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Diversity - I agree, they deserved to go through and I preferred their act to that of Flawless - we'll have to see what Flawless come up with tonight (well, tomorrow, when I've ssen the recording as I'm out tonight! Sue Son - the likeability thing was very harsh - she played to the crowd as much as she could, with smiles and all - what did Simon expect her to do while playing the violin? Darth Jackson - I was expecting exactly the same when he was "unveiled". Sadly, it seems, he was for real and should never have made it to the semis.

With a lack of big new albums next week, The Fame will bounce straight back up again anyway. I'd prefer it didn't too, but it seems inevitable.

Note that three of the albums getting the better of it are Various Artists compilations and won't affect it's performance in the official artists album chart. Negating those, it would actually be falling from 3 to 7 on this chart - nowhere near as sharp a drop.

So...into the semi-final go the t***** who stuck his finger in his belly-button and licked it, the stripper, darth vader and several others that should no way have made it to even that stage...what WERE they thinking? And yes, Jester, I think the drummer boy should have gone through too.

European/County Council elections here at the beginning of next month with three candidates... UKIP - heard nothing from them Tory - a general Tory leaflet through the post Labour - the only one to drop in a leaflet with info about the actual candidate Can they just not be bothered about this vote or what? Might hear more from them closer to the time, I suppose. Completely undecided who to vote for yet.

1 (2) The Show - Lenka 2 (1) For What It's Worth - Placebo 3 (8) Sounds Of The City - Dykeenies 4 (3) Counterpoint - Delphic 5 (4) Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar 6 (7) I Got Love - The King Blues 7 (11) Heartbreak - Magistrates 8 (5) No Time For Tears - The Enemy 9 (15) Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith 10 (6) Don't Fight It - The Panics 11 (18) Arrows Of Eros - Golden Silvers 12 (9) The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 13 (23) Not The Only Person - Rumble Strips 14 (21) I Am Not A Robot - Marina & The Diamonds 15 (10) Something Is Squeezing My Skull - Morrissey 16 (27) The 59 Sound - Gaslight Anthem 17 (19) Bulletproof - La Roux 18 (13) The Kids Are Sick Again - Maximo Park 19 (12) Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club 20 (16) Fire - Kasabian 21 (17) The World We Live In - The Killers 22 (29) Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep 23 (26) Learn To Lose - Hockey 24 (30) It's Not My Problem - Sneaky Sound System 25 (20) Daniel - Bat For Lashes 26 (37) I Wanna - All American Rejects 27 (36) Sing When You're In Love - The Enemy 28 (NE) Pearl's Dream - Bat For Lashes 29 (28) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke 30 (14) We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun 31 (25) Know Your Enemy - Green Day 32 (22) Knocking - Will And The People 33 (NE) Notion - Kings Of Leon 34 (NE) Fifteen Minutes - Yeah Yous 35 (34) Shark In The Water - VV Brown 36 (RE) Mama Do - Pixie Lott 37 (24) Back Of The Van - Ladyhawke 38 (39) Untouched - Veronicas 39 (32) Be The One - Jack Penate 40 (NE) Never Forget You - Noisettes 41 (NE) Second Chance - Shinedown 42 (31) Don't Upset The Rhythm - Noisettes 43 (42) Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - Manic Street Preachers 44 (33) Love You Better - Maccabees 45 (41) Rabbit Heart - Florence & The Machine 46 (48) Heavy Cross - The Gossip 47 (35) Velvet - The Big Pink 48 (50) Enemies - In Case Of Fire 49 (49) Warrior's Dance - Prodigy 50 (38) Temptation Dice - The View

From the perspective of a floating voter...nope...not yet... we're only just emerging from the furore of the expenses issue. Completely the wrong time to further upset the apple-cart and contemplate election preparations.

2 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky 4 Christie - Yellow River 14 Dana - All Kinds Of Everything :puke2: sounds like it's from a cheesy musical 15 The Jackson Five - ABC :) 18 Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love :) 19 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water NOT cheesy! 40 Frank Sinatra - My Way :) no doubt someone'll be attempting this at the karaoke party I'm going to tonight >.<

I heard Jo Whiley play this earlier and I quite like it - enough for it to be the second highest new entry on my personal chart this week, behind Mr Hudson feat. Kanye West with Supernova - both from genres that I don't normally like that much.

