Last week jLo recounted the amusing tale of the 2000 UK Reading Festival involving The Editor’s wife McBec (although she and Ed hadn’t yet met) and many thousands of bin liners. It’s worth a read if you’ve got a few moments. Anyway, the point of the story was that jLo had secured a ticket to the 2006 Reading Festival this weekend just gone and she was thinking about the bands she might like to see:

In fact, I’m even getting pretty excited: these guys, and these guys, and these guys are all going to be there. I might even check out these good-looking young fellows. And who knows who or what else will surprise the hell out of me?

So, given Ed’s problem with a certain band he commented thus: “Go see the Pearl Jams, jLo. Do it for me.” And jLo replied, referring to a love of the band she shared with Ed back in ‘95: “I’m a-gonna Ed. As if I could resist. And I’ll sneer at the young kiddies and remark loudly about how great they were back in ‘95. Because sometimes I like being That Girl.”

So this morning Ed’s trying to get his shit together to leave the house and do stuff and a message comes through on the mobile at 7am from jLo in the UK:

Am listening to Even Flow, just told them you said Hi…

ROCK!

UPDATE (8.54am): Another text message:

Dude. They just ended. With Yellow Ledbetter. I have spontaneously combusted.