hey mandy - I remember you from HTGTH - good to see you here! 

what a shame.  hope he manages to kick his demons and deal with whatever is going on.  I do feel bad for the Aussie fans who have certainly been let down.  If I had paid out for air fares across what is a huge country - i would be fucked off, no question. But - I do hope he gets better for once and for all.  I've always been a Scott and STP fan and was personally really excited when VR evolved. I've thoroughly enjoyed seeing them a fair few times here in UK and was looking forward to the March gigs. Wonder what will happen.  It would be good to end on a better note than this  - if this is the countdown to the finish,as some would say.

I think its a case of HMV has offered the pre-order for CD for a few years now - and they must have some internal procedure in place that if any item is still unavailable to the consumer after a certain amount of time from it being at the pre-order status on their website (say 18 months for example) - perhaps its their policy to cancel all pre-orders until they get further word that its ready.  Just my thoughts. I wont put any sway or faith in HMV knowing before we do.

Watched Mirrormask the other night.  weird doesnt cover it.  now I like "fantasy" films and loved Pan's Labyrinth for example. As a kid I was really drawn to the darker themes in Labyrinth (honestly, it wasnt just david's tight trousers...!) and the dark crystal and return to oz - but this.....  Well. i was aware that Neil Gaiman had a hand in it (as a writer) and have read and enjoyed some of his work previously (Sandman) - but I just couldnt get with this at all.  would go so far as to say it was one of the least enjoyable movies I've ever watched.  It's also one of the few films I didnt bother watching the ending!  It was made by the Jim Henson company - so i wasnt expecting it to be quite so fkn hard to watch. I honestly dont know what to say about this one apart from that I think I'd rather watch almost anything else than see it again!  As a comic book - it would probably have held my attention a lot more - somehow in the filming process, it just lost it completely.  Anyone here seen it?