Classic FM, Schoenberg and Andrew Lloyd Webber

I switched on Classic FM in the car the other day only to hear Schoenberg being played. Things were looking up.  After a few seconds it was turned off though - it seems it was a quick illustration of how all atonal music is "rubbish".  The presenter was one Alex James, a blurry sort of fellow.

On the subject of populist opinions, it was amusing to see Andrew (The Lord) Lloyd Webber "getting angry" because of the public's poor opinion of who should or should not be Nancy.  Doesn't it occur to him that it's the public's shit taste which has put him where he is?

Humphrey Lyttelton, RIP

Sad news: Humphrey Lyttelton has died, aged 86, following surgery for an aortic aneurysm.

The host of Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, the panel show game that gave rise to the Mornington Crescent phenomenon, "Humph" was of course a legendary jazz musician too.

Radiohead's South Park, Oxford gig featured a set from him, and his improvisational style was said to have influenced the band's Kid A and Amnesiac jazz stylings.

X-Files Movie Title Announced

Just a quick note for fans of dour expressions and long fawn trenchcoats: mid-90s paranoia is back this summer and, despite the odds that it'll seem pretty irrelevant now that the millenium's long gone, we've all got the chance to relieve the jangly electronic chords and spooky lighting of the X-Files with the release of a new film in August.

The news of the film has been around for a while but the title was only released today. Fans will remember the subheading from a poster in super-credulous FBI agent Fox Mulder's basement office: The X-Files: I Want To Believe.

Series creator Chris Carter assures us that this isn't a sequel and it doesn't tie into the show's long-running mythology: it's meant to be open and accessible to all. That said, the idea that it'll tie up and stand on its own seems pretty unlikely...

Camden Crawl live blog: recovery positions

We're all in our best recovery positions following the Camden Crawl, and writing up the evening reviews in fits and starts. In truth, and I don't know about the others, but more sleep would have been good. And lots of detoxinating juices. And a foot massage. Can we have masseurs next year please?

Some of the queues on Saturday night seemed to exceed Friday. The Earl of Camden in particular seemed to be queued up all night, and the Barfly's downstairs had spirals of queues. NW1 and the Dublin Castle also seemed, at various times, to have as many people outside them as inside.

Pull Tiger Tail were last-minute additions to the Dublin Castle bill for a slot that had been mooted as being everyone from Madness to The Enemy. They attracted a big crowd.

As ever with these things, set clashes were inevitable and there were several bands we wanted to see but didn't. Between us all we did see a lot of bands and artists though, many for the first time, and almost everything seemed to go like clockwork. The Camden Crawl's status amongst the year's music events burgeons every year, and this year was the biggest and best yet.

This is the last Camden Crawl live blog update. Head over to the festivals section from Monday for the full reports.

Camden Crawl live blog: Day 2

Blearily, we're awakening to the second of the Camden Crawl's two days and nights. The Wombats headline tonight.

Last night, for the most part, ran smoothly. Full night reviews will appear on Sunday.

The festival's mobile text queue alerts thing informed of venues with queues so wristbanded wanderers could better plan their time, and queues were building as the evening progressed. But there was plenty of room early on.

Soko attracted such a crowd that one of the festival's organisers couldn't get in to see her at the Crescent, while expectant queues were also facing one-in-one-out situations for Ladyhawke at the Earl of Camden and, predictably, Crystal Castles at the Purple Turtle.

Surprise of the evening was exactly how closely Sam Sparro resembled Jamie Lee Curtis...