My sense of humor is as refined as, well, something you refine. I knew that the bad bands thing was a joke, but so was my "these bands must suck" post. I thought I was obviously being over the top. Sorry. I guess some of my humor is just too subtle...
PS, What?!! Not adding Tres Lunas and Songs of Distant Earth because of Amarok?!! Say it ain't so Jim, say it ain't so! BTW, I agree with cutting Amarok into thirds or fourths. In fact, I saw a thing where Oldy himself had timed out where his logical breaks were, because he obviously recorded it in chunks and edited it together. I'll try to track that down.