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Bring forth your drivel, drivellers! Bring on thine foolishness!!

VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:30 (fourteen years ago) link

Wow, where has this thread been all my life?

Goethe*s Elective Affinities, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 05:35 (fourteen years ago) link

four months pass...

Cloverfield [Blu-ray]
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
The camera guy, November 10, 2009
my reviews is always short cuz i dont want it to be boring while reading it and cuz of my poor English.

first of all this movie would be a lot better if it is just viewed or let me say if we watch it just like

the other movies .. the standard camera p; .. not the camera guy :) .. so u can not see it clear

u miss something some times cuz of this Camera .

sounds are great in this movie ,, thanks for reading.

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 07:41 (fourteen years ago) link

Friday the 13th Uncut [Blu-ray]
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0 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
old movie, July 7, 2009
i didnt check this was old movie lol
i bought it fast fast... then i shocked
bad movie

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 07:45 (fourteen years ago) link

two months pass...

2 of 83 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars the standard test, May 14, 2010
By A. Apter "caro fan"
This review is from: Living in the End Times (Hardcover)
Whenever I come across one of these kinds of books from a European/Slavic philosopher I always perform what I call the "Israel Test." This test tells me whether or not the author is sane. Failing the test, the author can be counted on as either a lunatic with something of interest to say, or just another spiteful blowhard. At any rate, I performed the Israel Test on Living in the End Times and this is what I found. The author believes that the founding of Israel was a crime (his word) and that the Israelis believed they were engaged in a crime. Here you will find many such nuggets tucked and squirrelled away, as the author casually presents them. Personally, as a philosopher myself, I have little truck with such idiots.

Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 18 May 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
THE T.A.M.I. SHOW COLLECTORS EDITION, April 24, 2010
By H. Kent Pellegrino - See all my reviews

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DO NOT BUY! IT DOES NOT CHANGE TRACKS. TO MUCH HASSEL TO SEND BACK. KENT

by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 09:59 (thirteen years ago) link

By Shirley M. Cooper - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)

I KNOW MR.BILL BEENY FROM ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1952 WHEN HE WAS A MINISTER ON RADIO AND MY MOTHER LISTEN TO HIM ALL THE TIME. MR.BILL BEENY HAD A CONTEST ON THE BIBLE AND MY MOTHER ENTERED THE CONTEST AND WON FIRST PRIZE WHICH WAS A SMALL HOLY BIBLE, A SCOFIELD REFERENCE EDITION. THE YEAR 1952 IN CHESTERFIELD MISSOURI WHERE WE LIVED AT THAT TIME AND I WAS THE ONE TO GIVE IT TO HER FROM THE MAILBOX. SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT SHE HAD WON IT. THEN MOTHER AND DAD MOVED TO FORISTELL MISSOURI IN 1977 AND FOUND MR.BILL BEENY SELLING REAL ESTATE IN WRIGHT CITY MISSOURI AND THAN OPENING A BAR IN FORISTELL MISSOURI WHICH REALLY HURT MY MOTHER WHO WAS A BORNED AGAIN CHRISTIAN. HE HAD RESTAURANT WITH OLD PINK CADILAC PARK IN FRONT, AND AN ELVIS MUSEUM IN WRIGHT CITY MISSOURI ALSO. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW RAY FEGER AND HIS WIFE VELMA WEST VISITED HIS BAR IN FORISTELL ALOT. MY MOTHER WAS BORNED IN RULESVILLE MISSISSIPPI AND THAN RAISED JUST 10 MILES FROM WHERE ELVIS'S WAS BORNED. KNOWING ALL THIS AND WHAT GOD GAVE TO ME IN OCTOBER OF 1977 I JUST HAD TO BUY MR.BILL BEENY'S BOOK AND READ IT, AND READ I DID. IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT IF ELVIS IS DEAD, READ THE BOOK CALLED, "TOUCH BY TWO KINGS" BY RICK STANLEY ELVIS'S BROTHER AND YOU WILL KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT HOW GOD WORKS AND THAT ELVIS IS DEAD AND GOD KNOWS ELVIS IS AND SO DO I BY SOMETHING GOD GAVE TO ME IN OCTOBER OF 1977. I AM 69 AND I STILL LIVE IN FORISTELL, MISSOURI. MOM AND DAD HAVE GONE TO HEAVEN. THIS MY REVIEW. I WOULD NOT WASTE MY MONEY ON THAT BOOK AGAIN.
SHIRL DAFFRON COOPER

