Know Your Enemy

"I've always liked people who mess up. I don't like career people - it doesn't seem very appropriate when it comes to music which is about something emotional. Reading an interview with Razorlight is just like reading The Economist, saying 'Yeah, well we're going to be really big in America and we think this album's going to follow up the next one' - that's what the record company should be saying, not the people in the band".

Jarvis Cocker, talking to NME, with a sharp word for "career bands". Strange how he plucked the name of Razorlight out of the air, isn't it? And unfortunate that NME seems to exist solely to pander to such bands these days...

Even more forthright are the opinions expressed in his new single about those who run the world - take a look here. (Thanks to Swiss Toni for the link.)

One other bit of Jarvis-related news: he's going to be editing the forthcoming issue of Observer Music Monthly, and he's been asking for suggestions for "unintentionally scary songs" (not all of those who've left comments have quite grasped the "unintentionally" bit... The magazine will contain Jon Savage's review of Jarvis' new album - apparently it "may very well be the greatest ever made". Nothing like buttering up the guest editor, is there?