1 (2) The Show - Lenka 2 (1) For What It's Worth - Placebo 3 (9) Sounds Of The City - Dykeenies 4 (5) Longing For Lullabies - Kleerup feat. Titiyo 5 (3) Counterpoint - Delphic 6 (4) Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar 7 (16) New In Town - Little Boots 8 (12) Gifted - NASA 9 (8) I Got Love - The King Blues 10 (21) I Remember - Deadmau5 feat. Kaskade 11 (13) Heartbreak - Magistrates 12 (6) No Time For Tears - The Enemy 13 (19) Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith 14 (7) Don't Fight It - The Panics 15 (23) Arrows Of Eros - Golden Silvers 16 (10) The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 17 (29) Not The Only Person - Rumble Strips 18 (26) I Am Not A Robot - Marina & The Diamonds 19 (11) Something Is Squeezing Skull - Morrissey 20 (33) The 59 Sound - Gaslight Anthem 21 (24) Bulletproof - La Roux 22 (17) The Kids Are Sick Again - Maximo Park 23 (15) Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club 24 (14) Love, Sex, Magic - Ciara 25 (20) Fire - Kasabian 26 (51) Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas 27 (NE) Supernova - Mr Hudson feat. Kanye West 28 (22) The World We Live In - The Killers 29 (37) Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep 30 (32) Learn To Lose - Hockey 31 (39) Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal 32 (27) Dust Devil - Madness 33 (40) It's Not My Problem - Sneaky Sound System 34 (25) Daniel - Bat For Lashes 35 (NE) Heartbreaker - MSTRKRFT feat. John Legend 36 (55) I Wanna - All American Rejects 37 (38) I Do Not Hook Up - Kelly Clarkson 38 (53) Sing When You're In Love - The Enemy 39 (NE) Pearl's Dream - Bat For Lashes 40 (34) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke

I heard it a short time ago on XFM and thought "what is this dull pop song?" :( Only realized what it was by looking at the DLS on my radio. The lead singer has a great voice, it's just a shame this track doesn't show that off so well.

I was reading yesterday (can't remember where) that the next actual Linkin Park album has been put back to 2010 :( The single from the soundtrack was supposedly put to radio this week, but I've yet to hear it. Edit: the single has now been added to the latest Radio 1 playlist C...so it'll get a couple of plays next week, not that I think it's that great anyway...maybe a grower.

1 (NE) Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers 2 (1) 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 3 (NE) Manners - Passion Pit 4 (NE) The Liberty Of Norton Folgate - Madness 5 (2) Quicken The Heart - Maximo Park 6 (NE) Deaths And Entrances - My Latest Novel 7 (3) Align The Planets - In Case Of Fire 8 (4) Dark Days/Light Years - Super Furry Animals 9 (5) True Romance - Golden Silvers 10 (NE) Relapse - Eminem 11 (7) Welcome To The Night Sky - Wintersleep 12 (6) Attics To Eden - Madina Lake 13 (10) Music For The People - The Enemy 14 (8) Primary Colours - The Horrors 15 (NE) Four Winds - Lightning Seeds 16 (13) Junior - Royksopp 17 (9) Scars & Souvenirs - Theory Of A Deadman 18 (14) Sneaky Sound System - Sneaky Sound System 19 (12) Battling Giants - Ben's Brother 20 (11) What Matters The Most - Shannon Noll 21 (NE) Abnormally Attracted To Sin - Tori Amos 22 (17) Years Of Refusal - Morrissey 23 (15) Very Best Of - Thunder 24 (16) Wall Of Arms - Maccabees 25 (19) Day And Age - The Killers 26 (18) Asleep In The Bread Aisle - Asher Roth 27 (24) Invaders Must Die - Prodigy 28 (22) The Fame - Lady GaGa 29 (20) Sounds Of The Universe - Depeche Mode 30 (21) Walking On A Dream - Empire Of The Sun 31 (27) Yes - Pet Shop Boys 32 (25) Grace/Wastelands - Peter Doherty 33 (28) Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon 34 (23) It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 35 (26) I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce 36 (NE) Truth Be Told - Laura Izibor 37 (30) It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 38 (NE) Further Complications - Jarvis Cocker 39 (35) To Lose My Life - White Lies 40 (NE) Free - Gavin Degraw

