So the Westminster government has been banging on again about how necessary nuclear energy is, without actually making any hard assurances about anything. And the Scottish government has gone 'yah boo sucks, we're not having any'. But I was amazed when more than one Labour MP settled for shouting that the Scottish position was 'wrong', exactly what happened in my one conversation with the nuclear industry (see 11 July 2006). It's not exactly reasoned debate.

I quickly recorded a final guitar part for a tune last night - well, quickly once I got the kit to work. I was just thinking to myself, 'this is great, I can plug the guitar and headphones in, and be ready to record in a couple of minutes from scratch' when the E-MU Proteus refused to load and instead asked me to insert the original installation CD to verify itself.  Ho hum, OK, and I reached for the relevant shelf - just as well I had it to hand and wasn't out location recording or even worse, on stage. Oh wait a minute, it's not there. I then wasted 30 minutes rummaging around the study and attic, trying not to panic, until I eventually found it, fed it to the computer, and the software was satisfied that I was genuine. But really, it's a bit like buying a guitar, and then after a year it won't play unless you show it the original receipt. 

But the results of the quick session that ensued are now up on my myspace page, or will be soon. When Sushil heard last night's Leslie'd guitar overdub (on American Christmas), he said 'it's Dear Prudence'!