Carnivorous Vulgaris

You're in for a disappointment. I suspect that they'll pull it back together for the season finale (they've done so pretty consistently in the past), but right now, the show's gone to utter cock. I'm seriously tempted just to stop watching it for a few weeks, and come back for the last few episodes to see if it's improved any.

I wouldn't say that it's become that bad. Granted the *spoiler that's been referred to earlier on this page* is an extremely irritating plot thread but overall the show is still watchable. Nothing compared to when it's been at its finest, certainly.

I'm more worried about the

quasi-mystical, "Chosen One" babble spouted by the hybrid regarding Baltar. The last thing I would have expected from a show like BSG would have been a sinking into Matrix-esque mumbo-jumbo which is often a smokescreen for a dearth of real ideas or concepts. Let's hope it takes some coherent form.

The Afghanistan and Iraq threads have been great, informative reads. Given the current sabre-rattling, I think it's time Iran was disussed. Here's a good place to start reading -

Campaign Against Sanctions And Military Action In Iran

Oh, now....

Radiohead are Oxford educated.

System of a Down seem well read...

I was thinking more of the current crop of NME bands, but I stand corrected. :)

Brilliantly incisive and intelligent survey of the post-punk era. It can be a depressing read at times, strangely enough. Depressing in the sense that, while not everything that the bands featured put their names to was brilliant, much of the music of the era was informed by desire to make statements, create great art and genuinely chart new territories in music. Taking a look around at the popular alternative bands at the moment, it's virtually impossible to find a group that would even admit to having read a book.

Hello all!

Not quite sure how to begin here... I'll get the obvious out of the way first. I first really started reading HB about two years ago and have become a massive fan....

My real name's Bob but I have a certain fondness for the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoons (hence my display name) :)

I write prose and music but am still sadly a wage slave until one of these avenues of expression bears fruit...

Just been browsing this forum and, my word, there are some terribly intelligent and lovely people here...

So, hope to have many rabid discussions with you in the future!

Auf Wiedersehen, ;)