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I’m a Rebel was an album that I when I was in my teens, thought was quite an old Accept album. Of course, as it came out when I was 10 years old, it was kinda old when I was 15 or 16. But it wasn’t so much the age of the album that was the issue I think. It was more the punkish attitude on the title song of the album. I love it,...
Women and Children First is the third album by the legendary band Van Halen. I was never a big fan even though Eddie Van Halen’s name alone brings out the guitar nerds claiming him to be the best guitarist of all time. I don’t really dispute that. It’s not my favorite guitar playing but his skills are hard to overrate. I thought most of that had to do with him being such an early pioneer...
I wasn’t really educated enough when I first saw Death Ship in 1980. I thought that the cover art was more or less stolen to the much newer horror flick Ghost Ship. It took me a while to realize that Ghost Ship is actually more or less a remake of Death Ship. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me but it just didn’t. It’s so obvious now. Of course, the cover art alone...
Smokey and the Bandit was the film that I thought I saw back in the old days. It’s seems that it actually was the first movie though since I don’t reorganize anything from this one. It may seem odd that I’ve seen and reviewed thousands of flicks but never saw these classics. But that’s how it is and you can never cover everything on your frame of reference even how much you try. In this...
I once heard an interview with some of the members of Def Leppard where they talked about the musical influences of Queen. At the time I think that Hysteria was just released. An album that was a massive success for the band. Anyway, they talked about the influences Queen had contributed and I couldn’t understand the similarities – until now. On Through the Night is Def Leppards first album and it’s easy to hear. That’s...
Final Destination 3 – 2006 – some more death…
Spasmo – 1974 – Umberto Lenzi
The Gladiator – 1986 – A trip back to nostalgia land
Texas – Jump on Board – 2017
Travel with the Sun – TwentySeventeen – 2017
East of Eden – Mercator Projected – 1969
The Hellacopters – Overdriver – 2025
Aimee Mann – 2017 – Mental Illness
