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Thursday 08 January 2009

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The Who at Glastonbury

That set list in full

• Theme from 'CSI'
• Track ripped off from 'Quadrophenia'
• Theme from 'CSI: Miami'
• Another track shamelessly ripped off from 'Quadrophenia'
• Theme from 'CSI: New York (Series 5)'
• Song ripped off from 'Tommy'
• Theme from 'CSI: Special Victims Unit'
• Encore: Terrible cover version of 'My Generation' by The Zimmers

quiet, loud and very loud

A great weekend for the middle-aged, barstool musical correspondent. Music and chat from Iggy and The Stooges on Jonathan Ross. I never realised 'Elves' by The Fall was such a complete rip-off of 'I wanna be your dog'. Seven Ages of Rock - Black Flag, R.E.M, Pixies and Nirvana.

'Some people can not do that and will not do that.' (simple bass riff) - Kim Deal on 'Where is my mind'

'It had to end right there. Right with that scream. Right with that song. Right with that howl' - Scott Litt on Kurt Cobain's final words on 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night'

'If I could change anything, I just wish that Kurt was still alive.' - Dave Grohl

Glastonbury - Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, The Editors and a fantastic set from Iggy and the Stooges. Raw power.

goodbye last.fm

You are supposed to be unobtrusive software. On two computers, you have spontaneously stopped working. No changes to Windows Media player. Plonk.

YouTube - what is it good for ?

Generally, the quality of cover versions on YouTube can vary to say the least. However, covers that purely mime to the original soundtrack are excellent as you can simply minimise the video and listen to decent music, you were forced to remove to make way for another yet another virtual machine. This cover version of 'Aneurysm' by Nirvana has a certain visual appeal though - the drums and cymbal, the bendy guitar and the socks.

in praise of Joy Division

As part of the ongoing vinyl replacement program, I finally bought 'Unknown Pleasures', 'Closer' and 'Still' today. 25 years on - 'New Dawn Fades', 'She's Lost Control' et al still sound absolutely fantastic.