silent lucidity, right?
does queensryche count as prog?

before he left, was a representation of Neil Warnock doing the pissing on any of these items? Because that is something I'd pay for in a heartbeat.

two of the greatest records of all time…
…are Meaningless and the Home Demos. The title track on the former, and 'Impossibility' and 'Easy to Fool' on the latter are, perhaps, the tightest pop songs ever written.

also:

beth ditto?
c'mon, really?

Dallas…
…sucks, and its sprawling mess is perfectly lampooned in Silver Jews' "Dallas"

atonement
I don't understand Atonement's rather excellent critical response. It's just another filmed adaptation of a book that doesn't add anything new and lacks the essence of the source material. It looks like typical Academy fodder designed to garner a couple acting nominations, and a couple of the devices that…

blake sennett eh
I hope Winona moves on to have flings with the rest of the Salute Your Shorts cast.

damn
I was really looking forward to a quirky, candid depiction of this terminally gloved gnome, not the superficial panegyric this appears to be.

the roddy mcdowell formula
…of remaking bad films doesn't work. Didn't in 1983, won't now.

improved by sax
City of the Dead would be a drab and pedestrian Clash song without the saxomophone

sarandon
Every time Susan Sarandon stars in a film, her progressive credentials take another hit…and a Salvadoran boy in a Gap sweatshop gets crushed in a sewing machine.

secret success
val kilmer + david thewlis + batshit brando + primordial dwarf = winning formula.