Two-Word Review: Summer/Fall 2015

Recently consumed and digested films and albums with patent-pending two-words reviews.


MOVIES
G.I. Joe: Retaliation – minor improvement
Chef – pleasant story
A Deadly Adoption – hypnotic entertainment
Transformers: Age of Extinction – extinct franchise
Robocop – lifeless remake
Anchorman 2 – tough act
Ant-Man – well balanced
They Came Together – barely together
Trainwreck – effectively offensive
Upside Down: The Story of Creation Records – McGee’s story
Who the F is Arthur Fogel? – buttons pushed
The Martian – book worthy
The Maze Runner – proper tone
Red Dawn (remake) – red dumb

MUSIC
The Cure: Wild Mood Swing – quality swings
The Cure: Pornography – good dirty
The Cure: All Mixed Up – solid efforts
Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason – lapsed urgency
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut – more cuts
Dream Theater: Octavarium – condensed craziness
Dream Theater: Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory – mind bending
Dream Theater: Systematic Chaos – too chaotic
T. Rex: Dandy in the Underworld – true dandy
Wilco: Star Wars – appreciated weirdness

Two-Word Reviews, Spring/Summer 2014

My Music, Movie and Book intake for the last few months, with my patent-pending two-word reviews.

MUSIC
The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me – wild swings
Violent Soho: Hungry Ghost – alternative throw-back
Sleepmakeswaves: …And So We Destroyed Everything EP – epic instrumentals

MOVIES
Dallas Buyers Club – heart wrenching
Gymkata – awful awesomeness
Finding The Funk – funky fun
Cloud Atlas – interestingly confused
The Darkest Hour – crappy aliens
The Raid: Redemption – insane action
A Good Day to Die Hard – limp addition
Divergent – faithful adaptation
Now You See Me – ridiculous ride

BOOKS
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole – biting satire

This Week In Music: 1/28-2/3

This week in music listening, with patent-pending two-word reviews:

Camper van Beethoven: La Costa Perdida – weirdly mature
Bad Religion: True North – happily familiar
Guided By Voices: Down By The Racetrack EP – off kilter
The Cure: Japanese Whispers – solid collection
Dream Theater: Images & Words – heartfelt virtuosity
Pink Floyd: Masters of Rock – very British
T.Rex: Prophets, Seers and Sags-The Angels of Ages – strange folk
Pete Townshend: Pyschoderelict (Music Only) – better version
Pete Townshend: The Lifehouse Chronicles – too much

This Week In Music: 1/14-1/20

This week in music listening, with patent-pending two-word reviews (note: limited week due to studying):

The Kills: B-sides & Rarities – interesting nuggets
Pink Floyd: The Wall – deserved classic
Pink Floyd: The Early Pink Floyd Singles – early oddballs
T.Rex: Electric Warrior – groovy groovers
The Cure: The Head on the Door – poppy goth
Mr. Big: Lean Into It – classic rock

This week in music listening, with patent-pending two-word reviews:

Kowloon Walled City: Container Ships – punishing post-rock
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon – epic landscape
Pink Floyd: Delicate Sound of Thunder – stadium postcard
Pink Floyd: The Division Bell – lesser simulation
Pete Townshend: Rough Mix – more oddities
Freedom of Choice compilation – interesting interpretations
T.Rex: A Beard of Stars – uneven nuggets
Quiet Riot: Terrified – terrible riot
The Cure: The Cure – heavy goth
The Cure: Faith – good goth
The Black Keys: Rubber Factory – big bounce
The Black Keys: Thickfreakness – gritty sludge
The Kills: The Last Goodbye EP – quieter side
Quiet Riot: Rehab – limping riffs
Dream Theater: Falling Into Infinity – infinite innovations

This Week In Music: 12/31/12-1/6/13

The Black Keys: Magic Potion – magic riffs
Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid – day job
Cabaret Voltaire: Mix-Up – let down
The Cure: Boys Don’t Cry – early uneveness
Dream Theater: A Change of Seasons – interesting interpretations
Mr. Big: What If… – more same
The Kills: No Now – wow factor
Quiet Riot: QR II – not quite
T. Rex: Bolan’s Zip Gun – varied output

This Week In Music: 12/17-12/23

This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:

Dream Theater: Awake – powerfully dark
The Black Keys: The Moan EP – decent tease
The Black Keys: Attack and Release – different sounds
The Black Keys: Chulahoma – fitting tribute
Cabaret Voltaire: Red Mecca – alien coldness
The Cure: Bloodflowers – undercooked tunes
The Cure: Disintegration – undeniable classic
Quiet Riot: QR III – terrible lyrics
The Kills: Midnight Boom – booming good
The Kills: Keep On Your Mean Side – stark blues
Mr. Big: Hey Man – mixed man
T.Rex: The Slider – classic riffs
Pete Townshend: Twenty (Scoop 4) – more oddballs
Skid Row: Subhuman Race – tougher sound
Skid Row: Skid Row – plentiful anthems
Skid Row: Forty Seasons-The Best of Skid Row – decent overview
Skid Row: B-Sides Ourselves EP – solid renditions
Pink Floyd: Atom Mother Heart – collectors only
Pink Floyd: A Collection of Great Dance Songs – pointless collection