I think "Fire" is OK - I prefer it to "Vlad The Impaler". Agree with you about "Empire" though :D

1 (1) For What It's Worth - Placebo 2 (4) The Show - Lenka 3 (2) Counterpoint - Delphic 4 (8) Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar 5 (3) No Time For Tears - The Enemy 6 (5) Don't Fight It - The Panics 7 (9) I Got Love - The King Blues 8 (20) Sounds Of The City - The Dykeenies 9 (7) The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 10 (6) Something Is Squeezing My Skull - Morrissey 11 (13) Heartbreak - Magistrates 12 (10) Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club 13 (25) The Kids Are Sick Again - Maximo Park 14 (11) We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun 15 (24) Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith 16 (17) Fire - Kasabian 17 (12) The World We Live In - The Killers 18 (29) Arrows Of Eros - Golden Silvers 19 (32) Bulletproof - La Roux 20 (14) Daniel - Bat For Lashes 21 (33) I Am Not A Robot - Marina & The Diamonds 22 (15) Knocking - Will & The People 23 (NE) Not The Only Person - The Rumble Strips 24 (18) Back Of The Van - Ladyhawke 25 (16) Know Your Enemy - Green Day 26 (23) Learn To Lose - Hockey 27 (NE) The 59 Sound - Gaslight Anthem 28 (22) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke 29 (26) Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep 30 (NE) It's Not My Problem - Sneaky Sound System 31 (19) Don't Upset The Rhythm - Noisettes 32 (30) Be The One - Jack Penate 33 (28) Love You Better - Maccabees 34 (NE) Shark In The Water - VV Brown 35 (21) Velvet - The Big Pink 36 (NE) Sing When You're In Love - The Enemy 37 (NE) I Wanna - All American Rejects 38 (27) Temptation Dice - The View 39 (NE) Untouched - Veronicas 40 (36) Rockets - Simple Minds 41 (38) Rabbit Heart - Florence & The Machine 42 (37) Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - Manic Street Preachers 43 (40) Love's A Mystery - Pretenders 44 (31) Nothing To Worry About - Peter, Bjorn & John 45 (39) Reasons Not To Be An Idiot - Frank Turner 46 (34) The Science Of Fear - The Temper Trap 47 (35) Wrong - Depeche Mode 48 (42) Heavy Cross - The Gossip 49 (41) Warrior's Dance - Prodigy 50 (44) Enemies - In Case Of Fire

1 (1) For What It's Worth - Placebo 2 (4) The Show - Lenka 3 (2) Counterpoint - Delphic 4 (9) Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar 5 (8) Longing For Lullabies - Kleerup feat. Titiyo 6 (3) No Time For Tears - The Enemy 7 (5) Don't Fight It - The Panics 8 (11) I Got Love - The King Blues 9 (24) Sounds Of The City - The Dykeenies 10 (7) The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 11 (6) Something Is Squeezing My Skull - Morrissey 12 (26) Gifted - NASA 13 (15) Heartbreak - Magistrates 14 (10) Love, Sex, Magic - Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake 15 (12) Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club 16 (27) New In Town - Little Boots 17 (33) The Kids Are Sick Again - Maximo Park 18 (13) We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun 19 (32) Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith 20 (19) Fire - Kasabian 21 (36) I Remember - Deadmau5 feat. Kaskade 22 (14) The World We Live In - The Killers 23 (41) Arrows Of Eros - Golden Silvers 24 (44) Bulletproof - La Roux 25 (16) Daniel - Bat For Lashes 26 (48) I Am Not A Robot - Marina & The Diamonds 27 (21) Dust Devil - Madness 28 (17) Knocking - Will And The People 29 (NE) Not The Only Person - The Rumble Strips 30 (20) Back Of The Van - Ladyhawke 31 (18) Know Your Enemy - Green Day 32 (30) Learn To Lose - Hockey 33 (NE) The 59 Sound - Gaslight Anthem 34 (28) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke 35 (22) Untouchable - Girls Aloud 36 (34) Release Me - Agnes 37 (37) Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep 38 (NE) I Do Not Hook Up - Kelly Clarkson 39 (29) Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal 40 (NE) It's Not My Problem - Sneaky Sound System

