© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-pyfr Recent reviews written by member pyfr en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_442894618244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - There aren’t many bands that have successfully fused Celtic medieval music and rock without sounding like a garage band gussied up for a second stage appearance at Scarborough Faire. Hard rockers Rainbow and Yngwie Malmsteen swirled the two with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442894618244 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:58:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442894618244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442772655748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Imagine, if you can, a play so terrible that all who read it are reduced to gibbering lunatics. Or a sign from some mysterious entity that shatters the minds of anyone unfortunate enough to set eyes on it. Or, worse still, a distant planet on which... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442772655748 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:32:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442772655748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442382716548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - I sometimes wonder what happened to Faith No More. For about five minutes, they were a brightly burning star in the musical sky. Then, just as they seemed like a band that could potentially rewrite the rules of rock music, they slipped into obscurity,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442382716548 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:51:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442382716548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442367577732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Well, it looks like another chapter in Olympics history is drawing to a close. The closing ceremony will take place this evening, concluding a sometimes controversial series of events that put China in the international hot seat. One almost wonders if... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442367577732 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:53:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442367577732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441258053252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - A collection of rarities, B sides, and 12” mixes from the godfathers of the industrial hard rock groove The above is a front sticker description of Wilful Days, a 1995 release of odds-n-sods from post-punk/industrial/metal powerhouse... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441258053252 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:49:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441258053252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441131503236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - It was no less a personage than horror guru H.P. Lovecraft who once said, in exact words that escape me at the moment, that scary stories have almost everything to do with setting, atmosphere, and what’s not revealed to the audience. Lovecraft... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441131503236 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:19:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441131503236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441015766660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Please understand- I like Yngwie Malmsteen as much as you do. For a spell in high school, I found myself defending him more than any American kid should ever have to stand up for a Swedish guitarist. When everybody around me accused him of playing with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441015766660 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:33:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441015766660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441005346436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Bauhaus, the fabled post-punk band that was largely responsible for launching the Goth scene, is badly in need of a comprehensive video treatment. There’s lots of footage of the band in their heyday that has never seen a proper release, but now that the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441005346436 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:02:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441005346436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440881483396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Excluding Ziggy, who I’ve always considered a self-important jackass, it would seem that Bob Marley and his kids are like the many-headed hydra. He may have gone down earlier than many of us would’ve liked, but in his place have arisen several... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440881483396 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:20:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440881483396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440869883524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - David Milch, master of the magnificent Deadwood series, must&#146ve felt like a rock star trying to follow up a number one album when the time came to kick out season two. I don&#146t even know that I&#146d want to be in the position of having to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440869883524 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:38:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440869883524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439246491268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Might as well go ahead and wrap up my July reviews with another on Course of Empire, the latest band to catch my fancy. It’s been a long time since any group has captured my attention the way they have, and the irony of it all is that the band has been... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439246491268 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:01:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439246491268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438975565444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - When I first moved to Dallas back in latest 1998, the alterna-industrial-metal movement was in fullest swing. Bands like Stabbing Westward, Econoline Crush (whatever happened to them?), and of course, Marilyn Manson were filling in the void left by Trent... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438975565444 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:46:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438975565444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438849408644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Like many aficionados of horror fiction, I&#146m a big believer that H.P. Lovecraft was one of the best, most original writers of the twentieth century. His stories typically employed language only fit for grad students and his climaxes sometimes failed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438849408644 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:47:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438849408644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437265403524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Writing reviews of Beatles albums is always such a risky venture. Everybody seems to love them so much more than I do, and lacking much knowledge about the band, I&#146m probably the least educated guy on Epinions when it comes to the Fab Four. Also,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437265403524 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:30:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437265403524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437252034180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Judas Priest, that crazy little band from Birmingham (England, not Alabama), will forever be known as the guys who first rode motorcycles around on stage and brought the wardrobe of the gay leather scene to the rock n’ roll experience. They reached their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437252034180 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:15:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437252034180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437232242308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Unless some of us possess a genetic predisposition toward end-times anxiety, I think I can link my own Armageddon paranoia to two primary sources. The first would be the Methodist church that I attended as a child (which did a lot of talking about the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437232242308 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:13:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437232242308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436890537604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Musicians are well aware that the public rarely gives them a second chance. A president can bang his secretary and get off with an apology. An unworthy athlete can drag the team down for a season or two before getting cut. Even many child molesters and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436890537604 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:52:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436890537604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436883852932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Let’s do a little exercise in logic here. Financial troubles sometimes cause labels to collapse, but other than that, why do bands usually get dumped by record companies? Because of low sales, yes? OK. What, then, is typically the reason for groups... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436883852932 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:32:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436883852932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436777029252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - The world must&#146ve looked like a very bittersweet place in 1975 to Ian Anderson, singer/songwriter/flautist for Jethro Tull. His band was still the source of decent revenue, but his marriage had fallen apart and critics were starting to get sick of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436777029252 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:29:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436777029252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436756778628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Two days ago, while making the usually uneventful trek from Dallas to San Antonio with my father, we decided to take the proverbial &#147scenic route&#148. Even Texas, a state that most outsiders seem to think is just a cattle-raising and oil-producing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436756778628 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:43:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436756778628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436410945156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Since The Velvet Underground falls outside my area of expertise, I&#146d like to point out that there are undoubtedly more informed reviews of this product. I doubt if I&#146ll ever regard this band as the wonderful trendsetter that everybody else sees... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436410945156 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:20:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436410945156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436256476804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Let us now turn our attention to one of those Black Sabbath albums that came out during the 1980’s and sank without a trace. If ever you needed proof that the band was dead, lost, or simply stupid in the post-Ozzy/Dio era, then The Eternal Idol is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436256476804 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:39:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436256476804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436131171972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - This year, after nearly a decade of working in the public school system, the powers are finally granting me the opportunity to move into a general ed position. It’s not that I minded spinning my wheels in the legally hazardous black hole of governmental... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436131171972 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:24:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436131171972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436033719940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Back when I lived in Orlando, Florida (as opposed to Orlando, Paraguay), my friends and I spent a lot of time hanging out in music shops. You know, the ones that sell guitars and drums, where you can always hear some doofus trying to impress his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436033719940 Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:40:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436033719940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435925913220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pyfr - Inspired by his performance on the HBO Western series Deadwood, I did a little research last year on the actor Ian McShane, who plays the foul-mouthed and ruthless, but oddly admirable, Al Swearengen. I was quite surprised to find that Ian had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435925913220 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:52:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435925913220?linkin_id=8003929