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More Buffy cuts on Sky

Compare and contrast.

This is from the Guardian review of Buffy 6.01:

“And so Buffy lives. Returning triumphantly for a sixth series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Sky One) made it back from the great beyond to a world full of babies’ teeth and spooky fluids, demons on bikes, illiterate vampires and the redefinition of Family (when your sister was actually a blob of mystical energy and not your sister at all, you learn to stretch your definitions). Once again proving itself the most underrated drama series on television, Buffy was as dark, funny, poignant and adult a show as you are likely to find anywhere. Sometimes, it’s good to face your demons. “

“The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live.”

And here is Sky’s excuse for cutting it:

“I believe the first episode was darker and sexier than is usual for Buffy.”

Guardian Unlimited | First cuts are the deepest for Buffy fans

Different Strokes

BBC News | MUSIC | Strokes hit critics’ top spots

Hmm… I only really half care about such things, but I have to say that the stuff that has really impressed me has been from They Might Be Giants, Bis, Daft Punk, The Avalanches and Fantastic Plastic Machine.

Given that out of those, only two were albums in mass circulation this year, I’ll just have to hope that by next year one of the others will have been recognised for it’s greatness, if it matters… in some ways popular music just scares me, cos you get too many people who just listen to it thanks to it’s popularity.