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Ramones - Spiderman Theme

Yo Gabba Gabba (and special guest) - Doctor Doctor

REM (and friends) - Happy Furry Monsters NB: they'd retired Shiny Happy People a few years before, so this was the last time the song was performed in any form. Also... I love that they made a Kate Pierson muppet.

I Fight Dragons - Heads Up, Hearts Down (Note: saw the keyboard line on this played live... on a heavily adapted Power Glove.)

Grinderman vs U.N.K.L.E - Hyper Worm Tamer

On a theme of music from video games: this still brings back memories... Garbage - As Heaven Is Wide (PS: anyone think a David Arnold big band mix of this would make a great choice for Bond 26's opening track - and title... if they do what I think they're gonna do?)

Very handy - am rebuilding DreamWeaver (well, Miss Dream Weaver now... guess the name was probably going to go as I didn't sign in here for 2 years post-launch). That said... what do you think of rigging the Sorcery pool into this build? I'm loving it,and it adds a whole range of handy Emp/Psi friendly extras, like a solid extra attack, Flight (and TP!) and togglable extra protection and damage for your lead tank (though I've not tried using Enflame on an enemy yet.)

Nice to see excellent Canadian rock getting some spin time. But for balance: Et maintenant, pour nos amis Quebecois... Noir Désir - L'Homme Pressé

That's only the first half of that bit. There's a whole lot more Lloyd-level lunacy through the movie - involving a china shop, the world's most dangerous bedroom farce, and why I always tag my luggage. Oh, and Madeleine Kahn's in it, stealing any scene that isn't nailed down. (But - fair warning - any time she shows up, get earplugs.) Hauling this back to relevancy: great physical stunt and wire work in Shang-Chi, especially the bus bit - more fun with SF's hills, kung-fu dating, and the Macau scaffolding. You can throw all the CGI you want at something but feels so much better when it's real.

Mobile gaming: upgraded to PUBG New State. Lush graphics updates, new core map, new toys, upgrades can be delivered by Amazon Prime drone, you can recruit players from other teams if you knock them out and they don't quit first, kinda-sorta-ongoing "story" missions. Oh and... weirdly janky running animations, and extra long load times.

Oh, c'mon. Everything's better with dragons. Even car chases.

Parliament - P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) Rest in funk to Calvin Simon, vocalist for Parliament and Funkadelic.

He has a name, y'know. Krrsantan. ...btw, does anyone else want a Doc Aphra series?

Elvis and Bowie both born the same day? Hmmm... maybe they both went home to the same planet. And somewhere there is a small orbital bar with the best damn jam band this side of Barnard's Star. Elvis Presley - Burning Love

David Bowie - Heroes Happy 75th Birthday to the only man with more real-life alts than I ever managed on CoH: The Thin White Duke, Ziggy, Major Tom, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, The Blind Prophet, Jareth, Nikola Tesla... and every reinvention of himself. I'm not sure whether he rests in light, has regenerated again, or just went home. But we on this planet miss him.

David Bowie - Moonage Daydream

David Bowie - New Killer Star

David Bowie - Magic Dance

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

Ran across a Twitter thread which quoted from Tales Of The Bounty Hunters. Since we know Filoni's a deep nerd who likes his deep cuts... yeah, he's gonna use it. (It also has an early tale about IG assassin droids that Boba's tangled with...)

Finally got round to seeing Ep2, and not seeing the reasoning for all the Twitter hate. It's definitely a slower story than Mando (which was langorous to start with), but I'm liking it. On @DougGraves ' point from the other day: one of the things about D+ shows, since they're not beholden to execs or advertisers, is that they seem to burn not just one, but two or even three eps on setups before things kick off (hint: start Wandavision at Ep4 and then go back to 1, 2 and 3 as curiosities. This much improves the show. Hawkeye is a rare exception, which starts with some fun and uses ep5 to take a breather). One neat touch I already liked in that episode - but am only now kicking myself for realising.

The Final Boss Fight did feel a little shoehorned in at the end. It might have been neater if said legendary spirit of evil decided to fight using his dad's bod and the Ten Rings, which would then have allowed it to speak through and taunt/tempt our hero (in a similar way to how it used their mother's voice to twist the dad's will.) Then the big dragon could have finished it off. Also, I would like to complain about a factual error here. It is well known that all Chinese luckdragons have big fuzzy bellies that they love being rubbed and big fluffy ears to scratch and are Very Good Boys indeed. YES THEY ARE. OH YES THEY ARE

Interesting thought by Techwright...

At a guess, Rule Of Cool applies. Even with Lucas's obsessively intricate backstories, I doubt there was any specific reason at the time why Boba never unmasked, other than it looked good and intimidating, and Lucas wouldn't have to pay image rights for the toys. About the other thing...

Dee Gees - You Should Be Dancin'