As a "bit of a librarian" when it comes to tuneage, at the end of every year I like to catch up on any decent cds I might have missed. As I was away over new year, since I've got back to broadbandland I've hungrily hoovered up all the songs I've missed, it's suprising how much you can miss in just a few months away. The end-of-year lists on hype machine last.fm, metacritic, rough trade records help and picadilly records always throws up a few things I've missed. Anyway to that end was interested to read about Amanda Palmer's latest tune, which seems to have been shunned by all the major radio stations in the UK because it “makes light of rape, religion and abortion”. Now I'm all for a bit of a conspiracy theory, (and all the arguments can be read on those links if you're interested) but at the end of the day that tune just isn't very good. Why can't we have pop stars these days who produce "offensive" songs which also have a damn good tune a la Frankie or George Michael?

See the video here if you care...