Bartleboom

DeRank : 35,89
DeAge™ : 7611 days • Here since 9 august 2005
Dozer Through The Eyes Of Heathens
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Like Micchinobello: reading your review (which is, as usual, very well written) it almost seems like there was a void of stoner bands from (let's say) '94 to 2006, while the problem is rather the opposite. I think I abandoned these guys too soon: I quickly shelved them away as typical Kyuss clones and didn't follow them when they started to make more personal and interesting stuff. I picked them up just in time to be thrilled by Beyond Colossal, which remains a true masterpiece, really one of the best albums of giant guitar sounds in recent years. I don't know this one. I'll catch up!
Trey Parker & Matt Stone South Park - Cartoon Wars (Parte I e II)
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Well, I didn’t really like the review. First of all because there was already a review on this series where the comparison between South Park, Griffin, and Simpson had already come up in the comments. Instead of writing a new review (which, objectively, adds nothing to the previous one), you could have adequately participated in the discussion. Second, because this review mostly boils down to a (pretty boring) summary of the episodes (another reason to reduce it to a comment to be posted on the other review). Third, because, I don’t know, this way of reviewing (cold, detached, clinical, surgical, etc.) anything is starting to get on my nerves a bit: when I read your stuff, I always get the impression that it makes no difference to you whether you’re talking about your favorite album or the latest compilation of La Prova del Cuoco. I mean, come on, relax a little... we’re talking about one of the most outrageous cartoons in television history, and you discuss it like it’s an episode of Medicina 33 about prostatitis!
Detente Recognize No Authority
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"the genre is at least oriented towards a purely masculine inclination..." Translated: if you decide to become a metalhead, know that you will face some endless years of fierce forced masturbation.
Sarcofago I.N.R.I
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Great rediscovery and good review (even if it's a bit of a double), although perhaps it could have been trimmed a bit in some spots. The record is among the most deliciously raw things I've ever heard. And then the sublime ignorance of the lyrics... If I’m not mistaken, in Ready to fuck it says something like: "Admire my drill, it will make your dreams come true." Maybe the word masterpiece is a little (quite) wasted, but for a certain type of music for a curly-haired person with sweaty armpits, it's pure manna.
Forbidden Omega Wave
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To be completely honest, your reflections on the end of the scene don't entirely convince me. I don't think it's plausible that the cause was a general collapse of inspiration that suddenly struck, within a year or so, a myriad of bands scattered across the globe. To me, the situation is much simpler: people just started listening to something else. The only ones who managed to carry themselves into the new millennium were those who could rely on a solid core of fans (without mentioning Metallica, just think of Slayer, who, by the way, went through the second half of the nineties with a cover album and an original record that partially deviated from their sound). In any case, I've listened to Omega Wave just a handful of times and, from what I remember, I feel inclined to share your impressions of the album. It's a decent record, a good comeback, but there's really nothing that makes one not just shout “miracle,” but at least spark the real interest of the listener. Let's hope for the next one.
Pink Floyd Pulse
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Well... I agree about the uselessness more or less 80%. I mean, the truly useless and shamelessly commercial stuff would come in the following years, with the various glossy re-releases, the celebratory box sets, the Christmas compilations that are all over the place. Here we have three sixty-year-olds with a budget like that of an Arab emirate who want to show off, basking in their own glory: you can't compare that to a live performance from 30 years earlier played by four twenty-year-olds high on hallucinogens! It's a concert designed for younger listeners (who might listen to different stuff, but who bought Dark Side in its original form), for the armchair psychonauts, not for the original fans or the genre connoisseurs. As for the technical aspect, I wouldn't be so harsh: I agree about the tackiness of the musicians, but Gilmour and Wright here actually seem to me quite in shape (in my opinion, the solo in "High Hopes" is here in its best version...).
Menomena Mines
Menomena Mines
29 jan 11
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It's exactly as the expert azzo says: the Black Merda (where Merda stands for the slang pronunciation of Murder) should not be confused with the Blech Merda (where Merda stands for the Piedmontese pronunciation of merda).
Rowan Atkinson Mr. Bean Nella Stanza 426
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...just because you wouldn't stop tickling me! Don’t tease me or I’ll tell everyone about the scenes you made when I wouldn’t let you watch Benny Hill in peace.
White Hinterland Phylactery Factory
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Beautiful. Very. Good. Very. Bunga. Bunga.
Rodrigo Cortès Buried - Sepolto
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Just finished watching it: it was an endless agony. It's been years since a film weighed on me this much. The whole first hour gave me a crazy case of orchitis, you know I've already got the watermelons ready for this summer. I'm not saying the director isn't talented and all that, I'm just saying it really got on my nerves. When the guy from the company made that phone call, I started cursing at the TV like my grandfather used to during the Milan matches with Tabarez... I don't know!