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Finally got to this last night. That was a great scene, and a perfectly balanced meal he was eating too. Without doubt Haverchuck is my favourite character. Also, that episode scores big for Nick's own - inspired by Pete Townsend - 'Lady L' song. Only 5 more episodes to go, and then it's on to Undeclared.

No, they just take his name. They're part of the new tap-rock movement - I don't know precisely what tap-rock actually is but on listening to this album I'd say it was a lot of close mic'ed knuckle-knocking on wood instead of trad drums and percussion. Confusing, no? Still, best music I've heard to come out of Roehampton in many a year. Next in the NP queue, two of the best albums I've heard so far this year: El Guincho - Alegranza and then Hot Chip - Made in the Dark EDIT: In fact, lets have the covers for them both:

Trevor Bayliss & The Bayliss Boys - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin Cheers jossackland

Swine! They're bound to be replayed on the World Service soon. I'll have to grab a copy on telex until then.

I've been meaning to get into these for a while. I've heard that 'Shed Sessions' is their best effort though? Any chance of a YSI comp mix, yes?

Goes something like this: Brian Eno David Bowie The Stone Roses Super Furry Animals Bjork Spiritualized Animal Collective Boards Of Canada Wilco The Byrds DJ Shadow Kraftwerk Radiohead Four Tet Neu! Manitoba / Caribou Hot Chip Led Zeppelin David Axelrod Secret Machines

Totally, right down to the synth stabs. There's a couple of others that remind me of Winter Wonderland and Who Could Win A Rabbit. Thanks for tip-off, I'll put an order in too.

Where did you pre-order it from? I had a quick look on Amazon and it couldn't find any results, which means I'm really thick, or it's (Amazon) very behind the times. It came out last year, apparently. The similarities between Animal Collective and Panda Bear, specifically with the vocal melodies and phrasing, is so uncanny it verges on the unnerving and eerie. It's difficult to know where Animal Collective stop and El Guincho begins. In fact given that Mr Lennox is currently based in Lisbon, it's difficult to know who influenced who. It sounds like Strawberry Jam but played with Feels-era

El Guincho - Alegranza it's great

Yep, in Sep 05. They're definitely influenced by dance, but I wouldn't consider them any more of a dance band as say LCD Soundsystem or New Order. Whereas your Daft Punks, Basement Jaxxs or if we're being even more esoteric artists such as Gui Boratto I would consider.

Well, I see how you would be disappointed then. I never really saw them as a dance band.

^^^ twas a straight copy and paste from cough, cough the BBC, cough, cough. absolved

And they're the best bits. UK boys trying to be R Kelly = plastic soul heaven Give it time.... give it time....

Here is the full shortlist for the 80th Academy Awards, to be held at the Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, on 24 February: Best picture Atonement Juno Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood Best director Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jason Reitman, Juno Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood Best actor George Clooney, Michael Clayton Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah Viggo Mortensen,

I've yet to get to that episode, but, yeah, the music is pretty good in the show - Cheap Trick, Rush, Warren Zevon.

Certainly shaping up to be a favourite in the m_thomp household. It took me about 0.5 of a sec to realize that the Phys. Ed teacher is Biff Tannen from Back To The Future too.

Je n'aime pas ca, c'est tres difficile. Yeah, I know I was just cross pollinating French and English, I thought "brilliant" was a very English word, I didn't know it had a French equivalent. Should've kept it simple and put: c'est the dog's bollocks So to summarize: English good, French bad.

It's arrived and I'm six episodes in. Just watched the 'I'm With The Band' episode last night, really funny to see, and hear, Nick drumming along on his 29-piece kit to Spirit Of Radio. It's different to what I thought it would be, there's a lot more drama in it when I expected it to be more of a sit-com - even the picture of the DVD suggests it would be a little closer to Saved By The Bell. However, I'm not disappointed, it's still balls-out funny on occasion - I'm thinking Sam's friend dressed as the Bionic Woman for Halloween. I've also got Undeclared sat waiting for me, so it will be f

C'est brilliant

I never liked her in Desperate Housewives. However, she is a friend of Tom Cruise. Everything we know and trust is Scientology-related.

Plenty of spunk in that backpack then.

Ah, typical Englishman abroad, when you don't understand the natives just talk slower and louder. Message received - job done.

A winning combination

I posted this up in the Now Watching thread - sorry, I thought it WAS Cruise's latest movie. His deluded ramblings made me think it was a trailer to a Magnolia spin-off, where instead of being taught to "worship the c*ck" we were actually staring at one, and being told to worship L. Ron instead. I've never known anyone to talk for ten minutes without actually saying anything meaningful. He kept on blabbling about this mystical 'it' and if we don't know, or get, 'it' then we need help. Also, when driving past an accident I often think that I'm the only person who could help the situation