I agree with Betsy's opening sentence in her first post except for one bit. The whole problem with That Song is that he does NOT 'always see both sides in a discussion'. The pain inflicted by the sweeping judgements in it can't be imagined by anyone who has not been through that experience. And Vin has not. Praising him for always seeing both sides is just a kick in the face.

I don't think that should keep him out of Cambridge though, or any other event. And personally I don't think it has. Cambridge says "It will always be the case that many more artists want to perform than we can accommodate". Anyone know a big gig that's not true of?

Yes Vin is very talented - though my personal opinion is pretty much in line with Diane's (he spends too much time talking - 4 songs in a 35 minute set once). I also agree with her and the others about the festival itself: Who CARES? Another overgrown and overhyped media-fest full of pop acts and wannabes. Vin isn't either of those things anyway, so why does everyone bother so much?

But they do. So Colin is right to post that link. It's relevant to the issue and a lot of peeps are interested. (If anyone thinks this is a crap thread, why open it FFS?) I agree with Betsy on one thing anyway - Long may your pen have ink (good phrase that). I read Colin's stuff simply because he wrote it, whatever the subject's about.