03/11/2005

Quickies

Return of the Jedi in 211K: <http://www.b3ta.com/board/5280332>
Further on unexpected MP3 releases: Madonna's Confessions on a Dancefloor (release date: 14 November) has now leaked, in crap-o-rama if-that-was-originally-192-I'd-be-very-surprised quality, despite apparently not even having been sent out as a promo yet. Isn't it time for the record companies to admit that they can't win?
Now got my Cineworld branded Unlimited Card, funnily enough with the old Cineworld logo on it and not the one they've repainted all the doors at my local with. Hmm.
Polanski's Oliver Twist is sadly underwhelming, especially after The Pianist. V. nice set design, though.
Batman Begins is still the second best comic book movie of the year (after Sin City).
Depeche Mode's Playing the Angel CD (haven't tried the DVD yet) has the worst mastering I've ever heard on an electronic album - someone's pushed the knobs way too high at mastering stage and the obviously unintentional clipping sounds truly dire on my separates hi-fi. Even with this taken into consideration, it is still the best thing they've done since Songs of Faith and Devotion, because it has something that Ultra and Exciter don't: actual tunes.
I still haven't listened to Aerial yet, except for "How To Be Invisible" and the single. Yes, I am going to buy it...