Advantages: 1970's American rock at its finest
Disadvantages: The "bonus" tracks are not much of a bonus

...According to Homer Simpson, 1974 was the year that rock reached perfection. Personally I think they were out by a year, but the writers of that show must have been thinking of releases like this, the third album from New York City's famous hard rock band Blue Oyster Cult. Pigeon-holed as gonzo headbanging rockers to start with, BOC soon showed they were the thinking mans rock band. At a time when the majority of bands were singing about coke, sex and their libidos, BOC carried on from where bands such as The Doors and Love left off, taking the West Coast vibe and marrying it to their own harder-edged Eastern seaboard rock sound. This is no mere cock-rock, the subject matter here include such as lesbianism ("Astronomy") incest ("Dominance And Submission") and even World War 2 ("ME262"). Leave behind any pre... Read review

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Advantages: Great rock music
Disadvantages: The cover might frighten the kids!

...BOC, Blue Oyster Cult, are a US rock group, most famous over here for their still classic "Don't Fear The Reaper" , released this album in summer 1980. Many of you will never even have heard of it, let alone listened to it, so hopefully this will persuade you to give it a try. It's packed full of great riffing heavy rock, but underpinned with wry, subtle lyrics throughout. BOC still had their classic line-up for this album, being Eric Bloom (vocals/guitar), Donald Roeser AKA Buck Dharma (guitars/bass/keyboards/vocals), Allen Lanier (guitar/keyboards), Joe Bouchard (bass) and brother Albert (drums). They toured the States with the revitalised Dio-fronted Black Sabbath later that year. Now there's a gig you'd want to have been around to see. Unfortunately for me I was a 13 year old pre pubescent boy... Read review

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.... 5. What is your favourite album? The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion by The Black Crowes. A great band making music that will stand the test of time. 6. When you were younger which musician/bands did you have as posters on your wall? Didn't have posters as such, the hip thing to do for us as teenagers was put your LP sleeves on the wall instead. Without the LP inside, I must add. Though I did also have a nice big gruesome Alice Cooper one up for a long time, I remember. 7. At the moment what is your favourite music to listen to? American rock music between 1971-1975. The old joke goes that Homer Simpson said 1974 was the year rock music attained perfection. I'd go along with that. 8. What was the last CD you bought? Blue Oyster Cult's 1974 "Secret Treaties" album, from Amazon, brought on impulse... Read review

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Advantages: Tackleberry on the rifle range
Disadvantages: Sequels 4-6

...Police Academy is one of those movies you feel extremely guilty about.Why? Well it's stupid,corny and at times even ridiculously phony. Yet the film seems to have gathered a type of cult following and you can see that by noticing that there were six sequels made to this film. How do I know? Well as a kid this was my favorite film and I went to every film religiously. Now I'm all grown up and I can't watch most of the series anymore without groaning. This first film though and the two after it are the exceptions to the rules. Are they all corny? Of course. That doesn't stop me from liking them though. The plot is simple: The mayor has decided that in this day and age of crime she would remove all limitations on entering into the police academy. Now anyone who wants to can be a cop. Of course most of the faculty of the police academy... Read review

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Advantages: Convenient, cashless travel, discounted rates still quite expensive
Disadvantages: Having Ken know where I go, not yet universal across all ex-BR stations

...I'd held off from buying a London Oyster card for several reasons, not the least of which is that I thought they were only for season ticket use, and