© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-noddy1 Recent reviews written by member noddy1 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_478746218116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - Eric Stuart is a singer-songwriter/voice actor based in Brooklyn, NY, and has been writing music since he was in high school. Musically, he has a diverse sound, ranging from acoustic rock [his debut album Curiosity  (1995- long out of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478746218116 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:38:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478746218116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430797065860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - Eric Stuart is not a name well-known in the music industry. He doubles as a voice actor, so naturally most of his fans know about him from his anime work (he was Seto Kaiba on Yu-Gi-Oh! and the original voices of Brock and James on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430797065860 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:56:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430797065860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_314537053828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - My ongoing Dir en grey series finally continues now with a review of the band's 4th album, the misnamed VULGAR. Compared to third album Kisou, the lyrics are really less vulgar. Also the band is less experimental than before,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~314537053828 Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:46:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_314537053828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_305982967428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - INTRODUCTION In 2002, French film director Luc Besson, who gave us such titles as La Femme Nikita and The Fifth Element, wrote a children's book entitled "Arthur and the Minimoys", and envisioned a movie based on it. He and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~305982967428 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:40:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_305982967428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_281172872836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - 2006 has been good to Dir en grey, who is a 5-piece rock band from Osaka, Japan. First their fifth full-length album Withering to death was released in the United States. Then they played the main stage of Germany's Rock am Ring festival... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~281172872836 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:08:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_281172872836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_248992075396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - Dir en grey has always been a diverse band. They've done indie punk, pop-rock, prog rock, tribal chanting, thrash metal and death metal, and that was just on their first two albums. So what's to expect from their third major release, Kisou?... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~248992075396 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:58:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_248992075396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_248127000196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - In 1999, Japanese rock band Dir en grey made it big on the success of 5 hit singles from the GAUZE album. However, the album's sound was largely due to producer Yoshiki's influence, and the band wasn't quite satisfied. So for their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~248127000196 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:45:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_248127000196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_247388343940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - In 1999, Japanese rock band Dir en grey released their major debut album, GAUZE, to almost immediate acclaim. The band's sound at this point was thanks to former X-JAPAN drummer Yoshiki who produced the effort. The mix of electric... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~247388343940 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:34:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_247388343940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_233520270980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - The fans of York, PA-based Live are an odd bunch. Some (like me), like the albums that flopped, while others only like the band's way-overrated-but-still-great Throwing Copper. Live's newest effort, Songs from Black Mountain, will... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~233520270980 Mon, 29 May 2006 00:26:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_233520270980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_222850092676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - Dir en grey. So many words can describe these guys: Twisted. Crazy. Psycho. Drag queens. Shocking. However, the music of Diru (as their fans call them) can't be put into a single genre. Indie rock? Yeah. Rap-rock? Yep. Metal? Sure. This... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~222850092676 Tue, 7 Mar 2006 06:26:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_222850092676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_222214786692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - I've been suprised before, and Mike Doughty was no exception. I'd first heard of Mike via This Might Be a Wiki, a greatly detailed website devoted to all things They Might Be Giants. What does that have to do with Mike Doughty, you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~222214786692 Wed, 1 Mar 2006 03:18:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_222214786692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_220178386564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - So this was the beginning of U2. Who knew they'd be good? In 1978, a young lad from Dublin named Larry Mullen put an advert in his school calling for a few other young lads at the school to form a new rock band. Four guys answered -- native Britons... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~220178386564 Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:40:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_220178386564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_219694009988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - WHAT IS AVATAR? Avatar is about a boy named Aang, who was named the Avatar, the one who could keep the four nations united in harmony. The nations are composed of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth, and they have been fighting a war ever since the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~219694009988 Fri, 3 Feb 2006 05:21:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_219694009988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_218821725828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - When award-winning San Diego natives P.O.D. released their self-titled record in 2003, I was taken by surprise -- but not in a good way. It was different than the critically-acclaimed Satellite, containing less rapping and more melodic rock songs... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~218821725828 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:04:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_218821725828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208661483140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - THAT should get someone's attention. David Kersh (born in Humble, TX) played frequently in local Texas dance clubs until gaining a contract on Mike Curb's record label in the mid-1990's. He released his debut, Goodnight... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208661483140 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:57:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208661483140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208405892740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - WHO EXACTLY IS THIS 'DARYLE' GUY??? Let me start this off by making a confession. I never knew that much about Daryle Singletary, and I don't to this day. What I do know is this: Singletary is a man whose voice is a sweet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208405892740 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:50:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208405892740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208300510852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - Desi Arnaz. Most people know him (who was born Desiderio Arnaz y de Acha III in Santiago de Cuba) as Ricky Ricardo from "I Love Lucy". What most people don't know is that Desi was a star musician long before he moved to Hollywood,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208300510852 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:57:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208300510852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208115895940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - In the mid-to-late 1980's, a young man from Sandy Hook, Kentucky named Keith Whitley was in the midst of going from a performer in Ralph Stanley's bluegrass band, to a traditional country music singer. Until 1989, "Keith Whitley" was just... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208115895940 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:40:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208115895940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197684924036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - Sir Elton John. Probably the wackiest of the gay male singers, yet nobody actually gives a damn. The man's lived a life worthy of inclusion in every tabloid that exists, yet he's also so talented that you've got to look past that. Sir Elton was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197684924036 Tue, 4 Oct 2005 17:46:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197684924036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197509418628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - I'm a racing fanatic, and racing video games are my specialty. I'm open to playing anything from the NASCAR series to the realistic simulation of the Gran Turismo series. I've seen a lack of rally-related games available in the USA, especially when it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197509418628 Sun, 2 Oct 2005 05:39:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197509418628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197353836164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - This is the sixth installment in my U2 series. U2 has come a long way since forming in 1978. They had no idea back then that they would later become the world's biggest band. They received acclaim with 1983's War, again in 1987 with The Joshua Tree,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197353836164 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:59:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197353836164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197119938180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - Welcome to Part V of my travel through the back catalog of the greatest band of all time, U2. I've reviewed a masterpiece so far, along with many underrated CDs that could've done much better. How does U2's Achtung Baby fare? Well,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197119938180 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:03:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197119938180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_196353429124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - When I first heard that an unknown band from New York called "Hazen Street" were going to be one of the opening acts for the P.O.D. concert I attended in 2004, I was skeptical. Especially after reading so many previews reviews saying that they... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~196353429124 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:50:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_196353429124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_196250275460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - Actually, more like second-best. Anyone who's been following York, PA natives Live know that with each album, they've changed their sound. Their sound changed dramatically in 2001 with the release of V, the band's fifth release. There's a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~196250275460 Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:04:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_196250275460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_195829075588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author noddy1 - As a fan of Swedish rock/hardcore/screamo (they can't be classified) band Blindside, I've been receiving their emails for a while now. And when I first got word that they were working on a documentary DVD way back in November of 2004, I knew it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~195829075588 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:32:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_195829075588?linkin_id=8003929