© 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-jf-gb Recent reviews written by member jf-gb en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_432030060164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - Time to let you in on a little secret: there&#146s a new Indiana Jones film out. Shocking revelation I know, but at times in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (snappy!) it almost feels like about as much effort was put into the script as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432030060164 Fri, 30 May 2008 17:33:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432030060164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_224259116676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - To be perfectly honest if it hadn’t been for the complete dearth of interesting new releases this year I never would have gone near this CD with a forty foot barge pole. As everyone who’s come into contact with the strokes will know, they fail to live up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~224259116676 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:16:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_224259116676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186326617732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - Above all else Foo Fighters have always been consistent. Whenever modern music was getting a bit stale you could always rely on them to hit back with some good old fashioned, straightforward rock. So as an extra bonus on the arrival of their new... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186326617732 Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:03:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186326617732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_181033078404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - As I&#146m writing this I find myself sitting in a car driving almost the length of England (London to Manchester) to watch a football (soccer) match. I&#146m sure you can guess how utterly boring this is. Thankfully I happen to have bought with me the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~181033078404 Sun, 24 Apr 2005 14:37:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_181033078404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_177104588420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - You can&#146t help but feel that the recent glut of historical epics has been somewhat disappointing. Troy was average, King Arthur was notable only through a certain actresses skimpy outfits and the less said about Alexander the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~177104588420 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:21:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_177104588420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_173526322820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - It is often said that great things can come out of human misery. It&#146s also fair to say that Eddie Vedder was not a happy bunny circa 1994. Can you see the rather tenuous link yet? I hardly need to go into the reasons if you&#146ve read any of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~173526322820 Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:34:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_173526322820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_172468702852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - After their debut mega hit Ten, Pearl Jam thankfully matured into something more than a good angst rock band. On their sophomore effort Vs they expand the social commentary found on songs such as Jeremy and differed their musical... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~172468702852 Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:01:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_172468702852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_169879047812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - Since reviewing Pearl Jam&#146s Ten I&#146ve become a bit of an obsessive fanboy. I&#146ve now bought all there albums and I fancied getting one of the live recordings the band have released over the years. When I got to the shop I found they had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~169879047812 Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:25:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_169879047812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_165848583812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - ut of all of the so called &#145British invasion&#146 bands of the sixties (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who et al) there is only one band who really do anything for me. Obviously judging by the fact your reading this you&#146ve worked out that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~165848583812 Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:52:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_165848583812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_164886974084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - ** I appologise for the lack of apostrophes in this review, as the site isnt letting them through. I will fix them as soon as possible so please dont mark me down for bad grammer, especially as there is enough of that already ;)** Its fair to say... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~164886974084 Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:41:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_164886974084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_162392215172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - This being my seventh John Frusciante review I was getting really bored writing about who John Frusciante actually is. So to make it a little more interesting for me and a little more unusual for you I wrote that paragraph in German. Then I used one of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~162392215172 Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:14:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_162392215172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_160586632836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - **pointless rambling, probably safer to skip it** Yes I know Epinions hardly needs yet another 5 star review of Nevermind. And frankly I didn&#146t actually intend to write one until just recently. You see on my last review of Pearl Jam&#146s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~160586632836 Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:19:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_160586632836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_160414338692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - I&#146m going to start this review off by saying, nay confessing, that I am a relative newcomer to Pearl Jam. My interest in them has been sparked by almost all of my favourite writers on this site being rabid fans, and seen as I trust their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~160414338692 Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:37:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_160414338692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_158559604356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - The DC EP is the third in guitarist/singer/songwriter John Frusciante&#146s run of six albums released in a year. It comes after the brooding The Will To Death and the Fugazi-light sounds of Automatic Writing under the band... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~158559604356 Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:04:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_158559604356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_157094678148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - According to critics REM haven&#146t had a hit in twelve years and yet they still remain one of the most respected bands in the world. Maybe that&#146s because none of their albums since Automatic for the people have been as bad as they suggested... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~157094678148 Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:29:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_157094678148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_155073678980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - With the new R.E.M album under a month away I thought I&#146d go back and have a look at some of their past works. The one I found first and so by default the one I&#146m reviewing today is the bands 1994 follow up to the runaway success of Automatic... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~155073678980 Sun, 12 Sep 2004 11:42:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_155073678980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_148582207108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - I hate reviewing &#145best ofs&#146, why? Because I hate &#145best ofs&#146 it&#146s as simple as that. To my (admittedly weird) mind they are nothing but a device a band or record company uses to earn some money when the artist(s) in question are going... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~148582207108 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:16:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_148582207108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_146213998212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - I think its fair to say that I am a John Frusciante fanatic, rather too much of one possibly but needless to say I was ecstatic at the prospect of 6 more albums from John this year. However my mind was dogged by a nagging fear, what if because of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~146213998212 Sat, 3 Jul 2004 19:16:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_146213998212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_144501673604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - Imagine a band, a really good band, a band good enough to be the best in the world. Then imagine this band managed to get attention almost everywhere apart from America. Well luckily I don&#146t have to imagine this band (although sadly Americans still... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~144501673604 Sun, 20 Jun 2004 10:58:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_144501673604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142003834500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - Shaun of The dead cheekily claims to be the worlds first Rom-Zom-Com (romantic zombie comedy) and while this strictly isn’t true (Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive may just take that award) it certainly is the most enjoyable film I have seen this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142003834500 Mon, 31 May 2004 09:11:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142003834500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_140612701828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - The most recent album from the British singer/songwriter David Gray, A New Day At Midnight is much, much more than simply the second part of Gray's biggest masterpiece White Ladder as it is so often referred to as. It can stand on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~140612701828 Wed, 19 May 2004 15:04:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_140612701828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_140091362948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - Waking up after a night of lets say, more than a little extravagance, I found myself confronted by a very strange sight on the TV. A big haired man in spandex dancing around like a nutter on a spaceship was being attacked by a giant octopus. Its was at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~140091362948 Fri, 14 May 2004 16:44:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_140091362948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_139745070724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - How would you react if you were put on an island and forced to fight and kill your friends and classmates until only one of you was left alive. Would you turn into a serial killer just to protect yourself, would you team up with friends in an attempt to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~139745070724 Tue, 11 May 2004 15:32:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_139745070724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_139002547844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - Welcome to the bends. This is the second album from the Oxford band Radiohead and I doubt without this album that they would have been anywhere near as big as they are now. This achieved the success they needed to be able to release the masterpiece OK... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~139002547844 Thu, 6 May 2004 11:07:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_139002547844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_138549431940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jf-gb - This album was really a make or brake time for the Peppers. It followed the death of founding guitarist Hillel Slovak from a heroin overdose and the following departure of drummer Jack Irons. This really could have fractured the Peppers,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~138549431940 Sun, 2 May 2004 15:11:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_138549431940?linkin_id=8003929