I'm guessing I'm the only one that's offended by the rounding down of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary to 60 millions years from 65, then.

I've always thought Anansi Boys was very similar to a Dirk Gently novel. Same universe as American Gods, but with a sense of humour (and a ghost subplot straight out of DG's Holistic Detective Agency).

What about Dwayne Johnson for Shadow? He's supposed to be halfway decent at acting when he gets a good role.

The Doctor's Wife
For anyone who wants to know more about his Doctor Who ep, from the man himself:

There's a film *called* "Sleeping Beauty":

There was this:

Comparison of Langella and Nixon:

Q&A with Neil Gaiman
http://www.guardian.co.uk/t…

Here's an extract…
…from the Guardian:

If you like Scottish singer-songwriters in Santa hats
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Yes it was, sceptical guy: avclub.onion.com

I'm with CDB here. Seth Rogen as Mike D? Is someone else going to dub the voice?

"At age 50, every man has the face he deserves."

Wow. I guess I asked for that.

You've linked to the Man O'War version twice. I point this out because I'd quite like to see the actual video introduced with the phrase "save the money you were going to spend on that new Monkees' Head DVD and just watch this instead". What was it?

If you really want to see the full sex scene in Team America, it's featured in "This Film Is Not Yet Rated". And I'm guessing it's out there on one or two video-streaming sites too.

With something as beautifully packaged as that, it's almost a shame to open it and play the music. Almost.

And yes, Yo La Tengo. Saw them last year, and what really stuck out for me was Georgia Hubley's drum sound - she's got a unique, intimate and whispery feel on record, and it was great to hear that perfectly recreated in a big venue.

Spiritualized at the time of Ladies and Gentleman was one of the best gigs I've ever seen. The orchestra-sized band line-up was impressive enough, but the high-point was a till-then-unseen gospel choir coming in halfway through the title track and turning it into a cover of "Can't Help Falling In Love".

The huge back catalogue is a curse as well as a blessing. I saw them at Glastonbury, and they played basically one song per album. Inevitable perhaps (and far more interesting to do that than, say, play all the singles of Out of Time and Automatic for the People), but you end up with a lot of your favourites getting…