Build a bypass.

Ooh, Glastonbury didn't sell out of tickets in 90 seconds like it usually does, so now everyone is jumping up and down and crowing about it being time to retire the tired old monster for good. And blaming Jay-Z, for some reason. Of course, in principle, I agree; it's been a monotonous, homogenised shitheap for a few years now. However, I think the slower ticket sales are more likely something to do with this massive "credit crunch" the entire UK media engine has been grinding on about for the last six months.

Anyway, while I'm inclined to agree with Nicky Wire's famous assesment of the Glastonbury Festival, and I would also be happy to see the Reading Carling Festival nuked from orbit (it's the only way to be sure), I think the argument made against festivals by this guy is stunning and hilarious.

I still hold the opinion that Glastonbury should have been suspended in 2003 after the Iraq war kicked off. I cant see how people can pretend that everything is fun and happy when our fellow man dies for the oil companies in Iraq. The only thing i can take from it is selfish indulgent people who live in a bubble wanting to be entertained for their own wretchedness.

Genius.