Dark Rivers - Rapoon

Advantages: Beautiful, symphonic, melodious
Disadvantages: There are none in my view

..."The Angel and the Dark River" is My Dying Bride's 1995 album, an almost classical-sounding piece of work featuring epic song structures and probably the best use of violins I've ever heard in any rock album. This album very much continued the band's departure from their death-metal roots, a journey which had really begun with 1993's "Turn Loose the Swans" (see my review of that album for more details) and which here is transformed into six long, epic tales of woe brought alive by Aaron's non-more-depressed vocals and some beautiful violin work. This almost isn't metal at all, and although it's possible- just about- to categorise it, perhaps as "symphonic doom metal" or "goth metal" or whatever subgenre you feel might be most appropriate, it really does sound like nothing else. This is an album that feels almost classical in... Read review

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Advantages: Marilyn Monroe looking beautiful and singing well, good cast, beautiful views
Disadvantages: Some dull bits, it's a Western!

...In the year following the filming of Niagara, Marilyn Monroe only made two films - the star-studded There's No Business Like Showbusiness and River of No Return. The latter is a 1954 Western filmed in Canada and co-starring Robert Mitchum. Marilyn plays a saloon singer called Kay Weston, while Rory Calhoun is her partner Harry. They seem happy together, but it soon becomes obvious that they have different priorities in life. Harry is obsessed with making money. He is a gambler who is selfish, greedy and not very likeable. Kay, however, is sweet, maternal, caring and warm-hearted. She isn't a passive woman though; she is feisty and determined and not afraid to have a go at anything. Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) is a cowboy who ends up at the saloon where Kay works. He has just been reunited with his son Mark (played well by... Read review

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Advantages: great shop
Disadvantages: n/a

...When it comes to shops on the high street and i need an outfit River Island is one of the first shops that i will go into as i almost everytime manage to find something tht i like. Although shopping in River Island is deadly with my store card i get very carried away. River Island is a shop that is in most towns and also has a website if you do not have the chance to pop to your local branch and recently they have started putting sales items online so you can grab a bargain anytime. River Island is a shop that stores ladies and mens wear. In the lasies sections you have footwear, jeans, tops, jackets, shorts, dresses, accessories and skirts. They stock sizes 6 to 16 6-16.. You have clothes for all occassions and at an affordable price. I also think that there is a high quality to al the items they sell. River Island are... Read review

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