On a slightly similar note, had a major row with most of the Irish ones (rock journalists – there are only about five of them and my brother used to be one)last week at the Mercury Rev gig. They were being all sniffy – the Rev haven’t really performed well since Deserter’s Songs, etc, etc – but when we got down to it, they didn’t like the new album because it was too happy!?! And of course, if you’re a rock journalist, you are almost by default a miseryguts. And then they didn’t like the gig because it was ‘too slick’!!

Pshawh!