Gibbo

The Mariana Hollow: Coma Heart The Mariana Hollow: Scars Not Wounds EP

Sound Storm: Twilight Opera Bjork: Debut The Wallflowers: Bringing Down The Horse Probot: Probot ... all for less than a fiver .... thank the Lord for charridy shops and eBay ...

Nobody wants to borrow my stuff ... I can't think why

GIRL Gone Bad - Van Halen

CENTURY Child - Nightwish

Shadowside: Dare To Dream (definitely one for fans of Benedictum) HIM: Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights

Two stone cold classics ...

Night Of The CRIME - Icon

That JOKE Isn't Funny Anymore - The Smiths

I recently picked up Extinct Instinct, Clone, Critical Mass (with the bonus disc) and Subsurface in a local charity shop - I'd heard the name, but not heard much of their music ... Subsurface is an absolute cracker!

I'm steadily working my way through Lee Child's 'Jack Reacher' novels ... question: who the hell thought it would be a good idea to have Tom Cruise play Jack Reacher?

Time Out Of MIND - Bob Dylan

The Ones That You LOVE Lead You Nowhere - Del Amitri

Eluveitie: Slania

HIM: Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Shadowside: Theatre Of Shadows Shadowside: Dare To Dream

I'M ALIVE - Helloween

Annihilator: Never, Neverland

I loved this film ... wonderfully mindless fun!

Imelda May: Tribal

Northern Oak: Monuments Various: Voices From Valhalla (A Tribute To Bathory) Amon Amarth: Twilight of the Thunder God (2 CD version w/bonus tracks) Skalmold: Baldur Ravenage: Fresh From Fields of Victory

Michael Des Barres: I'm Only HUMAN

Kate Bush: NEVER Forever

Apparently, most of the 'public vote' had the Poles coming in (fnarr!) at number one ... I can't imagine why As for Conchita Wurst ... when not in drag, s/he goes by the name of Thomas ... apparently, he was in some sort of boy band a few years back. Yes, he's a drag act ... yes, he's stolen his 'act' from the Blackadder episode where Baldrick dresses as a bridesmaid ("Like the beard, bridesmaid - gives me something to hang on to!") ... but, hey, the song wasn't bad ... and s/he had the balls (pardon the pun) to get up on stage in front of millions ...

Flies On Fire: Outside Looking Inside Johnny Law: Johnny Law

Tubeway Army: I Nearly Married A HuMAN