We've all got them. The ones we like to watch at this time of year. My 3 favourites are:

Scrooge

It's A Wonderful Life

Trading Places

If you could pick 3 films to watch over Christmas, what would they be?

This is to be debated at the Cambridge Union (motion being proposed by DJ Kissy Sell Out with Stephen Fry responding). What does the Massive think?

Bit of discussion about this on the podcast this week. So I put it to the Massive, which albums do you think sound best through headphones? Are there any modern albums that, for you, really stand out?

If there was such an album, it might include:

Blowing in the Wind
De-do-do-do, De da-da-da
Come Blow Your Horn
Pump Up The Volume
Too-Too-Tootsie, Goodbye
Catch the Wind
Loud 'n' Proud
Groovin' With Mr Bloe
Puff The Magic Dragon
The Man With The Horn
Wayward Wind
Summer Breeze
Gone With The Wind
Everybody Dance (The Horn Song)

Can the Massive think of any others?

According to the Guardian report at http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/13/rolling-stones-full-album-gi... the Stones are thinking about a series of gigs playing whole albums from their back catalogue.

I was wondering which Stones album the Massive would like to hear live from end to end?

You know you want to. You'll look cool, sophisticated and rich. The easiest way is to get hold of a nice big shiny tablespoon. Look closely at the back of bowl of the spoon (so closely that your nose is almost touching the surface of the spoon).

Behold - you look exactly like Pete Townshend!

It's that time of year again. What present to buy for a loved one? You look to Amazon for clues and you see a hoard of wonders. I've reviewed one that I can share with you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rubik-Studio-H5-Rubiks-5x5x5/dp/B0027OCB22/ref=c...

Perhaps other readers have their own recommendations or product reviews they might like to share in time for the Christmas shopping season?

Well the Spotify app is out and just look at the amount of moaning and bleating from the punters on the iTunes app site because they feel they have been "ripped off" because they can't get "their" music for free. They want a free app which gives free music and they will put up with a few ads, rather than pay the premium subscription of around a tenner each month. What do readers think - is this a rip off, or is a monthly subscription to Spotify worth it?

In the days of vinyl, the album sleeve was a key part of the listening experience; I've heard a few people (including Roger Daltrey) describe it as a lost art form. The record sleeve helped sell records - we took chances on the music because the cover was interesting. This is particularly true of prog rock lovers. The symbiotic relationship between Yes and Roger Dean spoke (and sold) volumes. Punters grabbed ELP's 'Brain Salad Surgery' because the cover was so cool. How many of you out there have bought an album on the strength of the cover? Do you still feel the same urge with CDs?

Yes folks - it's that time again. You know the score - pick eight discs that the BBC will never agree to play on the programme!

I suggest:

Fuck Tha Police - N.W.A.
Smack My Bitch Up - The Prodigy
Give Ireland Back To The Irish - Wings
Working Class Hero - John Lennon
Reichstag Speech 9-1-39 - Adolf Hitler
Walker, Texas Corpse - Anal Cunt
Meat Hook Sodomy - Cannibal Corpse
What's The Worst Job You've Ever Had? - Derek & Clive (Live)

We all need advice sometimes, for a variety of things that puzzle us. I was musing about this when it struck me that there would be obvious persons around who would slip nicely into the "last person on Earth to approach" category for giving you said advice. I'll illustrate this with some examples and then turn the conundrum over to the Massive to share their experience.

The last person on Earth that I would approach for advice on clean living and sobriety would be....Pete Docherty!

The last person on Earth that I would approach for advice on dieting and good dress sense would be....Beth Ditto!

The last person on Earth that I would approach for advice on the importance of progressive rock to modern music would be....Johnny Rotten!

Over to you....

I confess to having disposed of a significant collection of vinyl LPs many moons ago. This was mainly due to the growing popularity of CDs, the scouring of back catalogues by record labels to re-release albums onto CD, pressure from the FPO about the amount of space said vinyl was taking up around the house (I expect this is familiar to numbers of you), as well as revelling in the pleasure of going around music shops again to buy my favourites. The sound from a CD was never as well defined, or as warm and inviting as a vinyl LP, but the CD generally did not stick, jump, get covered in fluff, and we were told they would last for ever. Much of that particular fantasy has evaporated and I now find that more people are again embracing vinyl. My question is: how many of you out there are actively returning to vinyl? I expect some have never foresaken it, but does the Massive believe that this is indeed a proper vinyl resurrection, or is this just another fad - is vinyl is really dead, or is it just going through a temporary Lazarus phase?

A lot of the music business today is geared towards instant fame. Throw a group of kids together, or sift them through a gormless talent show and the promoters hope one of them will sell a few million tracks before being discarded. Music in the 1960s and 1970s had legs - we are still listening to it avidly today. My question is: who from the 80s/90s and 2000/09 will we still be listening to in 30/40years time?