Rage Indeed?

So I cast me wanderin' peepers o'er that iTunes malarkey and saw that 'Rage Against the Machine' still hold the top spot (and as it's 1.44am sunday, 20th December at the time of writing I presume this makes it 2009's Christmas no.1), that poor Joe fellow, how awful for him. He is such a nice boy with nothing particularly remarkable, offensive, interesting or useful about him. Surely in this age of pandemics and violence and those dear sweaty polar bears all huddled atop a nubbin of ice peaking above the brine we can find a little space in our hearts for what I believe will be a vaccuos little ditty about love, over coming odds or some such guff that can suck us into it's dark void and pop us out the other side, only aware that three and a half minutes of our lives has disappeared inexplicably.

What else would I do with the 79p it takes to make a young man's dream to accomplish the level of stardom only the backing singers from 'East 17' and Jeremy from 'Airport' know, buy 7 and 9/10 of a Chomp, (I am of an age that recalls Chomps being a handsome 10 new pennies, if they are currently of a less reasonable price I do apologise for what is surely a mathematically confusing assertion).

And that bunch of noisy nitwits with their benevolence, callously taunting their fans by throwing the money gained from the sale of 'Killing in the Name' at the vagrants that riddle our fair land, pouching our deer and scrumping (as I am sure they often do) as if to say "you're money is no longer needed, we've reaped all we need from our past success and welcome not a single farthing of your grubby cash". At least Simon Cowell would put that money into something of beauty like a new lotus that might stand as a moving monument to your appretiation (perhaps you might see it roll by with his lordship in as you look from the squalour of your suburban gutter and you might bask in it's vapid capitalist glow).

For shame pop enthusiasts, you have made a poor old, square headed mogul, living vicariously through the talent and naivity of celebrity z listers to be slightly less wealthy at the end of the year and I hope you're happy.