On a scale from 1 to 10, my waterproof ipod shuffle kicks all non-waterproof shuffles’ asses.
A while back, when I first saw Steve Jobs announce the new version of the iPod shuffle, with integrated clip and super-small form factor, I was excited. I exercise a lot, mostly running, biking and swimming. Music (or “books on [...]
My Review: 9
I love this song. It’s funny, it’s poignant, it’s well written. It’s written in 3/4 time and played as though it were a waltz itself. I just think it’s brilliant. Willie Nelson wrote it and published it first on his concept album “Shotgun Willie” in 1973, one of his very best albums in [...]
My Review: 6
I like muxtape.com. Sol told me about it (more or less) when he sent me a muxtape that he had made. It was good (we like similar music) and it inspired me to make my own.
The idea is super cool. You can upload as many as 12 .mp3 files to muxtape, name the [...]
My Review: 8
In 1996, my first year of college, the musical RENT, by Jonathon Larson, came out on Broadway in New York. I was lucky enough to go see it with my friends David Neufeld and Aliza Etlin nee Katz.
I loved this show. I saw it in New York that year, and then again in [...]
My Review: 8
CBS recently started airing a television sitcom called The Big Bang Theory. The show centers on two physicists living in LA; both are nerdy and socially stunted. They live next door to a very attractive woman, and shenanigans ensue. The show is actually pretty funny, but it is not the subject of this [...]
My Review: 5
I think Guitar Hero, the series of games from Red Octane, kicks motha-flippin’ ass. I love to rock out, it’s simple and fun. So I am not going to review Guitar Hero in general; everyone already knows that it rules.
Instead I am going to review, specifically, GH3 for the PC.
I don’t own [...]
by Neil Diamond.
My Review: 8
I grew up listening to Neil Diamond. My friend Mike Baranov is a rabid Neil Diamond fan, has seen him more than 20 times in concert, and celebrates his entire catalog. Neil Diamond is iconic.
I am still mixed on whether he really fit in well on the [...]
My Review: A Brutal 9
A friend at work turned me onto a cartoon on Adult Swim, it’s called: Metalocalypse.
This show is awesome. It’s about a fictional metal band called Dethklok – they’re the greatest metal band ever and “represent the 12th largest economy in the world.” They are forever in search ways to [...]
My Review:10
Rick Danko learned music as a young child, became an apprentice butcher at age 14, was a member of an American/Canadian Honky-Tonk Rock’n’Roll band at 17, an international Rock’n’Roll star with “The Band” by age 23, and died at age 56 of a heart attack.
Rick Danko was a kind, fun-loving, goofy man who [...]
My Review: 8
They Might Be Giants.
The two Johns.
TMBG.
This rock band has written, produced, recorded and (mostly) released a new album, and I like it very much. The hoped-for suite of fun melodies, silly, well-informed lyrics and fun composition is very much present on this album. “The Else,” is set for release on [...]
