Epinions Recent Reviews for phixed

Being Crude Made Easy, or The Lexiphiliac W/O

Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:45:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - PART I: THE INTRODUCTION

Upon receiving the instructions of this write-off, I immediately began going through ideas and concepts that would give me the best chance to win the coveted Crusty Sock. Since I was at work I walked over the...

Post Disco Heaven: Analog Synths, 1-4-5 Progressions and Inane Lyrics (WIAB)

Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:00:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - This is a review of the single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" released as a 45 sometime in '85 or '86

Trying to remember my life without music is like trying to remember a snowboarding trip without remembering the snow conditions...

Ghostyards and Junktowns

Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:54:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - I grew up in an undersized township north of Dallas. My house was in a "development" that consisted of one street with ten ranch style homes and four two-story Tudor houses nine of which had in-ground swimming pools. Situated in an area containing...

Richard Simmons and the Miscreant

Mon, 7 May 2001 11:29:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - One year in college I was living in a house with three girls and a life-size Richard Simmons cardboard standup that I had stolen from a Payless Shoe Store a couple years earlier. The houses on this street were crammed together and there was only...

"One More Time?" Hopefully not, if it sounds like this.

Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:59:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - One More Time is Daft Punk's first single from their long awaited, yet untitled, follow-up album to 1997's multi-platinum smash Homework. Being the first official Daft Punk release in over three years, the pressure was on for Thomas...

How to Kill a Radio Consultant

Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:59:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - Let’s talk about beats.

In the early eighties the majority of hip hop thrived on simple 808 drum loops that were easy to digest but difficult to tell apart a lot of times. For instance, if you were to play LL Cool J’s “Radio,” Run DMC’s “My...

Are You Stuck with This Disc Too?

Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:19:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - During the summer alternative craze of 1993 I remember being oft torn between supporting bands that I had liked for sometime and fighting off the corporate thugs pushing this "new" music down my throat. At the time I would publicly rail...

Blame this guy for Yanni

Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:55:53 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - I was surfing through epinions the other day and saw the name Jean-Michel Jarre mentioned and immediately thought to myself, “Now there’s a name from the past.” Conjuring recollections of ambient bliss and innocent make-out sessions from another time, I...

A Lush Impact on Electronic Music...

Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:29:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - Although I enjoy many genres of music, there are very few that I follow closely and search out new artists within that genre. Neo-psychedelic rock is one, so is Brit-Pop and Synth Pop. Electronic music was the last style I really jumped into and I...

Tally Hoooooo!!!!!

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:58:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - With the constantly progressing sound of electronic music, reviewing an album three years after it was released is often times the equivalent of reviewing a rock album two decades after it was released. For an avid listener of electronic music, each...

The Boognish Continues...

Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:15:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phixed - The Overview

When Ween released their debut, they were one of the first bands to ever use the ethics of DIY punk while under massive amounts of hallucinogenic drugs. Dirty and grimy music with a subversive sense of humor glowing though is...