TIMING IS EVERYTHING. AND APPARENTLY CONTEXT IS, AS WELL. AND INTENTION.

I picked a terrible time to start my blog up again, considering that I'd have to leave it dormant for a week just two days later. I just liked the perfection of it being started up again a year to the day later. Don't think I don't care about you - I've already prepared you this postcard.

Budapest : There may
be surprises yet.

BET-HEDGING ARTISTS TEAR UP DICTIONARY. NEW DEFINITION OF THE WORD ECLECTIC PENDING.

A succession of acts who'd really like Radiohead's level of success have been clamouring for inclusion on KCRW Radio's thrilling new compilation album - There's Something About Radiohead. The 'curator' of the piece and station payola honcho, Canesten Twilight today said , "Everyone wants to be Radiohead. In recent years they've come to define eclecticism, especially if you're unsure of what the word means and you like your definitions very narrow. Apparently on the next album they've attached motion sensors to Thom's wonky eye and are using them to trigger a theremin. Or a Vicodin or something. Well, it's *one* of those instruments that always turn up on their records".

The tracklisting runs:

Damien Rice - Creep (Piano Version)
Flaming Lips - Creep
Four-Tet - Creep (Fragmented Hard-Drive Mix)
R.E.M - Creep
Radiohead - The Sun Has Taken His Hat Off
M. Ward - 2 + 2 = 5
Muse - Creep
Paul Weller - Acquiesce
Gary Jules - Creep (from Donnie Darker:The Revenge)
Joanna Newsom - Creep
Coldplay - Clocks
Jethro Tull - Creep
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding.

The album will be leaked for download on February 18th. In stores shortly after the bolt's back on the door of the empty stable.

Tommy Radioneck : Hasn't he
got gorgeous eclectic eyes?

I'VE GOT A CRIMINAL RECORD. IT'S ZENYATTA MONDATTA BY THE POLICE. NO WAIT, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. HANG ON, I'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO KEEP TITLES SHORT. LIKE...

...MORRISSEY.

Nothing lifts my mood more than the news that Sting is about to do something. Except perhaps the sight of Bob Geldof shaking his collection tin on St Peter's Street. Accompanied by Bono playing Bob Marley songs on acoustic guitar. In fact, you're lucky that I managed to stop singing it from the rooftops for long enough to inform you that The Police have reformed to rake it in once more. Sting is taking his top off to practice glistening with sweat as I type.

One great rock music story that I've heard three different versions of is that Stewart Copeland, the drummer from out of The Police hated Sting so much that he had *EITHER* "Sting is a Cunt", "Fuck off Sting" OR Sting's face scrawled on his drum skins to help him hit them harder. What's less widely known is that Andy Summers, the guitarist from out of The Police (it's no mistake - Sting was the bass player from out of Sting's band) painted all of his guitar strings in yellow and black stripes like Sting's jumpers that he got his nickname from in order to lash out at them furiously so that they'd break more while the band were playing sold out stadiums.

If they really needed the money I'd post play.com or amazon links here for Stewart Copeland's Everybody Stares DVD (supposed to be great), Andy Summers' One Train Later book (supposed to be good) or Sting's solo back catalogue (Sting likes it. A lot).

The Stings : His tops do
it voluntarily now.