Epinions Recent Reviews for Mocoso

For the pinko commie inside us all

Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:17:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - Hollywood, believe it or not, is indebted to the theories expounded by Russian cinema, especially film theorist Sergei Eisenstein, as much as it is to the discipline of film pioneer D.W. Griffith (Intolerance; Birth of a Nation).

After the...

The Landscape of a Morbid Mind

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 03:33:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - DAS KABINETT DES DR. CALIGARI, 1919 progenitor of expressionist cinema of Germany's Weimar Period, is a thematically dark, visually bizarre and engrossing silent film that echoes the modernist preoccupation with the passions and feelings of the...

Philip K. Dick, In The Beginning

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 03:33:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - ****NOTE: this review belongs under SOLAR LOTTERY. I will put it there if and when it's added to the database.

That SOLAR LOTTERY, first published in 1955, was Philip K. Dick’s first novel should not go unnoticed to the discerning fan. This...

I don't want a personality! or How I hate this Hippie book.

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 01:09:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - Ouch! Sorry friend, your psychology just popped.

What to do...? What to do... ? Ah yes, I know!

You can just pop it back into place with three hundred pages of this mindless garbage, THE PERSONALITY COMPASS: A NEW WAY TO UNDERSTAND...

It's a believable world!

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 22:56:11 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - When I was a young boy, Ripley's Believe it or Not was the principle fodder for my curiosity about the world around me. Nearly every year, I would marvel as the khaki clad, pith helmet-wearing, wax-built simulacrum of Robert Ripley welcomed me to his...

Disneyland©®(TM) of the Lost

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 06:10:30 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - When I was eight years old, I was taken to Disneyland against my will. We drove through the night to a hotel in Anaheim, where I had presumed my father’s business had taken us. There, from the darkness of that road paved with good intentions, I spotted...

A Young Man’s Review of Portrait of the Artist

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 03:41:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - James Joyce’s A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN has been credited variously as the harbinger of the modern novel, the first novel to employ stream-of-consciousness writing, and as the most notable of the Künstlerroman genre--novels in which the...

Where Punk and Prayer Meet

Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:59:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - I realized my heart wasn’t in punk anymore when I had trouble falling asleep to it. Slick Shoe’s “Burn Out,” which I used to listen to in lieu of my bedtime prayers, was my indicator that I had lost all tolerance for the pound and grind of punk. Not...

Befouled by Hippies

Tue, 1 Aug 2000 04:48:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hess completed “Siddhartha” in 1922, but it was not until the 1970s that hippies gave this German novel the cult popularity it’s known for today. Apparently, these hippies, who bummed around the country looking for their own...

'Survivor' in Deep Space

Fri, 28 Jul 2000 03:53:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - Philip K. Dick preferred the title "fictionalizing philosopher" rather than "science fiction writer," and his speculative interest in the philosophical discipline clearly underscores his every work. A MAZE OF DEATH, first published...

A musician's mind tormented by pot?

Tue, 25 Jul 2000 02:26:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - Jimi Haha, the frontman of Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, isn’t the first rock musician I’ve seen smoke a joint on stage, but he is the first one I’ve seen do it while wearing a shirt that read, “Pot saved the world from me.” While I found the ironic...

Does a punk band with values have any value?

Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:19:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - If you think Christian punkers are interesting, you might be amused if you check out some of the music they listen to. Example: “Christian mediocrity! Your mistaken identity! Not too hot never too cold you just want to be lukewarm!” Hmmmm.

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Pinehurst kids are a surprise.

Sun, 23 Jul 2000 06:51:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - One dreary day, I stumbled upon the wave of positive hype surrounding the so-called emo band, the Pinehurst Kids. In a blind leap of faith, I purchased "Viewmaster," expecting something akin to--and I'm sure this is a common error for the...

Prettyboy punk goes kerplunk

Sun, 23 Jul 2000 04:28:27 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - I must say this is one of the few CDs I've ever felt embarrassed to have purchased. "Let's Play House" by the Cootees, a now defunct project featuring the talents of band members from 90 LB.Wuss and MXPX, is as childish the album's title...

NATO or NOT...I'll have the octopus salad.

Tue, 18 Jul 2000 06:42:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - "Ja Volim Dubrovnik". Translation: I love Dubrovnik. My pastel yellow shirt read that very phrase, and I remember the grins of locals who took note of it as I strode down the cobblestone streets of old Dubrovnik.

It may go against...

Ever danced with Magneto in the pale moonlight?

Sun, 16 Jul 2000 16:32:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - So the X-Men Movie doesn't fulfill the wildest fantasies of its comic book fans. Did any of you really think a movie like this could be as fresh and innovative as "The Matrix?"

However, I'm surprised that this thankful observation...

I had a dream I wanted to lick your knee

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 06:08:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - I was but a wee one, when CVB's first album TELEPHONE FREE LANDSLIDE VICTORY came out in 1985. I wasn't aware that year that "Take the Skinheads Bowling" was being played on college campuses around the country. That's not to say that ten...

You can go your own way

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 04:34:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - I lived and studied in Beijing for four months during the fall of 1999,

and I would recommend a journey to Beijing to most anyone who has a sense of adventure and a love for other histories and cultures. Thanks to a burgeoning travel industry...

Is a "valuum" an artless NOFX album?

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:12:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - As a non-drug abusing, non-angry non-punker with comparatively little interest in Lesbians, I suppose I can't truly identify with Fat Mike, the singer for NOFX. Nonetheless, I am still impressed with the musical merits of this group.

I've often...

An Absurdly Satisfying Novel

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:10:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - The Stranger was my first foray into the fiction of Camus, and I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I moved through this 150-page novel. While the pacing and descriptive prose were beautiful beyond compare, I found that it was Camus’ profound...

Violins Can Rock

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 05:24:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mocoso - If you're interested in "alternative" music history and want to hear one of the truest, earliest and greatest albums of the genre, check out Camper Van Beethoven's "Key Lime Pie". I've been listening to this 1989 album for a number...