Archives for ‘review’
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Digital Camera: Sony CyberShot DSC-P10
I’ve entered the world of digital photography! Oh I know what you’re thinking, how could the chic and incredibly trendy Nixon only getting a digicam now? What can I say, I was a first mover with the whole CD burning craze but have been slow on the digital photography revolution. Actually, I …
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10 Years of Wall of Sound
This is absolutely the BEST, you heard me: THE BEST Various artists release from a single label I’ve ever heard!
Since starting to review music here on R4NT, I’ve never been so excited to get my hands on a promo than this latest release from Wall of Sound. I’ve been lugging this 2cd compilation everywhere I’ve … -
Music Grab Bag
Call it an exercise, call it a diary entry, call it a bunch of skimpy reviews, call it whatever you want, it’s just a good way to get people discussing what they’re listening to and why..
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Advanced Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
My initial reasoning for buying a Game Boy Advance was for two reasons. First, that my OLD Game Boy (which now rests peacefully within my bedroom closet) was finally revealing to me the formerly hidden “wrinkles of age” (literally) etched across its ancient screen. Second, I was most interested in the original ‘Advance Wars’.
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The Six Best Museums in London
Not everyone has the chance to go to London; however, everyone should try to go at least once if only for the museums. London has over 200 museums which attract over 30 million people to visit them every year.
Accordingly I have put together a handy package of information regarding each of the major museums in … -
Gameboy Advance SP
Two years ago I bought a Game Boy Advance just before my trip to Vegas. I figured it would provide some good entertainment while performing the ritualistic boring wait in the airport. Sure enough it did a job well done. My only complaint was that it was always hard to see the game. I always …
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Nixon: What we have here is Canadian game developer here who has made such RPGs as Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights: namely BioWare Corp. based in Edmonton, Alberta. Their latest for the Xbox is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR). LucasArts had decided to contract out to BioWare to be their …
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Dave Aude – Mixed Live
Uncensored, one take, true skills, lots of energy. That is the truth behind the ‘Mixed Live’ series from Moonshine music.
Recorded live at Velvet in St. Louis, Dave Aude pumps it out hard, and you can feel the crowed diggin’ the vibe. You could say it definitely helps create an atmosphere of being there when you … -
Bookworm Deluxe
Gaming is a popular topic of conversation on R4NT these days. I’ve read many opinions on how “Enter The Matrix” is the best game going right now, and I think it just plain sucks; it’s boring and the quality is comparable to an underdeveloped duck embryo. Call me boring, but I remember back …
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Richard Dorfmeister – Presents a Different Drummer Selection
Though it may be a gimmick to market this Different Drummer showcase as a Richard Dorfmeister remix album, it’s certainly not a bad idea to get the stamp of approval from the universe’s most accomplished downtempo producer. And though the shiny sticker on the CD package says “Different Drummer Releases Selected and Remixed by Richard …
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Cerys Matthews – Cockahoop
Welsh nurse, Catalan-speaking, barfly busker, little known indie-pop singer, excess, alcohol, drugs, Catatonia frontwoman, “fastrisinglagersoakedriproaringpoptart”, undisputed queen of mid-90’s brit-pop, fights, tours, money, parties, inexplicable yet inescapable duet with Tom Jones..
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Drink: Absolut Vanilla
On May 27, 2003, Absolut, the oh-so-trendy flavoured vodka maker announced the North American launch of its newest product ‘Absolut Vanilla’ and yours truly was at the official Canadian launch party, representing R4NT to sample the new wares. After the ground breaking smash Coca-Cola has on its hand with Vanilla Coke this new …
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Xmen 2
Over the past decade or so, movie properties based on comic books have become one of the hottest things going. Some of us have been reading comics long enough to remember when we could only hope that some of these great characters would ever be brought to life on the big screen. In the summer …
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Sony CyberShot DCS-P32
Sony’s little cybershot is indeed handy. Fast, light and sleek looking it appeals to the esthetic and the technical. I picked up this bad boy in order to have a camera for my travels into the US, and it’s been good to me. The layout of the back panel is standard to all digital cameras …
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Liberator Shapes: Wedge + Ramp Combo
I had the perfect plan: Candle light dinner, some Barry White and a glass of wine, followed with some sweet tender loving, but with a twist! What the hell is this?! Was the unfortunate reaction to my casual introduction to the huge Liberator “Ramp” lying on the bed. However after further inspection, followed …
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Mr.Scruff Video DVD
“How many wheels does your car have? Not as many as this one! The new 12 wheel squirrel”
Who the heck is Mr. Scruff you say? Well if you’ve seen the new Lincoln Navigator commercials with a really catchy beat then you’ve heard the Scruff at work. That track is “Get a move … -
Tosca – Dehli9
Dreamy, dubby, and *gasp* housey…
Unless I’m on drugs or with a girlie that loves to dance (unfortunately both rare situations by the way), I can’t get down to “funkee house muzak,” it just doesn’t get me off. So when I heard that the new Tosca album was a bit more housey than their prior releases, … -
Bike Parts: Block 8
This past year I had the opportunity to ride for Block 8 and try out their parts. I set up my hardtail with the Block 8 12 Gauge cromo bars, Block 8 cromo Crank Pipes and Sealed Cage Match pedals. On my Full-Suspension I threw on the 12 Gauge bars and the Cage …
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Game: Unreal 2
D4V: After a 7 month hiatus of the tag team review, we are back in full force as a special treat for the inauguration of issue 3.0. However, we couldn’t have picked a shittier game to review than Unreal 2.
