"Six" is vastly different....and all the better for it!

Advantages: 1 of the most original alt rock/indie/brit pop albums ever recorded! Intelligent lyrics! Catchy!!!
Disadvantages: possibly most radio-unfriendly album ever made,though not necessarily a bad thing whatsoever, IMO.

...From the strikingly lingering, indisputably foot-tapping opening riff of "Six" through to the wonderfully subdued dimuendo at the climax of "Being A Girl", that follows a pounding, insistent bridge line vocal which I found somewhat reminiscent of MSP owing to Paul's falsetto on the track combined with his chanting of the lyric "the only pureness left is preached to me by Marx", Mansun have produced an album oozing with, in my opinion - and that of a large cult following which can be clearly seen on lead singer, Paul Draper's website http://www.pauldraper.info/ - an unrivalled level of creativity and orignality which is quite simply, ..mesmerizing. I feel it would be verging on blasphemous to highlight any particular tracks as obvious 'stand outs' while omitting others, as there are really no weak moments on this album. Saying that...

fluorescentjade 28.07.2009 (29.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Six - Mansun

Six Sacred Stones - Six wasted hours

Advantages: A good laugh - preposterous action and action hero
Disadvantages: The time invested

.... Of course, it couldn't be that easy could it? Its location is held within the fabled Six Sacred Stones, which have (doh!!) unfortunately disappeared into the mists of time. (And perhaps the bowels of the Earth????) The search is on - from Stonehenge (and a fascinating, if not believable explanation of its real purpose), to the sweltering Egyptian deserts and the Three Gorges region of China, the hunt for the Six Sacred Stones will take you on an action-packed rollercoaster ride through history, incorporating all of the most up-to-date military hardware ever to be found just lying about waiting for Jack, and some of the fastest and most mind-blowing (and unbelievable) action you will ever begin to read......resulting in the most incredible squib of an ending.... The following poem I think sums up the book hero........ Then 'If you can...

MarkKerr 22.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly

Six Flags Baby

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...Well this will be my last official review of any experiences I have had in North America, until I visit Miami in a month's time. Now this next review focuses more on a specific attraction site, or theme park that I went to whilst visiting Chicago, now im writing about it because most people are think that the big theme parks are all in Florida, however my review will suggest other wise. My review is on my experience of visiting "Six Flags Great America" theme park in Chicago. Now most of you who have read my reviews have known that is spent some time in different American States, I went to Chicago twice, once at the start and once at the end, namely because I had family located there. So my last visit in Chicago, which lasted four days, included a visit to one of the most magnificent theme parks I have seen, yet never heard of before...

jaygami1986 28.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Chicago

Six Of The Best

Advantages: superbly written, impeccably acted
Disadvantages: none

...2002 was a pretty good year for American television, with accolades being given left, right and centre for shows such as 'The West Wing' and '24'. However, the best TV show to come out of the States last year was undoubtedly 'Six Feet Under', which follows the trials and tribulations of the Fisher family as they try to run their independent funeral home. The first series of the show introduced us to the Californian clan with the death of the father of the house, Nathanial Fisher Snr through a bizarre road accident. We are then taken on a roller-coaster ride through their complicated lives as they try to keep their father's business going in the face of adversity. The programme manages to mix subtle comedy with high emotion, and is fantastically written, allowing all of the individual characters to thoroughly develop within...

stoffy 05.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Six Feet Under

Lickety Splitx Lix makes Six..!

Advantages: Lyrical, flowing, sparse, understated writing.
Disadvantages: The plot rather detracts from the work!

...Unfortunately fertile, ferociously productive, lusciously lush, abundantly fruitful. Such is the seed of our protagonist Felix Dern. This ?celebrated? person, this actor, this outwardly successful man has parented no fewer than six children by six different women, and there is no mistake that his talents are laid out for us in the very first sentence of the novel: ?Every woman he dares to sleep with bears his child.? There, I think that is clear then: he is without question a powerful pollinator. Yet from this premise you will be surprised to learn that Lix is not a Goliath who bestrides his sexual landscape with ease and confidence. The actor who plays Don Juan on the stage is in truth something of a worrier, a thoughtful man who can misread a word or glance from the opposite sex all too often. His life feels shackled...

