| Number |
Name |
Comments |
Information |
| 1 |
Ben Greenstein |
191 |
If you manage to find a comment where Ben
completely agrees with me, you're lucky. We seem to have been born upon
this Earth with one simple purpose - to disagree with each other. The only
difference between us is that I have a record review site and he doesn't
have one! Hee hee hee! Actually, that's not quite true, you can see some
of his reviews at the Mark Prindle site (Bowie, Peter Gabriel, and others).
The funny thing is, I tend to agree with his reviews while he never
agrees with mine - what is this, a plot? Although Ben does have some strange
tastes (c'mon, Sting? He likes Sting and hates Beggar's
Banquet? Okay, okay, I'm shutting down...) |
| 2 |
Bob Josef |
189 |
Some informative and hard-hitting comments
from a guy who's obviously done his progressive rock homework better than
poor little me. He often presents an interesting and deserving alternate
view on these albums - and does so while being cool-headed and polite,
without so much foolish ardency that often characterizes prog fans. |
| 3 |
Rich Bunnell |
128 |
Rich is more of a 'modernistic' fan, with
a strong passion for 80's/90's synth- and not-so-synth-pop (the 'classic'
synth-pop, of course, if ever there is such a thing! Anyway, check his
reviews at the Mark Prindle site, they're definitely worth a look), but
he has an interest in dinosaurism as well. Moreover, he tends to agree
with me most of the time! You don't know how good it feels when someone
agrees with you! Way to go, Rich! |
| 4 |
Glenn Wiener |
119 |
Glenn is one of my most polite and accurate
commentators, so I'm kinda flattered. He also seems to be a great fan of
what some would call 'roots rock' - all kinds of blues-, country- and folk-rock,
which is actually a good thing. One has to be closer to the Earth, is what
I say. I like all these genres too, but probably not as passionately. But
when you see a positive comment by Glenn, reader, know that this album
is indeed it - the Salt of the Earth! (Of course, in case I also like the
album. Hah hah). |
| 5 |
Philip Maddox |
103 |
A great friendly guy, objective and cool-headed, which
is an immeasurable value all by itself. You may also read some of his reviews
at the Nick Karn site (Music Junkies Anonymous). And... what else? Just
read some of his comments and draw your conclusions for yourself. What
am I, a shrink? |
| 6 |
Jeff Blehar |
90 |
For the defense: Jeff's comments are long-winded, fun
to read, intelligent, and display great wisdom and knowledge of the subject.
For the prosecution: Jeff sometimes reminds me of my dear friend Mr Greenstein
in that he has way too many ununderstandable biases and completely ununderstandable
allergies on solid musical material. Judgement: endorse all of his Pros,
as they're beautiful, but take his Cons with a grain of salt - I'm still
baffled by most of these. |
| 7 |
John McFerrin |
89 |
Ooh, that's a long story. We started out as almost enemies
(check out the Moody Blues reviews on the Mark Prindle site for that),
only to find out that the only difference between us is that John hated
Disraeli Gears (he doesn't any more) and I hate Yes. We tend to
agree on most other things. John is really more into the artsy, progressive
bands, and he's got a review site of his own, too - check it out from my
links page. |
| 8 |
Richard C. Dickison |
78 |
Dick is a great guy. He's always complaining about my
not covering more modern bands, but after all, he's only right. Otherwise,
his tastes match mine quite fine, and he's got a clear head and excellent
writing style. Be sure to check out all his remarks. |
| 9 |
Fredrik Tydal |
75 |
A great.friendly guy from Sweden (yeah,
that's where ABBA come from, too!). Hates prog rock and loves all kinds
of psychedelic and rootsy music. Love him for the latter and close my eyes
on the former - after all, nobody asks one to be an eclecticist all the
time. |
| 10 |
Simon Hearn |
64 |
Simon has one of the biggest record collections
in existence, which is good, and is probably the world's biggest R.E.M.
fan, which is not necessarily good, but not necessarily bad either. How
should I know? Also, he's the only guy I know who appreciates Clapton's
Unplugged as much as I do. True good taste will never die, I say! |
