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Channel hopping late last night I stumbled across the 50 Greatest Guitar Heroes on MTV; a rather drawn out, ad filled marathon of a programme.

Luckily I happened upon it at just the right moment to see the Rolling Stones performing ‘Satisfaction’ live. A performance which includes this wonderful moment where a fan rushes the stage; Keith Richards sees him coming and deals with him with style and aplomb hardly missing a beat.

And this is why Keith cannot be destroyed by conventional weapons.

I can’t remember how I came across the Studio Multitracks site, and specifically this post on Gimme Shelter, but it’s fascinating.

I’m a latter day Stones fan having only really ‘got’ their music last year – it just clicked one day.

My wife bought me Keith Richards autobiography Life for Christmas which is a great story. Keith is renowned as “riff master” having created, and played some of the most famous riffs in rock and roll; so being able to hear him play with just a hint of drums is wonderful. Keith seldom uses effects pedals so the sound here is a man and his guitar.

His playing is deceptively subtle and simple yet incredibly powerful at the same time. His reputation is fully deserved.

The Social Network is the recent film from David Fincher about the founding of Facebook.

Tim Van Damme recommended the soundtrack on Twitter, and at $5 – yes $5 – it seemed a veritable bargain; quick preview confirmed that to be so.

It’s a dark suite of electronica, which having since seen the film doesn’t quite fit at times, but somehow that works for this film – possibly due to the quality of the music in its own right.

I particularly like the version of In The Hall Of The Mountain King which accompanies a tilt-shift view of Henley Regatta in the film.

Highly recommended – download now.