See This Through and Leave

Advantages: Storming debut album from Reading's finest
Disadvantages: None

...vocal delivery. If you never had the pleasure of seeing this album played live, you missed out....

psirac 15.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of See This Through And Leave - Cooper Temple Clause

See The Light, and that's through music

Advantages: Good audio, excellent music, heady and EXCELLENT Cover design.
Disadvantages: Lacks variety, music over rides voice.

.... Cash Cow 9. Wall of Sound. 10. See the Light. Through out the album Slattery?s piano lines has been splendid and Genn?s voice is perfecrt as usual. The guitar, piano, drums and the voice all coalesce perfectly. "Black Hole" to my mind is the most impressive track in this album where they are in search of a real man ??We were so young, Life was so much simple then And we were surrounded by so many real man Thought that there weakness as strength of how wrong they were?? true. There is the melancholy of ?Never See You Again?, wickedness of ?Love Is In Action?. What impressed me most is there ability to reach the heart more with their music rather than the lyrics and the best example is there title track ?See The Light?. There is not much in terms of lyrics in this album but the music is heady, foot tapping and frivolous...

roktimdutta 29.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of See The Light - Hours (The)

No, Actually I Can See Straight Through You

Advantages: Nothing
Disadvantages: Everything

..."You Can't See Me" is the debut album from John Cena. Cena is a wrestler from the WWE, and used a Hip Hop gimmick, and releasing a rap album was a just a part of making this seem realistic. Outside of the wrestling industry, Cena was truely a Hip Hop fan in a town which had no interest in this type of music, so he genuinely wanted to express this throughout his life, so he did enjoy the expierence and it wasn't all just to big up his WWE persona. I really didn't expect to get much out of this album, because he had done some rapping on-screen, with lines which he had written himself, and even though they wre very specific and related to individual wrestlers, he didn't really show much potential. As the quality from this is consistantly weak, it's not worth commenting on individual tracks in the album. This album is definitely...

XICripZ 21.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of You Can't See Me - John Cena & Tha Trademarc

See through the eyes of a teenager

Advantages: Heartwarming and incredibly funny
Disadvantages: Diary format maybe not for all of us

...naïve political element, the Braithwaite family?s steadfast Labour allegiance just failing to sway him. Better, he thinks, to start up a whole new political party, the so-called ?radical group?: ?we are against war and for peace.? The strength of this book is that it manages to portray potentially sensitive teenage issues in a light-hearted yet valuable manner. Teenagers like myself feel a curious affinity with Adrian as he struggles through girlfriends, exams and zits. The book provides a stunningly accurate portrayal of teenage life! Townsend approaches difficult teenage issues very effectively, encouraging the reader to see the funny side whilst always refraining from making them seem trivial. They?re real to Adrian, and they?re real to me. In summary, whether you?re a teenager or whether you?re not, I highly recommend this book. It...

mattwood 25.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Adrian Mole: The Growing Pains - Sue Townsend

How do you see the world?

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...this up without a word of anger, it becomes apparant just how ill Cecilia is, although it's not clear if she herself knows this . After the festivities of the day are over, Cecilia wakes up from her sleep, and hears a voice asking her if she slept well . It's a mysterious being, Ariel, whom Cecilia decides is a boy, and who reveals himself to be an angel . What follows is a book that explores the differences between heaven and earth, the similarities between children and angels, and the importance of adults keeping their inner child alive . Cecilia and the Angel have nightly talks, with him explaining various important points about heaven, and her attempting to explain to him all the experiences he's never had - cold, taste, touch. At the same time, the story progresses through Ceclias daytime actvities and thoughts - her anger at being...

