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Pizza & Sushi: When Italians & Japanese Go Surfing

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:12:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Now that the weather's getting better here in the Pacific Northwest, it was time I get introduced to other music. Any reason is a good one to get introduced to new music. This CD sampler of 60's surf music is awesome for that drive down to the coast,...

Great Big Sea: Finding Something Beautiful Amidst All The Changes

Fri, 20 May 2005 01:30:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - The B'ys are edging their way to a more commercial success with their eighth album (seventh studio one), Something Beautiful. One of the first things a GBS fan will notice is the absence of Darrell Power - who left the band in 2003, wanting to...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Favourites: Umbulo You Can Jabula To!

Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:12:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Or, for those of you not versed in Zulu: Music you can rejoice to.

I must admit, however, my knowledge of Zulu is extremely limited - and pronunciation? Let's not even go there. That, however, did not make this album, Favourites,...

The Shirelles Greatest Hits - Dedicated To The One I Love

Mon, 1 Apr 2002 03:05:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Shirley Owens, Addie 'Mickey' Harris, Beverley Lee, Doris Kenner were known as the incredible Shirelles - an all-girl group that was popular in the early 1960's, even gaining acclaim in the UK for one of their most well-known songs, Will You...

Favourite Irish Legends - Let the Children Dream in English or Irish

Mon, 25 Mar 2002 03:05:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Uair amháin, nuair a bhí na Tuatha Dé Danann ina gcónaí in Éirinn, bhí rí láidir ann, darbh ainm Lir.

Or, if you prefer the English: Once upon a time, when the Tuatha Dé Danann lived in Ireland, they had a very powerful king, whose name was...

Camden Town, London - Touristy for the Tragically Hip

Tue, 19 Mar 2002 03:40:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Okay. I do understand that I'm writing the 268th review of London. I really do. Although, with that said - I did a quick browse to see if Camden Town, London was spoken of. It's mentioned in passing, from what I noticed.

This is...

Great Big Sea Bravely Sails the Sea of No Cares

Sat, 2 Mar 2002 15:24:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Okay, I know I promised folks a travel review...but I got my copy of Great Big Sea's Sea of No Cares album in the mail on the 28th. How could I keep quiet about my favourite Celtic band?

Sea of No Cares is GBS's fifth studio...

How My IQ Was Significantly Lowered by Kung Pow

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:40:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - I apologise right now for even considering to write a review on this movie. I'm trying to train myself to write more in general - and I haven't written a negative review in a while. Of course, this review will be more painful for me to write than for you...

The Heart of Scotland Holds This Changeling-Woman Hostage!

Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:57:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - This is almost painful for me to say, but...I won't be able to translate the Gàidhlig on this album for all you lovely readers out there. Yikes! (This is coming from a woman who is learning Irish and who has a Scottish persona in the Society for...

Enya's "An Album Without Inspiration"...Oops, I Mean A Day Without Rain

Wed, 14 Nov 2001 05:32:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - I've been holding off buying this album for the longest time. I don't regret buying A Day Without Rain, exactly, but for all this, I could just listen to her first album, The Celts and get relatively the same music - just not as much...

Oxford Irish Minidictionary: The Only Foclóir For Mé!

Wed, 14 Nov 2001 04:16:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Dia dhaoibh, a chairde!

Hello, friends!

A dhaoine uaisle, is fearr liom "Oxford Irish Minidictionary.

Ladies and gentlemen, I prefer the Oxford Irish Minidictionary.

Let me now tell you why. (No...

Natalie MacMaster's A Compilation - What Was Old, Is New Again

Sat, 10 Nov 2001 17:53:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Natalie MacMaster was a name I had never heard of until the 26th of August, 2001. I could have honestly cared less because that was the day of my beloved Great Big Sea concert (third one to date) and I just loved those boys to pieces - much to my...

