In lieu of any profound socio-political analysis or description of our hols (other than to thank Mr Applez who was an excellent host, and is well connected in matters of PIE!!!!!), I commend to you Adam and Joe's song wars this week. The website is out of date and anyway the banter is worth listening to - this week the songs are ringtones - you should listen from about 20 minutes into the show for about 10 minutes.
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/adamandjoe/index.shtml and navigate from there.