Kirsty1 18.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Six - Jim Crace

Six Feet Under

Advantages: Very good writing and acting
Disadvantages: None

...Channel 4 and E4 have succeeded in bringing us yet another top class television programme, ok its not British, but, made by the Americans. Oscar winner Alan Ball of 'American Beauty' fame as written an absolute corker. Six Feet Under is a black comedy drama about the Fisher family, who run a funeral home Fisher and Sons. The family consists of two brothers, one sister, their mother and their recently departed father who died on Christmas Eve, when a downtown bus was in collision with their father driving the herse. The eldest son Nate lived and worked in Seattle, who upon hearing of his fathers death flew directly home to be with family. On his journey home he meets up with a girl named Brenda. Who is also on her way home to California, these two are in my completely sex crazed. David the second son is what...

Zoe30 05.07.2002 · Read review
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Review of Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under Season Five Review.

Advantages: One of the greatest tv shows ever created, gripping, briliantly written, can't get much better.
Disadvantages: There honestly is nothing or very little wrong with this show/season.

...No matter how many adjectives you pile upon this show, there simply aren't enough words to describe the incredible talents of everyone involved in creating a show that should be the bench mark for fellow TV shows and aspiring writers or directors for the future. These may be bold and strong words but Six Feet Under putting it simply, is one of, if not the best TV Show ever created. This is the fifth and final series of HBO's dark and disturbing drama set in a funeral home and is quite possibly the best of the lot. Season five ties up all the lose ends in what has been an emotional roller coaster for not only the characters but for the viewers too, keeping us both glued to the screen and dreading the end which inevitably is heading our way. The quality of this, and all the seasons for that matter, shines through when you realise that...

Owen1818 17.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Six Feet Under - Series 5 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

Danger! Electric Six! Fire!

Advantages: Catchy songs, plenty of big loud hits.
Disadvantages: A few weak links, can become a novelty soon.

...Electric Six have always been known for their singles 'Gay Bar' and 'Danger, High Voltage'. These were both huge hits here in the UK, both peaking in the top ten. These singles were probably recognised for their great wit and, probably most noticably, the videos that came with them. Everyone remembers for the video for 'Gay Bar' because of the depiction of former president Abraham Lincoln, which I thought was genius. But there is more to this album then one may expect. I bought this album not knowing what I was going to get, but when I first stuck this in my CD player I was 'blown' away. It was packed with many an original disco punk number, from the highly danceable to the extra highly danceable. I was especially pleased with the tracks 'Electric Demons in Love' and 'Synthesizer', which seemed to blend some charismatic and often...

sobelecta 29.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Fire - Electric Six

• Six Feet Under

Advantages: Great show, great acting,
Disadvantages: Not to everyone's taste, deals with death, expensive DVD set

...SIX FEET UNDER "Six Feet Under" is another Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American drama series which has had success both sides of the Atlantic. It's had a 'ground-breaking' five-season run on HBO in the States (the same people who brought us Sex and the City) and though I thought we'd only seen the first three seasons over here in the UK, it would appear that four have been aired, as the fifth and final season will go out on E4 on the 16th August. As far as I'm aware, the first three seasons are available to buy as complete sets in this country, and you can get hold of the fourth season over the Internet as it's available to buy in the States. (Remember though to check that your DVD player will be able to play it). The fifth, and final, season is currently airing on HBO with 12 episodes over the summer. FROM THE BEGINNING...

lora44 28.07.2005 · Read review
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Review of Six Feet Under - Series 2 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

Ye Royale Balles And Chaynes - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

Advantages: Vivid account of events; insightful analysis of the subjects' lives and characters
Disadvantages: Selective in the information it presents; too many assumptions made about reasons behind the actio

...This is David Starkey's documentary about the six women that married King Henry VIII, and a companion to the historian's book of the same name. In it, Starkey explores how each woman came into the King's life, under what circumstances the marriages occurred, how they progressed and how, eventually, they came to an end. The documentary contains both re-enactments of events by actors, and footage of David Starkey speaking directly at the camera, dwelling the places where the action occurred. About the presenter: ------------------------- David Starkey is an English historian specialising in the Tudor period. He studied History at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and subsequently taught the subject at the London School of Economics. The wives: ------------- ~ Catherine of Aragon ~ Catherine came to England...

babycougar 08.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of David Starkey's The Six Wives Of Henry VIII - The Complete Series (DVD)