Crom: Truly, most special events have something worthwhile to talk about. Sadly, we managed … -
Digital Camera: Canon S30
After 3 long years with a suffering Toshiba digital camera, I finally got my hands on a compact and stylish next-gen Camera by Canon. Regardless that this camera is already getting dated, it still gets the job done extremely well.
Sporting a powerful 1/1.8-inch 3.2 megapixel CCD, combined with 3x optical (10x digital) zoom lens, … -
A Night in With Boy George: A Chillout Mix
Let’s back up to August 2002, out from Moonshine records comes a mixed compilation by Boy George titled “A Night Out with Boy George”. Overall the best way I could describe it as is techno house; loud with lots of heavy beats, and in my opinion a fairly obnoxious mix of sounds. Fast-forward to October …
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Lightning Head – Studio Don
Na-na-na-na-na-nice…like beans & rice…
Put out by the German label Best Seven, who blessed us with the “Dub Infusions” and “More Dub Infusions” compilations, “Studio Don” is an excellent debut LP from former Rockers Hi-Fi producer Glyn (bigga) Bush. Though it took my southern-Californian arse a few months to even realize that this record was on … -
Xperience: Drum & Bass
I was really excited to sit down and listen to this album, over and over again. This album compiled by Dj Clever is the definition of great Drum and Bass. Hard hitting bass lines, wavering vocals, and mix that together with some sick mixing skills and you have something that’s sure to please.
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Xperience – Club Mix
Good freakin’ house beats mixed in with some bleepy techno samples. Welcome to what the current house scene sounds like.
The “Xperience” line is a new venture from Moonshine Music. The new line which includes – Club Mix, Chillout Mix, Happy Hardcore, Trance and Drum and Bass – are very affordable new cds that bring together … -
Funki Porcini – Fast Asleep
Abstract lounge down tempo from one of the greats. Now in his 4th release we get an extra special treat of an included full length DVD with just as amazing visuals to compliment Mr. Porcini’s incredibly deep music.
“An excellent listening album. This kind of album, which features sublime changes an moods, is extremely … -
Xbox Live
$80 for headset/mic combo combined with 2 game demos and an online subscription model that doesn’t even tell me how much it will cost when the free year of xbox live is over. Ahh.. Good ol’ Microsoft.
Crack the package open with a soldering iron then proceed to revert back to your days of building Lego … -
Amon Tobin – Out From Out Where
Excite your senses..
From an original Jazzy sound back with Bricolage (June 1997) Monsieur Tobin has managed to move farther (Permutation 1998) and farther (Supermodified 2000) away towards his own unique sound. His latest release is certainly no disappointment, yet shows that Amon Tobin is still growing as a musician.
Back From Space is an amazing album … -
V.U. – Seven Grain
Crispy, funky organic beats and treats from the Bay Area..
As smooth as it sounds, even if it is your favorite genre, you cannot listen to studio-only produced downtempo and hip hop all the time. That is why the music from the eight piece ensemble V.U. (which stands for ‘Variable Unit’) is a breath of fresh … -
Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
With the alternative-tortured soul-rock music market in the UK well covered by Mercury Cold Prize pets Travis, Beth Orton, Starsailor, Elbow, David Gray, Turin Brakes and company; certain conventions can be placed on what Jack Black’s character Barry from High Fidelity called “Old Sad Bastard Music.”
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Thievery Corporation – The Richest Man in Babylon
Thievery’s tempo has slowed down and for the most part steered away from the bossa nova&house vibe which were the more prevalent themes on their 2000 “Mirror Conspiracy” release. Not that the bossa nova stylings weren’t appealing and fresh at the time, but this whole “nu jazz” movement has been played out a bit too …
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Apple iMac
Think Different.
I’m a Windows/PC user. I write web applications for a living and the closest I’ve come to a Mac in the last 2 years is dropkicking a Tangerine iMac test machine. I’ve pretty much always dismissed Apple software as being a toy; their Operating System has sucked for the past 20 years. However recently, … -
Movie: xXx
The highly anticipated sequel to Fast and the Furious…. No wait. Like a few people I was eagerly anticipating the release of Triple X. Being an avid follower of bad movies I was expecting a bad plot, bad acting, huge stunts and tons of references to “Extreme” sport culture. And boy was I given all …
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Nightmares on Wax – Mind Elevation
So I’m reading the review of ‘Mind Elevation’ in MIXER magazine and they write: “If you liked [N.O.W.’s 1995 release] ‘Carboot Soul’ then you probably won’t like the new album.” Then again, MIXER had P. Diddy on its cover claiming that he “invented the remix” (take that, Al Gore!), so what the hell does MIXER …
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Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
Ok folks, I don’t know how else to say this, so I’m just going to say it: This “album” is pure shit.
Pure, obsolete, runny and unholy shit.
Is it all you need to hear then? Sweet merciful crap, review over.
Wet, lather, rinse and repeat review. As a matter of fact, you can do the same to … -
Scissorkicks – Live Mix at the grill (blizzarts), Montreal
The last time I went to get groceries I casually poped in this album, then found myself getting to safeway in record time. This album is full of phat breaking beats, and just makes you want to drive like a maniac. Possibly a good thing, but I’m sure your parents would disagree. Loud music combined …
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