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Yes, thanks I don't think so.

I know this site is called Dissensus but couldn't you please add a little substance to your disagreement? Aguilera's timbre is really nothing like Carey's.

What makes you think I am? I don't agree at all on Mary J Blige (can't hold a simple tune) or Erykah Badu. As for Lata Mangeshkar, a wonderful voice but hard to find recent live performances (if they even exist). Do you know of any great modern Indian singers? Good call on Galas. I listened...

Thank you for the constructive criticism, everyone. I find that a lot of her singing involves off-pitch squealing. Though when she's on she's very impressive.

Through the magic of YouTube I have listened to over a thousand lady singers across all styles - Pop, R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Punk, Gospel, Rock, Folk, Country, Metal ... - and judged them on pitch, tone, range, control, phrasing and versatility. These are, in my opinion, the best...

The whole package comes of as synthetic, second-hand soul music - his movements, his arrangements, his vocals. Everything. It is particularly painful to watch an average singer who strains to be/thinks he's great. :( Sadly there is an over-abundance of these people in British music.

Ok. I've nothing against stylishness, but, as they say, cool should be effortless.

You misunderstand what I mean by realism - you confuse internal narrative logic with world-outside-my-window realism. Anyway, I am not saying that certain noirs are invalid. I simply prefer those that are less schizophrenic (heightened reality visually and in terms of plot with lowered reality...

If you mean persona as in Batman is a persona for Bruce Wayne, of course. I meant that in TDK and TWWB the characters come across as representing concepts / arguments rather than people - as if the director is writing an annotated essay. There was no blood and thunder - nothing meaningful...

Sure. By 'real' I meant plausibility within the films own world / rules. I wouldn't attack the Matrix for being unreal because it is consistent in and of itself. I would criticise The History Boys for being unreal because the dialogue and interactions are out of kilter with the real world /...

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Wonderful and gorgeous. A gobful of sweets / warm hug / afternoon nap of a film. Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me Over-emphasis on the supernatural aside, this is one of the best films I've seen: horrific, beautiful and incredibly moving. Also, In A Lonely...

The Dark Knight and There Will Be Blood. Soulless, emotionless, nihilistic. 1. Personas, rather than characters, who represent ideas/preoccupations (rabid Christianity, corrupt capitalism, chaotic terrorism). It's all so self-conscious and synthetic and all based on this view that it has to...

Exactly. If a professional sport is not entirely fair then it is entirely meaningless. We don't want another non-sport like Formula 1

After watching a few matches of diving, time-wasting, injury-faking, eye-poking, referee-manhandling, elbowing, hacking, stamping, stretcher-bearer-pushing, buggy-punching and coach-baiting, I finally gave up yesterday. Each goalkeeper seems to get 'injured' five times a game, and players that...

My brother still can't tell good music from execrable/abominable/woeful (read in Alan Green accent) etc. quality-wise, even after buying container-loads of random CDs for the last 5 years.

Fair enough :) Merry Christmas Everybody!

I was attacking your approach, not branding you a child rapist. I do not know you but I assume you are a good person and wanted you, seeing as you asked for opinions, to act like one. It was an offer of an offer, offered up for discussion. To me this seemed morally weak and insincere...

A conference call apology How edifying. What Vimothy offered were opinions. He put them reasonably and intelligently and did not deserve such a ludicrous witch hunt. If he is guilty of anything it is of a thought crime. What Zhao said was abhorrent and, unfortunately, entirely in keeping with...

It wasn't meant as an insult. Sometimes I don't phrase things right. Because I have read the texts. I honestly see the Koran as far more violent. In fact it seems to be addressed more to the unbeliever than the believer, promising destruction for what you shouldn't do at every turn and only...

Sorry. It was just not very well phrased on your part. Anyway, the use of 'Let him' and 'the death' both imply abstraction. There is no act. Otherwise it would be 'let him be put to death' or 'strike him down'. Yes. Clearly. But my point is that you do not have to depart from the teachings...