Ain't It A Sin - Envy

LET'S HOPE IT NEVER WILL BE DEAD!!

Advantages: everything from music, vocals, lyrics, preformance
Disadvantages: not one

So what are you doing when you hear deranged fucked up (excuse the language) lyrics mixed in with electronic sounds/music, vocals that sound terrifying but give you some sort of warmth and hope however also as if your in some sort of gory horror film, ahh yes that's right your listening to Skinny Puppy. I find out about this band whilst watching the film "the doom generation" (great film by the way) apparently some members of skinny puppy had a minor role in it. When I herd they were industrial that was when I decided to check them out because I'm a huge fan of industrial music. For those of you that don't know what industrial music is let me run you though it: INDSUTRIAL MUSIC: Without going into a total essay, long story short, an industrial band normally is a band made up of the usual guitar, bass and drums but normally also ...

Red-blood-Black-heart 07.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Ain't It Dead Yet - Skinny Puppy

Fun this ain't

Advantages: Gavin Lee
Disadvantages: Uninspired music and lyrics

Pastiche, the imitation of a literary or musical style for (generally) comic purposes, can be a wonderful thing. The songs of Tom Lehrer and the musical The Boyfriend spring to mind as great examples. Unfortunately, not all pastiche is good pastiche, and 'A Saint She Ain't' certainly ain't good pastiche. Written in a style reminiscent of film musicals of the 1940s and accompanied by piano (possibly two pianos, judging from the sound of the overture), the show features thirteen different songs which echo the list songs, novelty numbers and lovestruck duets remembered fondly from so many Hollywood singalongs. But it's not much fun, when it comes down to it. Music is by Denis King, lyrics by Dick Vosburgh and the cast of eight features Barry Cryer and Gavin Lee (who went on to create the stage version of Bert in Mary Poppins ...

DavidBedford 05.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Saint She Ain't, A - Various Artists

It's a Sin!

Advantages: Looks fantastic, razor-sharp script, hugely entertaining
Disadvantages: Strong violence will put off some

"The new Pulp Fiction" has been a tag handed about quite liberally since Quentin Tarantino's epic 1994 film, sometimes to any film which involved a large cast and a few guns! However this year, after an 11 year wait we finally have a movie fit to wear that weighty crown - Sin City. Frank Miller's graphic novels have garnered a cult following over the past few years, and fanboys were up in arms at the thought of a poor adaptation to film, but thankfully, in the more than capable hands of director Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Til Dawn, Desperado, and er, Spy Kids) what we are left with is arguably the best comic book adaptation of the lot. Rodriguez has pulled a masterstroke in having Miller on board throughout, crediting him as co-director (its actually Miller's name that appears above the film title). So, whats it all about? Well ...

bazbaboon 02.07.2005 · Read full review
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