Southern Hummingbird

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J reviewed:

Southern Hummingbird ~ Tweet

1 of 13 people found the following review helpful: A Mess, April 30, 2006 Their was 3 good songs on this album. This album was a hot ass mess, I don't see how people could call this a classic or even like it. Thats why Ashanti SMOKED her ass and now Tweet is nowhere to be seen! Do yourself a favor and buy the hottest album to come out in 2002 and a CLASSIC Contemporary RnB Album in Ashanti!

April 30, 2006

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Vheissu

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Janos Audron reviewed:

Vheissu ~ Thrice

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: It is a masterpiece., April 28, 2006 Whether or not you liked Thrice's previous albums is, in my opinion, irrelevant. If you are a fan of music in general, Vheissu is for you. The fact is that, especially if you're a big Thrice fan and loved how heavy they were, you will need to listen to this a few times before it really takes a hold of you. But rest assured, you will realize very soon that this is one of those rare albums that will do nothing short of astonish and amaze you, and will more than likely change your life as it did mine. I confess, I was a huge Thrice fan before Vheissu came out, and considered them in my top 5 favorite bands. And when Vheissu came out, I was a little disappointed that it was nothing like thier previous efforts. But given a little bit of patience (something apparently a lot of so-called Thrice fans lack), I've become obsessed with Vheissu and Thrice has become by far and away my favorite band of all time. This album has the ability to combine great lyrics with outstanding guitar riffs, amazing melodies and harmonies, songs that are almost hypnotizing (listen to Atlantic), and Thrice also reminds you that while they've become more melodic and have developed a significantly softer sound, they can still be heavy. Listen to Image of the Invisible and The Earth Will Shake and tell me I'm wrong. I could go through all of the songs one by one, but in the end it's really pointless. The reason is of course that every song is the best song on this album. My personal favorite is Red Sky. In my opinion it is the best song Thrice has ever done, and easily one of the best songs out right now, by any one. Everytime I listen to it I get the chills (although admittedly a number of songs, especially Music Box and Like Moths to Flame, have a similar effect). I would recommend Vheissu to anyone. It is a masterpiece.

April 28, 2006

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Dell Ultrasharp 2005FPW 20.1″ Widescreen LCD

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Dell's 2005FPW LCD Monitor is without a doubt an excellent value. Not only is it a quality LCD display, but it also is available for a very competitive price. I can remember not too long ago, 20" LCD monitors were out of just about everyone's price range "“ over $1,000. While the 2005FPW's MSRP is $529, you can get it for under $400 shipped!

April 25, 2006

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Red Sky

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Janos Audron reviewed:

Red Sky ~ Thrice

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Definitely worth it, April 23, 2006 This EP contains two really good B-sides from Vheissu (Flags of Dawn and The Weight of Glory) and live versions of Red Sky, Under A Killing Moon, Of Dust and Nations, and For Miles. The live versions are softer renditions of these songs, and it really changes the dynamic of the songs and I think Dustin does a fantastic job on them. As for the two B-Sides, I really don't understand why they weren't put on the album. Thrice is my favorite band and Vheissu is their best album talent-wise, but there are a few songs on there I would easily trade for these two. Great songs. If you've liked any of the Thrice albums, especially Vheissu, this is definitely an ideal pick up for you. If you've been a fan all along, this is a no-brainer.

April 23, 2006

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When My Autism Gets Too Big! A Relaxation Book for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Busy Bee reviewed:

When My Autism Gets Too Big! A Relaxation Book for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Kari Dunn Buron

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful: Not at all what I was expecting !, April 22, 2006 This book is definitely one of those that you should be able to go through before buying ! After reading the raving reviews I ordered it and it was a huge disappointment ! This book was nothing like what I was expecting ! First it is more a booklet or a leaflet than a real book, it probably has about 20 pages (I don't know exactly because I sent it back right away). When you open the book you usually have one page with a cartoon representing the child coping with his autism getting too big (I personally didn't like the drawings) and on the other page just a few lines of text. That's it !! This book is made for kids, older kids, that can look at it and relate to it ! I thought it was for parents to teach their kids ways of relaxing, it's not ! (I guess the one I needed was the one explaining the 5 points scale...) I am under the impression that this book is useless unless you have the other one and your child is used to the 5 points scale ! I really hope Amazon is going to add the "search inside" option on this book because anyone interested in it should take a pick to make sure it is what they think it is !

April 22, 2006

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Garmin iQue 3000

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The Palm-based Garmin iQue 3000 is a competent organizer and navigator, but it's marred by mediocre performance and lacks some features that put it behind the competition.

