Epinions Recent Reviews for moinkerfunk

A great snapshot of Soviet politics

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:54:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - This documentary collection offers an authoritative survey of Communist Party policy in the arts, from the Revolution until the death of Stalin in 1953. The editors have compiled over 150 items drawn from a wide variety of sources, including Politburo...

An excellent documentary collection

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:01:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - Oleg V. Khlevniuk’s history of the Soviet state-administered labour camps, or Gulag, during the years 1929-41, is an impressive collection of documents that will be of great interest to Western academics. Khlevniuk, a senior researcher at the State...

A hollow tale, but nicely written.

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:29:11 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - Ishmael was among the most frustrating novels that I have read in some time. It was recommended to me by a friend, and littered with reviews that praised its “suspenseful [and]… socially urgent” narrative. Jim Britell of Whole Earth Review, whose...

A superb collection

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:24:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - To condense the works of Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn into a single, six-hundred page collection is to say the least, a daunting task. Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize winning author who is largely credited with enlightening the Western world – and much...

A worthwhile listen, if you can find it cheap.

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:56:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - I had avoided listening to this CD for years, due to the fact that it was a six-song live EP priced the same as a regular album. That, and the late 80s were generally a pretty rugged time for rock and roll, what with the explosion of spandex,...

Dear Ozzy: Please Retire.

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:50:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - I approached this album with a degree of reservation and lowered expectations. Ozzy’s vocal capability has been on a steady downhill slide for a good ten years now, his recent studio output (2001’s Down To Earth and 2005’s Under...

The Best of the Dio-Sabbath Efforts

Wed, 6 Dec 2006 02:55:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - With the recently announced reunion of Tony Iommi, Ronnie Dio, Geezer Butler, and Vinnie Appice under the moniker of 'Heaven and Hell' (an odd choice, seeing as that was the sole Dio album that Appice didn't play on), I thought it might be a...

A fascinating portrait.

Mon, 4 Dec 2006 01:28:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - Molotov Remembers is not a memoir in the traditional sense, but a record of 140 conversations recorded by a political admirer, Felix Chuev, over the course of a 17-year period from 1969 – 86. Released in the Soviet Union only in 1991, the book...

One of the best rock albums of the 1980s.

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:19:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - This was an album that I had heard and read much about, during the first year or so that I was beginning to listen to heavy metal. Eventually, a friend gave me his copy of Rage for Order, which sadly went in one ear and out the other for me. I was more...

A mediocre effort... but it has a nice cover.

Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:33:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - It's strange listening to this album now. I can remember when it was released in 1998, the hype was over-the-top. I was in junior high school at the time, and got taken in by the album's fancy holographic cover. At the time, I was listening to Green Day...

Not a bad slice of classic rock.

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:35:09 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - I first began listening to heavy metal around the time that The Spice Girls and Limp Bizkit were dominating the airwaves. It was then that I started my routine habit of leafing through guitar magazines and searching for old rock albums to listen to,...

The Guilty Pleasure of 2005?

Tue, 5 Jul 2005 23:17:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - Every now and then, one gets the urge to indulge in a bit of so-bad-it's-good entertainment, be it a harlequin romance novel, or a Razzie honoree such as Battlefield Earth. This was one of those times, where morbid curiousity combined with masochistic...

A Great Return to Form for Tony Iommi.

Mon, 4 Jul 2005 14:35:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - When it was first announced that Tony Iommi would be working with Glenn Hughes for his new solo album, I was less than thrilled. I had enjoyed their previous collaborations, 'Seventh Star' and 'The 1996 DEP Sessions', but both efforts were a bit soft...

System's Best Effort Yet.

Mon, 23 May 2005 23:31:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - One of the few worthwhile bands from the crop of late 90's / early 00's metal artists, System of a Down have released their first new studio album since 2001's Toxicity. With Mesmerize, the band has continued to refine their sound, while...

My favourite Dio solo album!

Tue, 6 Jan 2004 04:04:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - After the release of Black Sabbath’s well-received 1992 album, Dehumanizer, the ensuing tour saw Ronnie James Dio leave the band after refusing to play a pair of gigs opening for Ozzy Osbourne in what were to be his final two solo shows. After...

The Black Sheep of the Sabbath Discography

Sun, 9 Nov 2003 03:39:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - This is the black sheep album of the Sabbath discography. Originally intended to be a solo album of Tony Iommi’s, the guitarist was forced to bow to record company pressures and release it under the Black Sabbath name. As a result, we get the...

Another Great Release From Favored Nations!

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:39:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - Let me start this off on a rather odd personal note. Before I had even heard of this album, I awoke...

In one ear and out the other... but not bad by any means!

Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:29:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - This is, quite possibly, the definition of a three star rock and roll album. Completely unspectacular, yet perfectly listenable with some minor highlights. The sort of album that sounds as if a gang of friends decided to just grab a six pack, and slap...

A Total Mind Storm of Electric Guitar Decadence

Sat, 31 Aug 2002 16:36:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - When I first heard that guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani had a new album in stores, it caught me totally off-guard. I hadn't heard any news or hype about it whatsoever. Plus, with the slow rate that most artists are producing albums these days, I...

Forget this album even exists!

Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:20:03 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - After a 6-year wait, we finally have a new album from the Godfather of heavy metal. Unfortunately, it seems that Ozzy has been brainwashed by the forces of radio-friendly pop-rock. I had been waiting for this album for a long time, eager to hear...

Very Underrated

Sun, 16 Dec 2001 13:14:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moinkerfunk - Most people hate this album, but after the debut album, Fair Warning and II, this is one of my faves that Van Halen has done.

As a younger fan (17 years), I missed out on the glory days of the band, and I think that's partially why I'm not...