Idolator

The man who kindly asked listeners to not read the lyric booklet while listening to his band's masterpiece Different Class—perhaps because he was drunk while writing 90% of said words, and nursing a hell of a hangover whle penning the remaining 10%—may seem like an odd choice for a symposium on the art of the lyric, but let's face it: I'd listen to Jarvis Cocker ruminate on the art of display-ad placement in phone books if I could. On May 23 he'll hold a talk (complete with PowerPoint slides!) called "Saying the Unsayable" at the Brighton Festival in the UK, and it'll apparently touch on the lyrics to "Louie Louie" as well as the words sung by the likes of Pete Doherty and Hot Chocolate frontman Errol Brown. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the talk's already sold out, but surely someone reading can sneak their way in and give us a report? Please? [Brighton Festival via Guardian]