There's a big interview with Alan McGee in today's Daily Record, where the man who brought us Oasis, and then kept on bringing us Oasis rails against... oh, The Brits:
McGee, 49, said: "I saw the Brit Awards nominations and I mean, God, is it that bad?
"They should get rid of the Brits and start again with 20 music journalists who actually care about music getting together, instead of a bunch of self-interested record company people who just vote for their own acts."
I remember you saying the same thing as Oasis were getting a best album prize for What's The Story... oh, hang on, I don't.
He also calls for McCartney to retire, because he's too old:
"Music should be like football. Once you turn 40, you should become a manager or get lost. It's for kids. You lose perspective.
"You don't have 66-year-old football players. There's a reason for that."
Erm, yes. Because football requires a degree of physical fitness and dexterity that declines as you grow older. It's not because you get confused about where the goal is or start thinking it'd be better to concentrate on doing push-ups instead of scoring.
And if you reach an age where you can no longer write a decent song because you no longer have the "perspective", why would you be any good as a manager?
McGee's oh-so-contrary Logan's Run style proposal would, of course, have robbed the world of Johnny Cash doing Hurt and everything from Robert Wyatt from Old Rottenhat onwards. Paul McCartney was 39 when he did the Frog Chorus, so it wouldn't have even spared us that.
The man I was at 24 managing The Jesus and Mary Chain is not the same person at 49.
That's becoming increasingly apparent, Alan.