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The new series is shit apparently. Class show. Is it not finished for good? The Daily Show is good. Sopranos 6 is class.

One of my favourites ever 111349[/snapback] I absolutely love it. This isn't helping your cause, is it? 111350[/snapback] Best cover myself.. I only liked it so much because I got bored with it and shagged the back off the bird i took to see it in the packed out cinema ©Smooth Operator.

I suppose, but people of all nations were killing and being killed. We only saw Americans being obnoxious though. I didn't really get that from the scene where they made a racket and got stuff thrown at them. There was a similar scene later where the young kids attacked the gangsters. Did you feel the same about that? I see what you're saying though and i don't think it was accidental either because it crossed my mind too. I watched a programme on BBC4 on Sunday called Hollywood and the Holocaust where they referred to the concentration camps as an Industry of Death. When the lad got to the warehouse that phrase kept running through my head. I'd never considered it was defending the majority of Americans who are not gun toting barnpots, and like the idea. But was personally left with more of an impression it was waving a cationary finger at Americans in terms of how to respect other nations.

One of my favourites ever

You got Melodica? Ive found all their albums since then a bit of a disappointemnt mainly because Melodica was such a fantastic debut. 111174[/snapback] I've only got Blazing Arrow and The Craft, and i only really like a couple of songs off each, but i really like those couple. I'll have a lookabout for Melodica. Cheers.

I thought they tried to avoid the comparison by making the leads rather stupid. The Jews were going along minding their own business when they got virtually wiped out of Europe. These Americans came to Europe looking for girls they can't get at home, causing trouble in clubs, bitching that the TV doesn't have subtitles. They're jack-asses who think the world should cater to them rather than attempting to fit in with the world. I think Eli Roth might be making a point that Americans are pariahs outside of their own country, but was careful to show the behaviour that makes it so.

I agree, it wasn't in the least bit scary. But despite myself I was willing the guy to get away at the end and didn't have a clue if he would. I also thoroughly enjoyed the nudity and the gore. But then I'm male, so perhaps you're right. I just had a stupid grin on my face for the last half hour and felt queasy seeing what that Yank was doing to the poor lass

Got round to watching it on your recommendation and loved it. Cheers I guess you're talking about the whole Americans being despised thing as working on another level, but I wasn't really sure because it's basically a stated fact throughout that Americans are worth more because of it. Then again, were you thinking it could be compared to American foreign policy and how they reap what they sow in plundering other nations? Or was it the fact that wealthy folk get to kill with impunity? Or maybe that shagging around will drop you in a world of shit. I'm probably reading too much into it now. Takashi Miike's cameo was shit like, apart from the fact that he was credited as playing himself. That's class, that he's happy to be portrayed as someone who spends his weekends off torturing innocent folk.

Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow Reminds me of The Sounds of Science. Which is nice.

Be Your Own PET - Be Your Own PET - Very average, Sleater Kinney have already done it far better. Brian Eno and David Byrne - My life in the Bush of Ghosts - Startlingly fresh Graham Coxon - Love Travels At Illegal Speeds - I've never heard anything he's done since Blur, but it was Blur's best album so I gave it a go. It seems Graham Coxon hasn't heard anything since Blur either. J Dilla - Donuts - This is so close to perfection, but the ravey claxons going off all over the shop REALLY bugged me. Otherwise it's a superb cut n paste of classic motown and modern beats.

Which one? I quite enjoyed the Japanese one. 110534[/snapback] The non-japanese one. 110537[/snapback] Remake = Shit* *Except the recent Oliver Twist

Which one? I quite enjoyed the Japanese one.

It's a shame Art Brut haven't had the label money behind them that the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Rakes, Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party et al have had. I think Bang Bang Rock and Roll is a better album than any of those lot managed.

Morrisey - Ringleader of the Tormentors Morrisey's new album is canny good. I'm not a huge fan of his or The Smiths, I enjoy some of their stuff, but after one listen I'd recommend this one. I particularly liked I Will See You In Far Off Places - "If your God bestows protection upon you, and if the USA doesn't bomb you" Wish I'd got tickets for the Sage now

He'd be sick into his Horlicks.

Lightning Bolt are doing what Led Zeppellin or Black Sabbath did years ago, making a racket like you've never heard. You might like them.

Give yourself a treat, try some Necro, or Lightning bolt. 109386[/snapback] divvent consider myself to be a novice in the music stakes or anything, but I've never heard of either of them 109387[/snapback] Wasn't suggesting you're a novice but Genesis, Free and Coldplay could be considered a bit MOR (though they've all got class tunes in my opinion). I was just suggesting a couple of artists off the beaten track for you. If trying a bit of Coldplay is adventurous for you, then you probably won't enjoy either like. But Lightning Bolt are the heaviest Bass & Drum combo I've ever heard with hooks to die for. And Necro is one sadistic mo fo.

Give yourself a treat, try some Necro, or Lightning bolt.

Aye, and the standard/style is pretty much uniform accross them. For me their best tracks are: Shiver Trouble Everything's Not Lost Politik God Put A Smile On Your Face Fix You Til Kingdom Come So Parachutes wins with 3 of my favourites.

Wey wodid you think then? I thought Steve Coogan was class, but I can't remember anything else so it wasn't very memorable.

Thanks for the report on the Jonny Cash film. I was debating whether or not to go and see it but will now go (some time). 108027[/snapback] I'd been DYING to see it since it was announced. I would have went to the cinema but got so annoyed by people who can't not piss, shit, fart, eat or talk for 2 hours I vowed never to go again. Anyway I finally got to watch the DVD last week and by christ was it worth the wait. I watched History of Violence the other day and believed the leads were married, I'd never seen 2 performers work so well with each other. Until Walk the Line. Phoenix and Witherspoon are perfect. There are moments when I bounced up and down with excitement. Moments when I was sure that Phoenix must be Johnny Cash reincarnated because there is no telling them apart. There's the whole argument about impression over performance. Many actors find something about the part they play and focus on it. So Ray last year had Jamie Foxx doing a very creditable impression where he wobbled his head and squeakily giggled, or even Capote this year where Philip Seymour Hoffman is brilliant, but never makes you think "I'm not actually sure if that's Hoffman or Capote". River Phoenix doesn't do Cashisms (well he does point his guitar like a gun, and he does holler the first word of a verse like a trains horn as his guitar does the tracks), but as Cash the person as well as the performer he has an intensity I've never seen before. Perfect film. I also saw Serenity, wich was average. I did catch myself thinking George Lucas could learn a thing or two from watching it though.

Frank Sinatra - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away).

I'm full of cold today so I've pulled a sicky for the benefit of my co-workers. Enjoying a bit of a fest today, so far... A History of violence - Brilliant performances all round. Strong sex and violence. Ambiguous morality. What more could you ask for? The Corpse Bride - I thought it was average till they started playing the piano together. For some reason that scene totally got me and I loved the rest of it. March of the Penguins - The only reason this is a cinema release as far as I can see is the score and the cloying voiceover. Everything else about it screams discovery channel. Canny, for what it is like.

Capote - Canny

Good Night and Good Luck Loved it loved it loved it. As much as they say all the oscar films this year dealt with issues, and as much as I loved Crash, I think I'd have preferred this to win because the issue at hand is far more relevant at the moment. As Alex pointed out above it's about Ed Murrows coverage of the unamerican activities hearings, but more importantly it's about the demise of television news reporting. The videos in the Daily Show thread show exactly why this film is so important.