I got a new record player last Christmas as a present, you know, the kind that plays real records made from real vinyl, which I have in abundance. Well, I finally got it hooked up to an old Marantz amplifier, the kind that still used vacuum tubes, and the thing sounds great! Just got done [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Eric’s Book and Movie Reviews category.
Clerks: Music From The Motion Picture
Great collection of stuff from the “Golden Age” of grunge! This CD not only made for a perfect soundtrack for Kevin Smith’s classic debut movie, but it can also stand alone as a great collection of grunge/metal/alternative tunes from an assembly of famous and lesser known performers from the early 90′s. This was when the [...]
What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response by Bernard Lewis
A great start, lacks only more detail The opening chapters of this book document the rise and fall of Islam as a political/military entity. It goes without saying that there’s not much in the way of a pacifist tradition within Islam; it began as a religion of the sword, and for its first thousand years [...]
Beavis & Butt-Head do America
Delightfully Dumb TV’s Dumbnamic Duo make the jump to the Big Screen as they travel the country in their endless (and fruitless) efforts to ‘score’. Spurred on by an offer from a drunken tough guy to “do” his wife for $10,000, they head to Vegas, then are sent back across the country when they run [...]
The Bachelor Home Companion by PJ O’Rourke
The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig By PJ O’Rourke Should get 6 out of 5 stars This book is absolutely hilarious! I’m a big fan of PJ’s, so how did I miss this little gem until now? Anyway, this book had me literally LOL (Laughing Out Loud) as [...]
Prospects for interstellar travel by John H. Mauldin
Prospects for interstellar travel (Science and technology series) by John H. Mauldin A solid technical look at human starflight prospects This book presents, in technical terms understandable to most any engineering or science major, the prospects and problems involved with planning an actual interstellar space mission. The bad news, for devotees of Star Trek and [...]
Great Rock Bands: Pink Floyd vs Nine Inch Nails
Which to choose? ‘Tis difficult, since both are musical geniuses. Floyd has been around longer and has more material to choose from, but ultimately the contest cones down to each’s top albums. In the case of Pink Floyd, it’s The Wall and for NIN it’s The Downward Spiral. Floyd are arguably the better musicians, with [...]
Car & Driver Magazine
Best all around car mag Some other magazines may be better in specific areas, but for my money C&D is simply the tops for the all around car buff. It offers the best balance of serious automotive journalism, including perhaps the most comprehensive testing, along with plenty of offbeat fun. C&D isn’t above indulging in [...]
