Epinions Recent Reviews for ATOM

Our Twisted Hero: Flies, Buds, and Twisters

Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:15:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Quick! Name a Korean writer.

Yeah, I couldn’t either. And no lifeline would have helped narrow the choices.

But if Regis does ever ask me to choose amongst A, B, C, or D, I‘ll know now whom to contact, translator Father Kevin...

Wedding Planner: The White Wedding Planner

Wed, 14 Feb 2001 17:52:36 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - The following is a Rant. A Rant often erupts when one is sick and tired of being sick and tired about whatever makes one sick and tired. Sometimes they surprise you by knee jerking out and other times you’ve been preparing your monologue for years,...

San Francisco: Brother's's Gonna Get Knocked Out!!!

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:42:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - In San Francisco, Korean Food used to be synonymous with Brother's. Open until 3am like a Korean restaurant should be, Brother's is still packed to the hilt, patrons willing to wait for an hour for their respective table within the chaos...

English Language for Beginners: Avoid The Wrath Of The Grammar Police, Part III

Sat, 16 Sep 2000 16:39:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - English Language for Beginners? People gave me strange looks when they saw me reading this book. The privilege of my Whiteness brought many to context me in as a Native English Speaker, which I am. It's the only language I know. Raised...

De La Soul Is Dead by De La Soul: De La Soul Is Alive on De La Soul Is Dead

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 18:03:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Whereas sports are the most common resource available for a father/son connection, a more powerful conversation generator with my father is music, specifically Jazz, Classical, and Broadway showtunes. So when I began expanding upon the Jazz options of...

Black Issues: Book Review Magazine: black issues, Everyone's Issues

Sun, 16 Jul 2000 12:47:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - I picked up the March/April issue of black issues: Book Review for one reason, Mos Def. Recently soloing a CD while still maintaining ties to his Hip Hop duo Black Star, he stands with an aw-shucks grin on the cover. Cupping the crook of...

Citizen Cake Has A New Home In Hayes Valley

Wed, 5 Jul 2000 22:40:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Citizen Cake opened Friday May 12th in it’s new neighborhood, my neighborhood, Hayes Valley. I know this because my friend Angela (“I can’t believe I just called Jeff, Kifwebe”), her friend Karen (“What’s Epinions?”), and I walked passed it the...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Kid Koala: The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 18:21:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Time magazine was too quick in its attempt to define the 90's. "The Age of the Entrepreneur" they called it. Now that the majority of dotcoms have dotbombed and the stock options are only providing enough leverage to purchase a Happy...

AsianWeek: Emil Gullermo's In Here!!!

Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:30:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - I read AsianWeek every week. The newspaper features stories involving Asian-Pacific Islander Americans (API) and issues that directly or indirectly affect those communities in the Northern California area, with the occasional Los Angeles-related...

Umbrella by The Innocence Mission: The Sounds Of Autumn

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:34:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Sometimes we need sadness assisted. I will avoid unnecessary sadness like the next person, but there are moments when I need to face the pain to truly heal from the loss. We call this grieving. Our loss may be the death of someone important to us or...

301/302: This Ain't Your Mother's Bul Go Gi

Mon, 29 May 2000 14:40:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - The first Korean movie released in the American market, 301/302 is an interesting starting point for Korean film. Since Akira Kurosawa opened the West to Japanese film, one would think that the great Korean director, IM Kwon-Taek would be the one...

John McWhorter - Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of "Pure" Standard English: Avoid The Wrath Of The Grammar Police, Part II

Fri, 26 May 2000 13:04:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Pesky thing, Grammar. Using it well seems to elude even the best of writers. But you wonder sometimes, why is it one spends so much time avoiding the splitting of infinitives when one is not considered a bad boy or a bad girl for splitting a nominative...

Tokyopop Magazine: Pop Goes Tokyo

Wed, 24 May 2000 11:52:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - If you’re going to produce a magazine about pop culture that emphasizes Anime, Manga, and Video Games, then you’d better have some killer graphics. And Tokyopop has just that. The graphics compliment the articles well. It’s hard to tell what’s...

