Blogwatch

On Casino Avenue Inspector Sands has been having thoughts about giving up blogging, but thankfully he's decided to carry on, and with posts of the quality of this one, a creative rewriting of the Queen's Speech, his site continues to entertain and amuse.

Elsewhere:

Jonathan writes about The Vines in the wake of the news that Craig Nicholls has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. It certainly gives an interesting twist to the final two sentences of the Stylus review of Winning Days, but Nick's overall assessment of the band - "accomplished and full of bluster but ontologically completely hollow" - remains spot on;

Kenny's smitten by Joanna Newsom - "She starts off with an a capella clap-along number which is pretty brave in such a small studio room cramped full of about 150 people breathing down her cleavage (uh, OK, that was just me) but having pulled it off, she can be pretty sure she's got the audience just where she wants them for the rest of the show: spellbound";

Amblongus discusses a feature entitled 'The Urban Archipelago' - "Liberals, progressives, and Democrats do not live in a country that stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico. We live on a chain of islands";

Phill is bemused to discover that dimly remembered nu-shoegazers My Vitriol have their own blog and reviews Brownstock, a benefit gig for FC St Pauli, a German football team beloved by punks;

and Backroads offers the handy guide How To Dismantle U2's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.