Sweet Jeebus, words cannot express how much I'm going to miss seeing your byline here Nathan.

Oh yes - I see your point. I wasn't being a pedant - I was being completely, fucking obtuse.
Oh the shame! Pass me the grape Kool Aid Reverend.

I turned 21 in '79 and had the privelege of seeing most of these acts live, either here in Sydney or during time spent in the UK.
Some others not mentioned that gave good concert: the Boomtown Rats (Bob was actually a great performer before he deified himself), Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Simple Minds and pre-muzak UB40.

Gratuitous Pedantry
Since he actually is Mr. Burns, would it really be an impersonation?

Face it - Tony Scott is the King Turd-as of directing: EVERYTHING he touches turns to shit. Any virtues his films might have possessed are overwhelmed by his pathetic need make everything look like fucking Coca Cola commercial.
He has one gimmick: tight close-ups with a moving camera married to chop edits every 0.75 of…

As a parent of children born in the late 80's & early 90's, I really miss my exposure to "kid" stuff now that they're young adults.
Spongebob was brilliant, and special mention to Rocco's Modern World, Daria, and early Johnny Bravo, but I believe that all of these cartoons owe a huge debt to that anarchic, dadaist…

1. I, too, enjoyed the Tracey Ullman Show in the 80's HOWEVER, here in Australia we got the English version, and some utterly humourless prick at the BBC had decreed that these slipshod cartoons were too American or something and so THEY EDITED THEM OUT! Can you believe it? I still fell aggrieved to think about it.
2.…

Kick Ass
Once again, because the film doesn't meet Mr. Phipps' lofty expectations, he pans it.
I know nothing of the comic book, but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.
Yes, the lead is weak, and yes, it recycles many of the tropes from recent superhero films, but it was FUN. There's laugh's aplenty, and Chloe Moretz…