Downloaded 20 albums from the site Albums That Never Were, which was featured here at "Great Job, Internet" (of all places) earlier in the week. Last night I checked out a trilogy of albums based on the presupposition that Syd Barrett was never kicked out of Pink Floyd and left of his own accord prior to the recording…

True, though I've seen it go the other way too - as in a less-than-great song that is unrepresentative of the rest of a band's catalogue keeps people from discovering their superior material.

The Iron Maiden T-shirts I saw the older kids wearing at the mall and the cover of Stay Hungry by Twisted Sister kind of scared/fascinated me.

Yeah, not a big fan of that one either. Other than those two songs, Out Of Time is a good album (though I usually skip "Losing My Religion" too, as it was so overplayed back in the day).

I get the nostalgia aspect, but only for mixtapes and a lesser extent taped-off copies of albums. I used to tape a lot of weird and somewhat obscure music off the radio late at night back in high school, and last summer when I visiting my parents found about a dozen or so of those tapes in the basement. They all still…

Now that it's become common knowledge that CDs are little more than garbage, I'm able to get good albums all the time for 100 to 200 yen (about $1 to $2) or less - "Japan-only" bonus tracks included! Rip them to the computer and still have a physical copy. I honestly prefer vinyl and pick up cheap copies of stuff I…

As the owner of (among other things) several self-assembled sets of basically worthless 1991 Pro Set and Score hockey cards I totally get this. And I still have multiple Dikembe Mutombo rookie cards that I held on to because I thought they were going to be worth a lot of money someday (listed at $9.25 in '91 - wish I…

Since we just had a week of articles on the topic we're probably not going to see it anytime soon, but I would absolutely love "What song do you hate by an artist that you love?" to be a topic for AVQ&A someday.

Doraemon, primarily for the use of his "dokodemo" (go anywhere) door. Would save a lot of time and money that way.

MAD magazine did a Wonder Years parody which ended with adult Kevin talking while laying on a sofa in a psychiatrist's office. Even though I watched the show quite a bit in the early seasons and liked it, I was never able to get that idea (that the narrative in each episode was part of some kind of therapy session)…

Along with the aforementioned Fort Bragg, just downloaded It Comes To You In A Plain Brown Wrapper, Chrome Dreams, and an uncensored We're Only In It For The Money…and we're not even finished looking through 2014 yet! This more than makes up for all those other "Great Job, Internet" articles that I typically go to the…

I explained in more detail above (in my reply to E. Buzz Miller) but leaving out the set designs and special effects (which I think it's unfair to compare) with the exception of Wilder the cast gave much stronger performances in the 2005 version - the rotten kids in particular were a lot more memorable and convincing.…

Yeah, I can see your point. I think Depp's take on Wonka was the deal-breaker for pretty well anyone with fond memories of the original movie, and that it was easier to believe that Wilder's Wonka genuinely wanted to find a child to replace him (hence his disappointment and anger prior to Charlie giving him back the…

I rewatched the 1971 version a few years back, and Gene Wilder's Wonka is about the only thing I liked about it - his half-hearted attempts to get the bad kids to stop doing the things that lead to them "disappearing" from the tour are hilarious, and the creepy boat ride is particularly memorable. However, I do like…

I would argue that the 2005 version is superior to the 1971 one in practically every way. If you're a moron for liking it, then clearly that makes me an imbecile.

Wish I could upvote this twice: once for letting us know about the DGC Rarities, Vol. 1 tribute album, and once more because it looks like we have the same favorite songs.

Indeed!!! NME misses the mark a lot of the time, and that does seem an overly harsh review for what to my memory was a largely forgettable album (aside from the excellent "Freedom 90" and its accompanying music video). Still funny though.

"Listen without speakers."

"The fools can't spell worth a D-A-M."

"You'll never make it. Quit squirming" in the very first panel, and the exact same thing written in the second-to-last panel when he's in his death bed - the "Aha. Told you so" coming when he finally dies. I had the same strip photocopied and tacked to my wall for years! It's from 1987 and it's in The Big Book Of Hell,…