© 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-buffoonery Recent reviews written by member buffoonery en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_469032341124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - The new Boss ME-70 guitar floorboard is intended to be the replacement for the doughty but aging ME-50.  On the whole, it is a worthy successor to the ME-50. It entirely blows away its cheaper and considerably less capable older... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469032341124 Sat, 2 May 2009 15:38:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469032341124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_461053005444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - There have been about a bazillion reviews written about the Gibson Les Paul on epinions, including thirty or forty (or at least it seems that way) by Your Humble Author, so I’m not going to rehash the history of the design of the guitar... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~461053005444 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:07:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_461053005444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456700366468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Trevor N. Dupuy was a U.S. Army officer in the Far East during WWII who subsequently served on the faculty at Harvard University as a military historian.  The author or co-author of some fifty books, one of his better-known efforts is The Harper... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456700366468 Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:38:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456700366468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455803637380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - It goes without saying that, despite his tragically short life, Randy Rhoads remains one of the most influential metal guitarists of all time.  His work on Ozzy Osbourne’s two arguably best albums, Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455803637380 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:17:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455803637380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453239082628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - My guess is the most of the population’s exposure to the title Starship Troopers is the silly if entertaining sci-fi film of the mid-1990’s in which a rock faced Casper Van Diem and top-heavy Denise Richards fought scads and scads of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453239082628 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:13:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453239082628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453233774212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - The Middle Ages remains a subject of which an unfortunately large segment of the population is woefully ignorant. Judging from the education (a term used generously) my sons received in high school of the period, the terms they are most likely to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453233774212 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:38:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453233774212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449241779844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - There's a vast number of entry level amplifiers out there and the question is "what's a poor mother to do ", especially if that poor mother is being dragged to Guitar Center or Sam Ash by a twelve- or fourteen-year old who is planning on being the next... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449241779844 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:21:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449241779844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449237126788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - The Russo-German conflict in World War II was the most titanic military struggle ever seen and was the decisive theater of the war. This is not overstatement. The Soviets lost over 25 million people, the Germans millions more, and the war swept over... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449237126788 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:38:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449237126788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446189506180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Norman Lewis is a well-known English grammar and vocabulary writer whose book Word Power Made Easy belongs on the desk of every motivated high school student who wants to attend a decent college and every adult who feels he or she could use some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446189506180 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:50:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446189506180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443351404164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Commonweal is an approximately bi-weekly magazine (about twenty a year) of Roman Catholic opinion from a liberal perspective. A newsstand copy costs $3.00 and one-year and two-year subscriptions are $49.00 and $79.00. The magazine touches on a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443351404164 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:42:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443351404164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443200540292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - After nearly forty years, King Crimson remains one of the most important progressive bands of all time. Now, there are those among you who may say that is much the same as being emperor of the mole people, but you're probably punk fans so I don't put... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443200540292 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:17:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443200540292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443019333252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Triumvirat was a much-beloved (at least in some quarters, like my bedroom) German progressive rock band of the early 1970's. Best known in the U.S. as an Emerson, Lake and Palmer look-alike group (many would say rip-off), Triumvirat released half-dozen... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443019333252 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:22:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443019333252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442331074180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - The Ibanez Xiphos XPT700 guitar was designed from the ground-up to appeal to the needs of modern metal players. These needs extend to both sound and looks: Sound, because you need metal sounds to play metal music; Looks, because a metal player... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442331074180 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:51:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442331074180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442228772484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Roland Micro Cube RX The Roland Micro Cube RX Guitar Amp is a versatile mini-practice amp designed for guys who play in their parent&#146s basement or don&#146t want to drag a big amp to a practice session. It&#146s the bigger, badder brother... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442228772484 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:25:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442228772484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441473142404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - I’ve been a military and naval history buff ever since I was knee-high to an M-1 rifle, so it was with some interest when one of my colleagues at work dropped off a copy of A.A. Hoehling’s Ships That Changed History, which had a nice picture of a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441473142404 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:45:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441473142404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441373789828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Under review here is the reissue Fender American Vintage 62 Jaguar Guitar, which contributed so significantly to early 60s American rock. This puppy will run you around $1500 list so it ain&#146t cheap, but it will cost you a lot less from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441373789828 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:55:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441373789828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440519331460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - There is nothing like the sound of pure, vintage 60s Marshall amp tone. Alternatively crisp, growling and angry, it is the sound of countless albums from the 60s and 70s (and from infinity to beyond) and it&#146s still hanging around in the 21st... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440519331460 Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:53:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440519331460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439847390852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Under review here is the Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Grade 2 Expanded Edition, designed for introductory guitarists. The book is part of a seven-volume course and, as you might guess, is a follow-on to the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439847390852 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:01:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439847390852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439735324292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - OK, I&#146ve written about a million reviews of Les Paul guitars (see below if you don&#146t believe me) and the question all of you sports fans undoubtedly have is this: why another review, buff, huh? And the answer is that this is no ordinary... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439735324292 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 13:12:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439735324292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439461449348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Every kid worth his metalhead salt wants to play lead rock guitar. The question is: where to start. You can begin by trying to learn Kirk Hammett or Joe Satriani soloes off the CD but that won’t get you very far because, even if you spend the year and a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439461449348 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:06:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439461449348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437903330948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - I just turned fifty a few weeks back (still got my looks, though!), so the Baby Boomer generation is officially middle-aged. I am married with four children, work for a large financial institution (one whose stock is not tanking), have a couple of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437903330948 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:16:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437903330948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434491330180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Civilization IV: Warlords is a chrome cum scenario package for, you guessed it, Civilization IV (see my review at Civilization IV). You can generally pick it up for $40 - $50 as a bundle with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434491330180 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:35:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434491330180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433691922052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - The Mel Bay Guitar Method books have been a staple of introductory Spanish (i.e. played with a pick) guitar instruction for something like sixty years. Yes, even Your Humble Author was weaned on these when I began studying some cough forty... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433691922052 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:13:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433691922052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433688383108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Throughout a long and distinguished career as a journalist, editor, and author, Englishman Paul Johnson has carved out a well-deserved reputation as a curmudgeon and icon-shatterer. His Modern Times remains a classic of popular history, a stake... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433688383108 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:46:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433688383108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433016049284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author buffoonery - Civilization IV is the latest iteration of the redoubtable, very profitable computer game franchise from Firaxis. Everything is bigger, better, and prettier and this game will provide many, many hours of game play. It’s addictive. Really... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433016049284 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:43:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433016049284?linkin_id=8003929