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Earth Vs The Wildhearts is a classic mate.. I know it was popular, it just didn't do anything for me. There were a few British rock albums around that time that seemed to be highly-rated, but I couldn't stand. We've already mentioned Quireboys and Wildhearts, another one was Skin. In fact, the latter really turned me off and their self-titled release was the last album I bought before a 5-year hiatus from rock and metal (and therefore was at least partly responsible). I guess even though I am British and as patriotic as the next man, I just preferred the American stuff. Oh hell yes my man! Another nail on the head. Many years ago I got Skin's wrist slashingly bad 2nd album first and I despised it. I saw they had released their debut a few years earlier and for some braindead reason I gave them the benefit of the doubt and tried that one too. Sure enough it was just as bad as the 2nd CD. Jeez mate, you've done well. Three of the worst, most boring bands I have heard in my life. Keeping it British, has anyone mentioned Tattoed Love Boys yet? Or Rock City Angels? All of them so bad I want to beat my head just thinking of them. Tattooed Love Boys WERE awful (their lead singer now runs a hair salon not far from where I live) ... Rock City Angels are/were Yanks, mate I LOVE the first Wildhearts album ... nothing they've done since comes close ... I've seen Thunder, but never gave their albums much of a chance (how foolish I was), but Skin were hugely over-rated!

While in the car yesterday: Meat Loaf: Welcome To The Neighbourhood Rush: Test For Echo ZZ Top: Rhythmeen Queen: The Miracle

I've seen the trailers, and I've listened to my friends getting over-excited about the whole thing ... but having already had my childhood memories trampled all over by George Lucas, his un-necessary tinkering with Episodes IV, V and VI, and the travesty of Episodes I, II and III, I reckon I'll wait until this comes out on DVD ...

I LOVE this film!

HellBoy II - The Golden Army

The Devil Wears Prada: Plagues Soul Asylum: Let Your Dim Light Shine ZZ Top: Rhythmeen

Within Temptation: The Heart Of Everything

John Mellencamp: The Lonesome Jubilee

Home (with my girls)

Second Hand Store finds: Bauhaus: Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape Within Temptation: Mother Earth Within Temptation: The Heart Of Everything Direct from the band: A Formal Horse: A Formal Horse EP A Formal Horse: Morning Jigsaw EP (Female-fronted prog ... a bit Big Big Train-ish, with some early IQ/Pendragon touches)

My favourite VH album ...

Gary Moore: Victims Of The Future

My Mum is Welsh, my dad is English, so I've got a foot in both camps ... I think England will go into the game with a point to prove after the lambasting they've had since the weekend (mind you, if the call to kick to the corner had worked as well as it did for Japan, everyone would be falling over themselves to sing Robshaw and Lancaster's praises!) If England tighten up on the discipline, it could be too close to call. I don't think Wales can keep going for too much longer with their injury list growing ever longer by the minute. If they lose anyone else to injury on Thursday, their final game against Australia could prove to be academic!

Nightwish: Endless Forms Most Beautiful Damn Yankees: Don't Tread Fish: Feast Of Consequences Marillion: Holidays In Eden Sammy Hagar: Ten 13 Counting Crows: August And Everything After Zyklon: World Ov Worms

Yup - most of the results have been fairly predictable (with the exception of England v Wales at the weekend), but there have been some fantastic games so far, with the 'smaller' teams showing a lot of skill and determination

Then you should watch rugby ... I've never seen any trouble at a rugby match - the fans all sit together (and generally drink together afterwards.) During the recent RSA v Namibia game, the 'boks fans were on their feet cheering as Namibia went over for a try (shame it was disallowed) ...

Never even heard of this newer one. I do like Tom Hardy, so I'll look into it. He plays the Kray twins ... and does a pretty good job, too.

Legend (the recent Tom Hardy film about the Krays - NOT the Tom Cruise/Tim Curry fantasy-flick )

Yeah, yeah - I KNOW there are very few rugby fans here, but I just had to post something about Japan's stunning victory over South Africa at the weekend ... with the winning try coming in the very last play of the game. RSA have won the World Cup twice, and were ranked 2nd in the world at the start of the tournament ... Japan have never progressed beyond the Pool stages, and were ranked about 14th in the world ... it was a thing of beauty, seeing the faces of the 'Boks players and supporters as the final whistle went

It drives me up the wall ... THEY'RE over THERE with THEIR parents (or something similar) ... it's not f**king rocket science!! Jeez!! *and breathe ... and breathe ... and breathe*

More second-hand store finds ... Thunder: Back Street Symphony Sirenia: The 13th Floor Nightwish: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (still sealed - only cost me £1.00 )

I watched that the other day ... didn't they even manage to squeeze in a 'flying cow'? Or did I imagine that?

It's a pity that the advertising posters went with calling Hardy's character 'Mad Max', instead of simply 'Max' (or even, God forbid, 'Max Rockatansky') ... it's a small thing, I know, but it irritated me ...

Yeeah I got that. For me it was kinda lame before I turned the movie on, and it was a bit too much "Rocky" What then confused me was that there seemed to be only one very small reference to southpaw in the movie, and it seemed irrelevant to the movie, let alone being the name of the movie... It's probably all they were left with ... every article I've ever read about the film just bangs on about how Jake Gyllenhaal had to bulk up for the role ... *SPOILER ALERT* ... a quick look on Wikipedia suggests that the film takes its title from the punch thrown at the end ... so now we know ...

I haven't really listened to Dokken properly since 'Erase The Slate' (let's ignore 'Shadowlife') ... like Geoff, I'm not convinced that this would result in anything worthwhile - but wouldn't it be great if the band pulled something magical out of the hat?