Ok, I am a child of the 80′s and as such I have to tell you about Ladytron. If you haven’t heard about them before head over here and have a listen and watch of their new single You Destroy Everything You Touch. It is fantastic (no arguments) and you should all buy it! The video is reminiscent of Monkey on Mogadon (is that the right barbituate?) and the sound is everything Steve Strange could have been if only he had listened to Billy Currie and Midge Ure, and if he had had a very painful operation. Anyway the track is great, we’re all listening and watching it in our house. We haven’t been this unified since the new series of Dr Who started.

PS Did anyone see Jonathan Ross on Friday, not only did he have nostalgia aplenty when Simple Minds played but he also plugged the Kendo Nagasaki book? I feel like the world is a better place to live in.

Been thinking a bit more about the way the press has been dealing with Kate Moss and the big fuss it has caused. It then got me thinking about ‘role-models’ and how we idolise them and so on. This led me to the other hot news topic at the moment Mr Wayne Rooney. He is being condemned in some, well most, areas of the press for setting a bad example to young kids with his on-field, and sometimes off-field, antics. I can’t help but think, hey this guy is only 19 (20 next month). When I think of all the things I used to get up to at 19 I am surprised that all he did was applaud in the face of Kim Milton Nielson…

Has anyone else noticed the resemblance between Kim and Ryan Stiles? Both seem to have extremely long necks, or should that be small heads, which emphasise the neck – biatch

Anyway my point is that we make these people into role-models when they are still only very young and ‘shouldn’t know better’. We only have ourselves to blame. I myself am continuinly messing things up and yet does that mean I shouldn’t venture forth into the wide world incase someone copies me? No! We all make mistakes so get over it, accept it and simply try to do better next time. I think some guy back in Judea about 2000 years ago said something similar. He was, however, quite a good role model by all accounts, and what did we do to him?

It’s Friday but there is no Crackerjack. No changeover to London Weekend Television as the evening approaches.
Tomorrow’s Saturday but there will be no World of Sport, Kendo Nagasaki or Shirley Crabtree and Dr Who is off the air until the Christmas special. My action man, lego and other toys have been consigned to the land that only Steve Strange could sing about (c’mon keep up, you’ll get it if you think hard enough).

And to top it all, it looks like it is going to rain tomorrow. When I was young the summers were much warmer and sunnier, and weekends were never wet…

Ahh when I was young.