"Sign on for a superhero movie, they said. It'll be a nice distraction, they said…"

I feel like that film has been somewhat forgotten, but it's by far one of the best music biopics of recent times.

Take that Jonathan Franzen!

Wait, Jesus is gay? Have I missed an episode?

Eric Banal yeah I went there

Wait, Dexys Midnight Runners' violinist is writing movie reviews now?

I saw Ranking Rodger's version of The Beat back in the 2000s and they sang "Stand down Georgie, stand down please/Stand down Tony"

Well, I think the "They got Burton suits" line is almost definitely a dig at The Jam, so there is some specific dissing going on.

That song was almost definitely a sincere tribute, I think.

Yeah, that first album was a pretty obviously just following the alt-rock sounds of the time.

'Lighten Up Morrissey' by Sparks probably counts as well.

I loved that a major plot-point in the novel was based on the famous story of the visitor that inadvertently messed up 'Kubla Khan'

Well, that's if Stu's into it too

There used to be a bunch of book features like 'Wrapped Up In Books' and 'Box Full of Paperbacks', as well as the book club.

For some crazy reason it isn't out in the UK yet, despite her being British. Can't wait, though.

Now if the next big YA film dropped the flimsy sci-fi premise and was just about "a Messiah that is open to fucking football players", that'd be far more interesting…

Of course the script news we'd all like to hear is Gatis not being involved.

Had a bit of a tidy, in a way, and finished two books that I had abandoned. Firstly Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch, which I had put down around 500 pages in as I'd got bored with the story and wasn't interested in the main character. Turns out I was only a few pages from where the story picks up again (the return of…

It's mostly just fun to spot the links to other texts. If I was to put my academic hat on I'd say it was representative of an inter-connected, hyperlinked contemporary existence or something but then you'd punch me.

It's a little-known fact that he was actually the inspiration for the character of "The Fonz" on hit 70s comedy Happy Days.