rod taylor wrote: You of all people will forgive me a lowbrow analogy: In the X Factor the other day, Gary, in his role as mentor, gave his charge an absolute hollering to prompt more positive returns in future. I have a deep embittered loathing toward the X factor and the people who champion its being. For me it is anti music, unhealthy for what lttle remains of the industry and is anti creativity personified. It's sole purpose is to line the pockets of a few talentless, bile infused, creativity nullifying musical heretics. The only positive that can be drawn from it is that in most cases it takes seemingly ordinary individuals from behind supermarket checkouts and the like and launches them in to a period of short lived fame. A truly flushable pile of old cods wallop, don't watch it, ever. Never will. rod taylor wrote: You of all people will forgive me a lowbrow analogy: In the X Factor the other day, Gary, in his role as mentor, gave his charge an absolute hollering to prompt more positive returns in future. I have a deep embittered loathing toward the X factor and the people who champion its being. For me it is anti music, unhealthy for what lttle remains of the industry and is anti creativity personified. It's sole purpose is to line the pockets of a few talentless, bile infused, creativity nullifying musical heretics. The only positive that can be drawn from it is that in most