© 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-silktempest Recent reviews written by member silktempest en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_473178934916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - Like HANSON, JONAS BROTHERS are brothers and market themselves as vestal virgins. Unlike HANSON, no JONAS brother looks like a little girl nor could carve a decent tune. Unlike decent tunes, their releases are filled with little girls'... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473178934916 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:07:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473178934916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472929898116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - Ritchie Blackmore had a fairly extraordinary career back by 1981. During the 1960s he was one of the hottest studio guitars in England. From the late 1960s to the mid-1970s he made fame, fortune and history as a key member in DEEP PURPLE's. Ranked... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472929898116 Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:33:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472929898116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472076553860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - STRATOVARIUS' great breakthrough in Japan, 1992's Twilight Time was the moment when the greatest Finn band ever consolidated their Melodic Metal chops, building on de debut (1989's Fright Night) promising European Metal approach.Still lacking a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472076553860 Fri, 29 May 2009 09:36:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472076553860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471131131524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - For a band so umbilically attached to 1960s psychedelia, THE GRATEFUL DEAD had a surprisingly extended career, spawning the best part of four decades. In the early 1970s the cut-and-past complex epics of their sophomore effort Anthem of the Sun had been... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471131131524 Wed, 20 May 2009 23:19:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471131131524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469525171844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - IRON MAIDEN was ready to prove its relevance back in 2003. After the Bruce Dickinson/Adrian Smith reunion they had released Brave New World, heads and shoulders above the Blaze Bailey years but falling short of the classic status. Dance of Death... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469525171844 Wed, 6 May 2009 21:36:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469525171844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467956174468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - Teenagers and vampires - on surface, a match made in Heaven (or Hell). They are bloody moody creatures. Night is their environment - vampires in a bread and butter way of sorts, teenagers in their fantasies. Teenagers would love to suck the blood out of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467956174468 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:03:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467956174468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467402526340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - It's surprising to notice that, by 2009, the dominating sonority of 1976's BEE GEES' Children of the World record has become the soundtrack to steamy sex. 30 years ago, the epochal analysts believed it to be one of their ‘lightest' albums... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467402526340 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:58:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467402526340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465270836868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - YEAH YEAH YEAHS' 3rd studio recording, It's Blitz, sounds as a Big Apple collage of peoples, contexts and moods. You can see the band struggling with the limits, spatial and aesthetic, they find in this never-ending urban landscape. You see... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465270836868 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:34:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465270836868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464444493444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - Sophomore albums are hard tasks. Especially if your debut - as KISS' - was the stuff of legend. But more than following a legend, KISS had to follow what didn't follow from the legend.In spite of the excellence and the visionary aspects that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464444493444 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:23:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464444493444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463994850948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - Many THE CURE compositions were inspired by Robert Smith's dreams - dreary or endearing. Remember All Cats Are Grey. Or if you prefer, Lullaby. The liquidity and cinematic allure of dreams seem to fit this band's records as much as another Morphemic band... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463994850948 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:57:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463994850948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462123667076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - A Virgin Megastore is about to close in Broadway NY. LADY GAGA’s debut The Fame was all over the place (as I picked THE VELVET UNDERGROUND and PRINCE, to name a few discount households, before the inevitable). The image pretty much... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462123667076 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:46:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462123667076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460382375556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - A nerd cult hero, BEN KWELLER was never one of my listening staples. Nevertheless, I took some spins on his latest release Changing Horses, due to its beautiful embossed sleeve, which means my first 2009 acquisition. Officially released the day... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460382375556 Sun, 8 Feb 2009 20:32:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460382375556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458100018820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - Kai Hansen left HELLOWEEN past their classic series of Keeper of the 7 Keys albums. At the same time Germany reunited, as Cold War drew to a close. The zeitgeist helps explain why the man chose Heading for Tomorrow as the title for his solo debut... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458100018820 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:28:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458100018820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457636286084?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - In days of frantic recombination, an eclectic band like THE KILLERS fits well. Facing declining market gains, recording companies love even more bands like THE KILLERS, whose eclecticism is kept coherent by a strong image.2008's Day & Age is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457636286084 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:15:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457636286084?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454785666692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - After the chaotic Blackout, BRITNEY SPEARS bounced back to charts and MTV alike. Like stock markets after a depression, risen by virtue of inertia and blind faith. Like bankrupt insurance companies, nobody wants them to sink. MTV and fans gave her a vote... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454785666692 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:37:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454785666692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454216748676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - Eastern Europe was one of Heavy Metal's core regions back in 1988 with such renowned groups such as HELLOWEEN (at their peak), YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE, SCORPIONS, CELTIC FROST and MERCYFUL FATE fusing the stark imagery and the harsh riffing of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454216748676 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:44:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454216748676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453147856516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - When identities become commodities, people resort to alter egos. If Freud was right, superego was the state - an external repressor internalized, a disciplinary move. If the analogy applies, BEYONCE's I Am...Sasha Fierce is her unspeakable desire... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453147856516 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:48:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453147856516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_452280094340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - NY-based gypsy jugband GOGOL BORDELLO delivers an uneasy mix of JETHRO TULL telluric ambition and MANO NEGRA eclecticism bursting through borders. The rather singular approach meant gypsy music was once again present under the Pop radar but differing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452280094340 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:59:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452280094340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_450578976388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - OASIS? The Hard Rock-Psychedelia of Bag It Up makes you think otherwise. With a heavy Billy Corgan accent, Liam Gallagher makes one wonders what would we have if SMASHING PUMPKINS (circa Gish) and OCEAN COLOUR SCENE (1996's) attempted to create their own... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~450578976388 Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:54:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_450578976388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449964707460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - It was 20 years ago today. In a time when BLACK SABBATH wasn't hype. Hiro Yamamoto was the bass player. SOUNDGARDEN was SOUNDGARDEN, but a different SOUNDGARDEN than the world would know a few years in advance, some years ago.By 1988 there was a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449964707460 Sat, 1 Nov 2008 21:38:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449964707460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449282346628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - Cold War dynamics and nuclear weapons meant states rsquo; contiguity took a quantum leap beyond the logics of sovereignty ndash; from rivalry in an anarchic system to the brink of mutually assured destruction, a global holocaust. Ontological... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449282346628 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:15:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449282346628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_447959240324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - JOTA QUEST is Minas Gerais' KC amp; THE SUNSHINE BAND. A White Funk-Disco outfit. In those terms, a less than decent one. A nasal singer fronts the band. A Barbie boy is the guitar player. A technical prodigy assumes bass duties. Their lukewarm... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~447959240324 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:10:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_447959240324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_447369154180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - As Grunge turns 20, in retrospect the genre experienced a twofold change. From mucky guitars to muddy acoustics (no puns intended). From quiet desperation and revolt, to acquiescence and depression.ALICE IN CHAINS' 1992 EP Sap can be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~447369154180 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:47:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_447369154180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446936813188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - In those days of spatial detachment, we find a Canadian band called TOKYO POLICE CLUB. Here and now we have plenty of exotism interlocked with a heavy dose of standardization - that's to say, a polite refusal of otherness. TOKYO POLICE CLUB sounds... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446936813188 Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:31:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446936813188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446184525444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author silktempest - A-Punk, one of the highlights of NY's VAMPIRE WEEKEND's eponymous debut, is another 1980s-2000s mashup. African-inflicted percussion akin to THE TALKING HEADS, quicksand acoustic Indie guitars (BEIRUT, but sanitized) and plaintive, effervescing vocals... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446184525444 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:39:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446184525444?linkin_id=8003929