i am interested to see what tim burton does with wonka after finally making another good movie with "big fish". i am personally a bit tired of johnny depp and i think ewan mcgregor was what made the last movie different. but ultimately, can anyone actually imagine a new version beating the tripped-out wickedness of the original? heres to trying

and another notch on my nostalgia belt, the punk/rock/funk of girls against boys, with, for me their best album, cerca 1994, "cruise yourself" on touch and go. i looked them up on amazon and their "if you like..." recommendations included iggy pop, ac/dc, broken social scene, and mark lanegan. not to say that amazon is the end all and be all but those are some pretty fucking impressive and divergent groups to be compared to.