Stars appear and the shadows are fallin'

Well, I'm sure no one will be terribly surprised by the idea that I went out to a gig this evening. Samantha and I headed down to a pub near Maidenhead, because a friend of hers was playing there. That was about as much as I knew.

( It turned out to be rather fun )

Let's turn this dance floor into our own little nasty world!

It's Friday! It's three o'clock! It's time to Boogie At Your Desk!

( You what? )

Today you are invited to Boogie At Your Desk to:

Britney Spears - Toxic

Yup, a Britney Spears CD was the one I declined to name when listing my purchases at the record fair the other day.

This is my latest attempt to please all the people some of the time - in this case, I'm aiming to please the lowest common denominator. LCD, you know who you are :)

I must admit, I don't keep a terribly close ear on the charts and I missed Toxic when it was at number one. It is, however, a regular floor-filler at Crimes Against Pop.

Having listened to the promo best-of CD acquired from the record fair, I have to admit that I'm not about to become a massive Britney fan. There's some good pop moments on there - even Oops!... I Did It Again is, if you put aside the "aaargh it's Britney" reaction, a quality pop tune. Although it does bear out Nick Cave's theory that the lightest, fluffiest pop tunes can have the most sinister words - the sentiment behind the lyrics, with their insincere pout of apology, is very unpleasant.

However, there's also quite a lot of non-descript pop filler-dirge on the CD too. I'd recommend finding any cheap best-of style CD which has Toxic on it - it's worth it, and you might find a few other good tracks on it, too.

The best thing about Toxic is, of course, that bit. Small edible prizes may be distributed to anyone who can correctly identify which bit I mean by that bit. The best way of specifying your answer is probably elapsed time rather than trying to describe it.