Reviews Archive

Charice Pempengco on Ellen Degeneres Show

December 22, 2007  ·  Category: Music, Reviews
Thanks to C4Chaos for this tip about another phenomenal, world-class singer coming from the Philippines. Her genre isn't really my genre, but I can sure hear the talent. I had a similar reaction to the videos of ...
Posted by Joshua Zader  ·  1 Comment »

Journey Finds a New Lead Singer, and He’s Filipino … and He’s Good

December 15, 2007  ·  Category: Music, Reviews
His name is Arnel Pineda. First things first -- watch this video of him singing Journey's hit "Faithfully" (backed up by his Filipino band The Zoo): Hat-tip to C4Chaos for his post "Journey Welcomes Arnel ...
Posted by Joshua Zader  ·  31 Comments »

December Movie Trailer Reviews

December 5, 2007  ·  Category: Reviews
I've not been feeling well today, so I did one of my favorite "comfort" activities: I watched all the latest previews on the Apple movie trailers page. Does the world really need so many new horror ...
Posted by Joshua Zader  ·  22 Comments »

Web Hosting Reviews

November 29, 2007  ·  Category: Reviews, Web Development
I'm currently in the market for a new favorite web hosting company (or two). From a technical standpoint, I am a Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL guy with a preference for cPanel and WHM. However, an increasing ...
Posted by Joshua Zader  ·  2 Comments »

Vadim Perelman’s “House of Sand and Fog”

October 23, 2007  ·  Category: Atlasphere, Objectivism, Reviews
Last week I watched the DVD of Atlas Shrugged movie director Vadim Perelman's House of Sand and Fog. (For more background about the Atlas Shrugged movie, I can't recommend highly enough Robert Bidinotto's new article ...
Posted by Joshua Zader  ·  1 Comment »

Vienna Teng – Dreaming Through the Noise

September 6, 2007  ·  Category: Music, Reviews
Vienna Teng's new album Dreaming Through the Noise is a thing of beauty. I had half-listened to it a couple times after first buying it. Earlier today, though, I lay down let the full album ...
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Creativity Coaching for Musicians, by Andrew Schwartz

August 3, 2007  ·  Category: Integral, Music, Reviews
Regular readers of Mudita Journal and Mudita Forum are already familiar with Andrew Schwartz. I've enjoyed his contributions here for many years now, because he's one of those rare souls who lives and breathes ...
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David Gray and the Return to Simplicity

August 3, 2007  ·  Category: Music, Reviews
I've recently become enchanted with David Gray's albums White Ladder and Life in Slow Motion. Something in his voice ... demolishes mere form. While doing a little reading about him on the internet, I came ...
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Samsung HL-T6176S 61″ UltraSlim 1080p DLP HDTV

July 30, 2007  ·  Category: Personal, Reviews
Over the past few years, I've increasingly found that watching an ordinary CRT television gives me a painful amount of eye strain. Since Kathy and I love watching movies together in the evening, we decided it's ...
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Andy Garcia’s “The Lost City” Is Excellent

July 7, 2007  ·  Category: Politics, Reviews
Earlier this week, Kathy and I watched The Lost City (June 2006), starring Andy Garcia, who also produced and directed the movie. It's was best movie I've seen in months. The film is Garcia's own personal love ...
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