seven/2004/10/coins-on-the-railway-lineit-was-the-summer-of-1980-the-last-week-of-the-school-holidays-ashes-to-ashes-was-top-of-the-charts-and-west-ham-had-recently-won-the-fa-cup-my-dad-was-on-my-b
Coins on the Railway Line – FreakyTrigger
[From October 2004] Coins on the Railway Line It was the summer of 1980, the last week of the school holidays. Ashes to Ashes was top of the charts and West...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2004/01/youd-think-with-the-dentistry-degree
You’d think with the dentistry degree – FreakyTrigger
[From January 2004] You’d think with the dentistry degree, the Coke Dr Alban would be more interested in banning would be Coca-Cola, evil tooth rotting...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/1999/11/17-happy-mondays-kinky-afro
17. HAPPY MONDAYS – “Kinky Afro” – FreakyTrigger
[From November 1999] Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s Happy Mondays were Manchester lads who mixed grit and wit with a pilferer’s ear for a tune – Oasis...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2000/04/cheap-trick-i-want-you-to-want-me
CHEAP TRICK – “I Want You To Want Me” – FreakyTrigger
[From April 2000] CHEAP TRICK – “I Want You To Want Me” (from the LP In Color) ORANGE JUICE – “Consolation Prize” (from the LP You Can’t Hide Your Love...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2003/01/toms-top-ten-19
Tom’s Top Ten – FreakyTrigger
[From January 2003] Tom’s Top Ten TATU – “How Soon Is Now?” STEVIE WONDER – “He’s Misstra Know-It-All” RANDY NEWMAN – “Love Story” FLO DAN – “Big Mic Man” PET...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/series/three-films-about-tokyo
Three Films About Tokyo – FreakyTrigger
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/06/glastonbury-festival-weather-forecast-forecast-2010
Glastonbury Festival Weather Forecast Forecast 2010* – FreakyTrigger
[From June 2010] Given the demise of glastoweatherwatch and glastofestivalforecast and no obviously googleable replacement by some other person with too much...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/pumpkin/2003/09/i-wasnt-really-old-enough-to-enjoy-the-illicit-thrill-of-the-afternoon-lock-in
The art of the afternoon lock-in – FreakyTrigger
[From September 2003] I wasn’t really old enough to enjoy the illicit thrill of the afternoon lock-in, but I think myself and Mr Hopkins may have discovered...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2000/12/my-favourite-songs-of-2000
MY FAVOURITE SONGS OF 2000 – FreakyTrigger
[From December 2000] I’m sorry, other things got in the way and so here is – contrary to the new contributors’ guidelines – a list without commentary! Links...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2000/11/the-cultural-hulk
The Cultural Hulk – FreakyTrigger
[From November 2000] The Cultural Hulk: Al picks up the mouse and draws once again.[…]
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2004/07/le-jour-se-leve
Le Jour Se Leve – FreakyTrigger
[From July 2004] Le Jour Se Leve Hmm. I went to see this 1939 French noir at the NFT the other day. They give you a two-page review-article on the film, it...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2002/02/strokes4
The Strokes – I Don’t Really Want It That Way, Thanks For Trying – FreakyTrigger
[From February 2002] So in a wonderful example of synergy or timing or conspiracy, the Village Voice has released the results of its ‘Pazz and Jop Poll’ the...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/seven/2004/11/i-have-killed-part-2-of-2continued-from-the-brown-wedgecurrently-a-slew-of-my-fellow-citizens-are-fighting-a-whole-bunch-of-folks-in-a-far-away-city-that-by-all-accounts-is-little-more
“I HAVE KILLED” — Part 2 of 2 – FreakyTrigger
[From November 2004] “I HAVE KILLED” — Part 2 of 2 (Continued from The Brown Wedge) Currently, a slew of my fellow citizens are fighting a whole bunch of folks...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2019/01/wiki-illiams-quizz-2018-round-9
Wiki-illiams Quizz 2018. Round 9 – FreakyTrigger
[From January 2019] 1 Who wrote about the polymath, Joseph Bologne? 2 Whose prestige product honours a former naval person? 3 Who progressed from Arras via...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2005/09/i-never-met-michael-sheard-1940-2005
I never met Michael Sheard (1940-2005) – FreakyTrigger
[From September 2005] In 1997 I went up to Edinburgh to sample the Fringe. It was the year that the League of Gentlemen won the Perrier, and I saw their show....
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2009/02/the-incredibles-journey
The Incredibles Journey – FreakyTrigger
[From February 2009] So Bolt is a cute animal (Finding Nemo) with realistic fur (Monsters Inc) who is the star of a TV and believes the TV show is real (er –...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2023/06/around-the-world-in-an-hour
Around The World In An Hour – FreakyTrigger
[From June 2023] Just a bit of CROSS PROMOTION with the Peoples Pop part of the site, where we’ve launched a new! feature – The LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY TRACKS!...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2004/07/to-prove-i-am-a-balanced-fellow
TO PROVE I AM A BALANCED FELLOW – FreakyTrigger
[From July 2004] TO PROVE I AM A BALANCED FELLOW Bérubé – an academic w.a fairly good grasp of pop culture AND left politics – is often a little full of...
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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/sport/2005/04/light-years-ahead
Light Years Ahead – FreakyTrigger
[From April 2005] Stadiums shared by two football teams have been seen as problematic for many reasons; one of the major objections is the difficulty in making...
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