The Sounds of London

On Saturday night  I watched an interesting documentary on the Sound of London in which Jools Holland took us on a musical ride through the capital. I usually find Holland annoying (apart from when he's playing the piano which is where his real talent lies) but he did pretty well in this programme in taking us through centuries of London music and sounds. It was a tough task in just over an hour. Good pieces from Ray Davies (who to my mind wrote the greatest ever song about the capital - Waterloo Sunset) and about Ian Dury. The only major omission was no mention of David Bowie who I believe was once voted in the New Musical Express as the greatest musical influence on other artists. It's 40 years since the release of the classic Ziggy Stardust album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did back in the 1970s.

More mindnumbing rubbish regarding the England football team. Yesterday morning Sky once again broadcast live from outside the team hotel: "Well the players are just beginning to come out to get the coach. Captain Steve Gerrard is first on board (one must assume from this that this in itself is some kind of achievement). The mind boggles.