Epinions Recent Reviews for Mr.Eyore

The Mirage Hotel And Casino: The Mirage: New Vegas Old School ... and a Fountain for Your Ass

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 07:05:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Normally I’m a downtown Vegas guy. I likes me some Binion’s poker and $79 Nugget rooms. I like the toothless down and outers, the retired anti-Semites and the plain folk in to see the bright lights. But my last trip was special. I was heading to Vegas to...

Swan Oyster Depot: You’ll Actually Feel Your Brain Growing Inside Your Head

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:31:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - May I wax poetic for a moment about the joys of fresh seafood? I’m not talking about the seafood...

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine: Rage Against the Machine Brings You The Pleasure of Being Punched in The Face

Sun, 17 Aug 2003 00:58:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - When I heard, in 1991, that Perry Farrell's new band, Porno for Pyros, was gigging with a band called Rage Against the Machine, I naturally assumed Perry'd gone completely freakin' native. That he'd given in to his hippie-dippie commie side and was...

Spirit by Jewel (Pop): Jewel’s Spirit Has No Soul

Thu, 14 Aug 2003 02:43:01 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - The cool thing about living in a place like San Francisco is that there are lots of neato used recor...

Back In Black [Remaster] by AC/DC: AC/DC's Back in Black: The One and Only Proper Way to Rock

Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:55:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - When I was heading out last year to see, and potentially meet, Sammy Hagar, a friend reminded me to...

East Coast West: Jew Food in the Heart of Polk Gulch

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:01:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: There ain’t much in the way of Jewish delis in San Francisco...

Tsunami: Destination Sushi in Alamo Square

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:09:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Is there anything in this world more perfect than a perfect Spider Roll? Fat, in-season, soft-shell...

Café 52: A Taste of the Mediterranean in the French 16th

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:04:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - San Francisco, believe it or not, has a French Quarter. Only if we’re gonna be honest, it’s more of...

Outlandos D'Amour by The Police: The Police’s Outlandos d’ Amor: Pretend Potential

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:21:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - I’m so old I remember when Sting wasn’t an obnoxious, cultural cherry-picking windbag writing commer...

Until The End Of The World by Original Soundtrack: A Haunting Soundtrack That'll Make You Cool With Sophisticated People

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:41:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Wim Wenders is a brilliant European director – probably German or Swedish or something –, with twent...

Tiny Love Fly n Drive Super Car Bar: Better Than a Tijuanan Donkey Show

Fri, 13 Jun 2003 03:55:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - For damn near 15 years, I’ve been a devoted fan of the Tiny Love brand of “Condominimums”. Before T...

Tito's Tacos Will Make You a Better Lover, Parent & Employee, Improve Your Eyesight

Sat, 7 Jun 2003 21:27:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - If you’ve ever lived in a city for any length of time, then moved away, you know the food you crave from your former home isn’t made in four star restaurants. The good things you associate with a city you know are common, not extraordinary. If I...

Thomas Cahill - How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe: How Thomas Cahill Proved That Any Idiot Can Write a Bestseller

Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:56:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - The girlfriend, she’s got one o’ them PhD.’s, in an academic discipline that requires her to be an expert in something called “discourse analysis.” I haven’t a clue what “discourse analysis” is, but I have a sneaking...

Elephant by The White Stripes: The White Stripes’ Elephant Struggles to Stay in The Middle of the Room

Sat, 19 Apr 2003 09:34:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - There’s a story, likely apocryphal, that when Buddy Holly & the Crickets showed up for a live performance at a radio station that was playing one of their records, the programmer asked where the rest of the band was. He couldn’t believe so much...

Andalu's Creative, High End Tapas Are Hit and Miss

Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:11:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Technically, I guess you would call Andalu a tapas joint, being as their menu is divided between "Small Plates" and "Smaller Plates" meant to be shared among a group of people. But the small plates offered here draw from a much wider variety of sources...

The Greatest Hits Vol. 1: 20 Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys: 20 Good Vibrations, 17 Lousy Songs

Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:24:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - What do want me to say about The Beach Boys? Yeah, I know Brian Wilson is a freakin’ disturbed genius. I know all about how without Pet Sounds, there wouldn’t have ever been a Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band. But...

Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly: Kitchen Confidential: A Hoot for Foodies

Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:57:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Anthony Bourdain, the author of Kitchen Confidential, Adventures in The Culinary Underbelly, reminds me of nobody so much as ... well, me.

Arrogant and underachieving, Bourdain thinks he’s a bigger bad-ass than he is. He’s...

3 Years, 5 Months, And 2 Days In The Life Of by Arrested Development: Arrested Development’s 3 Years, 5 Months ... A Band That Didn't Quite Get it Done.

Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:46:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Arrested Development, as a band, were an instant cross-over success during one of hip-hop’s transitional phases, when a lot of bands were drawing their musical influences from Public Enemy and not so many had yet caught on to the production...

Give The People What They Want [Remaster] by The Kinks: The Kinks Give The People Some of What They Want

Mon, 24 Feb 2003 03:46:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - When I was in 7th Grade, there was nobody cooler than Val, a girl who lived in my neighborhood but didn’t go to my school. A pretty tom-boy, she was nicer to me and my guys than any of us deserved. She was good people, and I was glad to have her,...

Greatest Hits by Sly & The Family Stone: Unrelenting Optimism and Infectious Grooves From Sly & The Family Stone

Thu, 20 Feb 2003 01:23:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - If you’re anything like me, you’re not really down with the shiny, happy people. You know the ones I’m talking about: Those smiley-face drawing, Whitman sampler quoters who always want to look on the bright side of life. If you’re...

Tell me How You Like it Pancho Villa’s; I Just Want to Make You Happy

Tue, 18 Feb 2003 20:31:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - So when I joined up with this here epinions thing, over two years ago, they had a function whereby you could submit a product, and the Nirav would kinda get to it later in the day – add it in, send you an email and whatnot, and you could write away...

Izzy Stradlin & The Ju Ju Hounds by Izzy Stradlin/Ju Ju Hounds: The Juju Hounds: Best Stones Album in Two Decades

Sat, 15 Feb 2003 22:03:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Izzy Stradlin and the Juju Hounds is the best album the Rolling Stones put out since Tattoo You.

Of course, none of the Rolling Stones are actually in the Juju Hounds, but more than any album the actual Stones put out in...

The Cars by The Cars: The Cars: The Cars - An Essential Album by a Non-Essential Band

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 01:41:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - I recently learned a very hard lesson: I am an Idiot

No, seriously, it’s true. I know this because a whole boatload of Cars fans have been coming by to let me know that I am an idiot.
...

MANDALAY BAY RESORT AND CASINO: Mandalay Bay’s China Grill: A Haven for Hookers and Meat Lovers

Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:47:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Before Kobe was the best teen cager on an NBA court since ... well, Kevin Garnett the year before, Kobe was a city in Japan that got totally trashed in a major league earthquake about a decade ago. And before Kobe was famous in this country as a...

Café Bastille: Down Home French Fare

Wed, 15 Jan 2003 04:14:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mr.Eyore - Café Bastille serves French food, and it’s not the best French food in the city. In fact, it’s not even the best French food on the block. Plouf, two doors down, is far superior. But you know what? Bastille is still a darn fine restaurant,...