Thehonesttruth 15.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Through a Glass, Darkly - Jostein Gaarder

Through a glass darkly

Advantages: Good Conclusion
Disadvantages: Slow pace

...amusing and frequently makes me wonder how anything every gets done. Donna Leon for my money writes from the heart. She is very good at setting the scene and through intelligent writing is able to get the reader hooked on the story even if not much is happening!! I do not feel it is her best novel by any means but still a well constructed and thought provoking book. For me the book could have quite easily been a little longer in length. As everything seemed a little rushed towards the end. I would have liked to have considered the facts and had them spelt out a little more clearly. Conclusion: Well worth a read. Not the finest moment by Donna Leon but an interesting and enjoyable piece of fiction none the less. A must however for any Donna Leon fans. I can imagine this as a good book to read on holiday, not too deep or riveting...

CPTDANIELS 31.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Through a Glass, Darkly - Donna Leon

Seeing life through the bottom of a glass

Advantages: Good interpretation of the Charles Bukowski novel
Disadvantages: Gets a bit dull after a while

...lives; as such, it was never going to be a bundle of laughs. So is it a good interpretation of the book? And how does it work as a film? I liked Matt Dillon as Henry Chinaski. I was surprised to find that he was cast in the role - the impression I had of Chinaski is that he is not especially good-looking, whereas Matt Dillon is conventionally attractive. However, Dillon manages to pull the role off by looking scarily unkempt (especially the burst blood vessels on his face), and although his charm does sometimes show through, he turns it around the next minute by doing something unpleasant. Looks aside, I did feel that Dillon captured Chinaski's nature well. In my opinion, Bukowski didn't want the reader of his book to feel sorry for Chinaski - he just tells the story as it is - and I think that this is exactly how Dillon and the director...

sunmeilan 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Factotum (DVD)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Advantages: Smooth, high quality animation. Unique atmosphere, well realised characters. Inventive direction.
Disadvantages: Late storyline developments jar.

...Madhouse's 2006 anime feature film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, could initially be mistaken for a sci-fi film. The central premise of time travel invites that view, but the themes and setting swiftly establish it as a high school drama. The logistics of time travel are mostly ignored, acting primarily as a narrative device. A device which the film uses to demonstrate the inevitability of the passage of time and the futility of resisting change. Those ideas are explored through the story of Makoto Konno, a carefree, 17 year old schoolgirl. She claims, in an introductory monologue, to be an unspectacular character; possessing average intelligence compensated by good fortune. Her school-life is near an end, but, despite the prompts of her peers and teachers, she's content to delay serious thought on the future, preferring instead to...

pigeon_of_doom 10.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (DVD)

Seeing the world through your ear...literally!

Advantages: looks great
Disadvantages: incy bit painful

...the pain, or a previous stretching has been unsuccessful, try taking a long hot shower before hand. 1)Wipe ear with antiseptic wipe 2)Simply slide the taper straight through your ear, for a second it might be painful but bearable, pretty much the same as getting your ears pierced for the first time. 3)Once you get to the end of the taper, place your jewellery up against the end so it looks like an extension of the taper, and push the taper the rest of the way through with the jewellery. 4)Wipe ear with antiseptic wipe Your ear will feel like its burning for the next couple of hours or so and may appear slightly red, but that's normal. If your ears are extremely sore or bleeding it means you have stretched too quickly! To be safe, take out the jewellery and replace with the previous. Treat it the same as a new stretch...

cloudedmind 04.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Members Advice On Ear Stretching

Did you miss me, I bet you did...

Advantages: great debut album...
Disadvantages: ...except one track

...Currently on a tour of the UK, The Cooper Temple Clause are a six-man band from Berkshire, who first made their name a couple of years ago. Alternative/indie is probably the best category for this album to be in, although the range of songs featured is incredibly eclectic, and a number of different styles feature on the album. So why am I writing this op? Well, I saw them for the second time, playing at the Cambridge Junction earlier this week - so it's now a perfect time, I believe, to write this opinion! See This Through and Leave was released in February 2002, and, since then, nothing. However, they did play new material at the gig on Wednesday, so I'm guessing there should be another album out soon...fingers crossed! The album features 11 tracks, and retails at £8.99 at Amazon - amazing value for 11 tracks, especially so...

emmorticia 10.05.2003 · Read review
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Review of See This Through And Leave - Cooper Temple Clause