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https://freakytrigger.co.uk Keeping it old schools
https://popular-number1s.com/ Reviewing UK number 1s - currently at: Usher "Burn"
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2PAC ft ELTON JOHN – “Ghetto Gospel”
Popular: #1013, 2nd July 2005
2PAC ft ELTON JOHN – “Ghetto Gospel”
The pattern for recent hip-hop Number 1s on Popular – Nelly’s pair being the best example – has been the chart-topper as a kind of medal for services rendered, generally coming an album cycle after th...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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#ScienceFiction
“Zirn Left Unguarded, The Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead”, is a very funny parody / pastiche of Space Opera, by Robert Sheckley (1972). One of the best titles ever. I recommend this podcast for an excellent reading & discussion of it
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A Bite of Stars, a Slug of Time, and Thou – Episode 9
[From September 2008] We pick up with Pete Baran joining Mark Sinker and Elisha Sessions for “Zirn Left Unguarded, The Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead”, written in 1972 by Robert Sheckley...
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July 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Omargeddon: Project Closure Report
Omargeddon: Project Closure Report
My attitude to creative writing projects is best contextualised by misquoting Zapp Brannigan’s take on pick-up lines: write as many of them as you can, as fast as you can. I know this is probably unwi...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Omargeddon #55: Is It The Clouds?
Omargeddon #55: Is It The Clouds?
Omar Rodríguez-López’s most recent solo album Is It the Clouds? dropped January 2024 (aptly on the Clouds Hill label) and was the first to follow 2016-17’s epic release schedule. While it’s not quite ...
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July 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Omargeddon #54: Sworn Virgins
Omargeddon #54: Sworn Virgins
As much as this idea totally whips, sadly, Sworn Virgins isn’t a concept album centred around the priestesses of Vesta, although it did inspire me to draft a fantasy longlist of musicians I’d like to ...
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June 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Omargeddon #53: Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar
Omargeddon #53: Saber, Querer, Osar y Callar
Hooray for me! Also several others, but it’s hard to get excited about that. Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio, the long-awaited Mars Volta double album I totally manifested is here at last, and it is a...
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May 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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CRAZY FROG – “Axel F”
Popular: #1012, 4th June 2005

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CRAZY FROG – “Axel F”
In 2004 I took on the worst project of my professional life; worst in the sense that it was miserable and time-consuming and also in the sense that I did it very badly. A certain mobile phone company ...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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OASIS – “Lyla”
Popular: #1011, 28th May 2005
OASIS – “Lyla”
The long twilight of Oasis is reaching its end, at least in Popular terms. The 00s took them from the kings of English rock to a drab fixture and finally a running joke, bigmouths promising a return t...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Omargeddon #52: Solid State Mercenaries
Omargeddon #52: Solid State Mercenaries
The Jeopardy! category is “Before and After”: ANSWER: They’ll use semiconductor technology to amass an army for hire, if the remuneration is right. QUESTION: Who are Solid State Mercenaries? Why yes, ...
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April 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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AKON – “Lonely”
Popular: #1010, 14th May 2005
AKON – “Lonely”
This is going to be one of those annoying reviews which takes the billion-view signature hit of a highly successful artist and picks away at production choices which – objectively! – have been extreme...
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April 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Omargeddon #51: Omar Rodriguez
Omargeddon #51: Omar Rodriguez
I’m inclined to think of Omar Rodriguez as the first official ORL solo record, even though that’s not technically correct. And yet, my predilection for proving myself to be the best kind of correct is...
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March 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I just got to this point in your series, and I'm loving them.

Ironically, they're also making me want to re-read Cerebus, for all the good bits AND for the slow motion trash fire.
February 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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I am suddenly reminded of the piece I wrote then for @freakytrigger.co.uk — I will always stand by it.
February 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Omargeddon #50: Mantra Hiroshima
Omargeddon #50: Mantra Hiroshima
Labelling music as ‘psychedelic’ is about as useful as labelling it as ‘progressive’. Both are wildly subjective terms, and both are frequently deployed when defining Omar Rodríguez-López’s extensive ...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Just gonna use this as an excuse to link to the archive…

Time Reconsidered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Who - starting at #1 Fang Rock
February 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Peoples Pop 2024: THE FINAL GROUP
Peoples Pop 2024: THE FINAL GROUP
The results are in! We have a final group of 40 songs to vote on in the WORLD CUP OF 2024, and a handy GOOGLE FORM where you can do just that. The form has details on the scoring system, and it’s open...
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February 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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THE WORLD CUP OF 2024

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THE WORLD CUP OF 2024
In case you weren’t aware, the Pop Polls are back back BACK on Bluesky, and we’ve started off with the annual year-end poll, The World Cup Of 2024 (hashtag: #peoplespop24 if you want to play along the...
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January 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Omargeddon #49: Woman Gives Birth to Tomato!
Omargeddon #49: Woman Gives Birth to Tomato!
Friends, this year is going to be a doozy, one which will require mental fortitude on par with the strength of Hercules combined with the flexibility of Gumby. And yet there’s only much loin-girding a...
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January 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Bec’s best books 2024
Bec’s best books 2024
In the ancient times, when I was old enough to know better but young enough to believe it didn’t matter, when LiveJournal was the central focus of my socialisation, at this time of year my reading fee...
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December 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Twenty years ago (well in a few weeks time) we started a list. Ten years ago (well in a few weeks time) Tom finally got us to the end of it

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Spoilers, this was #1…
The Top 100 Songs Of All Time: 1. Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind/In My House
[From December 2014] The intro: 00’00 – 00’39 In December 1987 the Pet Shop Boys released “Always On My Mind”, a cover of the song made famous by Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson. It became the Christm...
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December 3, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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24th Freaky Trigger Annual Between-Christmas-and-New-Year Pub-Crawl

"The Tower Bridge Cat On Stairs"

#FTABCANYPC24 #opalanniversary
24th Freaky Trigger Annual Between Christmas And New Year Pub Crawl (#FTABCANYPC24): The Tower Bridge Cat On Stairs
Sunday, 29th December 2024I marks the 25th anniversary of the first Annual Between Christmas And New Year Pub Crawl and so we are heading to Southwark to sample some pubs with fascinating architecture...
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December 22, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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24th Freaky Trigger Annual Between-Christmas-and-New-Year Pub-Crawl

"The Tower Bridge Cat On Stairs"

#FTABCANYPC24 #opalanniversary
24th Freaky Trigger Annual Between Christmas And New Year Pub Crawl (#FTABCANYPC24): The Tower Bridge Cat On Stairs
Sunday, 29th December 2024I marks the 25th anniversary of the first Annual Between Christmas And New Year Pub Crawl and so we are heading to Southwark to sample some pubs with fascinating architecture...
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December 22, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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’24 Candles
’24 Candles
Last year I wrote up some trends in the way British people listen to Christmas music now – as expressed via the medium of the streaming-era Christmas charts, which offer a fairly accurate barometer of...
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December 21, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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Omargeddon #48: Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fungus
Omargeddon #48: Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fungus
This is not my best-loved time of year: it’s cold, dark and tainted by too many unhappy holiday memories. All the decorations remind me of when I was very young, and how I dreaded the annual construct...
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December 7, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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This is not my best-loved time of year: it’s cold, dark and tainted by too many unhappy holiday memories. All the decorations remind me of when I was very young, and how I dreaded the annual construction of our plastic fir tree, anticipating my dad’s... https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=35779
December 7, 2024 at 11:36 AM