© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-bobbo428 Recent reviews written by member bobbo428 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_430433734276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I first heard of Karan Casey about three years ago, in May 2005, when she held a concert for a group of four antiwar protesters who needed help with their legal defense fund (The St. Patrick&#146s Day Four, a group from upstate New York who had been... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430433734276 Sat, 17 May 2008 21:39:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430433734276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430204423812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - During the middle and late 1960s, Underdog became a cartoon phenomenon. A spoof of Superman, the cartoon was a big hit with children my age four decades ago. With ominous background music and an urgent-sounding narrator, I couldn’t help but become... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430204423812 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:42:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430204423812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_429694881412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - About three years ago a friend told me about this excellent collection of soul hits from the 1970s, and I jumped at the chance to order it. This CD is a good sampling of songs that were both R&B and pop hits three decades ago. Best of My... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429694881412 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:46:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429694881412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423420595844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - The first time I ever flew on a plane with U.S. Airways was three years ago, on Feb. 5 and 12, 2005. That plane flight went off without a hitch, and the attendants were friendly. The next time I used the airline was for a flight scheduled for Feb. 12,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423420595844 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:56:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423420595844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421784751748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - Last summer I bought the Stax 50th anniversary compilation, a two-CD set. Even though Stax Records was owned by two white entrepreneurs, the label was integrated in that it recorded many great black artists. In an era when segregation was still the norm... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421784751748 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:49:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421784751748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421778919044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - Last October my mom had rented the movie Tara Road, and I remembered how distraught the main character, Ria Lynch, was at the beginning of the film after her husband had left her. I decided to read the book about 3 months later and found it to be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421778919044 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:17:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421778919044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420819340932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I first heard of Stevie Nicks in 1976 with the haunting, melodic Fleetwood Mac hit Rhiannon. I was immediately hooked by Nicks&#146 vocals and mysterious lyrics. By 1977, she had become a key part of Fleetwood Mac&#146s rise to superstardom with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420819340932 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:49:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420819340932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413194620548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - Last September 9 I was at Barnes & Noble when a certain book caught my eye, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, by Frank Rich. Since I have always been dubious about the Bush administration's reasons for starting the war in Iraq, I found this book to be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413194620548 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:41:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413194620548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413575843460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - Note: This is my first movie review in five and a half years, so I may be a bit rusty. Juno MacGuff was a regular teenager, a 16-year-old girl from a working-class family. In high school, there is a lot of pressure to belong to a certain... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413575843460 Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:29:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413575843460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402735861380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I received MODERN TIMES as a Christmas gift last year&#151it had debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart two months before&#151his highest charting album since Desire in 1976. Thunder on the Mountain A chugging rhythmic rocker about... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402735861380 Sat, 8 Sep 2007 19:12:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402735861380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_326478237316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I first heard of Judy Collins in 1968, when she had her top-10 pop hit “Both Sides Now.” Recently I had the chance to hear my friend’s DC and enjoyed it a great deal. Judy started out as a straight folk singer in the late 1950s, but she gradually evolved... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~326478237316 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:00:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_326478237316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_306629480068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I first heard of the Irish rock band U2 when they came out with their single New Year’s Day in early 1983. This song has an expansive feel; the lyrics tell of how the feeling of resolve each January 1 soon turns into disillusionment... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~306629480068 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:56:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_306629480068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_295306104452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - A Stellar Classic Rock Voice I first heard of the Steve Miller Band in November 1973, when they debuted on American Top 40 with their monster breakthrough hit, &#147The Joker.&#148 Their sound was an amalgam of blues, straight-ahead rock, and San... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~295306104452 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:16:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_295306104452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_287589174916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I first heard of the band Foreigner in April 1977, when their hit, "Feels Like the First Time," debuted on American Top 40. At first I thought the song was bland, but then the subtle hooks began to emerge, and the song ended up in my personal top 10. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~287589174916 Tue, 5 Dec 2006 00:17:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_287589174916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_253112323716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I first heard of Mary Chapin Carpenter in early 1993, when her folk-tinged country hit “Passionate Kisses,” received some adult contemporary and pop airplay. In the next few years, I would become familiar with more of her hits, such as “Shut Up and Kiss... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~253112323716 Thu, 7 Sep 2006 22:31:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_253112323716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_247706390148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - Last year a friend of mine told me that this enjoyable CD of soul hits from three decades ago was on sale through Nina's Discount Oldies, an outfit located in Pennsylvania. Here is a rundown of the tracks: Let the Music Play-Barry White:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~247706390148 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:47:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_247706390148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_247476424324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - George Benson released this compilation album in late 1981, when he was at the commercial peak of his career. He had released many instrumental albums as a jazz artist before breaking through as a vocalist in the mid-1970s. I bought the cassette version... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~247476424324 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:13:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_247476424324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_239859961476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I recently borrowed my friend&#146s Living with War CD, by rock veteran Neil Young, and I found it to be an enjoyable listen. It is a CD filled with anger and passion. The target of Young&#146s anger is the administration of President George W. Bush and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~239859961476 Sun, 2 Jul 2006 23:16:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_239859961476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_237482643076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - Last Month Paul Simon came out with his first pop-oriented album in many years, Surprise. I found it at the local library and decided to check it out. It is a collaboration with producer Brian Eno, who is best known for his work with U2.The album opens... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~237482643076 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:11:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_237482643076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184855858820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I first heard of Huey Lewis and the News in February 1982, when they had their breakthrough with their first hit, “Do You Believe in Love?” The song had a killer springtime hook, and I was anxious to walk around the campus when the weather warmed up that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184855858820 Tue, 31 May 2005 17:27:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184855858820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_181286899332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - From 1974 to 1982, Abba placed 14 chart singles on the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100. They were expert at marrying intricate, melancholy layered pop with bubblegum and a subtle disco beat. In May 1977, 28 years ago next week, I decided to buy two Abba... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~181286899332 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:27:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_181286899332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178146152068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - Canadian pop-rock singer Bryan Adams has been in the music business since the mid-1970s, when he was featured on a 1976 rock song, "Roxy Roller," by the band Sweeney Todd. The song was a minor hit on the pop chart, peaking in the 80s. In 1979 Adams... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178146152068 Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:23:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178146152068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_175863729796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - I first heard of country singer Josh Turner in October 2003, when the refreshingly genuine <b Long Black Train b> blew me away. At first I thought it was from a retro country countdown, circa 1967. Fortunately, it was a new song. “Will it be a hit?”... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~175863729796 Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:45:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_175863729796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_169255865988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - In November I saw an ad in a Collector's Choice music catalog for this folk CD, and I jumped at it. It had a lot of my all-time folk favorites, and my mother said she'd buy it for me for Christmas. Luckily, I found it under the tree last month... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~169255865988 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:37:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_169255865988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_161001213572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bobbo428 - Norah Jones is a musically gifted individual who released her critically acclaimed debut album, "Come Away With Me," in 2002 and won a whole slew of Grammys. I was not too familiar with this collection, except for the single, "Don't Know Why," which... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~161001213572 Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:21:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_161001213572?linkin_id=8003929