Epinions Recent Reviews for zenhues

HTP Love Fest: Prayer, It Isn't Just for Wackos Anymore, Pt. 2

Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:05:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - This review is part of the Hard_to_Please Love Fest, organized by diverpam, for our friend Mark Hard_to_Please) who was recently diagnosed with advanced cancer. All funds raised this write-off will be donated to Mark to help defray some of his...

I was so much older then.

Thu, 23 Aug 2001 02:24:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - I'll Take Care of You is another solid Mark Lanegan record. Here is why:

Mark's vocal delivery makes these songs. I wouldn't care for an album of remakes, normally, but this is excellent. I find it similar to Dylan's rebirthing "World...

Man, Don't Get Me Started.

Fri, 17 Aug 2001 00:58:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - The Gories.

Garage Rock. To me it can go both ways. One way, tough hip kids that maybe could fix your transmission, arm wrestle you and read Genet, living in bad rooms in bad areas. Other way, dorky kids trying to be hip, buying wacky gas...

Like Brown City, Mi.

Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:09:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - Sun Volt makes music that only Americans (and maybe a few Canadians) can. They exist on the edge of alternative and country, sometimes called Americana. When I get to far gone and full of myself, they serve as a touchstone, to bring me back to my soul...

Back to the Future

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 15:46:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - I never dreamed I would feel old writing a Replacements review. Back in the day, they were the outsider critical darlings. They were the group that made you lament, "Why won't FM radio play music like this?", innocently not realizing what happened soon...

I sold out.

Thu, 4 Jan 2001 02:48:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - I never thought I would be one of those people. The people you see coming in and out of GNC, bags filled with super expensive vitamins, still wearing the headband from the morning workout, drinking sports drinks and eating energy bars. I view...

Hippies: The Next Generation

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 02:32:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - Sometimes my cd collection mirrors the show "Survivor", with the main difference being I have complete say over who gets banished. Nine Inch Nails didn't make it past "Pretty Hate Machine". Pete Droge's "Necktie Second"...

"The Beat(en) Generation"

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 02:01:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - If you were too young to remember the eighties, please watch this and avoid the cotton candy, wonder bread fantasy land that John Hughes created. Being a teen in the eighties, during Reagan's destructive reign, it seemed the world was split in two camps...

Yahoo! Clubs: A Waste of Time

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 03:24:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - I will say right off the bat that I have mixed emotions regarding Yahoo clubs. On one hand I enjoy the convenience and features available. Have a short note to send someone, or a link you would like to share? The club format is an easy way to do it...

More like punk rock than you might think.

Fri, 24 Nov 2000 04:12:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - I am not a Christian. I fail the first test, which is uttering the creed. I am unsure about most of it, so at the present moment I would be lying to affirm belief in something I do not believe in. My spiritual path has been as wandering and confused as...

Fearlessness is your raw, wounded heart exposed

Fri, 10 Nov 2000 04:28:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - This is one haunting cd. I stumbled across American Music Club at a time when life had come to collect the debts my lifestyle had accumulated. I was forced to lose my illusions. If you have ever woke up to find your life has become a vast and empty...

So good Sebedoh fans better watch it!

Thu, 2 Nov 2000 03:58:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - J. Mascis is back. It has been four years since he has released new material. These songs have been available on Napster for some time now, which I blame on sneaky and rotten Matt Dillon. There are some unique twists to the unique "J" sound...

Music for oddballs

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:14:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - It is hard to put Dinosaur Jr into a category. Sure, they were there for the great alterna-gold rush of the early nineties. Never commercial enough to break in a big way, like Mudhoney, they were a victim of the expectations created when all the mall...

Arts and music are wonderful here.

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 02:28:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

Detroit. What do you think of when you hear that word? Crack, shootings or the cursed Lions may come to mind. There is a lot more here than that. There is an amazing arts community. The...

"Heartbroke and poor, lovesick and lonely"

Fri, 1 Sep 2000 02:33:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - I get the chills listening to this cd. Matthew Ryan is back, examining the shadowed spaces of the heart. His writing has grown since his excellent debut "May Day". He is singing for those of us sad, somewhat broken and disillusioned. It is...

Excite At Home: Part II: "The only path to heaven, is via hell" (the the)

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 05:41:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - I am a survivor. I have survived installation of ATT@ Home . It has taken over a month to get the service working properly. I have been in hell, talked to the devil's tech supports, and now, like Dante, I am here to report what I have seen.

My...

Some times the distance can seem so far.

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 02:21:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - It is rare to stumble across something that touches you in the deep, wounded part of your soul, the part you safely tuck away and shield with sarcasm and bitterness. This album does that. I find myself in his honesty, and I bet a lot of you will too...

Techno for a new century

Mon, 24 Jul 2000 01:30:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - You have heard the rap on techno. "That's not real music, they aren't playing any instruments." BT's album is the perfect defense to that argument. Brimming with top notch techno, he also includes some "traditional" songs. It is a...

Bringing it all Back

Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:01:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - Growing up as a teen in the eighties, Bob Dylan had become fodder for lame morning show deejays and cheesy late night talk show hosts. He was an easy target, showing up incoherent at times and bizarre at others. His music had lacked something, a fire...

Excite At Home: Part 1: Installation. @home is an appropriate name.

Sun, 9 Jul 2000 01:44:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - Little did I know when I signed up for service that the name @Home meant I would have to be at home an awful lot, missing work and waiting. Two weeks after my scheduled installation date I am not fully installed. My experience thus far has been...

I wanted to hate this, but it is brilliant.

Thu, 6 Jul 2000 02:01:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - I was primed to hate this cd. I had seen Fiona all over the place acting like a spoiled, preachy brat. I read about the title and groaned. I expected a lighter version of Tidal, her amazing debut album. I could not have been more off the mark. She...

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step."

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 04:04:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - A lot of people read the bible for guidance and inspiration. I am not there right now. I get confused by it and end up with a headache. I am thankful to have stumbled across the Tao Te Ching. For ten years I have been reading it and applying it to my...

Letters from the edge of experience.

Tue, 27 Jun 2000 03:26:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - This is one wicked book. Willam S. Burroughs' letters are sharp, intelligent and funny. It is fascinating to get inside the mind of one of the greatest people of the 20th century. Every page in this book has at least one killer line in it, something you...

Mark Sandman's lovely goodbye.

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 01:05:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - "You're the night, lilah. A little girl, lost in the woods. You're a folk tale, for the unexplainable." This is the beginning of Morphine's excellent cd, "The Night". Silky saxophone, tight drums and a mellow bass introduce the...

A grunge "Notes from the Underground".

Sun, 18 Jun 2000 05:36:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author zenhues - Mark Lanegan's music always brings autumn to mind. You can almost feel the cool crisp wind, along with the feeling everything is beginning to decay. This music is American, evoking the west, wide open spaces and a pervasive loneliness. If you are...