A superb article with some really 'on the nose' writing:

'Luckily the current UK music scene has just the thing. Someone has even compounded a helpful term to use when you call the record companies in a line-up emergency; this uninspiring, guitar-gelled Polyfilla – of which The Fratellis are a fine example – is now known by some as "landfill indie"...You know who they are, these smooth-chinned strummers, with their smart-arsed, self-admiring band names almost invariably prefaced by the definite article: The Kooks, The Courteeners, The Holloways, The Rascals, The View, The Wombats, The Automatic, The Pigeon Detectives, The Hoosiers. Their turgid, tuneless banalities use all the oxygen between ad breaks on XFM..."Scouting for Girls are like the sound of Satan's scrotum emptying. They're abysmal." '

I really couldn't have put it better myself. What they failed to mention though is that these twits are on Soccer AM every Saturday.

(Tight jeans + silly pork pie hat) x long angular fringe=absolutely s__t music.

I'll second that. Though you forgot the anonymous cloth shoes.

This genre of music has become more and more dreadful in the last couple of years. Even pop music has more variety these days than the 'Indie' scene.

A further two films are planned.

It's not out on general release until Thursday.

I saw Wall-E last night; terrific film.

Having already watched it on 'tinternet I went to see The Mist on the big screen last night. Fantastic film and in fact a lot darker than the book in many ways.

Yeah Wall.E. I have to say The Incredibles is up there for me as well.

It's had almost wholly glowing reviews. Including five stars from Empire.

Some of their stuff is great (Shipping up to Boston) some of it is terrible. Ok, ok you're Irish. I get it.

Wailin Jennys live...one of the WORST experiences of my life.

Really? My folks went to see them a few weeks back and said they were good live. The CD was a comp I think.

I've gotten into a Canadian folk group called The Wailin' Jennys recently. A trio of girls, they are superb musicians with beautiful voices. I've checked out some of their earlier stuff and it's a bit poppy for my tastes but the latest album, Firecracker is a far more mature offering.

I finally finished Robert Hicks's The Widow of the South - a beautifully written and affecting Civil War novel. I would recommend it to anyone interested in this period of history.

I'm now moving onto Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

Despised the first Hellboy quite frankly.

That would be awesome in comparison.

Watched Jumper last night. It wasn't bad but it left me feeling disappointed as they could have done so much with the premise and set up 2 or 3 movies.

Jumper was awful. I was embarrassed for all involved.

I absolutely love the veiled snobbery in these regular anti-Rooney diatribes that AESF serves up.

Perhaps he thought he was still in the backstreets of the Croxteth housing estate where he grew up, when he could get away with behaving like a wild animal.

Class.

He'll be out of a job this time next year. Good.

matt ,we went last night and even paid and bloody loved it and it was packed to the rafters.Pure Indy in that if you love Indy films then this is pure indyas Biddy said theres some reet miserable gits on here.I dont know why some go to see films they hate everyone they see.

I didn't say I hated it (because I, you know, said I enjoyed it). In any case I'm not going to know what it's like before I see it am I? This nowhere near the other three films.

I loved Warrior Within - one of the best games I've ever played. The Two Thrones was also very slick but vastly inferior to the former. This is the first I've heard of this. I'll reserve judgement until I see game footage.

Is everyone just too old, miserable and cynical these days?

I really, really enjoyed the new Indy but that's probably because I didn't read the reviews and went in with an open mind.

Yep there were a couple of didgy CG moments, no worse than some of the awfulness in Temple of Doom. The story was good, the action was good. OK, the ending might not be everybodies cup of tea but how is it any less plausible than an Arc of the Covenant with magical powers or a 2000 year old ghost protecting a wooden cup?

My problem isn't with the ending itself rather the whole pedestrian nature of the final reel. Talk about phoning it in.

I have to say I was disappointed. While it was hugely entertaining in parts it also lacked, I felt, that x-factor that made the others so amazing.

There is a God.

It looks pants. The aiming system is supposed to be horrendous.

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