Review: 'A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap'

This year marks the historic forty-first anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, and as everyone knows, the forty-first anniversary is always the most special. So what are we getting from team Spinal Tap this milestone year? What aren't we getting is more like it![?] There will be a new Spinal Tap movie, a 4K Criterion reissue of an old Spinal Tap movie, a new Spinal Tap album, a reissue of an old Spinal Tap album, and a reissue of another old Spinal Tap album. That's a lot of Spinal Tap!

366 Days at the Drive-In: Day 42

The Date: November 11

The Movie: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

What Is It?: One of England’s loudest bands gets lost on the way to the stage, nearly tramples Stonehenge, make a “Shit Sandwich”, perfects their barbershop raga harmonies over Elvis’s grave, bickers, breaks up, goes on a jazz odyssey, and gets back together again.

Why Today?: Nigel’s amp goes to 11. So does 11/11… twice.