If the Christmas No 1 turns out to be an angry, confrontational rock track that concludes with an explosion of f-words, it'll be precisely the shot in the arm the charts have been sorely lacking the last few years: something that puts a genuine smile on the face of millions of people; sensitive people, thoughtful people; people alienated by the stifling cloud of grinning mechanical pap farted into their faces on a weekly basis by cocky, clattering, calculating talent shows such as X Factor. It would give these people hope. Maybe only in a very small and silly way, but still: a tiny spoonful of hope. And what could be more Christmassy than that?
Sums it up quite well. It might be too big a gear jump but, other good news, the gate at Auschwitz has been recovered. The odds are the men arrested are neo-nazis, rather than art thieves (though they were apparently well organised).
Ex-minister and loose cannon MP Kim Howells is planning to stand down at the next general election ("Dr Kim Howells is planning to paint and climb mountains when he stands down"... Take cover!). So long fruitcake, and take this kind of bilge with you.
More good news... humanity might go sailing on Titan's great lakes.
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