I remember this! Not in detail, but it certainly played in rural NSW…

From a soundtrack perspective, it's a secret success: like the first movie (and you sort of pick this up in the review, but don't quite get it), it's a history of American roots music: blues, soul, gospel, Afro-Carribean, jazz: it's all there. Yes, it misses (and disses) hip hop, but musically it's great.

One year later still a triumph. Well done sir.

Meat is murder, atlas shrugged

It's about a saint of a lead singer, named Borrisey, who's good looking, large penis, all the men and ladies love him, and they all fall in love with him, and his evil, evil, evil bandmates who are all ugly, with small penises, and all die horribly in a fire, screaming apologies to the hero.

Todd Rundgren: it's God Rundgren, am I right?

Sorry I'm late here, I got caught in the rain.

I like 'Kyrie': in fact, I saw Ringo Starr's All Starr band, which featured Richard Page (the lead singer, bass player and songwriter from Mr Mr.) Each of the All Starrs got three songs: so Todd Rundgren got 'Bang on the Drum', and two other awesome songs; Gregg Rollie got 'Black Magic Woman', Oye Como Va and a song…

and even then, a show rarely gets the time to develop: if it's not rating sufficiently by the fourth episode, it gets boned. Exceptions like Cheers and Seinfeld and MASH notwithstanding, how many shows have you thought 'ooh, this shows promise', only to have it ripped away?

But the US already did this. In Australia, the thriving comic book industry of the 1940s was killed by cheap imports (comics were used as ballast in empty container ships). Upon docking, the ballast was sold cheaply as essentially remaindered stock, and the Australian industry couldn't compete.

And thanks to that super arch turd Rupert Murdoch, Australian Netflix will STILL be substandard.

Who's your influence?

Roadies are important dude. What do you want to be then? Security? A groupie?

except Bernard would never admit a mistake in the way…

The drummer kid goes into another band van, where they're gambling - but if you've been around that scene, you KNOW that they're not just gambling: they're smokin' and drinkin' and poppin' the pills…

It's funny, I usually don't enjoy Jack Black's performances (School of Rock being the other exception), and I didn't like High Fidelity much (its Britishness was a huge part of it: for me, it didn't work in the United States), but two things about the film stood out: Jack Black's performance (the other nerd guy too),…

The singles market in the UK and Australia meant that until recently you could pretty much retire after a number one hit. In the stars a single was promotion for the album. So radio friendly non typical singles from us bands.

I was hoping for an article on the relative merits of sergeant peppers. In stead I get a thoughtful critical article on a band who didn't quite reach thieir potential. Thanks Internet. You suck.

Yeah. Nah. I was always into queen.

'Sorry, your accents a little too Austrian '