alimosina, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I never stole this album, but the cops took my tape of it, January 5, 2004
By Jay DeKing (Tallahassee, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stupid People Shouldn't Breed (Audio CD)
The cleaned-up version of "Chemical Imbalance" used to play on our local college station during the early 90's. I taped it on a few mix tapes (couldn't get enough of it!) and finally bought the cassette of "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed."
Unfortunately, a few years later, my car was seized by the state cops for ... um ... some misbehavior on my part. I never got the car back, nor did I get any of my favorite tapes, which happened to be in the car at the time. Skatenigs were in my daily rotation at the time, so I was out one great tape (along with many others).

Fast forward to the year 2000 -> -> -> I've moved 1200 miles away; I'm back on my feet, I am a respectable citizen again; I'm also 38 years old. As soon as I had found the best music shops in town, I set about my search for "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed" on CD.

It turns out that I had to special order it; only the very best shop was able do it for me. (This is before I discovered Amazon, but the music shop had it to me in a week.)

Now, I have my Bach, I have my Beatles, I have my Johnny Cash, Hendrix, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Jane's Addiction, B.B. King, Plasmatics, Zappa, James Brown and the Barber of Seville. But I also have Skatenigs. That's what sets me apart, though I wish that everyone could hear them. (It's a mission!)

For Christmas I gave my 17 year old daughter a mix CD that included "Chemical Imbalance" (sans the long spoken intro - her mom wouldn't like it, I don't think). I may be 41, but that tune still puts me into a trance. My right eye nearly closes ... my left eye half closes ... my head moves back and forth ... and then the entire band comes in !! AAAAAHHH!!!!

The whole CD is great, though. A lot of interesting sound samples.

I like "Poundsauce," with the samples, "you take your chances with the law - justice is only a roll of the dice," and "like someone on a rampage." And of course the "what the f$*%!" sample that is used like a percussion intrument during the bridge. It's a repititious tune, but good background for a party or some kind of dancing - or just to jam along with.

"Fight Da Suckas" is an anti-racist tune. Even if you don't listen to the lyrics, it's a good tune.

"Loudspeaker" uses its title and the singer's (lack of?) dynamics (he shouts) as a metaphor for the radical right's oppressive attitude. Deceptively mild sound samples from right-wing speakers are interspersed, and repeated for emphasis, while the singer says absolutely nothing offensive other than "shut up and listen."

Other than that rather abrupt "request," which is repeated a few times, the singer says nothing offensive but rather describes a desire for understanding. The background music is raucous and disturbing, which coincidentally is just how the radical right appears to many freedom-loving patriotic Americans. Sometimes the rest of us do want to say, "shut up and listen" to the holier-than-thou sect, but we're too polite to do so.

The last tune on the CD, "Roadkill," is a great driving song. The whole CD is great for when you're on the road, but this one really is the best. "Backwoods motherf*@$#&%!" "Roadkill all over Texas!"

A driving beat. "I'm not coming back!" "I know what I'm getting and the getting is good!" "Roadkill all over Texas!" "Whaddyou think I am, some sort of a piece of s#*%, I'm a human being."

"I'd like to bite the hand that feeds me ... so ... feed ... me now!"

Truly, one of the great albums of all time. I have Mingus, I have Miles, I have the Beatles, I have Bela Fleck ... All great, but my collection would be seriously lacking without "Stupid People Shouldn't Breed."

Oh, I should mention "Horny For Evil." I can't describe how it starts. You'll either fall off your chair laughing or pop the CD out in disgust. Don't pop it out! It's a Biohazard-style thrash-fest.

Don't pass this one up if you like metal. I'm not even a serious metal fan - Metallica, sure, but I'm more grunge/punk/dirty blues. Not those nasty hair-metal bands from the early 80's. These guys, Skatenigs, grab you by the boo-boo and don't let go until they're ready to. I just wish I could have seen them live.

GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! "Stand Tall and Fight"!!!