April 19, 2006

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Nothing

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Rubin Carver reviewed:

Nothing ~ Meshuggah

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: An important evolutionary step, April 18, 2006 Along with the usual attacks on Meshuggah for being tuneless (among other things), Nothing was widely considered by fans of the band to be a disappointment. It came out on the heels of Meshuggah's stint on Ozzfest's second stage and also capped a four year gap between releases. Being new to Meshuggah at that time, I don't know for sure what the hype was, but I can guess it was pretty high. So here's this band that is supposedly breaking big on Ozzfest and is about to release their MAGNUM OPUS... and then we get.... Nothing. (haha) Nothing is Nothing like its predecessors... well that's not entirely true - it is rich in disorienting polyrhythms and crushingly heavy guitar riffs, as we have come to expect from Meshuggah. But compared to the manic Destroy Erase Improve or the unrelenting Chaosphere, Nothing is... slow. It's slow and it's sludgey and it's repetative. Many of the riffs are far more abstract and melodically counter-intuitive. As the pitch becomes less and less important, the rhythm comes even more to the foreground. At this point, Meshuggah ceases to be a thrash band and becomes a trance band. So what's so disappointing about that? Well, for one, it alienates many of the non-musicians who must struggle to discover the tune buried under all the math. But that's Nothing Meshuggah didn't do on Chaosphere - they just did it a lot faster, a lot angrier, and a lot scarier. So now, not only can it not be sung along to, but it's too slow and confusing to headbang to. The song structures are less apparent as well. But Meshuggah was really hinting at something here, which I think was lost on a lot of people until perhaps Catch Thirty-Three was released (and judging by the reviews, is still lost on some of those people)... that is, the use of repetition and atmosphere to create a mood with their music as opposed to coming straight out with the riffs and calling it a day. There are more hair-raising dissonances and uncomfortable chromatic guitar riffs here than on any single other Meshuggah album, and sometimes it takes up to three or four minutes for the "hook" of the song to be revealed. All of this put together can make it a difficult listen even for a seasoned metalhead. However, for supposedly being a flop, it has its fair share of extremely high quality tracks; "Stengah" is a great introduction to this Meshuggah, displaying just a few of the great things that can be done with this sludgey, droning style. It also introduces us to the basement-range 8-string guitars which were just prototypes at this point. "Closed Eye Visuals" is the central accomplishment of Nothing with its hypnotic, oscillating guitar riffs and creepy, psychedelic interlude/outro. "Spasm" is a standout track in Meshuggah's catalogue, remaining one of my favorite Meshuggah songs for several years now - there's a swaying, dance-like quality to it that is addictive. In fact, the whole first chunk of the album is really good. The main problems with this album take place after the initial euphoria of the first four tracks. For example, "Glints Collide" is a decent song with an amazingly cool bridge riff, but overall isn't fantastic. That's excusable, most albums have their-less-than-brilliant moments. But then another song comes on that buries its best riff somewhere towards the end, and then another and then... well then it starts to become tedious. If Nothing else, Nothing is just badly paced - too many songs based on the same concept were placed in clusters too large for the impatient listener to put up with. Nothing's songs, particularely in the middle, have more of a tendancy to run together than the other albums. Nothing does have an oddly appropriate ending sequence though: after the almost painfully slow and sludgey "Nebulous" comes the actual closer, "Obsidian". "Obsidian" starts out as an instrumental in the vein of "Acrid Placidity", but then explodes into a repetitive sequence of brutal dissonances that goes on for several minutes - not entirely unlike the end of Chaosphere, actually, but slowed down several notches and prolonged for zoning-out-purposes. It is probably the weakest ending sequence of any Meshuggah album (bar Contradictions Collapse) but is appropriate nonetheless. In the end, I can affirm that yes, Nothing is a bit of a disappointment. It lacks the songwriting prowess of Destroy Erase Improve and the insanely tight focus of Chaosphere... but it is an important evolutionary step in Meshuggah's sound. The use of the riff as a tool for creating atmosphere heavily foreshadows the drama of Catch Thirty-Three. The worst moments on Nothing are probably a result of the band getting used to their new 8-string guitars, and they seem to have a better handle of it on subsequent releases. All in all there's really no good reason NOT to buy this album, although I would recommend new people try DEI or Chaosphere first as they suffer from fewer shortcomings. A mostly 3-point album bumped up to 4 by awesome highlights.

April 18, 2006

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Spinning Wireless Speeds

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Not only are manufacturers going off-standard, they are still fibbing on the speed. I guess once you tell a lie, a second, or even a third really isn't any more harmful. Unfortunately for the consumer, just when you think you're getting ahead, you will soon realize that you aren't.

April 16, 2006

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One

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Howard Bronson reviewed:

One: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership by Lance Secretan

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: An Essential Consciousness Tool, April 10, 2006 I was introduced to both this book and, Secretan's book Inspire by my close friend Moe Dixon. As an empowerment writer myself, I approach all works with the highest degree of skepticism but Secretan changed my mind very quickly. His words have an awakening charge to them. The points he makes about living our lives and, the real work we all need to lead from within are both courageous and new. I urge everyone who stumbles accross this page to invest in both books and, just place them on your coffee table. That's how you can begin to changes lives for the better. Worked for me and in the era of overdone hyped guru-isms, Lance has succeeded in producing something credible and highly effective.

April 10, 2006

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Altec Lansing iM716 Earphones

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Altec Lansing teamed up with Etymotic Research to develop the iM716 earphones which are similar in design to Etymotic's own line of in-ear headphones. Will these tiny headphones really isolate noise, and more importantly, will they sound as good as larger headphones?

April 6, 2006

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