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Music writing labeled ''brainy'' is often dismissed as boring or irrelevant, but the B-word is the not-so-secret ingredient that makes Freaky Trigger -- an ultrasmart fanzine about pop music -- so irresistible. Weekly features plus reviews and older stories represent a fair mix of crowd-pleasing ditties (Top 40 radio standbys like Shaggy) and esoteric hipster raves (college- radio staples like Jim O'Rourke). Nearly everyone can appreciate FT's meditations on '80s music or the fantasy pop league (where rock stars are awarded points for their oh-so-rockin' behavior). A- -- Caryn Ganz

MUST-VISIT: www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic=I%20 Love%20Music Approach this message board with caution: Threads include ''Do We Really Need a Post-Punk Canon?'' Uh, yes.


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Posted Apr 27, 2001
 

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