Very Sexy WeekendGot a call at 5pm on Friday to say "got a plus one for Trail Of Dead", which was very nice... so went to that, saw Snow Patrol supporting, they were really bloody good, first time I've seen them live, and they were very impressive.Mostly they made me... Fly ChristmasI heard a theory that if all the money in the world was distributed equally, we'd all be loaded, but within a year natural forces would ensure that a one third of the people would have somehow conned another third of the people out of theirs.Went to ... Come on Little DevilI'd say The Cult and Frank Black were the artists that rocked Reading for me, both because of the songs rather than the performance. It's always ACE to hear songs like "Monkey Gone To Heaven", and good as the 'Catholics other material was, I'd guess ... Glastonbury: BLUDDY GRATEThat was an ace weekender, highlight for me was definitely the BLOODHOUND GANG, with their bonkers onstage antics... also a bit top was Dame David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Travis (somebody shoot me), and the Bloodhound Gang again, in case you forgot.Now... Last night ROCKED!All three bands were ace, the Barfly was heaving... Kennedy Soundtrack are like Rage Against The Machine or something, but their singer went a bit Manson in places...Span look all new wave, but sound fierce. I dont' know how to describe them, but the... Gigs at the weekend, both amazingNeds Atomic Dustbin was FANTASTIC on Saturday... I really wasn't sure what to expect, but it was cracking. Predictable crowd of late twenties / early 30s aged indie kids, and nearly all male too, but it kicked off right away, and kept going until the... ...Trail Of Dead @ The BarflyAYWKUBTTOD were the very embodiment of visceral intensity yesterday at the Monarch... If you've not seen them, their style of music ranges fromThe WhoJoy DivisionThese Animal MenSuicidal Tendenciesall the way to Suicidal TendenciesThese Animal MenJoy... Uncle Bob's Reading ReceptionWhat a festival! Placebo, Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, Gorky's, Foo Fighters, Ween, Primal Scream, and Daphne and Celeste! And we saw none of them! Aren't festivals just brilliant?Thinking back through the smoggy drunken haze, the highlight was... I went out two nights in a row!Went to see Suede last night at the Royal Albert Hall, did I mention I was going? I think I did. Seven years since the last time we saw them, and it was great, a great set, all the band on form.Royal Albert Hall felt smaller than I remembered from my... Wireless rockedPulp were ace, Grace Jones was surprisingly brilliant, lots to eat and drink over the weekend, lots of celeb spotting action (Chris Morriss among others) caught up with some friends and revisited old haunts. A really good time, more details later. Ba...