Epinions Recent Reviews for najdorf

Later Work by an Under-Appreciated Author

Thu, 17 May 2001 02:10:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - Angry Candy is a collection of Harlan Ellison's short stories. I don't know anywhere near enough about Harlan Ellison to write a general review; I haven't even read "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream", although reviews of the computer game based on that...

Solid post workout food for the meathead in all of us

Sat, 5 May 2001 01:09:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - I first tried a Power Bar Protein Plus bar when I couldn't find a Clif Bar (my absolute favorite; see my review), and it's the only other nutritional bar I'm using currently. It serves a slightly different function from a Clif Bar; while a Clif Bar is...

Great Music To Play While Being Human

Sun, 29 Apr 2001 03:13:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - I've had an inside-out experience with Sunny Day Real Estate appreciation. I first enjoyed their most recent album, The Rising Tide, then found their previous How It Feels to be Something On to be favorite album. Deep in my HIFTBSO...

"Freedom, not iconization"

Sat, 28 Apr 2001 20:20:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - Background (skip if all you care about is the serious review portion):

As is the case with most things I read, listen to or watch, my reasons for reading this book are somewhat odd. For a long time, I was on the misogynist "women's...

A great indie find

Sun, 22 Apr 2001 15:56:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - This album is the first by Pedro the Lion for indie label Jade Tree, home of Jets to Brazil and the Promise Ring, two other excellent bands. Most everything on here is done by David Bazan, and there's a very clear and powerful vision that unites the...

Feel the power of rock and roll! Rock and roll is the joyride music!

Sun, 22 Apr 2001 03:20:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - Lately, I've been somewhat upset with the state of rock music. I see a clear degeneration from the hard rock of late 80's/early 90's bands like Nirvana, the Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails,...

Post-everything

Sat, 27 Jan 2001 01:10:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - Music comes into our lives in funny ways, even for someone like me, where it typically involves my dad in some fashion. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Sunny Day Real Estate, Promise Ring and Get-Up Kids, so I'm always noticing mentions of "emo"...

NO RAVENOUS NAKED VAMPIRE LESBIANS?????

Sat, 20 Jan 2001 02:43:33 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - I saw Dracula 2000 at my local movie theater because it looked like it would be terrible from the trailer. Sometimes there's nothing better than a bad movie. I was a little bit disappointed with the film, because it was closer to mediocre than to...

Very good emo-punk, appeals especially to young people

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 22:22:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - It's always a good sign when a couple different sources point me towards a band, and The Get Up Kids are a fine example of this. The first time I heard of them was when a kid at my high school got a band together and covered "Mass Pike" (one...

"I love you - There is no answer"

Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:58:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - My freshman seminar at William and Mary this past semester was on Shakespeare's sonnets, taught by Professor Heacox. If I ever get around to writing reviews about the school, I'll definitely mention him, as his class was the best part of my college...

Intellectual Voyeuristic Goodness

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:58:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - This is part of a series of documentaries, running from 7 Up to 42 Up (so far). The premise is that Michael Apted, a film-maker, picked out 14 British children when they were seven years old, interviewed them, and has revisited them every seven years...

For Madmen Only

Mon, 25 Dec 2000 01:46:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - Hermann Hesse is my favorite author; Steppenwolf was my introduction to him. So, in short, I like it. I think anyone else who wants to read Hesse would do well to begin with this one, as it contains the most accessible message of any of his...

Nine Inch Nails: Rusty Nails, Volume II - The Remix Album I've Wished For

Fri, 15 Dec 2000 21:11:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - This is not an official NIN/nothing records release, as it was put out by "Blue Moon Records" and probably isn't totally legal. Ok, fine, some NIN fan with decent editing equipment and a CD-R burned a few thousand copies of his favorite...

Excellent alt-country debut

Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:00:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - I discovered Lucinda Williams through my dad liking her, seeing her open for the Allman Brothers, and then buying Car Wheels on a Gravel Road". See my review of that album if you care about any of that stuff, or the album itself. I bought...

The football varsity jacket for weirdos

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 04:14:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - I bought a Boathouse nylon jacket along with a bunch of other people from my high school crew almost two years ago, and we had the words "Derryfield Crew" put on the back. I've worn it to numerous practices and regattas, to school, and while...

Indiana Jones and the Phantom Wars of the Bamboozled Dragons

Sun, 10 Dec 2000 05:13:33 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - Remember the scene in "As Good As It Gets", when the woman asks Jack Nicholson's character, "How do you write women so well?", and he says "I imagine a man, and subtract reason and accountability"? Well, if I were to ask...

Argh, why aren't you all listening to this?

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:02:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - This is going to start the same way as most of my reviews; if you've read many of them, you know what I'm going to say next. Yes, my dad gave me this CD. As usual. He's the man :) As cool as my dad is, I wouldn't expect him to find me punk/ska CDs,...

If John Grisham got really drunk and wrote better...

Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:30:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - ...he might write this book.

First things first: the actual title of this book is The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living. Aspects, not Effects. So if you want to find it, keep that in mind.

I saw this...

Bob Dylan: not quite dead yet.

Wed, 6 Dec 2000 04:56:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - A lot of people have talked about this album as a revival of Bob Dylan's career, and I have to agree with them. His music from the 80's and early 90's is fairly uncompelling, but somehow on this album he manages to write a very good set of songs. Now,...

Steve Martin can write fiction!

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:04:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - This one certainly caught my attention on the shelf...I saw "Steve Martin" on the spine and, like many people I'm sure, had the thought..."Steve Martin? Wild and Crazy Guy? Star of Planes, Trains and Automobiles and about 50 other movies...

most useless review EVER! of a COX-BOX!

Mon, 4 Dec 2000 19:31:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - Cox-box. That's a pretty good name, doncha think? Maybe you should buy one, just so you can say to people..."Hey, would you like to hold my cox box?" Plus, it comes with a microphone and speakers, so you can say it to them REALLY loud...and...

This is my crack

Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:59:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - Based on my past experience with PowerBars, I've always been skeptical of nutrition bars. PowerBars taste awful, are difficult to eat, and didn't seem to help me that much with exercise; I usually found that before a race or a tough workout the thing to...

The Circle is not Round

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:33:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - This is another in the long chain of "cool things my dad has shown me". It's a foreign film, made in 1994, reviewed well by a number of critics, including Roger Ebert, nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar, but, as a foreign film that...

Bad Pun: I hope !Dido! doesn't go the way of the !Dodo!

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 04:35:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - I bought this album after hearing "Thank You" (Deanna, thank you for telling me about "Thank You") and loving it, knowing that I would never like the other songs as much as I do "Thank You", but hoping that I could find...

Want a sweet hot ass to make hotcandy jealous?

Sat, 2 Dec 2000 22:00:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author najdorf - The Concept II ergometer is a machine designed to simulate the physical feel of rowing in a crew shell. While it doesn't enforce the same sort of technical prowess as rowing in a boat, and it feels different in a few ways because the flywheel only...