1 (NE) 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 2 (NE) Quicken The Heart - Maximo Park 3 (NE) Align The Planets - In Case Of Fire 4 (1) Dark Days/Light Years - Super Furry Animals 5 (6) True Romance - Golden Silvers 6 (2) Attics To Eden - Madina Lake 7 (9) Welcome To The Night Sky - Wintersleep 8 (3) Primary Colours - The Horrors 9 (NE) Scars & Souvenirs - Theory Of A Deadman 10 (5) Music For The People - The Enemy 11 (4) What Matters The Most - Shannon Noll 12 (NE) Battling Giants - Ben's Brother 13 (8) Junior - Royksopp 14 (7) Sneaky Sound System - Sneaky Sound System 15 (NE) Very Best Of - Thunder 16 (10) Wall Of Arms - Maccabees 17 (12) Years Of Refusal - Morrissey 18 (11) Alseep In The Bread Aisle - Asher Roth 19 (14) Day And Age - The Killers 20 (13) Sounds Of The Universe - Depeche Mode 21 (21) Walking On A Dream - Empire Of The Sun 22 (20) The Fame - Lady GaGa 23 (16) It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 24 (28) Invaders Must Die - Prodigy 25 (19) Grace/Wastelands - Peter Doherty 26 (23) I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce 27 (32) Yes - Pet Shop Boys 28 (24) Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon 29 (15) Roadsinger - Yusuf 30 (36) It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 31 (25) Out Of Control - Girls Aloud 32 (27) Songs For You, Truths For Me - James Morrison 33 (18) Together Through Life - Bob Dylan 34 (17) Entertainment - Fischerspooner 35 (33) To Lose My Life - White Lies 36 (45) A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol 37 (26) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 38 (NE) David Archuleta - David Archuleta 39 (22) In A Perfect World - Keri Hilson 40 (35) Which Bitch - The View

But surely these people know the fundamental differences between what's right and what's blatantly obviously wrong in their own minds??? Incredibly it's been the major defense in most of these cases..."the system said it was okay, so..." The b******s that have taken any immoral benefit should be stripped of their positions, named and shamed.

1 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno :wub: 3 Blondie - Call Me :D 7 UB40 - King / Food For Thought :wub: 10 The Detroit Spinners -Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me Girl :) 12 Dr Hook - Sexy Eyes :puke2: 14 The Pretenders - Talk Of The Town :) 15 Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya :) 25 Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving :) 26 Barbara Dickson - January February :D guilty pleasure :P 34 The Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again :D I don't remember any of the other tracks :(

Now MPs are rejecting calls for the police to be called in to investigate the irregularities we're witnessing. How much more of an admission of guilt do they require? Gordon Brown called for new laws to be introduced to "deal with" the benefitors of the RBS scandal, but his opposers rejected it. Any chance of a mechanism to deal with the MPs rejecting police intervention? Of course not! It seems that there's no end to this corrupt democracy we live in.

And the likelihood of someone like that taking the pill when provided with it?

LOL - one of my work colleagues said her daughter feels the same about "that little brat". I don't think it should matter too much what experience these people have had before, although the "porkies" is a bit silly. I'm sure that sometimes they do it on purpose to get a bit of extra publicity.

