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"I'm a hand model, mama. A finger jockey. We don't think the same as the face and body boys."

Is that the Dead Kennedys? Oddly enough, John Peel was at that gig.

Serge Gainsbourg. Not that je t'aime is a bad song mind, but there was so much more to the man- like having Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Ray Davies and Isaac Hayes all rolled into one.

I completely agree. Total bollocks. Although whatever thread I was looking at at the time, everyone seemed to obey that rule. It was like the grand unified theory of thumped. I'll go off right now and de-rep myself.

Under a thousand posts: rep total is roughly the same as number of posts. Over a thousand posts: rep total is roughly half the number of posts. There's a few exceptions, but generally this holds true.

An older man playing in the garden with his children or grandchildren is just about to have a heart attack.

Just saw New York, New York there, and its a much underestimated movie, with a fine De Niro performance. You need to have a tolerance for golden age musicals and Liza Minelli though, which narrows the target audience somewhat.

You know you're on thumped when a thread on casual sex turns into an earnest discussion of albums by gay Scandinavian metallers.

The Tragically Hip were one of the blandest, most tedious bands to ever shelter under the lip of indie respectability. Their songs are long gone, but my hatred still burns bright. The "taking themselves seriously" rule is a good one, but can I apply to have it specially rescinded for the...

The Original Wrapper by Lou Reed.In its sheer awfulness, stands head and shoulders above the legions of other crap songs by Lou Reed.

Or would have, if the sub-editor had got the name right. They interview a lot of people on what they'll be listening to this summer, and here's Brendan Benson: "This summer I'm listening to Floating by Jabe. It's like this drone, traditional Irish-Celtic music but a dance track. I dunno if...

Didn't ash also do a cover of the bar music from the first film? It's somewhere on the b-side disc that came free with their singles collection, if you have that.

Re: Star Wars Thought he was pretty good in Jackie Brown too.

And don't forget Roy's Keen... Actually, do forget Roy's Keen. Referees who have songs about them... 1. Hugh Dallas 2. 3. 4. 5.

A few more, purely at random: Something Wild Picnic at Hanging Rock Morvern Callar Grace of my heart Dead Presidents Do the right thing Mean Streets Event Horizon Wonderland 8 1/2, or anything by nino rota Storytelling