Yolk Magazine: Get Crackin'

Sat, 20 May 2000 23:21:23 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - I picked up an issue of Yolk yesterday, a young Asian-American entertainment magazine in which I haven’t found much interesting in a while. I’ll skim through it four times a year, (it’s a quarterly), but not since 1995 have I purchased an...

I Might As Well Forward My Calls Here, I'm Here So Much

Wed, 17 May 2000 00:43:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - I spent a lot of time at the corner of 16th and Valencia when I first came to the Bay Area, and it wasn't to find a dealer. It was for a dealer of a different kind, for which we all jones, and that is, fine cuisine. My favorite restaurant in all of...

Dim Sum . . . And More

Fri, 12 May 2000 23:21:29 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Dim Sum . . .

Beautiful, Beautiful Dim Sum.

It was kept from me for 22 years, but when my college friend introduced me to this weekend brunch tradition at the China Royal Restaurant behind the Saint Louis airport, I was converted...

Post-modernism for Beginners: ePostModernism

Thu, 11 May 2000 11:38:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - This month’s installment in my self-made Philosopher Of The Month Club, chosen from the Writers and Readers Documentary Comic Book Series, was Postmodernism for Beginners, written by Jim Powell and illustrated by Joe Lee. Powell also wrote...

Kenzaburo Oe - Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids: The Plague Is Us

Tue, 2 May 2000 12:32:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids was OE Kenzaburo's debut novel, published in 1958. It did not receive publication in English until 1985. The novel quickly solidified Oe's theme of abandonment by ones Fathers, specifically by ones country through...

Patricia O'Conner - Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English: Avoid the Wrath of the Grammar Police, Part I

Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:51:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - In my last review I came upon a grammatical query when I had to make United States a possessive. I knew there was some rule that applied here. When a word ends in an s and you must make it possessive, sometimes you simply add an...

Tony Rayns et al - Seoul Stirring: 5 Korean Directors: Korean Cinema: Some Kim Chee With Your Popcorn?

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:17:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - I came to San Francisco for many reasons, one of which was the presence of many film festivals. There is an Asian/Asian-American film festival, a German, Jewish, Gay and Lesbian, Women, African-American, Independent, and even a Tranny film festival out...

Wallpaper* Magazine: How The Other 0.0000001% Lives

Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:41:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - My good friend Super Don Ban, who is a graphic design God (one of Print magazine's Top 20 Graphic Designers under 30 in 1999), introduced me to Wallpaper*. Super Don Ban lives the life portrayed in this magazine. Whereas I add furniture...

Beer Frame Magazine: Make Every Frame a Beer Frame

Fri, 21 Apr 2000 00:32:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - Sharing the racks with zines that have disconcerting names like Cat Butt and Erik Goes To Therapy, there is a gem that's worth the papercuts that may result from rummaging through the reams of photocopied fold-overs. Those in the know...

el Andar Magazine: A Wonderful Walk

Wed, 19 Apr 2000 02:26:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - I would prefer to wait and familiarize myself with a few issues of a magazine before I reviewed it, but the magazine business can be as tumultuous as dot-com stock. So I wanted to bring attention to el Andar before possible financial...

Giant Robot Magazine: The Giant Robots Are Coming!

Sun, 16 Apr 2000 21:28:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - They will be Giants. So if you are not aware of them yet, you should be. And if you are aware of them, you very much might be on either sides of the extreme of loving or hating their magazine. If you're one of those who loves their magazine, you'll...

Groceries: Farmhouse Red Beans & Rice

Fri, 14 Apr 2000 02:53:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ATOM - I eat way too much meat. I'm from the Midwest. That's what we do there. I used to have a cheeseburger for lunch and dinner, after starting the day with sausage patties for breakfast. I never thought much about other food groups.

As I've...