Not having that.

Saw this last week and you all have my permission to go and watch it without anxiety about its awesomeness or otherwise.

Minor point of order: I believe it was Wire's publishers who sued, rather than the band itself.

Yay! Bob Roberts!

Yay! Bob Roberts!

You mean he's not? What the hell am I supposed to do with this fondue set I bought as an anniversary present?

I saw professional Scottish miserablists Arab Strap in Glasgow a few years ago. At the end of the evening, Malcolm Middleton broke out the acoustic guitar and started plucking a lovely tune equally the match of any of their own maudlin tales of heartbreak.

Carnivale has just started airing in the UK on Sky and I am officially loving it.

Uh, Tears Baby by unjustly neglected post-punk Prince disciples Win. It's a terrific album, which is pretty much impossible to find on any format.

PoI is one of the rare instances where I think the AVC has got things horribly wrong. I caught episode three of season one while I was in the States in 2011 and thought it was terrifically well-paced and featured enough of that sweet, sweet mysterious back-story stuff I'm such a sucker for to make me moist with…

So, we're saying this is actually WORSE than King of the Hill?

Waiting for the Siren's Call wasn't just listless, it was actively terrible. Krafty was lightweight fluff, and if that's the best thing on the album, you're in trouble. So this album can RAM IT.

Just what I was about to say. I'd say EGGHEAD LIKES HIS BOOKIE WOOK! and IF A SIGN SAYS DON'T FEED THE BEARS, YOU'D BETTER NOT FEED THE BEARS (holds up arm with small bear attached) at the pinnacle of the Homer pantheon, which pretty much makes them the funniest things ever said on television.

See, this is why America still looks upon us sophisticated Brits with gauche envy.

See, this is why America still looks upon us sophisticated Brits with gauche envy.

I know nothing about the hippety-hops, but Heems' contributions to Small Black's Moon Killer mixtape from last year were spectacular.

I know nothing about the hippety-hops, but Heems' contributions to Small Black's Moon Killer mixtape from last year were spectacular.

I'll be squeezing my Bobo in no time.

I'll be squeezing my Bobo in no time.

No idea why Homer's Quest (can't be bothered painstakingly transcribing the pidgin Spanish) ep from season 8 gets so much love.