Here’s a strange one: NME reports that Coldplay’s Chris Martin, the man behind the cheesy ballads and Gwyneth Paltrow, is now working on a track with self involved rapper Kanye West. Apart from collaborating with the Coldplay frontman, West is recording with Jon Brion (the producer behind Fiona Apple and the soundtrack for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and Fall Out Boy, who are letting him remix their new single, “This ain’t a Scene it’s an Arms Race”. I really love West’s political and social agenda: he’s against gay bashing and hip hop homophobia and he’s against George Bush. I just wish he was a better hip hop artist. Oh well. Nobody’s perfect.

Here’s West in his best TV appearance ever, denouncing George Bush over hurricane Katrina and coining the immortal phrase: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”.