It's time for Brighton 'and Hove' Pride again. Hurrah! I'll be driving dahn Sarf later today for a long weekend camping in the land of Sugar Rush and The Kooks. It's Chig's third year running at Brighton Pride, but the first where I'll actually be 'working'; I'm doing photos for that well known magazine. Quite how I'm going to make two charged camera batteries last for the weekend when I'm staying in a tent that's a little short of mains electricity, I'm not sure. So, if you work in a gay pub in Brighton, and a man comes in, probably on Sunday, asking to plug in a charger, that may be me.

The weather forecast says 'Scorchio!', although you wouldn't know it this morning here in Brum, where it looks like it's about to rain. If it's hot, we'll be expecting more of this tomorrow...


...and more chilling out like this on Sunday and Monday...



While I'm gone, here are some things you could do:

1) Vote in Troubled Diva's annual Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? thingy. Mike will be revealing the number ones today, but you can still vote on the whole top ten until he closes it in (I'm guessing) a few days.

2) Watch silly Mikey's eviction tonight from the Big Brother house. Rarely has a person turned around his own destiny so negatively in the space of three days. Susie was hot favourite for the chop, but then Mikey started arguing with everyone. Why? Did he find a hidden stash of creatine? Whatever it was, he's a fool to himself. Goodbye! Only two weeks until Pete and Glyn fight it out for the hundred grand. I don't think it's all in the bag for Pete; Glyn continues to race up on the inside...

3) Telepathically will the remaining housemates to choose the lovely Jonathan when they vote a housemate back in tonight to replace the TWO who are rumoured to be going. He was the best of the 'secret house' flatmates and has been sorely missed. He deserves a chance, not that vile child Nicki.

4) Keep your fingers, toes and everything else crossed that, for once, the rumours are true, and that Martin O'Neill really IS set to become the Aston Villa manager in the next few hours/days. This really is officially Too Good To Be True (until next year, of course, when we regret his passing because he couldn't live up to expectations.) But for now, bring him on!

5) Wonder if Scissor Sisters' record company really are going to cock up the release of the group's new album. 'Ta-Dah!' is a great album title for Scissor Sisters, full of dramatic flourish (to go with the picture of Jake Shears exposing himself on the cover). However, it looks as if the muppets at Universal are about to mess up the whole impact and, unless they rectify it quickly, the album will just be called 'Ta-Dah'. That exclamation mark is the whole point of the title, It just doesn't work without it. Idiots. Popjustice agrees - see the Universal version and Popjustice's 'corrected' version here. Universal, sort it out!

6) Hope that the third World War hasn't broken out before I get back.

"Does anybody know the way to World War Three?
I've gotta know, I wanna book me holi-dee"
'Tom Hark'- - The Piranhas


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