Epinions Recent Reviews for Rickie_

One last album from these underrated pop sensations

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:41:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - There's nothing more sad, for a music fan, than finally buying an album by a band that you've heard hyped for a long time, listening to it, loving it, and then finding out that not only has the band broken up, thus ruining any chance of your getting to...

Extremely Nonextreme

Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:57:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Are you tired of listening to rock music that’s all bite and no heart? Then check out the debut record by Bay Area supergroup the Influents. Containing members of Pinhead Gunpowder, Tungstin Gat, and the Receivers, the Influents are a rock band that...

The Donnas Go Metal

Fri, 9 Mar 2001 22:59:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Okay, I know, I know. In all my previous opinions concerning the band, I came close to saying that the Donnas were the end of rock and roll music as we know it. So why am I giving their album a positive review? Let's just say I've changed my tune. I...

Faeries, Genies, and Punks, Oh My!

Fri, 16 Feb 2001 19:34:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Note: This is not just an article about the Weetzie Bat books, although it says a lot about them. It is more about Francesca Lia Block's writing in general, but since I can't just write about her, I decided to put it here.

In most books...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Does anyone want a slightly used Air Supply album?

Thu, 19 Oct 2000 13:15:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - A few months ago, I discovered a revolutionary new site that ensures that I may never have to pay full price for an older mainstream music release again. This site is MrSwap.com, and boy, is it great.

MrSwap.com is a site where you can list...

Antarctica: Top ten Antarctic hot spots for cool vacationers

Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:57:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

A lot of people describe Antarctica as a barren wasteland, an icy, miserable place where nothing grows, and did I mention, a barren wasteland? This is far from the case. Antarctica is in...

Extremely poppy, extremely good

Sat, 7 Oct 2000 21:56:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - After much deliberation, I have decided that the Mr. T Experience are to be crowned the ultimate kings of pop-punk music. No pop-punk band has turned out such consistently good work. Yep, MTX are the undisputed kings of pop-punk, and if you need further...

A spirited pop-punk debut from this East Bay supergroup

Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:32:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - I've said it before and I'll say it again - there isn't anything quite as nice as a collaboration between a bunch of bands you absolutely love. This band, Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, is basically a punk supergroup made up of members of Crimpshrine,...

A total waste of money, time, and plastic

Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:44:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - It's very rare that I will dish out a one-star rating on a media product, especially a CD. I can almost always find something to like about an album, and I usually don't buy music I think I'll hate. But this album, originally a double LP by two groups...

It's PETA-rific!

Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:40:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Back when I was a kid, we used to ride real dolphins around the pool. It's true! The same scientists who make chickens without heads for KFC used to breed these tiny little dolphins that you could keep in your pool year-round. You could ride them around...

Reali-"T" TV

Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:06:56 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - It was only after his stint on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? had ended that Mr. T realized that, alas, he did not have enough money to buy the kids at the orphanage a van to shuttle them to fun drug-free activities after all. So he decided to...

A kitschy look at punk's first band

Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:19:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Music-based movies like this one are probably the hardest kinds of movies to recommend to someone. You really need to like the band or genre featured in the movie to enjoy it, and Rock 'N Roll High School is no exception. The plot of this movie is...

A pop-punk tour de force

Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:58:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - I am usually not much of a soundtrack person. Most soundtracks try to please everyone at once, mixing radio-friendly alternative rock with something by Puff Daddy with an indie tune or two, and maybe a techno track or some original score. A complete mess...

Anachronistic fun for all abounds at Idlewild Park

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:02:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - In the mood for a theme park that will entertain the entire family? Look no further than Ligonier, PA's Idlewild Park. This park is fun enough to brighten the day of even the surliest adolescent and non-offensive enough to put the sparkle in Grandpa's...

"Reject All-American" a worthy swan-song record

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:35:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Although I have never been too big on riot grrl music as a whole, I make an exception for this group. Bikini Kill's mix of powerful political lyrics and pop hooks is extremely engaging, and Reject All-American is, without a doubt, their finest...

Who wants to "T" a millionaire?

Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:36:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Recently, America's favorite mohawked crimefighter, Mr. T, got to show off his smarts in a special celebrity episode of the hit ABC program Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? Let's take a peek at T's experience on the program:

The remaining...

Early Tilt effort comes up short in my subjective review

Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:30:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - The first full-length Tilt album, Play Cell was released on Lookout Records in 1993. This band, which enjoyed a small spate of popularity in the mid-'90s and then disappeared into obscurity forever, features a woman who is one of my favorite...

The album that got me into punk

Wed, 14 Jun 2000 00:12:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Though the punk purists I have come to know and love on this site may laugh, I learned about punk rock through MTV. Seriously, I did. It took a major-label, ultra-commercialized station like MTV to show me the beauty of this corporate-scorning,...

Sendmoreinfo.com: OK, you can send a little more info, now!

Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:59:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - I've only recently started using pay-to-read-email programs, after hearing that they were one the best ways to get revenue. Send More Info was the first program I tried, and its performance is pretty comparable to most of these programs - way too few...

Mind-blowing experimental hardcore from classic '80s punkers

Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:41:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - One of the most under-appreciated albums of all time, Husker Du's Zen Arcade is an album people from any side of the proverbial musical fence - punk fans, hardcore fans, indie-rockers - should own. A loose concept album based on the story of a...

Mmmm... genetically altered chicken

Wed, 3 May 2000 23:11:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - This article is in response to drlolipop's review of Kentucky Fried Chicken, in which he claimed he would never eat there again because of a rumor that the chickens were being genetically altered to have four legs. I'm not denying the authenticity of...

AOL Instant Messenger: yo wherez my interenet peepz at/?

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 00:21:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - I was using my AOL Instant Messenger the other day, talking to one of my long-distance esteemed and cultured colleagues about Lizst's interpretation of Chopin's second aria, when suddenly I was rudely interrupted by a user I had never heard of...

Must T TV

Wed, 5 Apr 2000 23:20:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - Are you tired of the same formulaic comedy-dramas polluting the airwaves? Do you want to see a different formulaic comedy-drama pollute the airwaves? Well, viewer, you're in luck! My stature as the self-proclaimed queen of the hipsters has given me...

Pansy Division grows up

Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:15:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - There comes a time in every novelty band's lifespan when they decide to stop turning out one cliched tune after another and start making some serious music. Pansy Division made a name for themselves in the early '90s punk scene by writing about what they...

Yes I can hear it, and it sounds like great pop-punk to me

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:35:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Rickie_ - I love East Bay pop punk. I love female musicians who get into the industry based on their talent. So I should really love Tilt, the female-fronted East Bay pop punk band. And I do. And here's why.

"Till It Kills" is the band's first...