I gave this 2 stars, but wish I could give it 2 1/2 stars instead.

I enjoyed this book simply for the content. I’ve had a renewed interest in the history of my hometown and the region since moving back here. It was interested to hear more about people who I only knew by last names and whom places and streets were named after.

Unfortunately, the writing is not really that great. It reads more like a college thesis instead of a book. Names are dropped before it is explained who they are.

I’ll still read part II though.

This is a decent read, but a lot of the examples are out of date. The important thing is that the concepts are still quite applicable to today’s web.

If you plan to read this one, you’ll get some use out of it. But I would suggest getting it from a library instead of buying it.

see title of this review.

Didn’t like this one too much. The short stories were cool, and I think I would have enjoyed them more as a stand-alone collection. I didn’t really get much of the back story of all the characters, and the main story itself really didn’t do much for me. I kept reading and reading hoping for the usual “Chuck Palahniuk Mindfuck” at the end (you know, the usual ended that turns out that the story you were reading the whole time really wasn’t the main story at all thing.)

Anyway, this book seemed more like a “shock value” type thing. Or one of those “final books of a contract i wanna get out of” type thing.

ok. this record reminds me of what it would sound like if you took early mastodon recordings and make them USBM instead of what they do. in other words, this is a GREAT record. Thus band flew under my radar for way too long. highly recommended.

This is not the strongest release from Xasthur, and I believe it’s not nearly as strong as his last release, “Subliminal Genocide”.

It’s recorded differently, so the barrage of sound I am used to in other Xasthur releases isn’t here. One of the things I really enjoy about Xasthur is the feeling of being totally surrounded by the sound in his releases, it’s missing from this one.

In his defense, Xasthur doesn’t make music thinking about the fans though. He just makes music and releases it not caring of the outcome (of course this is up for argument).

This is an interesting record to listen to. There are a few tracks on here that are decent, but this just doesn’t seem to really pack the punch that I expected. It keeps moving towards a point where you think this record will finally grow on you, but doesn’t quite make the cut.

It’s decent, but I think the band could have dropped a few of the spoken-word bullshit on this and spent a little more time on the music.

These guys seem to making their “message” be more important than the music…

took me a while to check this band out, but it was worth it. there are some higher production values on this release as opposed to other black metal releases, but it’s fitting for this band. (I do hate their tendencies to start some songs really soft or with a fade-in though.)

I like the vocals on this one… it’s a unique, evil sound!

This is a good release. Well-played, underground-style US Metal. These guys remind me of early mastodon with more of a rock and roll vibe. This is one of the stronger releases of 2007, and I wish I picked up on these guys earlier.

I’m not sure what to think about Weedeater. I like their stuff, but their is something missing from it for me. I think I keep listening to it in hopes of hearing something that will take me back to the days of Buzz*oven, who I terribly miss.