1 (2) For What It's Worth - Placebo 2 (3) Counterpoint - Delphic 3 (1) No Time For Tears - The Enemy 4 (NE) The Show - Lenka 5 (7) Don't Fight It - The Panics 6 (5) Something Is Squeezing My Skull - Morrissey 7 (4) The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 8 (13) Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar 9 (17) I Got Love - The King Blues 10 (11) Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club 11 (10) We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun 12 (6) The World We Live In - The Killers 13 (14) Heartbreak - Magistrates 14 (9) Daniel - Bat For Lashes 15 (8) Knocking - Will And The People 16 (15) Know Your Enemy - Green Day 17 (20) Fire - Kasabian 18 (19) Back Of The Van - Ladyhawke 19 (12) Don't Upset The Rhythm - Noisettes 20 (26) Sounds Of The City - The Dykeenies 21 (16) Velvet - The Big Pink 22 (22) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke 23 (23) Learn To Lose - Hockey 24 (30) Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith 25 (29) The Kids Are Sick Again - Maximo Park 26 (27) Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep 27 (18) Temptation Dice - The View 28 (38) Love You Better - Maccabees 29 (NE) Arrows Of Eros - Golden Silvers 30 (31) Be The One - Jack Penate 31 (21) Nothing To Worry About - Peter, Bjorn & John 32 (NE) Bulletproof - La Roux 33 (NE) I Am Not A Robot - Marina & The Diamonds 34 (24) The Science Of Fear - The Temper Trap 35 (25) Wrong - Depeche Mode 36 (NE) Rockets - Simple Minds 37 (32) Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - Manic Street Preachers 38 (34) Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence & The Machine 39 (37) Reasons Not To Be An Idiot - Frank Turner 40 (NE) Love's A Mystery - The Pretenders 41 (36) Warrior's Dance - Prodigy 42 (35) Heavy Cross - The Gossip 43 (28) She's Got Me Dancing - Tommy Sparks 44 (43) Enemies - In Case Of Fire 45 (42) Jump In The Pool - Friendly Fires 46 (44) The Planets Bend Between Us - Snow Patrol 47 (33) No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand 48 (45) Ghosts - Lightning Seeds 49 (39) Never Take Us Alive - Madina Lake 50 (46) Juggernauts - Enter Shikari

1 (2) For What It's Worth - Placebo 2 (3) Counterpoint - Delphic 3 (1) No Time For Tears - The Enemy 4 (NE) The Show - Lenka 5 (8) Don't Fight It - The Panics 6 (5) Something Is Squeezing My Skull - Morrissey 7 (4) The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 8 (24) Longing For Lullabies - Kleerup feat. Titiyo 9 (14) Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar 10 (6) Love, Sex, Magic - Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake 11 (19) I Got Love - The King Blues 12 (12) Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club 13 (11) We Are The People - Empire Of The Sun 14 (7) The World We Live In - The Killers 15 (15) Heartbreak - Magistrates 16 (10) Daniel - Bat For Lashes 17 (9) Knocking - Will & The People 18 (16) Know Your Enemy - Green Day 19 (22) Fire - Kasabian 20 (21) Back Of The Van - Ladyhawke 21 (25) Dust Devil - Madness 22 (27) Untouchable - Girls Aloud 23 (13) Don't Upset The Rhythm - Noisettes 24 (38) Sounds Of The City - Dykeenies 25 (18) Velvet - The Big Pink 26 (37) Gifted - NASA 27 (33) New In Town - Little Boots 28 (27) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke 29 (23) Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal 30 (31) Learn To Lose - Hockey 31 (17) Please Don't Stop The Rain - James Morrison 32 (44) Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith 33 (42) The Kids Are Sick Again - Maximo Park 34 (34) Release Me - Agnes 35 (36) Didn't You See Me Coming - Pet Shop Boys 36 (43) I Remember - Deadmau5 feat. Kaskade 37 (39) Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep 38 (20) Temptation Dice - The View 39 (30) The Climb - Miley Cyrus 40 (61) Love You Better - Maccabees

No-one mention Madonna's "Erotica" era...oops, just did! I find GaGa's image completely ridiculous and her music over-rated nonsense, but each to their own. If the Sats are happy to allow their management to manipulate them in that way, that's up to them. I'll still go by the likeability of their music (which is only "Up" so far!). If they don't release a half-decent second album they'll fade into obscurity anyway.