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Hello,
At any given 'all-back-to-mine' situation I've been to, sometime during the night / morning a Smiths track will get put on the stereo and everyone will have a good old sing-along. Everyone that is except my mate Shell, who doesn't sing and always says to me (adopts broad Leeds accent) 'Well you know Phil, while you lot were into the Smiths, I was listening to Michael Jackson'.

For me it was the other way round, while Shell was being one of the 109 million people who bought "Thriller", I was immersed in John Peel obscurities and just thought of Jacko as being a mainstream pop star with really bad dress sense (What was it with the too-short trousers, loafers and white socks?) and a sad descent into skin-bleaching and face mask-wearing weirdness. It's only over the past decade that I've gone back and checked out his music ("Off The Wall" obviously), and appreciated his undoubted pop genius. So, Mikey J, despite all your weirdness, we salute you.

More musical thoughts: Did you see Pendulum on the Glastonbury highlights? Aren't they the shitest thing ever. Not stocking D&B anymore I've kind of lost touch with the scene, but always felt (even without hearing any of their tunes) that they'd be rubbish - after all, anything labelled 'Stadium Drum & Bass' has got to be crap, hasn't it? In their defence, I at least thought they were a bunch of 19 or 20 year olds just having a bit of a laugh, but no, they're all middle aged blokes hiding behind caps and sunnies! They're just EVERYTHING I hate about 'stadium' dance music (see also Faithless and Lo-Fidelity Allstars); keyboard guitars, shitty little end-of-chin beards (like, rad, dude!), rock posturing... Ban them, that's what I say, for the crime of being absolutely rubbish. Now.

If you want to go out, and don't want to hear Pendulum, try these nights:

Eighty Six celebrates two years at Jam St (Fri 3rd July, 9 till late, free). Previous guest DJs have included Kelvin Andrews, Balearic Mike, Moonboots, Jan Hammered, and ex-Piccadilly staffers Rob Bright and Richard Hector Jones, but tonight it's a residents-only event with Jeffo, Jif and TC manning the decks.

Club Brenda Vs Bollox (Blink, Sat 4th July, 10pm - 3am). More shambolic sounds from the queer underground as these two club nights hook up for summer fun.

El Diablo's Social Club (Sat 4th July, 9pm - late, £5). Neil Diablo and possibly new dad Danny are joined by the Detroit Public Radio crew.

Right, I'm off on holiday, so don't email me,
Philippa