Epinions Recent Reviews for deniscit

Beautiful, High-Tech Phone with a Smooth Interface

Thu, 14 May 2009 15:39:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - When my Verizon contract came up for renewal, and I became eligible for the new-every-two discount, I started hunting for a phone with a full QWERTY-style keyboard. As texting became my primary means of communication with many of my friends, using...

Ultimate Running Shoe for Midfoot and Forefoot Strikers

Tue, 12 May 2009 18:20:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - -------------------Note: the picture posted above for this product does not correspond to the actual appearance of the product. Check Adidas website for the correct product picture.-------------------I got involved in distance...

Stanley Clarke & Friends Deliver Outstanding Live Performance

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:43:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - I came across this CD by accident, just browsing a budget jazz CD shelf at the local independent record store. When I saw Stanley Clarke's name on the disc, I pulled the disc out for a closer look. Since discovering this phenomenal bass player through...

Pat Metheny's Letter From Home - Make Yourself Comfortable and Enjoy!

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:07:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Letter From Home, recorded in 1989, is another superb entry from the modern jazz fusion phenomenon that is the Pat Metheny Group, or, PMG for short. The music that PMG presents here is unmistakably rooted in jazz, although the actual genre of...

Breach: The Movie About Espionage Based on True Story

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:22:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Breach was released in theaters around mid-February, 2007, and seeing that Chris Cooper was in the lead role, I figured the movie should definitely be worth a viewing. Chris Cooper does very well playing the tough, conservative, silent types, and I was...

Pleasant comedy but somewhat disappointing

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:49:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - After a long break from the movie theaters, I finally got the chance to see something new that's still in the theaters, and Wild Hogs looked interesting because I wanted to see something funny and because it included a promising all-star cast -...

Classic Saab 900 Turbo SPG: That's a Spicy Meatball!

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:06:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Saabs never really connected with the mainstream car buyer, and there's a reason for that. Saabs take their heritage from a relatively small Swedish company that started out in the aircraft business but then decided to branch into the automotive...

Nylon Carrying Case for IBM / Lenovo ThinkPad - Safe Laptop, Solid Value

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:54:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - When I was ordering my beloved Thinkpad laptop from IBM/Lenovo, I decided to include IBM's laptop carrying case in my order as well. I wanted something that's designed specifically for my laptop, and I figured that getting a carrying case directly from...

Swingline Stapler Takes On 60 Pages

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:13:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - When staplers don't work like they should, a seemingly simple affair of binding a few papers together can turn into an irritating nightmare. You just made a few pages of photocopies, you look at the result of your highly intellectual work with...

Mintek RB-Li15 Battery Pack for Mintek MDP-5861 Portable DVD Player

Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:11:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - The subject of this review, Mintek RB-Li 15, is a rechargeable battery pack that powers the portable DVD player Mintek MDP-5861. The portable player itself can be powered from either the wall plug via an AC/DC adapter or this rechargeable battery...

Thelonious Monk's Straight, No Chaser: a Jazz Masterpiece

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:14:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - At some point, you probably heard the words Thelonious Monk spoken, and you knew they described a person, maybe even a religious figure, but the intriguing nature of the name still made you wonder. And for the right reason: the person behind the...

Chuck Norris in Lone Wolf McQuade - What Walker Texas Ranger Will Never Be

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:07:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - If you're in the mood for some rough-around-the-edges action from the good old days, Lone Wolf McQuade could be just the ticket. This gem of an action movie harks back to the early 1980s: 1983, to be exact. I believe this movie to be one of the...

Castle Erotica from Playboy - Complete Waste

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:56:43 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - There have been two Playboy movie productions I've seen in my lifetime so far: one was Shakespeare's Macbeth, and Castle Erotica was the other. An English composition teacher at the high school I attended was showing Macbeth to our class, and...

Introductory, Pedagogical Book on the Basics of Quantum Chemistry

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:06:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - When I was in c
ollege,
I had to take a year of physical chemistry as one of the requirements for my chemical engineering major. The college where I studied split the academic year into 3 trimesters, and consequently...

Miami Vice Remake is Nothing Thrilling

Fri, 8 Dec 2006 21:37:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - I picked up this film at the Blockbuster because it had Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx on the cover. I previously enjoyed each actor's work individually and was curious to see them work together. Unfortunately, the movie failed to capture, not even to...

Compact desk stereo from Panasonic combines functionality and good looks

Thu, 7 Dec 2006 20:35:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Sometime back in 2005, I was browsing an office supply store, one of those that don't have music blaring overhead, and my ear caught some radio tunes playing just around the corner. Since office supply stores generally don't specialize in stereos, the...

The Best Muddy Waters Anthology on the Market

Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:45:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Simply put, Muddy Waters was not just the American blues legend: he was the American music legend. American country blues were the true birthplace of rock-n-roll as we know it today, and Muddy Waters was among the great musicians of post-war era...

The Bass-ic Collection: Introduction to the Work of Bassist Stanley Clarke

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:33:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Stanley Clarke is the legendary virtuoso of stringed bass instruments (electric and acoustic basses). While the most common function of bass players is to support a band's rhythm section, Stanley interprets his role as a bass player differently. Rather...

Silver Streak: Another Pryor/Wilder Comedy Classic

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:02:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Legendary comedian Richard Pryor (Which Way Is Up?, 1977) joins the charming and charismatic Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 1971) in the 1976 comedy classic Silver Streak. Gene Wilder plays a timid book editor...

Shine - Sweet Sax from Boney James

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:03:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Shine is the latest (as of this writing) release from Boney James (aka James Oppenheim), the king of silky smooth, sultry, sensuous saxophone. The music contained on Shine is perhaps best characterized as urban jazz,...

Modern Times, Modern Bob Dylan

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:49:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Is Bob Dylan ever not modern? He took the world by storm when he released H
ighway
61 Revisited back in 1965, and it sounds just as impressive today, universally acclaimed as groundbreaking work in music...

Sailing To Philadelphia [Digipak] by Mark Knopfler: Mark Knopfler revives Dire Straits sound in Sailing to Philadelphia

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:47:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - When I saw the 2-disc digipak of Mark Knopfler's solo release called Sailing to Philadelphia at Best Buy for about $22, I knew I had to have it. I was in the mood for something a little dreamy, something melodic, something beautiful, something I...

California Institute of Technology in the Heart of Pasadena, CA

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:46:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - I pondered for a while how to make my 50th review on Epinions extra-special and ultimately decided to write about my undergraduate Alma Mater: The California Institute of Technology, also known as Caltech. Not CalTech or Cal Tech, as some carelessly...

The Book of 1200 Useful Words

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:09:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - Optimistic to improve and expand my vocabulary, I went to the Borders bookstore and decided to have a look at their "word power" shelf. Ostensibly, I had a plethora of options. However, I was looking for a book that would be quick to study, and...

Best of Fourplay: The Early Period

Tue, 5 Sep 2006 03:54:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deniscit - When the smooth jazz quartet Fourplay was formed in the early 90s, the original band members included Bob James on piano/keyboards, Lee Ritenour on guitars, Nathan East on bass, and Harvey Mason on drums. Later in the 1990s, Lee Ritenour decided to pull...