© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-daumco Recent reviews written by member daumco en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_419245100676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Hi everyone, I read a sweet romance title, A Veil of Roses, a debut novel from Bantam books by Laura Fitzgerald. Veil of Roses Tamila is a young Iranian woman who comes to America, ostensibly to visit her sister on a ninety-day visa,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419245100676 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:58:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419245100676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411801652868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - I usually don&#146t pay attention to what other reviewers ratings are, but I really have to shake my head at the poor ratings some people have been attributing to this quality album &#150 maybe, one of the ten best symphonic metal albums of 2006... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411801652868 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:02:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411801652868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_399306034820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Remember me? Old Man Metal. The Angel and the Rain Sometime you discover new and great music in the strangest ways. Like the way I discovered this group. I have a lot of bands up on my myspace page and because of that, new bands are always asking... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~399306034820 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:08:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_399306034820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185878089348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Carnal Crimes Probably by today&#146s standards, Carnal Crimes might not seem like such a big deal but when I saw it on Cinemax in the ninety-two it was pretty hot stuff. Actually, I can still picture some of the scenes that managed to burn themselves... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185878089348 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:51:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185878089348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_339168628356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Pure Reason Revolution &#150 Cautionary Tales for the Brave I can sum up the music of Pure Reason Revolution (PRR) in one word&#151refreshing. This Progressive Rock UK band is sweeping the progressive world and well it should. Their music is as fresh... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~339168628356 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:01:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_339168628356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_339002101380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Privileged Conversations. Evan Hunter has been around a long time. His first book Blackboard Jungle was made into a movie in the fifties. He&#146s also written what seems like a hundred books under his nom de plume&#151Ed McBain. Psychiatrist... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~339002101380 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:42:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_339002101380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_323569684100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - What&#146s wrong with Hollywood&#146s horror screen writers? Can&#146t they come up with something that&#146s never been done before. I wonder? It seems like I have seen at least a dozen movies with some variation of the plot in Embrace of the Vampire... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~323569684100 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:02:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_323569684100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_322178420356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Some facts about British mega rockers, Magnum. Never heard of Magnum? Read on! Magnum&#146s first album Kingdom of Madness was released in 1978. This album, Brand New Morning, was released two years ago. That&#146s twenty-nine years... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~322178420356 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:17:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_322178420356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_319945477764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - I havn&#146t listened to Gothic Kabbalah closely, but I have played it constantly for the last three days, while I work. This is what I have observed and determined. Gothic Kabbalah is Therion&#146s second consecutive double disc album. It has a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~319945477764 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:39:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_319945477764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_318145662596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Even with the advent of the enigmatic Hugo Chavez, not everything coming out of Venezuela is bad. At least on this one occasion, some very interesting progressive rock music has emanated from across the Caribbean &#150 the formerly friendly confines of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~318145662596 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:01:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_318145662596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_317453209220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - I think Danish progressive metal band, Royal Hunt is grossly underrated. Royal Hunt, which now has ten albums under their belt, plays a highly melodic style of progressive metal of mostly medium to fast tempo. They have a large, sometimes bombastic, very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~317453209220 Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:08:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_317453209220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_317396586116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Seventeen years after their debut album, ‘Power from the Universe,’ Nightmare releases their fourth album, Silent Room. Though it’s Probably closer to heavy metal than power metal, Nightmare’s new release, Silent Room is certainly easy on the ears... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~317396586116 Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:00:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_317396586116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_317355822724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - This book is a sequel to the 1957 novel titled, The Empire of the Atom. It is the continuing story of Clane, a mutant who had been born into the ruling family of Earth, in post apocalyptic times. In this book, an alien race invades Earth and it’s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~317355822724 Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:01:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_317355822724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_315546439300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - When I wrote a review on Fairyland's first album, The Wars in Osyrhia, I poked fun at it, with a fictitious call to France to interview the wounded cow (Elisa C Martin) who appears on the album at inconvenient times, wailing along, with the lovely music... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~315546439300 Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:31:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_315546439300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_314801294980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - The Best War Ever is actually the second book on the Iraq War by these authors. The First Book, entitled Weapons of Mass Deception was released in July of 2003, a mere four months after the beginning of hostilities and while truck loads of personnel were... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~314801294980 Sat, 3 Feb 2007 00:54:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_314801294980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_301923995268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Softcore as opposed to hardcore, is a mild form of pornography - pornography defined as: the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement - wherein the actors and actresses, either naked or partially... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~301923995268 Fri, 5 Jan 2007 11:50:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_301923995268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_299184066180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Jerry Lee Lewis &#150 Last Man Standing This album was a guilty pleasure for me. Yes I was a big Jerry Lee Lewis fan a hundred years ago. The man was a flat out magician on the piano. That&#146s magician with an &#145a&#146, not musician with a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~299184066180 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:07:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_299184066180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_295959432836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - You know, if you really dig deep enough into the musical universe you come up with gem now and then. Satrap is such an album. This debut by Norwegian quartet, Gaia Epicus was released in 2003 to little acclaim, yet is one of the best of the many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~295959432836 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:39:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_295959432836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_293610819204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - I have a thing about Ashley Judd. She is one of my favorite actresses so it&#146s not surprising that I look for her movies. Last night I watched &#145The Locusts,&#146 a slow moving movie of high drama set in rural Missouri and of course featuring... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~293610819204 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:41:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_293610819204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_290726710916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - In Echo Park, Michael Connelly's eighteenth novel, Detective Harry Bosch works a thirteen year old case - The abduction and assumed murder of twenty-two year old Marie Gesto. The story opens with a flash back to 1993 where Bosch and his then partner... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~290726710916 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:58:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_290726710916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_288328748676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Swedish Band Stormwind, seemingly, not living up to their name, don't seem to have stirred up much attention but these guys have quietly amassed an impressive four album catalog of good to great albums. Rising Symphony is their fourth and probably their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~288328748676 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:23:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_288328748676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_110286507652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Never heard of Hawkwind? I'm not surprised, they're not exactly a household name but since you have never heard of them you may find this surprising &#150 over one hundred Hawkwind albums have been released since 1970. That's right, almost... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~110286507652 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:09:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_110286507652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_278166015620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - There is something about Tinto Brass films that separates them from the run of the mill soft-core movies. Ever since he directed Bob Guccione’s Caligula in 1979, Brass films seems to push the envelope of acceptability, both visually and storywise. One... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~278166015620 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:35:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_278166015620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_192837947012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Shadow Gallery – Room V Long time fans of Progressive Rock/Metal are most likely familiar with Shadow Gallery, a musical ensemble, known as a purveyor of high quality Progressive Rock music, though not in high quantities. Shadow Gallery was formed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~192837947012 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:40:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_192837947012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_272063696516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author daumco - Make no mistake; Kingdom of Heaven is an incredible movie. True, it may not, as some say, be factually accurate to what we know of the crusades but what we know isn’t very precise. There were no real chroniclers of the events that unfolded. What... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~272063696516 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:31:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_272063696516?linkin_id=8003929