No, I ate up that sequence. It was the forced organ transplant that did me in. Terry Gillian's screaming and gurgling were too realistic sounding for me.

That's an interesting comparison, because after I finally became interested in Madonna when Ray Of Light was released, I lost interest with Confessions On A Dance Floor, which seemed like a retreat into 'safe' waters after American Life flopped. I still think that album is underrated.

Ooh thanks! Sounds right up my alley.

Some of my fondest early filmgoing memories are of movies that terrified me as a child: Return To Oz, Neverending Story, Roger Rabbit.

The thing is, you can never tell what will scare a child. As a child, a scene from Sesame Street - where Cookie Monster sang about eating the moon - freaked me out so much I had to leave the room. A few years later, a sequence from Monty Python's Meaning Of Life disturbed me so much I hid behind the couch. But by…

"Karin Slaughter often hears from male fans that she’s the first female author they’ve read."

But I actually do own The Fame, The Fame Monster and Born This Way. And I like them a lot. Although I probably listen to weird cuts like 'Teeth' and 'Summerboy' more than the hits.

This is literally the only thing that could have made me excited for this movie.
If there's a better example of perfect casting, I can't think of it.

As a pathetic, irrelevant rockist, I'm really digging this album. The songs are tight, simple and catchy. It doesn't seem tailored for club dance floors or stadiums, but sweaty basement bars. I was surprised how little it resembles most other modern pop music. Her voice is mostly unaltered and right up front in the…

Enya's frist album was the soundtrack to a British documentary series The Celts, and it was re-released after she hit it big. It certainly wasn't a hack job.

I only just discovered Ray Lynch, and it made me realise that there's a whole world of private pressing new Age music out there to discover.

I'd say McKennit is part of that 'celtic rock' subgenre that crosses over with New Age - Enya, Clannad, the Riverdance soundtrack, David Akenstone.

So is his work with Van Morrison. My favourite Morrison albums in fact.

Anybody got any good New Age music recommendations?

There is one kind of New Age music that does appear on 'best of' lists - the Krautrock kind; specifically the Berlin school of burbling synths and space imagery: Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ashra. And Popol Vuh count as well.

I found a 2CD Windham Hill anniversary collection at a second hand book shop recently, and it (very gently) blew me away. As a new Age music fan, I can't believe I didn't know about them.

Hey, I own that book! The Babylon File by Andy Lane.
I have a small collection of those paperback 'unauthorised guides' to 90s sci-fi television - this, Star Trek, Farscape, Buffy. Before the internet was everywhere, these books were the only way to fill gaps in my knowledge when I missed an episode. Now there're…

For a second I was mad that it would be THAT song. Then I clicked the link and I'm still mad because I think this feature is lame.

I think you mean your high mud pressure.

The review makes her sound as insufferable as the self-help gurus, only in the opposite direction, like the 2016 equivalent of 'keeping it real', i.e. those people who respond to problematic questions with a curt and dismissive response as if they're 'telling it like it is'. In Tumblr parlance, this person seems like…