Epinions Recent Reviews for mark_thomas

Everybody's Dying Just to Get the Disease -- Elliott Smith's Either/Or

Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:21:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - The tragic death of our best musicians comes with the same inescapable regularity as the seasons, my long bouts of crippling writer's block, ethnic cleansing and new Tom Cruise movies. While James Brown still remains miraculously alive, serving as...

Jane's Addiction "Strays" too far

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:55:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - I'll never forget the first time I heard Jane's Addiction. It was sometime in the Spring of 1988,...

It feels wonderful: Donnie Darko

Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:33:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - A friend of mine, a former English teacher, often rails against deliberately obscure narratives, suc...

How it feels to get your teen spirit on: Sunny Day Real Estate's best?

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:47:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - Somewhere, in a parallel universe, it is the twilight of a late summer day. You're a teenage guy...

Now 100% SARS free: Singapore Airlines

Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:03:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - Before a recent trip from New York to Frankfurt (and back) on Singapore Airlines (SA), my acquaintan...

Guilty pleasure in the Comatorium - Mars Volta's addicting debut

Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:11:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - I had promised myself my next review would be of Modest Mouse's The Moon & Antarctica,...

A lonesome, crowded review of a Modest Mouse masterpiece

Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:33:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - "I set out at 4 o'Clock P.M … and proceeded on under a jentle brease up the Missouri." -- From th...

And you might know us by our EP: Trail of Dead throw fans a bone

Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:27:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - In a way, it must suck to be And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. After the wild cr...

Tasty treats in this Refrigerator

Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:37:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - My name is mark_thomas, and I'm a lo-fi junky. I'm a sucker for old Pavement, Sebadoh, Guided by Voices, Neutral Milk Hotel -- I could go on and on.

Imagine my thrill then, after rescuing Refrigerator's self-titled...

A fine line between stupid and clever: the Deftones

Mon, 2 Jun 2003 12:02:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - David St. Hubbins: It's such a fine line between stupid and ...

Derek Smalls: ... and clever.

David St. Hubbins: Yeah, and clever.

-- This is Spinal Tap

Few bands have demonstrated the truth of this...

Stephen Malkmus is liberated on 'Pig Lib'

Thu, 29 May 2003 21:18:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - Stephen Malkmus is no slacker, though he was starting to look like one for a minute there.

His self-titled debut solo album, released in 2001, almost seemed to justify all the writers who had unfairly tagged him and his former Pavement...

Never mind the Bizkits: Meet Poison the Well

Tue, 27 May 2003 13:44:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - Poison the Well are probably the best hardcore band you've never heard of, but that's going to change soon.

For one thing, they're going to be on the main stage at the Warped Tour this summer, along with better-known names such as Glassjaw and...

Tanks for the memories: Have Blur ended career on mixed note?

Sun, 25 May 2003 04:27:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - Note: The original title for this review was the statement "Blur end career on mixed note." Since I'm getting mixed signals about whether or not this is really the last album for Blur, I've changed the title to a question. The review's still the...

Hail to the Self-Thieves: Radiohead triumph again

Sat, 24 May 2003 02:12:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mark_thomas - After cranking out rock-and-roll masterpieces in 1995 (The Bends) and 1997 (OK Computer) and a groundbreaking near-masterpiece in 2000 (Kid A), Radiohead have spun their wheels rather than try to top themselves, putting out a...