Epinions Recent Reviews for brianmayo

Death Cab Reaches Its Peak

Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:14:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - As an indie rock fan, I should be required to atleast check out Death Cab For Cutie. After hearing about how good they are, I asked for suggestions on what albums I should get. However, every album suggested didn't click with me. Yes, even "The Photo A...

Kenna: The New Sacred Cow Of Pop Music

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:33:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - A claymation music video. Creatures finding happiness through a product - a simple pair of sunglasse...

Morning View.... zzzzz .....

Thu, 16 May 2002 20:38:15 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - It popped into the heads of Incubus sometime to make a follow-up to their insanely popular Make Yourself, and the result of many months in the studio was this: Morning View.

Before I get on my qualms about Morning View,...

Full Collapse And Impact

Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:20:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - It's sort of hard to describe Full Collapse as an album. But what would be as anything else?

...as an ice-cream flavor, it would be rocky road.

...as a person, Full Collapse would be a 20-year-old boy on the verge of suicide after a...

Listen Up Pop/Rock Bands: This Is The New Sound

Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:52:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - When we last saw the New Orleans band Better Than Ezra, they were booted by their old label Elektra for a decent reason: they didn't sell enough records. Their last release, 1998's How Does Your Garden Grow?, wasn't noticed and flew under the radar.
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5 years past... the accumulation of Aphex...

Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:42:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - OK, maybe you were expecting "Selected Ambient Works Volume 3". Or maybe "...i still care because you do." But your wrong. Well, this album doesn't follow the past of Aphex Twin and Richard James' ability to make every new album sound different. It's...

New Classic?

Wed, 3 Oct 2001 07:54:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - Better Than Ezra as made a mistake. After riding on the success of their song "Good" from their album Deluxe, they focused on the wrong thing and the next album Friction, Baby, stalled.

But they have redeemed themselves. The...

Simple and effective!

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 01:06:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - Recently, I was interested in getting a PC Card Modem for my laptop. My laptop was a little dinky thing with only Windows 3.1 installed. Every modem I looked at needed Windows 95 to run.

Then I came across this one and bought it. I was excited...

Comet Cursor: A viral infection.

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 00:43:17 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - It was a great idea at first. I mean, custom cursors for my webpage! People would like to see characters on their mouse cursor! Of course, it may slow loading and they'd have to install a plug-in, but it was going to be worth it. I ended up forgetting...

Do Go Plastic!

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:26:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - I've been a fan of Squarepusher for a few months now, and never bought more than one album. However, when I heard a new album was coming out in July I knew I had to get it.

And it was money well spent. The album was intriguing, and was nothing...

The other city that never sleeps...

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:18:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - Recently a cousin of mine invited us to come up and visit them at their home in Cleveland. We had been there a year before, but only for two days. This time it was going to be for a week and we'd be in an extended stay hotel.

I will admit - it...

The future is yet to come...

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:08:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - With the recent opening of A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) having people wondering what the future, few rarely decide to actually take it seriously. But what many people know is that computers will be smarter and they will be totally independent in the...

Play Snappy Video Snapshot: $100 paperweight.

Thu, 24 May 2001 19:13:31 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - Snappy had been on my mind for months. I picked up the information: the pamplets, the product info at the website, and other resources.

I was wrong. I was wrong to splurge $250 for Snappy Deluxe 3.0. I was wrong to spend the money I sold my...

Beethoven On Acid

Sat, 5 May 2001 22:54:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - Mu-Ziq has followed the same trail as pal Richard D. James (Aphex Twin.) But instead of retiring in 199, Mu-Ziq, aka Mike Paradinas, released another album - his most surreal and unimaginative yet.

Here is a breakdown track-by-track:
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Kids Show? PUH-LEASE!

Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:52:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - Ever since I saw the first episode, I knew this show would have a long shelf life. It was funny, and the characters were not annoying, like other cartoons. It had heart and slapstick comedy that works, before it gets old.

Now, it's getting...

Service with a smile!

Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:56:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - I live in a generally rural area. When snow storms hit, it's often hard to get mail and items that you ordered by next day.

When snow storms hit my area a few weeks ago, Postal Service never arrived. I ordered a package next day from an online...

Somehow I can't stop laughing...

Sun, 18 Feb 2001 01:33:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - "Me, Myself & Irene" is a classic Farrelly brothers movie. The humor of the movie is right up with "There's Something About Mary" and other Farrelly movies. The humor's the same and the characters are the same.

But that may be good or bad...

Utterly different and soothing...

Sun, 18 Feb 2001 00:53:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - Techno is a whole mess of things. It can be breakbeats, experimental or just plain weird. However, once in a blue moon, an album comes along that changes all that, that redefines a genre and overall gives it a new opinion on itself.

Selected...

Disappointing...

Sun, 31 Dec 2000 19:15:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - What happened to Significant Other? Did that band learn anything from that? That you can make an album and not make it stupid and angry, adding in the occasional slow song, which this album has none of?

From what I've heard, no...

Simple and easy to use!

Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:27:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - I had known it by July - I needed to get a jump start in the digital age. I needed something to impress my friends and make me look "cool". (Don't laugh)

So I broke open the piggy bank, so to speak, and invested in a new Sony...

(Come On) My favorite techno album

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 22:33:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - The only thing I knew about Squarepusher before what the kick-ass video for "Come On My Selector" I saw on MTV2. From that point, I knew I had to get this album. So I saved up my pocket change and went down to the record store and bought...

Sonic Foundry Acid DJ: Easy and fun!

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 20:10:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - One of my main goals in life is to make music. The problem: I'm not musically-talented. This program had helped make my goal a bit easier.

Make music by putting samples (snippets of audio) together. Sounds simple, isn't it? It is.
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It works for me!

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 20:02:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - I have a confession to make -- I'm not good at HTML. That is, until Dreamweaver showed up as I was browsing the Macromedia website. I downloaded it, and was amazed to see that the creators of Flash and Shockwave had reached a new level. The program I...

Take a look from the beginning...

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:30:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - If you are just beginning to like the Beastie Boys, then spend your money on this. It may be a lot, but you'll see how this is a great anthology.

I bought it because I owned a previous album, Hello Nasty. I had heard of them earlier and as I...

24/7 music.

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:53:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brianmayo - Whenever MTV is airing something I hate, such as "Best of the Backstreet Boys" or something stupid like that, I change to it's sister channel MTV2. It comes in the clear on my satellite, so it's free.

The best part is that it's...