SFW was based on a book that I really liked, totall hilarious….when I was in the 9th grade (though I think I read it again in college and still dug it). The movie…not so much, but its soundtrack was certainly an alt-rock/grunge all-star game.

agree.

that quesarito looks pretty awesome.

well this movie is barely 80 minutes.

I suspect that everyone who has ever been to a basement show will have a favorite band or label that is missing from this, but this seems like a reasonable-enough overview. (missing hometown band: Mulligan Stu, whose great track "Couple Skate" was the A-side to their "Trailer Park Kings" 7". missing band I saw once in…

rainer maria == not screamo. kind of loud, dissonant indie/emo when they started (and they were fucking LOUD when i saw them live in 1998), but mellowed out to quiet wussy indie by the time they ended.

I listened to a lot of this stuff at the end of the 90s/early 00s, and a lot of it is horrible. Whenever Orchid comes on my playlist, I can't believe I listened to this garbage and used to like it. That said, I still dig Saetia and City of Caterpillar (the latter played one of the more amazing shows I saw in my…

Surely I am not the only person who would pay $$$ for an album of RFTC kids songs?

Surely I am not the only person who would pay $$$ for an album of RFTC kids songs?

not the best, but far from the worst.

finally
i stopped watching this in season 3 (thought season 1 was ok - gave season 2 a pass because of the strike, and officially gave up midway through season 3) but would occasionally read the write-ups here. thank god this finally happened. too bad it didn't happen after season 1.

agree completely. i was excited to see new Peep Show, and now find out we're discussing something from years ago.

hate this hack
ben mezrich is a horrible writer. i read two of his books as they promised interesting stories (about the mit blackjack club and some expat banker in japan getting involved with the mafia) but they are just sensationalist crap. this quote from the review — In the end, Mezrich seems to have gotten what…

I like the Geraldine Fibbers' cover of You doo Right…

while that certainly is annoying, it is basically god's way of saying "here is something to keep you busy at work. on the weekend, you're on your own, go outside or something."

you know yuo can just go to AMAZON.CO.UK and for thirty or forty bucks get the entire series on DVD box set?

i want to cry. t&g is my favorite label of all time, and seeing its name on the spine of a record was pretty close to being a sure sign it was worth buying.