Epinions Recent Reviews for Rafie

"Don't cry, Stephie, ya suck at love but make a great tune"

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 02:58:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - STEPHIN MERRITT: the indie hero--the myth--the shortish guy silently weeping in the corner. He's released seven albums with The Magnetic Fields, and even more through The 6ths and other side-projects. If you don't know what I'm...

Go rub KFC on your face & save yourself the tears

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 00:42:57 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - Normally I wouldn't review something like this because, well, I'd rather do a number of things than write about freaking moisturizers, but a recent and traumatizing event compels--nay, demands--me to take a brief time out and share something with the...

The 80s are the new 80s/"How Abba Survived Smack Addiction"

Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:43:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - First off, thank you Epinions for once again neglecting lesser known bands and goofing on music information, although it's understandable in this case. This is Ladytron, not "THE Ladytron," a glammy NYC T-Rex/Bowie ripoff...

"Hey y'all, acid party in the bayou!"

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 17:14:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - (Note: I would give this CD [***1/2] stars if I could. But I can't. [***] stars = GOOD, not mediocre)

Have you heard of Bardo Pond? It's not hard to describe their unique sound with a comparison. Some people hate positing bands solely...

Choice music to overdose to (but in the BEST possible way)

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 05:53:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - Just use the review's title as a disclaimer.

Slowdive is one of the very best groups that came out of the British indie "shoegazer" scene in the late 80s and early 90s (so called because most bands were shy/socially inept and tended...

"My house is piglet color," GOT IT?

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:54:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - Saccharine, Playful, Sunny, Fun...a few words that come to mind when trying to describe this weird n wonderful music.

Takako Minekawa is a shy Japanese artist (as well as ex-child TV star) who is often clumped with other Japanese club...

You probably never knew this subculture existed...

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:42:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - Almost everyone is familiar with Madonna's popular song "Vogue," but what about the obscure late-80s Harlem subculture that inspired it? Probably not. Jenny Livingston produces and directs a 1990 documentary about this alternately glamorous and...

"Give me a gun to shoot the cyber-narrator with. Now."

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:18:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - While "ursic" wrote a fabulous and thorough review of CYBERWORLD (ie you should read his epinion for full background information on the film), I feel compelled to warn others about one or two flaws that I feel lowers the rating by a notch,...

Absolutely Hypnotic

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:48:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rafie - I heard about Laika through a friend, and immediately bought this album (supposedly their best), as I'm always on the lookout for innovative electronic music--especially new 'trip hop', which seems to be something of an increasingly tired and homogenous...