Steve Trower
sptroweresq.bsky.social
Steve Trower
@sptroweresq.bsky.social
Author of GameLit and sci-fi that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
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Day 25

🧑🏽‍🎤 Rage Against the Machine
🎵 Killing In The Name (1992)
💿 Rage Against the Machine

My 90s Top 5 was nailed down pretty early on, and this just missed out.

I was 18 when it came out; I'm 18 again any time I hear it.

I won't do what you tell me.
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by RATMVEVO
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Very loosely ranked

Day 24

🧑🏾‍🎤 Cornershop
🎵 Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook remix) (1998)
💿 When I Was Born for the 7th Time

Because after the last couple of songs we all need a bosom for a pillow, and a Fatboy Slim remix on a 45 to cheer us up.
Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha, Norman Cook Mix (Tjinder Singh) Official Music Video
YouTube video by Cornershop
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
#WIPPIT #SF #FBW
Survivor Song X Speed of Dark

As a deadly virus sweeps across the world, the few survivors begin to realise they are all neurodivergent. If these remaining Mis-Shapes make it through the Neurotypocalypse, can they build a new world, where they fit in, to benefit everyone?
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#WIPPIT #SF #A #HA #FBW

The Rothwell Incident -
ET meets THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH at an acid house party in Northamptonshire in 1988.

A wild adventure featuring space rubbish, illegal raves, shady Met Office personnel, and that weird friend who always seemed like he was from another planet.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#WIPPIT #SF #FBW

After a new pandemic kills off most of the population, a group of geeks and weirdos band together, first to survive the apocalypse, and then to rebuild a better world.

☣️ viral apocalypse
🤓 geeks shall inherit the earth
🐬 save the dolphins
♾️ neurodivergent protags
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#WIPPIT #LF #FBW
Based on a true story, 'Seeing Emily' explores the struggle of a child with invisible disabilities, as her family navigates a maze of red tape, ignorance, and personal doubt to get her the education she deserves in a system that is failing children like Emily.
#TrueLife #FamilyDrama
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#WIPPIT
The Rothwell Incident -
ET x THE ACID HOUSE

Rothwell, Northamptonshire. Summer 1988.
As the Second Summer of Love sweeps across England, three friends make first contact with an alien. Unfortunately, what they first contact it with is the front of an Austin Ambassador.
#SF #A #HA #FBW
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So my #notnano #NaNoWriMo attempt has somewhat paused over the last week, partly because I've found myself mired in half a dozen contradictary timelines. But that's December's problem; first, I have a week to finish a draft...
#AmWriting
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November 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Very loosely ranked

Day 23

🧑‍🎤 R.E.M.
🎵 Everybody Hurts (1993)
💿 Automatic For The People

Automatic is peak R.E.M. for me, and this is just a great song.
R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (1992) (4K Remastered)
YouTube video by Ediciones Moogoperator
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Day 22

🧑‍🎤 Eels
🎵 Not Ready Yet (1996)
💿 Beautiful Freak

Pretty sure I bought this CD off the back of Susan's House, but I don't think there's a bad track on it. This is one where the lyrics speak to me.
Not Ready Yet
YouTube video by Eels - Topic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Day 21

🧑‍🎤 Goo Goo Dolls
🎵 Iris (1998)
💿 Dizzy Up The Girl

We've reached a more bittersweet, almost melancholy section of the 30 now. We're done rocking out, it's all about the lyrics. Well, maybe until Monday.
Goo Goo Dolls – Iris [Official Music Video] [4K Remaster]
YouTube video by Goo Goo Dolls
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Day 20

🧑‍🎤 Flowered Up
🎵 Weekender (1992)
💿 The Best of Flowered Up

Flowered up arrived one Tuesday afternoon in 1992, dropped a 13 minute indie rock banger, and then pretty much bogged off again. Didn't even chart in Iceland.
Flowered Up - Weekender (15 Cert Version)
YouTube video by floweredupVEVO
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Age yourself with gaming
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you see this, share a Western 🤠🐴
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Day 19

👩‍🎤 Catatonia
🎵 Mulder and Scully (1998)
💿 International Velvet

With all those ghosts and zombies and the army of Björks it was only a matter of time before they showed up wasn't it. Apparently only made number 2 in Iceland; maybe they didn't get Cerys' accent?
Catatonia - Mulder And Scully (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by RHINO
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Day 18

👩‍🎤 The Cranberries
🎵 Zombie (1994)
💿 No Need To Argue

My daughter is the same age I was when this came out, and also thinks it's an absolute banger (or whatever the kids say these days). It was also a number 1 in Iceland, so it must be true.
The Cranberries - Zombie (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheCranberriesVEVO
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Day 17

Apparently this was number one in Iceland. I guess Björk was busy recording Army of Me that week.

👩‍🎤 Kristen Hersh
🎵 Your Ghost (1994)
💿 Hips and Makers
Kristin Hersh - Your Ghost (Official Video)
YouTube video by 4AD
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Day 16

Almost any track from Post could have gone here, but if there's anything more '90s than Björk on the Pops in a Ren & Stimpy t-shirt, I want it caught and bottled.

👩‍🎤 Björk
🎵 Army of Me (1995)
💿 Post
Björk - Army of Me (live on Top of the Pops (1995))
YouTube video by Mollylurcher
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Another near miss from my list, love this song. So many great bands and songs from that decade, I'm glad others are including the ones I dropped!
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Day 15

Before becoming a giant of 90s prog rock Steve Wilson released the psychedelic insanity of On the Sunday of Life... A long time favourite discovered on Mark Radcliffe's Out on Blue Six.

🧑‍🎤 Porcupine Tree
🎵 Radioactive Toy (1992)
💿 On the Sunday of Life...
Radioactive Toy
YouTube video by Porcupine Tree - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Day 14

Because creating a remix so far off-piste the original artist disowns it, then adding a letter to the title and releasing it anyway is about as rock n roll as ambient techno gets.

🧑‍🎤 The Orb
🎵 Toxygene (1997)
💿 Orblivion
The Orb - Toxygene (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Babes Papes
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#WritingLifeMonthly Day 13

8 on shelves, plus a kindle app full, and I'm still finding more to go on my Christmas wish list...

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly November Day 13📚
I told my kiddo that collecting books is not my hobby, because I read them all, then I kinda got a delivery of books (second hand), and my TBR pile now feels out of control!

#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #bookish #books #tbr #tbrpile #indie #amreading
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I feel like I've shared this Easter Egg laden piece from The Knight Errors before, but it's a rare occurrence of the verb 'to build'.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Day 13

Guilty pleasure time! This ode to the time Ms Boo lost a loved one in a Swedish department store was probably my last dabble in the world of pure 90s pop.

Also there's an accompanying scifi B movie.

👽 Betty Boo
🎵 Where Are You Baby? (1990)
💿 Boomania
Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby? (1990)
YouTube video by Flash Hits
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM