[Glice]

On the gospel side of things, the London Community Gospel Choir, who, you may remember, are on every record that needs a bit of tacked-on 'soul' and perhaps one decent record (that Spiritualised one) are also avowed homophobic religious zealots. It wouldn't surprise me if they're on one of the militant anti-homophobic websites' 'bands to watch' list.

I think ultimately, the conclusion I'd draw would be 'I don't really care about their personal opinions' - however, I'd like a few more militant PC types to make a few points, and I do still feel slightly queasy when it comes to certain bands. Interestingly, people whose explicit lyrical politics are similar to mine I find deeply offensive in their banality.

I've been fascinated by music that operates at 'extremities' [useless word] for a while now - has anyone ever heard Dr Philip Randall/ Pauline Malign and the Eugenics Council? I'm usually more inclined to laugh at 'offensive for offensive's sake' type music [especially if it's in the noise idiom - Whitehouse are an exceptionally funny band] but there's something about these, especially Randall, that really gets under my skin. Which is at once fascinating and abhorrent. Should I let this music disturb me? Does that not engender the lyrics with a certain power that I'd rather not be giving it?