I’m long averse to the Guardian’s arts pages, especially the music reviews, but I happened to find myself at the bottom of a workmanlike but deeply uninteresting music column just now, and there was this:

A survey of Last FM listeners has made it to the pages of the Sun today, continuing the paper’s embrace of all things webular which has come into play since, ooh, the exact day Rupert Murdoch bought MySpace.

The survey reveals what songs are most popular with users in different countries and the Sun is most interested in the fact that Iraqis are listening to Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire while computer users based in Afghanistan are requesting Nirvana’s Come as You Are. Now this may not be as reflective as all that (it’s more likely to be squaddies tuning in than natives) but seeing as it’s probably more reliable data than that which led us to war, it might yet come to determine policy in the region. So look out for Afghan children being invited to chase dollar bills in swimming pools soon.

I haven’t actually looked at the video that Paul McInnes is referring to, quite deliberately, because of the firm conviction I have that it would make me want to hit somebody. It follows that it might be a little contradictory to run a link to the thing. But if you’re determined to see it, go ahead, it’s not hard to find.