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kkvgz, Monday, 19 July 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link

From "The Crow" graphic novel:

0 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
it is so much bull, July 29, 1999
By A Customer

This review is from: The Crow (Paperback)
i dont like it because it isnt true it is just a made up story

San Te, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link

hahaha!

jed_, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link

I love these

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link

Oh man, that Crow review is golden. 0 of 36 people.

could be a bad day for (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link

Netflix review of Brokeback:

Didnt watch this crap, mad gay son...how could you suggest such a thing? It doesnt even fit the genre pf movies I watch. Did I mention it was gay?
3 out of 25 members found this review helpful

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link

3 out of 25 members found this review helpful

San Te, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link

"You know I was planning on renting Brokeback Mountain today, then found out there was GAYNESS in it....Who knew?"

San Te, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm gonna find that crow review and +1 it

dyao, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link

from a review for coming to america

When "Clarence" says that Martin Luther King, Jr. ran up to him and hit him in the chest, I just crack up, cause Martin Luther King, Jr. was a prophet of non-violence.

mizzell, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link

creepy, can only relate if I make it into a hetero. the one seen that broke my heart was the last when he smelled his lovers favorite shirt. done that for women
2 out of 30 members found this review helpful

Another review accuses the film of "blatant homosexuality". ummm

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link

people!

could be a bad day for (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link

This movie is DISGUSTING! If you don't mind watching someone suck their own cock and swallow their cum or hearing someone say they use menstrual blood as make-up, then you may enjoy this movie. Other-wise, stay away.
5 out of 22 members found this review helpful

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link

was that about sideways

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link

or sidesomething

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link

pretend art of forgetfulling over here

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link

Shortbus

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link

Haha sideways

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link

Would love to see Paul Giamatti do that

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link

yeaaaaa, that movie had animal collective music in it

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link

If you don't mind watching someone suck their own cock

nah, i don't mind.

jed_, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link

haha

Sensational Howard (admrl), Tuesday, 20 July 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Wasn't an Amazon post, but an internet argument when I was in my early 20s where someone gave a really stupid synopsis of some album on this early precursor to social networking sites (I think campuskiss.com). I defended whatever album it was, so he went all ad hominem on me saying what would I know about music.

I gave a juvenile response about the size of my music collection (at the time like 500 cds, not exactly a large amount, or anywhere close to what I have now). Other guy replies "Pfft. IIIIIIIIIIIIIII work in a CD STORE, and I can TELL YOU that there aren't 500 cds in the world worth hearing."

San Te, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Not as informative as I had hoped, May 12, 2010
By J@mes B. S!mpk!ns - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bang! Pow! Boom! Nuclear Version (Audio CD)
I purchased this cd because it was my understanding that it would finally lay to rest some of the nagging questions that I had about magnets. Unfortunately, I feel like ICP gave this important topic short shift. I mean they didn't even bother to explain how magnets work. And really, why bring up the magnets if you don't have answers? On the other hand I do like that these artists are using their spotlight to raise some important questions about a scientific concept about which we have precious little information. Maybe this will put the question of how magnets work in front of someone who can finally tell us.

San Te, Friday, 23 July 2010 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM

? (dyao), Friday, 20 August 2010 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link

HAHAHAHA

michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Friday, 20 August 2010 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link

2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
morals are a product of higher inteligence, May 31, 2010
By kim pieruccini - See all my reviews

Indulging in our own vices is the easiest thing to do. Living with morals is tougher but makes for a a meaningful life.
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8 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
Whatever, October 1, 2004
By robbie "robbie" (california) - See all my reviews

This is just like the regular bible. Full of crap and uneducaded. There is no god, no devil no nothing, just us so called "humans" floting around on a big ball of mud until we die inevidibly. Whatever. a big hunk of dull dimwitted thoughts. just like the christian bible.

its time to think for ourselvs.
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don't think I even need to tell you what book these reviews came from....

michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Friday, 20 August 2010 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link

Eat Pray Love?

lord goo goo (latebloomer), Friday, 20 August 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link

if you follow San Te's link PLEASE click on "see and rate all 22 attributes"

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link

was actually dyao's link but LOL that is awesome

michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Friday, 20 August 2010 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link

well who knew, sometimes the internet pulls it out

acoleuthic, Friday, 20 August 2010 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link

39 pages of those

so good

gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 20 August 2010 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link

sorry dyao, the cables whisper to me as i type and i get confused

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 20 August 2010 04:20 (thirteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Nuclear-Materials-Engineering-Landolt-B%C3%B6rnstein/dp/3540484744/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284483024&sr=8-2

Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems (Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series / Physical Chemistry)

Price: $8,039.00 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping

52 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying conclusion to a thrilling series, November 5, 2009
By Mark Alexander (Central Vermont) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems (Kindle Edition)
I had to sell my car and take out an equity loan on my house to buy this book, but it was worth every penny. The previous volumes built to almost unbearable tension, leaving many questions unanswered. Would breeder reactors survive competition from newer technology? Would the nuclear waste problem be solved in our lifetime? Would Iran's nuclear program be stopped before it could endanger the free world? Could Diablo Canyon ever be made safe from earthquakes? Would the beautiful but annoying anti-nuclear activist (played by Jane Fonda in the TV miniseries adaptation) come around to seeing the joys and wonders of nuclear power?

These questions and many others are resolved in a denouement that is both ingenious and satisfying. I won't give away the ending, but I can say with assurance that you won't be disappointed. Highly recommended!


25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Transcending Stereotypes, December 19, 2009
By Ultraguy (Moscow) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems (Kindle Edition)
I know what you're thinking : crystallographic and thermodynamic data of ternary alloy systems is a such a hackneyed plot device. But Landolt-Börnstein work their magic in such a subtle and layered way that at 3am when you are reading just one more page, you suddenly realise how they have completely turned everything on its head and produced the most breathtakingly original work. Not to mention the most spellbinding.

It is a little lightweight on the intellectual side and perhaps should be included in the tweens section, but overall well worth 5 stars. I got it before the 20% discount became available and am delighted. So it really is an absolute steal right now.

owenf, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gift, 21 April 2010
By
J. M. Maynard (Croydon, Surrey, England) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This was bought as a gift for my son. He tells me he is very pleased with it. Delivery, as usual, was very prompt.

Babylon and zing (stevie), Saturday, 11 December 2010 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link

eight months pass...
two months pass...

http://www.amazon.com/Return-Mac-Prodigy/product-reviews/B000MTDRLI/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar

read all but the first 1-star review on this page -- big case of "mistaken identity"

Neanderthal, Thursday, 27 October 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link

eight months pass...

No complaint, September 2, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Mayfair 46ECDG Premium Round Molded Wood Toilet Seat with Easy Clean Hinges and DuraGuard Antimicrobial, White (Tools & Home Improvement)
I still have this on the shelf and have not felt the urgency to replace the old seats yet. Soon.

coal, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:00 (eleven years ago) link

Dog won't eat this., September 2, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: NaturVet Senior Bladder Support Tablets - 60 ct (Misc.)
I don't know if it works. To date, the dog will not eat one. If it were up to me, I would withhold all food until she did, but It is not up to me.

coal, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link

True enough, September 2, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Conservatives Without Conscience (Hardcover)
I almost never buy books and seldom read them cover to cover. I have no complaints about this one and have quoted it from time to time. Still, I have not finish reading it and probably won't.

coal, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link

nice

dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:19 (eleven years ago) link

Have not used it yet., May 10, 2011
By E. Cohen (Occupied territory of Maine) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Lexmark 16 10N0016 & Lexmark 26 10N0026 Compatible Remanufactured 10N0202 Combo Pack - 1 Black & 1 Color Ink Cartridges (Electronics)
All I can say is it arrived timely and was affordable. I still have not finished the first good cartridges ordered from Amazon. So far so good. Amazon will not let you publish without a star rating, so I gave it 5 stars just for price and shipping. Can't say anything about performance, but now I can delete the review request from my inbox.

r|t|c, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 10:40 (eleven years ago) link

"American Pie" book, that should read.

clemenza, Friday, 9 June 2023 19:40 (ten months ago) link

I like that the only other two reviews by "John Sneed" are of accessories for model building from Games Workshop. In particular, he notes that the Technical Texture Stirland Mud, "Looks like poop, but spreads like peanut butter."

niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 June 2023 15:25 (ten months ago) link

As I said to a friend yesterday, it's probably some kid I kept in for recess 20 years ago. (Thankfully, the various Amazon domains don't overlap when it comes to customer reviews, so "John Sneed" is for Canadian eyes only.)

clemenza, Thursday, 22 June 2023 16:30 (ten months ago) link


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