Three things that have made me gloriously happy

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1. Harry Potter and some other random people and NEVILLE. It's a skit for the Queen's 80th birthday. I dunno what happens, it has Neville, I care about that. He's totally going to be tres hot geek!boy in another two years.

2. I have been making noises about a young singer named Paolo Nutini for about two months now. 19 years-old. Scottish. Looks a little like Liam Gallagher, if Liam actually had two eyebrows and was fit. He has a voice like a 27 year-old J.D. abusing, 2-pack-a-day, broken hearted man, think like Ray LaMontagne. Paolo's big single right now is 'Last Request'(live). The video is available here via You Tube, and/or his site, which also has various songs for download. And because nobody should make up their minds properly based on one song (unless it's sung by Jeff): Rewind and Million Faces

3. Radiohead make everything better. Based on what I've heard, whenever the new album drops, it will be fucking amazing. If they're in a town near you, go see them. OR. Or you could just watch Season Three Entourage and read about Lloyd -- that makes things a lot better too. OR You could interview with Ari for a Job. I know you all want to play with Ari.

4. The World Cup. Men from 32 countries. Shorts. Legs. Sweat. FOOTBALL. Finally, everyone is on the same page. Joe Cole + Peter Crouch = One Truly Cracked Pairing. Don't even get me started with all the kissing disguised as slobbering, spanking, molesting and other things that they call goal celebration. I call it by its proper name: an ORGY.

ETA: It is all about devotion to your sport, kids. Take the Thai monks who are up all night watching the World Cup, and are then too tired to receive alms the next day, you know, for an example.

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The thing about Radiohead that I suspect drives people away is that for a really long time they were just that to a lot of people they were just that indie-band-that-had-that-one-song and whether you loved or hated 'Creep' that's what Radiohead stood for. So people either wrote them off, or got pissy when they didn't keep doing Creep, or just didn't like all the hype, because things are never as good or as bad as everyone says they are. But they have a rather surprising range, and for good or bad they step out the box and try all sorts of things. You are either going to really enjoy Thom's voice or you're not; liking Radiohead isn't really a passive thing, and thankfully, it's not really a trendy thing anymore either. There was a period of time when people liked them because it was cool and not because they genuinely liked the music, and it was considered "bad" not to like them, but thankfully most people have moved on, and if you like them you say it and if you don't, you're not vilified either.