Xmas Music

Goddamn I hate Xmas music. Every year it's the same old songs and every year. Endlessly. In shops, on the radio and the torturous adverts that permeate every 10 minutes of television. Its wrapping paper thin lyrics, overabundance of sleighbells, and false cheeriness grate at me more than almost anything in the world. Lets face it, a good christmas song is as real as Santa

And this year is no different, another X-Factor winner and The Pogues getting overplayed more than usual due to a fuss over something that was right before people started objecting to it.

I woke up in the middle of the night two nights ago with Cristmas songs in my head and a pain in my arm swearing I would crucify the next radio, TV set or shop tannoy playing Slade Wizzard or any of that sorry repetitive bunch.

Wrong holiday I know but it feels appropriate

So this Xmas I'm turning my radio off and listening through some albums that I've missed in my musical education so far. Just because there's nothing new out, it doesn't mean that there's nothing new to be found at this time of year. Looking back is sometimes as good as looking forwards

I can't remember who said it, but "If I ain't heard it, it's new to me!"

rant over, tune in this week for a very special gig review featuring one of our favourite bands on CUR1350, as well as my obligatory single and album reviews of the year

Everything else shuts down and we start back up - I'm a natural pedant

Sandy