Good Elvis Costello interview in this month's mag, Mr H, although EC always puts his best side out; does he really enjoy supporting Dylan and, er, The Police?
As someone who devoured his every last fart and whistle for 20 years I find his latest stuff uninvolving, but he's always had a way with a cover version and this one of Christina Aguillera's Beautiful

from the House soundtrack is up there with the very best. I can't claim to know what a hit sounds like anymore but surely this is one? Could a younger person (most of you, judging by the 'Birthday hit' thread) enlighten me?

This got buried here,
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/new-word-podcast-morrissey-switchb..., under my musings about DAB radio, so I've rescued it because I think the parish might fancy a rant of a grey Monday...

Re Kevin Greening, here's http://botherer.cream.org/?p=833 an interesting blog piece, reprinted in Private Eye, about how the Mail on Sunday end of journalism works. The blogger
doesn't name the hack but PE does - take a bow one Daniel Cochlin.

For light relief, go forward a couple of days in the blog to see REM & the Muppets. It's well worth it.