The Cranberries' No Need To Argue - It Leaves Me Speechless

Wed, 17 Oct 2001 04:35:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Funny thing: Just recently, I wrote a review about a Cranberries album that came after this one saying that it was trying too hard to be more mature album than previous ones. Well, as it turns out, No Need To Argue is the mature album Bury The...

New Times By the Violent Femmes - Don't Start Me On This Album

Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:28:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - When the Violent Femmes came out with the song (I Like) American Music, I found it a really fun track to listen to and figured it wouldn't hurt to check out some more of their music. Through this exploration, I've learned one thing: Gordon Gano...

Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection, Volume 2 - My, How Betty Boops!

Fri, 12 Oct 2001 04:00:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Welcome to another edition of my Betty Boop fascination.

A Wee Bit of History

Betty Boop was originally to be a love-interest for Bimbo - a Max Fleischer cartoon character out to rival the Mickey Mouse gang. Now, Bimbo was a...

Diva: Annie Lennox Takes Flight - Solo!

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:57:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - The opening strains of music of Annie Lennox's first solo album Diva sweep across low and with a sense of sadness with Why, and gives us a good idea of what the entire album will feel like, with a few exceptions, of course.

Annie...

Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection, Volume 1 - A Star Is Born!

Fri, 5 Oct 2001 06:50:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Raise your hands, people - who out there is a Betty Boop fan? What? You've not heard of Betty Boop? You're kidding, right?

A Smidge of History

Born in 1930 - and looking more canine-like and only meant to be a side-kick of...

Skinny Puppy Gives Last Rights - Here Comes The Apocalypse

Thu, 4 Oct 2001 05:10:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Take somebody and give them a steel trash lid - but, one of those big ones. Then, find someone else and give them one of those crystalline wind-chimes. Get another person to play on a broken piano, but from the inside - not by pounding the keys but by...

Cranberries' Bury The Hatchet? Bury This Album, Instead

Wed, 3 Oct 2001 06:12:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Every couple of months or so, I go through all of my albums and play them - and either wonder why I don't play this or that more often, or wonder what possessed me to purchase this album in the first place. The Cranberries' 1999 album, Bury The...

Never Enough: The Melissa Etheridge Transition Album!

Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:21:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - It was late spring of '92, and I was looking forward to high school graduation. Melissa Etheridge was going to have a concert in Chicago, I had heard! I had read a newspaper article about her upcoming concert and how this new album was different - it had...

Local H's As Good As Dead - They Aren't Dead Just Yet

Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:26:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Okay. I've maxed out with all the sweet and mellow music I've been listening to for the past couple of weeks. I've also been house-bound for just as long with this virus I've caught - and I can't take it any more. I miss my fiancé like crazy and if I...

Nick Drake's Way To Blue: "Time Has Told Me You're A Rare Rare Find"

Tue, 25 Sep 2001 03:49:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - I remember a while back, I had read a review about Nick Drake's album, Pink Moon and it was great to finally match up that beautiful tenor voice to a song and a person that I had heard on that infamous VW car commercial. Although, when I...

Deep Forest's Boheme: Music to Wander the Forest By

Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:34:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - There is something that bothers me with music that is normally - not always, but normally - shuffled into the category New Age Music to die a quiet and ignored death. Granted, usually the music in this category is flakey and spacey or even, dare I...

To Ride A Silver Broomstick: One Thing Not to Be Thankful for This Mabon

Fri, 21 Sep 2001 03:20:09 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - Whether you've noticed it from my profile, or know it from my other Pagan book reviews - I am a Solitary Witch. It means I am not a part of a coven, nor do I go to any sort of Pagan gatherings. I have studied magick (remember the k always, please,...

Waterdog: Doomed Pop-Punk, All Yours for 75¢!

Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:03:18 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sibhreach - I don't know exactly what's wrong with me. Perhaps it's the loopy weather, but I've made a bad punk music choice. (insert blood-curdling scream here)

My last experiment, the self-titled album, Waterdog, cost me a whopping $3.05...