Epinions Recent Reviews for metalluk

Buffalo 1980 by Frank Zappa: Good Zappa Concert from 1980, Buffalo, New York

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:27:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Buffalo is a two-CD set, released on April 1st, 2007, by the Zappa Family Trust. It is the second posthumous Zappa release to be based on a single live concert, the other being FZ:OZ. For Buffalo, the concert in question took place...

Becoming Jane: Love that Destroys Itself

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:44:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Tonight, I went out on a double-date by myself. I scooted over to Androscoggin County here in Maine for a solo dinner at my favorite Thai restaurant and then met up with my date, Jane Austen, at a movie theater in Auburn. Then, I sat through the film...

Outstanding Heavy-duty Chainsaw

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:37:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - This is the second Husqvarna (hereafter "Husky") chainsaw that I've owned, the previous one lasting me about eight years of heavy use, cutting trails and clearing fallen trees from 20 acres of Maine woodland. After my first Husky finally gave out, I...

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan: Bigotry versus Lampooning Bigotry

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 23:59:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Humor and drugs have a lot in common. Both can be therapeutic and both can be lethal. Compared to humor, anything else with as much potential for uplifting flagging human spirits is either addicting or fraught with health risks. Few people have ever...

Built Like a Tank

Thu, 10 May 2007 23:32:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - No one mower can possibly be the best one for every situation. Overall, the lawn mowers being made today are a lot better than those from even a few years ago. The engines for the gas-powered models are more powerful and durable than previously, yet...

Nikki Nichols - Frozen in Time: The Enduring Legacy of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team: Laurence Owen and The Enduring Legacy of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:39:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Forty-six years ago today, on the morning of February 15th, 1961, something extraordinarily tragic occurred. Frozen in Time, by Nikki Nichols, tells the story of that event. On that date, Sabena Flight 548 crashed near Brussels, Belgium, killing...

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown by Crazy World Of Arthur Brown: The Devil Gets All the Best Tunes!

Sat, 3 Feb 2007 14:32:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Before Alice Cooper, before Kiss, before Klaus Nomi, before Velvet Underground, Bowie, or Sabbath, there was Arthur Brown. Arthur Brown was the original theatrical rock performer, excepting, perhaps, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, but Arthur upped the amperage...

Imaginary Diseases [Digipak] [Remaster] * by Frank Zappa: The Petit Wazoo

Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:29:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - On December 11th, 1971, Frank Zappa, playing at the Rainbow Theatre in London, was pushed off stage by a crazed fan, Trevor Charles Howell, into the orchestra pit fifteen feet below. Zappa's trachea collapsed and his leg was badly broken. He would...

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: A Squid Eating Dough in a Polyethylene Bag Is Fast and Bulbous, Got Me?

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:01:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - There are few albums in pop music history that polarize listener response as much as does Trout Mask Replica. Most reviewers rate it at either five stars or one star. One has to turn to other arenas of musical expression to find a similar...

Otis Blue - Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding: The Peerless Master of Sixties Soul

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:34:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Is there anyone else still out there who was alive during the Sixties? I'd really like to know, because lately every one of the Sixties albums that I've been reviewing was recorded by some great artist who died too early. Frank Zappa was not quite...

Are You Experienced? [Remaster] by The Jimi Hendrix Experience: My Musical Tastes Are Better Than Yours!

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:48:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - I don’t usually encounter writers’ block, but this particular album has been at the top of my review queue for several days now and not a single word has magically appeared on my blank sheet of paper. I’ve re-listened to the CD three times...

The Doors by The Doors: Opening the Doors of Sensory Perception

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:31:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - At the beginning of the summer of 1967, I transferred five magnificent newly released rock albums onto a reel-to-reel tape to provide roughly four hours of listening pleasure that entertained about a dozen young people at my wife's family compound in the...

Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention - Frank Zappa: Rock Lyrics, "Outrageous Filth," and the First Amendment

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:12:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Although this album lacks both stylistic and thematic cohesiveness, several of the individual tracks are outstanding and none are especially poor. The centerpiece of the album is the track called Porn Wars, which effectively captures an important...

The Man From Utopia by Frank Zappa: Man from Utopia Playing Mostly Music from Dystopia

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:06:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Many Frank Zappa songs and albums are controversial because of some of their lyrics; this album is one of only a few for which the quality of the album is hotly contested as well. It receives ratings ranging from one star to five stars by reviewers...

FZ:OZ by Frank Zappa: A Live Zappa Concert in Sydney, OZ-tralia, from 20Jan1976

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:45:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - FZ:OZ came out in 2002 and was the first album released by the Zappa Family Trust on its new Vaulternative label, through which they have promised to milk the treasure trove of concert recordings contained in Zappa's famous vault, which date back...

Mystery Disc by Frank Zappa: Nuggets from Zappa's Early Years (1959-1969)

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:51:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - This album provides bits and pieces of anthropological material that details Zappa's early years, from 1959 to 1969, from the Studio Z years in Cucamonga through the formation and breakup of the original Mothers of Invention. This album will be...

Barry Miles - Zappa: Bow Tie Daddy's Revenge

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 18:04:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Zappa: A Biography, written by Barry Miles, is a 387-page biography (plus notes and index) of the legendary composer, Frank Zappa. Miles writes primarily about pop culture icons, having previously published books relating to Allen Ginsberg, Paul...

Unmitigated Audacity by Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Great Band, Great Music, Great Performances, Awful CD

Thu, 4 Jan 2007 20:11:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - So, let's cut right to the chase. Here's an album with a superb band giving a tight, high energy concert, including some excellent songs, but I'm still giving the album just two stars. What's the deal with that? Well, this is one of those Frank Zappa...

Ahead Of Their Time * by The Mothers Of Invention: Ahead of Our Times, Too

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:45:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - The music on this unusual album was recorded on October 28th, 1968, during a performance by The Mothers of Invention at Festive Hall in London – the last date in an extensive European tour. The album was not released, however, until April...

Ben Watson - Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to His Music: Excellent Reference Book for Zappaphiles

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 01:47:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - This little 123 page book was one of my Christmas presents this year. It was originally published in 1998 by Omnibus Press, but author Ben Watson has added a short chapter entitled "Posthumous Existence" for the 2005 reprinting, to ensure up-to-date...

Piquantique-Stockholm 1973 by Frank Zappa: Best of the Beat-the-Boots

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:50:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Over the years, many Frank Zappa concerts, especially the European ones, found their way onto bootleg albums, from which Zappa derived no financial return. In an effort to frustrate the bootleggers and to get a least a modicum of income from these...

Frank Zappa - The Real Frank Zappa Book: The Real Frank Zappa Indeed!

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:53:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Frank Zappa was a unique, larger-than-life individual, so it's only fitting that his "autobiography" would be idiosyncratic as well. Beginning with his late teens, Zappa had little interest in anything other than music – listening to it, composing...

Frank Zappa - Two Hundred Motels: Great Music Overwhelmed by Sophomoric Antics

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:48:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Historical Background: Back in the sixties, there were, of course, no music videos, but films such as Jailhouse Rock (1957), starring Elvis Presley, and A Hard Day's Night (1964), starring the Beatles...

Guitar by Frank Zappa: More Great Guitar Licks from Frank Zappa

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:24:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Guitar is a 2-CD album released by Frank Zappa in April of 1988 as a sequel, in effect, to his widely acclaimed 1981 release, S
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Up And Play Your Guitar. The present album includes thirty-two tracks that add...

The Zappa Album / Ensemble Ambrosius: Zappa Defanged and Antiquified

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:42:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - When the young musician, Olli Virtoperko, was growing up in Finland, he listened to nothing but classical music – and Frank Zappa. When he later attended the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, he discovered a classmate, Jonte Knif, who was similarly...