King Jeremy the Wicked ruled his world...

Random thoughts: Tina Brown has a nice piece in the Times about the difference between George Bush and Tony Blair... why do even things shot for 4:3 sometimes look better in 16:9?... Train's "Drops of Jupiter" may be catchy as hell, but the lyrics are nonsense - asking the woman to think of "the best soy latte [she's] ever had"? Such new-age mumbo-jumbo.... just caught the great Weezer "Keep Fishin'" video, with the Muppets, and it got me to thinking: my favourite-ever videos: A-ha "Take On Me", Blur "Coffee and TV", Blind Melon "No Rain", Smashing Pumpkins "1979", Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up", REM "Everybody Hurts", Bjork "All is Full of Love", Chris Isaak "Baby Did a Bad Thing", Eels "Novocaine for the Soul", Fiona Apple "Criminal", Fatboy Slim "The Rockafeller Skank", Fatboy Slim "Weapon of Choice", REM "Imitation of Life", Weezer "Buddy Holly", Beck "Loser", Zero 7 "Destiny", Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity", Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave "Where the Wild Roses Grow", Chris Isaak "Wicked Game", Nirvana "In Bloom", Pearl Jam "Jeremy"... that was going to be a top 10 list before it took on a life of its own... best concert I've ever been to? No contest - Pearl Jam in Singapore, the Vitalogy tour...

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