Chez Wombat

And the Grammys have altered the category for Best Recording Package to include a separate category for Cover Art, I wonder why x She must be laughing as this has probably worked like a charm - it's created a whole discourse of people overthinking it when it's clearly intentionally provocative and to get people talking, she also very clearly has a say in it and is in control of her image, and in that sense, she's exposed a double standard unwittingly.

I mean I know this round was bad, but Akon top 3 is just...huh?

Peter Sullivan was convicted at a time when the death penalty was abolished in the UK for murder, had it not been, he could've been killed for a crime he didn't commit. Yes, it took a lot of his life but at least he has lived to see justice happen and have another chance. Wrongful convictions happen so frequently, a fair justice system should make sure that in that event, that they can live to see it. You haven't responded to any of the points about deterrance, cost or how easily it's abused in countries today, so you're clearly just arguing based on how you feel about it and this one glaring example, to which I again say, in my view, he doesn't deserve the easy way out of a quick death, let him rot away slowly, and it's pointless trying to assume that that's not what the families want let alone use them as an argument as you are not one of them.

There have been many crimes that were thought to have been irrefutable and beyond proof... new evidence came to light and they had just spent decades in prison for crimes they were completely innocent of, and they could've been killed otherwise, look at Peter Sullivan recently, Derek Bentley as well. There's no way around it, death is absolute, a justice system in which there's a chance that they kill an innocent person is not a fair justice system. Also, it's been vastly disproven as a deterrant, so there's no feasible way it works, it's not exaggeration to say almost all countries with it still in use are regularly using it in corrupt, discriminatory and political means. I would say being locked up in hope of rehabilitation or wasting away alone slowly over time as punishment for a heinous act is much more effective than giving them either an easy way out or no hope of reforming. Also, the victim's families are not judges and don't have the final say, that's not how the justice system works. Anyway, it's not coming back so moot discussion, just clickbait nonsense as per.

30; Lou Reed- Perfect Day 29; Kansas- Carry On Wayward Son 28; Woodkid- Run Boy Run 27; Oasis- Champagne Supernova 26; Hans Zimmer- Time 25; Vampire Weekend- A-Punk 24; Pixies- Where Is My Mind 23; The Beatles- Here Comes The Sun 22; Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb 21; Blondie- One Way Or Another 20; The Beach Boys- Wouldn't It Be Nice 19; Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll 18; Tame Impala- Let It Happen 17; Petit Biscuit- Sunset Lover 16; Lykke Li- I Follow Rivers 15; Carmen Twillie- Circle Of Life 14; John Denver- Take Me Home Country Roads 13; Grouplove- Tongue Tied 12; Capital Cities- Safe And Sound 11; Oasis- Morning Glory 10; Fleetwood Mac- The Chain 09; Talking Heads- Psycho Killer 08; The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter 07; Johnny Cash- Ring Of Fire 06; Daughter- Youth 05; Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream 04; Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank) 03; Royal Blood- Figure It Out 02; Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound Of Silence 01; The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping That was brutal, some proper all time classics in this list.

An 18 from the host is an amazing way to end <3 I wasn't sure I'd quite live up to the hype of the predictions, but great to get a new best for the year in what started out to be quite a mediocre one (still not quite getting that elusive 4th x). Thanks all who embraced the joys of the oceans 🐬🐠 (6 to nothing from two nations in the semi though? </3) That's a great top 10 on the whole, I either voted for them or they were at least not far from my commiserations. Congrats to Silas, I honestly don't really remember the last entry from her, but this was a strong pop entry that I do get doing well. Nora En Pure getting top 3 is great to see too, that and Ozcan were fantastic discoveries this edition (and I called Nelionoir a potential dark horse at the Synctube listenthrough, but others disagreed so I'm pleased to be validated 😎). Elsewhere, nice to see my other medalist, Herbilore finish on a respectable result for that type of entry. Thanks for the smooth flight, Botanikka, loved the theme and creative use of ChatGPT throughout x

This ocean battle is going right down to the wire Thank you so much for this generous tide of votes putting me in the top 10 C'mon Nora En Pure, cause a last minute upset x

Skall <3 Guess that one ancient personal chart it reached was a good omen x

ayy, these last few votes are more like it, thanks to Jim, Dan and Dr B especially for the big points *.

I guess I didn't help myself with the ocean entries battle there, but I can't begrudge it when I actually much prefer it to my own entry! Trifoski 2nd Great to see Nora En Pure gaining ground as well

Great to have an 18 already and very rare we get points from Lookylion as well! Here mainly to see who's victorious of the two ocean entries x (ironically in the contest held in the skies)

The Well - 9/10 73 Yards - 8/10 Lucky Day - 8/10 Dot and Bubble - 7/10 Lux - 7/10 The Interstellar Song Contest - 7/10 Boom - 7/10 Joy to the World - 6/10 The Robot Revolution - 6/10 The Story & The Engine - 6/10 Rogue - 6/10 Wish World / The Reality War - 5/10 The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death - 5/10 The Church on Ruby Road - 5/10 The Devil's Chord - 3/10 Space Babies - 2/10 Better than Chibnall, but it's a sadly short list that feels very incomplete, I think only the top 2 are real Who classics for me.

20 years old this year! (Coldplay's Fix You ❤️)

Very vanilla final 2, really don't get the fuss with Supreme, gone with S Club x

I was interested in seeing this due to the good reviews, but hadn't actually seen any of the prior Final Destination movies so I decided to make that my project last week in the run-up to seeing it, these certainly aren't true cinema and when there isn't a death happening, it's terminally dull trying to care about cannon fodder, but I've gotta say those death sequences are hugely entertaining, the tanning bed and log lorries are highlights. I found something to enjoy in all of them apart from Four, that was TV movie standard with terrible 3D teases. This one though I think really managed to go beyond just the creative deaths (and they were still insanely creative, especially that MRI machine!) to tell an interesting story as well, I liked the them experimenting with the premonitions and exploring the origin and order of deaths and how it goes through families, and also the impact on one that becomes wise to it, a bit like the impact on someone who realises they have to murder to get out of it like in 5. I do think some of the characters were well played too that they were at least not all hopeless cannon fodder you were just waiting to die. Tony Todd gave a great final performance too and that reveal really tied it all together, RIP </3