"They have a bass guitar, but they don't use it in the videos"

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A big thankyou to all Poptimists who came to play in or spectate at the Trig Brother 2006 pub crawl. A good time was had by all, well by most. I'll be putting up a page on Freaky Trigger with full results, semi-full headlines, selections from Atommickbrand's fearsomely comprehensive notes, and photos.

And THE FUN'S NOT OVER YET. This coming Saturday is of course the triumphant return of POPTIMISM. Expect incessant hype in between this week's poll action.

The History Of Pop Part 59 aka Only turning into tigers when we gotta fight back

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Now 59 - later 2004 - the Golden Age continues, or....? JoJo, Three Of A Kind, V, Khia, Eric Prydz - we may well not see their like again. On paper this looks set to have a clear winner - but who knows the secret paths down which anygoodatall science will lead us?

Now 58 ended in a DRAW! - and no, no untickings were involved. "Hey Ya" and "Some Girls" fight it out down at the bottom of this poll. Kelis was one vote behind, and Girls Aloud one vote behind that. Very close.

( Read some Byron Shelley and Keats )

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