Rock'n'roll is the new dance music.

Apparently BPI figures say that 13 percent of albums sold in 2000 were dance music, but only 9.5% by last year. In 1999 22.4% were ROCK, rising to 31% last year.

God, gayness and the Guardian.

With the creation of gay clergy once more becoming an Issue in the Public Eye, I'd like to refer you to Karen Armstrong's article of a few weeks ago. Would anyone who knows more than me care to comment?

Thank God for that.

According to this it's going to be a lot cooler in Oxfordshire in the second half of this week than it is in London. This is good - the people I know in London are mainly able to spend the day indoors out of the sun, whereas I'll be wandering around a field hippie-herding. Indeed, it looks like there might even be a bit of rain. I don't normally appreciate rain during a festival, but if the alternative is blazing sunshine and temperatures in the high thirties . . . after all, there are a finite number of first-aid staff on site.