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Glad to hear that downstairs at One-Up is gonna be less minky.

KILL II THIS - Deviate because not many bands make records that sound like machine head meets fear factory without sounding piss. And Kill II This are no different!

Haven't heard first but enjoyed Never Never Land.

Agree both The Killers and Stellastarr* are great.

Where the hell is Queen Street?

I'd say Prologue to History by the Manics or A Plague Upon Your Hissing by the Mars Volta, although it is just an unreleased demo not an actual B-side.

Godhopping is orgasmic.

They've just finished recording in Ireland and are compiling the album from about 20 tracks. Working titles for the album include 'Life Blood' and 'Goodbye Suicide'. Songs titles included are: A Song For Departure 1985 The love of Richard Nixon Firefight To Repel Ghosts Emily Fragments Askew Road Solitude Sometimes Is Glasnost Always / Never I Live To Fall Asleep Cardiff Afterlife Empty Souls Voodoo Polaroid's Litany The band are also planning a special 10th Anniversary addition of The Holy Bible including a never released American remix, a DVD and a special show at The Astoria. During their time in the studio here is what the band have been listening to, reading and watching: MUSIC Low Life - New Order Scary Monsters - David Bowie Tusk - Fleetwood Mac Orange Juice - The Orange Juice Grand Turismo - The Cardigansbr> Abba Gold - Abba Black Cherry - Goldfrapp Sulk - The Associates Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters Head On The Door - The Cure The Graveyard and the Ballroom - A Certain Ration The Voice of America - Cabaret Voltaire Moving Pictures - Rush The Last Film - Kissing The Pink Same Old Scene - Roxy Music BOOKS Carol Anne Duffy Elizabeth Jennings Louis MacNeice Emily Pankhurst Richard Nixon Oscar Niemeyer WATCHING Nighty Night Newsnight / Newsnight Review Top Gear The Amp Elephant (Gus Van Sant) Inside the Actors studio Ronnie O'Sullivan La Liga Monaco Grand Prix BBC4 Lucian Freud Exhibition From manics.co.uk

Yeah, De Facto are great, I love Megaton Shotblast. I don't very many people have heard them though. Omar's bass playing in De Facto is almost as fine as his guitar playing.

Omar? Frontman? But I know he means Cedric and i couldn't possibly disagree.

1. Richey James Edwards 2. Cedric Bixler Zavala 3. Ian Curtis 4. Morrissey 5. Billy Corgan 6. Robert Smith 7. Joe Strummer Can't think of anymore.

I don't see why you listen to any music other than the Smiths and Moz in that case.

I reckon it's been a pretty good year so far with great albums from Auf Der Maur, The liars, Morrissey and a good but not great album from Franz Ferdinand. Still there's Hope of the States, The Killers, new Interpol, new New Order, new Cure album, possibly new Manics album and new Coopers album.

Extremo - I mean "Extremely Emotionally Hardcore"? What a heap of shit. In fact all kinds of Cores are shit.

Definitely The Mars Volta. They're better, not only than Sparta but, than every band that ever existed. When ATD-I went on "indefinate hiatus" Omar and Cedric took all the talent and creativity and then increased it a ten-fold for the Mars Volta. Sparta have only a few good songs and Jim Ward is crap frontman completely lacking in any kind of charisma.

Good news, I've found out that this is in fact bollocks. Support will be provided by N.E.R.D.

I was told that support would come from Busted and McFly no less. Can anyone confirm this or is it pure fabrication?

My two faves.

Took the bait! Hook, line and sinker!

good choices!!

I like the sounds of those laws, especially the law for Celine dion and the rest.

That microkorg looks good, thanks. I think there might be one of them in Bruce Millers.

nightmare.

You used to be a chef. Ha ha. You don't have the right to slag off Diablo when you used to be a chef.

Sly and the Family Stone are indeed in my listening section. What of it?