Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Fish.

In a relaxed state of mind with my feet up, I was able to watch as the Leeds Festival 2010 tickets went on sale and then, stupidly ten minutes later, the line-up was announced. Oh I am a happy bunny indeed. The 'Big Announcements' of Guns 'N' Roses and Blink-182 doesn't do a great deal for me. Axl Rose is the most sanctimonious prick in music and Blink may have been more enjoyable 7 years ago.

There are a lot of bands I really want to see and a lot that I really don't. Two musts for me are Modest Mouse and Weezer. Issac Brooke is a genius and there is a possibility of Johnny Marr joining (Cribs also at Leeds). Weezer, in my opinion, have never had the notoriety in the UK and they wanted to play 2 years ago but were ignored by Melvin Benn and the organisers.

Arcade Fire - Pretentious twats but great music

Libertines - Crack whore Doherty and co to play some great songs

Frank Turner - The best sing a long

Blink 182 - 30 somethings pretending to be 18. Party time!

Limp Bizkit - Moon Base Alpha craziness

We Are Scientists - American comedians/musicians. Playing in York 2 days after?

Band of Horses - New material

Biffy Clyro - Third time luck enough to see. Epic!

Lostprophets - Pop/Rock mayhem

Gogol Bordello - Something strange will happen

Billy Talent - Canadian rockers hit our shores again

Yeasayer - Weird-electronic-talking heads-esque fun

Bring on the fruity tennis, trawler man abuse, Saturday morning dentist chair...etc etc.

Leeds Festival 2010. My Needs...

So, in under two and a half hours the Leeds Festival 2010 line-up will be announced and tickets will go on sale. It only seemed like yesterday that we were driving in a packed to the rafter car wondering who will play at next years festival.

But now that I am going to Rockness also this year, I no longer require the Doves or Strokes to attend Leeds but some of the band that I would like to see there are:

Brand New

Weezer

Death Cab For Cutie

Eels

Flight of the Conchords

Yeasayer

The Black keys

The New Pornographers

Alkaline Trio

Biffy Clyro

Jimmy Eat World

The Dears

REM

Twin Atlantic

Play It!

Here are the playlists I have compiled via Spotify. Enjoy!

Music In My Head II: I

Drive By Argument - The Sega Method

Florence and the Machine - You've Got the Love

Two Hours Traffic - I Feel Naked Without My Cellphone

Buzzcocks - Paradise

Youthmovies - The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

Fyfe Dangerfield - She Needs Me

Good Shoes - Under Control

The Temper Trap - Fader

Everything Everything - Suffragette Suffragette

Two Hours Traffic - Heroes of the Sidewalk

Lostprophets - Where We Belong

Regan and Sara - Hell

DARTZ! - A New Venture from Mordecai & Sons

Die! Die! Die! - Sideways Here We Come

Buzzcocks - Real World

Teenage Fanclub - It's All In My Mind

Music In My Head II: II

Echobelly - King of the Kerb

Jimmy Eat World - Ten

Jack's Mannequin - Swim

Saturday Looks Good To Me - Diary

Pixies - Debaser

Fyfe Dangerfield - Livewire

Johhny Foreigner - Salt, Pepper & Spinderella

Guillemots - We're Here

Los Campesinos! - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives

The xx - VCR

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait

Field Music - Them That Do Nothing

Jimmy Eat World - Luck Denver mint

Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land

Brand New - Not The Sun

Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh

These United States - I Want You To Keep Everything

Biffy Clyro - Know Your Quarry

Lady of the Sunshine - Home Sweet Home

Throw Me The Statue - Hi-Fi Goon

Music In My Head II: III

Late of the Pier - Blueberry

Midlake - Bandits

Third Eye Blind - Jumper

Johnny Forreigner - The End and Everything After

Biffy Clyro - Whorses

Gym Class Heroes - Clothes Off!!!

Miracle Fortress - Whirrs

The Sunshine Underground - Change Your Mind

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

The Electric Soft Parade - Lose Yr Frown

Joy Zipper - 1

Throw Me The Statue - Dizzy From the Fall

The Sweet Serenades - Die Young

The New Amsterdams - The Spoils of the Spoilt

Straylight Run - Existentialism on Prom Night

Flobots - Handlebars

Neutral Milk Hotel - The The Aeroplane Over the Sea

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

Ed Harcourt - Bella Donna