CRAP

Some good bands, but the whole "we're all jolly musicians sharing, with added boogie woogie" schtick has worn thin.

Jools is an excruciating interviewer. He can be charming and quite witty "on his own turf", but my god, most of his interviews are painful.

Someone I know who works at the BBC got me into a recording. It's quite interesting watching the bands checking each other out. The excruciating Dirty Pretty Things were on, and were clearly high on their own hype, while Morrissey (someone who I wouldn't have payed to go and see) and his band were really polite and respectful of the other acts, and then blew them away in a kind of "we are grown men, we are not here to fuck about" kind of way.

Jools himself was really disappointing. He looked thoroughly pissed off and hard done by, even though his job looks like getting a shit load of money to talk for about 12 minutes a week. The moment the cameras were off, all affability seemed to disappear. Shame.

The only band I've ever seen on it that I liked were Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Their performance wasn't great and the interview after was strange.

It was the week after John Peel died.

Nick: He was one of the good ones.
Jools: Yes, he was.
Nick: And now he's dead.
Jools: Uh....yes.

A neccessary evil.

Anyone watch the episode with JPBX? There was a boogie woogie indicident. JS then proceeded to hump Jools' piano and completely fuck up the song. The band were exchanging embarassed glances concerning the piano playing...hence MES' clause. It's a good show basically. When it goes wrong it can still be entertaining.

Do you think when he was presenting the Tube he was dreaming of a bit of Boogie Woogie with Siouxie Sioux? Perish the thought.

If Jools now writes an autobiographical, ahem, "boogie woogie" about his career presenting TV shows and calls it

fantasmatical thorr wrote:a bit of Boogie Woogie with lil' Siouxie Sioux?

we shall hold you responsible!

did anyone see The View on it on Friday night? Me and my girlfriend were both wankered.

Me - 'Are they dwarves?'
Laura - 'I think they're just children. Tiny tiny children'
Me - 'I think they're dwarves.'

They are, of course, neither children nor dwarves. Apologies if you don't know the band in question. Quite good I thought.

Kasabian, on the other hand are awful.

In summary, this show is Not Crap when you are pissed.

jarvis was on at the weekend therefore it is Not Crap. damian rice was on too though so that tips it slightly back towards crap. but jarvis is just too powerful for damian so not crap wins the day in the end

Jarvis was good.

While I was drunk, as aforementioned, I really enjoyed Damien Rice.

In summary, this show is Not Crap when you are pissed.