JUST LOOK THEM STRAIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAY...

So now The Pogues are coming out with a five-disc 111-track box set of ye auld odds and sods.

And I need to ask myself: will I buy?

I think the instructive parallel here is The Simpsons on DVD.

I bought the first five seasons before I realized that the discs were sitting unwatched. The bankable nostalgia that drives so much consumerism was working its reflexive magic. So I stopped.

I have a feeling I'll eventually cave on this one, but I kind of know how it ends...