Gash

Ong-Bak - I enjoyed this a lot! I tend to shift away from martial arts films nowadays because of the wires and boring storylines but this was great! Didn't seem to take itself too seriously and worked better because of it. Might be too violent for some though.

High Fidelity - Had read the book but never seen the film. Thought it was very good and thoroughly enjoyable. Cusack did the role well. Whereas the film adaptation of About a Boy, (another Hornby novel) I found to be very contrived, void of the usual Hornby wit present in the original work and well, you know, Hugh Grant was in it.

The Doors - Didn't like this. I realise that it wasn't meant to be accurate, as Stone's biopics usually aren't but I felt it was just Morrison rampaging around drunk and stoned for the whole film. Had its moments but left me....I don't know, disappointed?

I kept expecting him to bust into "West coast Philadelphia, born and raised..."

Do not hate on Fesh Prince or you will be shot.

By some guys who are up to no good?

Started making trouble in my neighbourhood?

I kept expecting him to bust into "West coast Philadelphia, born and raised..."

Ah I was going to post this the other day!

It starts off a bit "Last of the Summer Wine."

They also did one where they tried to make the best song in the world, well the one that most people would like.

If people are interested I could probably find it and put it up.

Meaning of Life - Remember I didn't really get it at all when I was 12, really liked it in my teenage years and it still holds up. I'd have skipped the intro if I had a choice though.

Scoop - Few good Woody one-liners but overall nothing special.

I never got extensively into them, but at my old place we used to have rockin' and reelin' on vinyl which was a lot of fun.

Unless there were girls around haha, women don't adhere themselves to "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog" for some prudish reason.

RIP.

I know what you mean, I had a hard time getting into these guys too. Theyre a good band though, my only issue is that there really isnt anything that gives them identity among other classic, blues-rock bands other than they existed through the 90's. Aside from that theyre just another classic rock band that playes laid back 70's rock n roll, which is cool cause they do it right.

I agree, very well put.

I was listening to Lions earlier. I don't think its as bad as everyone thinks it is, but then I suppose I might have a bit of an attachment to it as I remember getting it when it first came out and I was first getting into classic rock.

Just Push Play by Aerosmith came out around the same time I think?

No attachment there.

This is a great uplifting song by a Clash-influenced band that you might not know:

Another tune by the same band. It's called Soledad (Solitude) :

Pas Assez de Toi :

Greetings from France!

Manu Chao are great!

On the theme of French uplifting songs, I got to go with this classic.

I enjoyed that.

Has a sort of Motown vibe to it?

Very good pop song.

I like Mudhoney a lot at the moment.

Flipper too, although you might not call them grunge.

Reading a book of Bob Dylan interviews at the moment which I'm really enjoying. Even though if I'm meandering around his born again period.

Also reading "Picture of Dorian Gray" atm which is one of those esteemed classics I never got round to reading.

On a related note, I did see the actual "On the Road" scroll the other day which was sort of interesting.

Saw Citizen Kane for the first time today.

Really enjoyed it, I see why it's so acclaimed.

Still can't believe in was released in 1941.

I agree with the sentiments of Frank's post. Not much more I can add really, I do often forget how good they were.

Honestly, I see Minor Threat as the most important punk band ever next to The Ramones and possibly Black Flag. Ian wrote some of the most aggressive, yet beautifully intelligent punk lyrics other than Brett and Greg's lyrics for Bad Religion. The Straight Edge lifestyle somehow outlived any Straight Edge bands, but it's almost pathetic to see the state of the Straight Edge movement today (Walking around in basketball jerseys that read "XXX STRAIGHT EDGE XXX" and beating the shit out of people who want to live their lives differently is not Straight Edge). I can't stand people that have to go around fucking advertising they are Straight Edge, when odds are almost none of them could tell you how Straight Edge started.

They were all awesome musicians, but the one who still stands out to me is Brian Baker, he wrote some of the coolest punk bass lines ever (Filler, anyone?) and in my ex-hardcore band he was a major influence on my bass style. Ian portrays anger in his voice better than anyone, and you can truly feel the anger he puts into his lyrics.

I made a thread a while back about how much I loved Minor Threat and all I got was a few "Well, Fugazi is way better..." responses, but glad to see I'm not the only fan on here. Now excuse me, I'm gonna go watch the 9:30 Club DVD

Haha, those Fugazi comments might have been mine. I apologise if thats the impression you got from me if it was, I do like Minor Threat a lot but I've just always seen Fugazi as a natural progression from Minor Threat. But I digress, thats another topic.

I gathered the contradiction was intentional.

It is a pretty brutal anthem, but at least you make us English look a bit better for our "crush those rebellious scots" verse!

What I can't understand is why on "The Simpsons" they use the French anthem as the theme music for whenever the Simpsons go to England?

I think an ear cleanse with a bit of badmotorfinger is in order.

RIP.

The Stooges are my favourite band.

On a selfish note, I think it's a shame that I'll never get to see him play live with them.

Find the Czechoslovakian fiction section in your local library, then look for Klima, Kundera, Čapek, Hostovský, Havlíček and Hašek, and also Havel, Nezval, Weiner, Werich and Seifert if you've got abundant amounts of time on your hands. I think this is going to be one of my favourite racks.

Personally I would hope that the Czechoslovakian fiction section in my local library has been divided to the respective Czech and the Slovak sections.

If not, I hope they fire McCain from his newly earnt position.

Fun House.

Not the mildly nostalgia inducing kids tv show with Pat Sharp though.

You're so fucking right.

Love their first album.

Still haven't heard their second though.

Only heard the name and thought it was a dude. I guess I was way off.

I got it even more wrong, from the name, I initially thought she was in Hanson.

i try to be open minded, lord knows i do but...i hear Taylor Swift and i think...now where the fuck is the Love Sick Blues Boy, where the fuck is Ernest Tubb, Floyd Tillman, Lefty Frizzell...maybe i have an in-built predudice to the contemporary but...modern day country music just seems so...sedate to me. Country music to me is like...serious shit-kicker music, fuckin dirty and aggressive...and it has a kind of stomp to it, like the Honky Tonk Blues or...Jambalaya. More than Nashville too is those fuckin Bakersfield Cali boys...serious soup-dip beard wearing motherfuckers, yeah :)

Sounds like the sentiment that Hank Williams III was trying to express! Hehe.

On topic, never heard of her. I'll look her up.

Belle and Sebastian, Glasvegas, Jesus and Mary Chain...

Can anyone recommend me some good Idlewild stuff, I remember from awhile ago songs like American English which I wasn't greatly impressed with but I've heard many good things about them without ever really getting into them. Will be very appreciated. Thanks.

Have a great time! I'd love to see them sometime.

(I feel wierd singing along to some of their songs but, i.e. I'm Just A Girl )

Weird as in, strangely liberated?

I like No Doubt, I'm really glad they're getting back together. Not just because it'd halt Gwen's solo career either.

Axl is out for the money!?

Pot kettle black.

Jerry Only is a talentless schmuck, he'd be nothing without Danzig and it's a terrible insult to the band's legacy that the Misfits skull is now as viable and meaningful as the Nike swoosh.

I can't believe he's still flogging this dead horse after Graves left and has taken over vocal duties HIMSELF!? Complete madness. I guess appearing on WCW didn't quench his attention seeking, moneygrabbing, talentless son of a bitch self.