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Name: Herby Hönigsperger Home Page: http://www.myspace.com/hmvh Member Since: Jun 23, 2004 Rank: 5701 Average Vote Received: Correct (3.99, 806 votes)   last 10 days: Correct (4.00, 25 votes) Rated 377 releases, average: 3.13 Location: Home is where the computer is plugged in Profile: Child of the 80's. Has been spotted at raves in the previous millennium. Ex-BBS SysOp. Has been the n-th caller with the winning answer numerous times. Considers Paris Hilton repugnant. Sometimes outputs the odd electronica mix or five. Often mistaken for a German. Dislikes gardening. Subscribes to MAD Magazine. Has had letters published by Top 40 Magazine, cartoons stolen by Penthouse Magazine and rejection letters by EMI Records. Doesn't get the point of hip-hop. Prolific performer profile provider. Old-school moderator by peer nomination. Submitter by default. Aggravated by discogs v4. No MP3 requests. No eBay links. No... ...nothing - except friendly advice, useful opinions, or harsh criticism. Sarcasm is only one of the services we offer. Maintainer of a list of South African labels (under revision) Any new South African submissions? What don't I want that you might want? Mirva's little alphabet and special character collection, appropriated: ℗ © ™ ® · € £ $ ¿ ¡ ¼ ¾ ½ µ ³ ² ¢ § ° º × † ♥ ♦ ← ↑ → ↓ ¦ | ± ‒ – № Ææ Ãã Ââ Āā Ăă Àà Áá Ää Åå Ąą Çç Čč Ðð ĎĚ ĕ Èè Éé Êê Ēē Ëë Ęę Ģģ Ìì Íí Îî Ïï Īī Įį Ķķ Ĺĺ Ļļ Łł Ññ Ņņ Ňň Ôô Õõ Øø Ōō Öö Òò Óó Öö Œœ Ŗŗ Řř Şş Šš Ţţ Ûû Üü Űű Ųų Żż Žž Þþ ß ÿ

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Various - Love Is All Around - 04-Apr-08 09:49 AM
Another haphazard assemblage from the "Uncut" stable, it's as if they were given some fifty artists' videos to play with and tried to stretch these over the same amount of compilations with different themes!
Here, for instance, there's surprisingly much from the house of Zang Tumb Tuum, including the very corbijnesque (and utterly stunning) "Wonderful Life". "Cry" is another favourite track while, peculiarly, "Tainted Love" is not the familiar 1981 version but rather some more recent mix in both sound and vision.

Needless to say, Frankie's "Power of Love" would've rounded this off quite nicely. But it doesn't: Instead, we have the Wets, and now this DVD belongs to my wife.

Various - Fun Fun Fun: Videoclips To Make You Smile - 04-Apr-08 09:47 AM
The "Uncut DVD" brand and their products are a very strange lot. Though their first and more content-heavy items (from 2002 and for the UK market, seemingly) certainly appear to be worth owning, their more recent output (for the German market, seemingly) beyond 2004 is somewhat questionable and ill-assembled.

Despite some cute playlist features and a pretty menu, mastering is a little less than professional; even the preamble's legalese mentions the year 2002, despite the item (sleeve) referring to the year 2004?

Then, the content: Although FGTH's "Two Tribes" is a less-than-Fun-Fun-Fun topic, the video remains firmly tongue-in-cheek. What else is Fun-Fun-Fun on here? Sparks? A standard "Musikladen" performance typical of the time, complete with ridiculous hairstyles, video editing and clothes... nothing particularly "fun" about that -- although that stern-looking keyboardist is one helluva deadpan hoot!

Truth be told, I bought this DVD to hear one song only: "Size of a Cow". Having almost forgotten the video, it's Talking Heads meets Monty Python tomfoolery, with a vocalist who's not sure if he's a clone of Weird Al Yankovic or Eric Idle's son. Ah, the Wonder Stuff could've been soooo much more!

All in all, there's some light-hearted entertainment on here but it is over way too soon after a mere 49 minutes. At ten tracks the DVD seems mighty empty and concentrates too much on 80's fare. Of course, the embodiment of everything that was rubbish in that decade is summarised quite eloquently by that truly awful Kid Creole clip.

Klee - Gold - 31-Dec-07 05:57 AM
So there I was sitting late one night, tending to matters philatelical, a certain music television channel blaring in the background... and then this tune comes along.
The first time it made me look up and listen... and listen carefully I did. The second time it got played I actually got up. To listen. And watch. Though I remember nothing of the video and have little patience for German-language music I did make a point of memorising the name of the band. And the song. And I treasured the three-and-a-half minutes during which the tune reminisced of the decade that brought forth some of the greatest music, with its New Order-like bass taking the lead melody (particularly during the bridge) and the shoegazer-style sustained guitar in the chorus. The girl's voice may be a little on the weak side but it contrasts beautifully with the solid arrangement of the tune, perhaps even accentuating it. Marvellous stuff... this is pure electro-pop of the absolute highest order.

The cherry on top was finding this promo... for a buck. Life can be so good sometimes!

Fata Morgana - Black Steer / Apache Spur - 31-Jul-06 01:54 AM
For those who don't know, Black Steer and Apache Spur are the names of two great South African Burger franchises, of which I prefer Black Steer (their spare ribs can't be beat).
I've no idea what the two tunes on this 45 sound like, though.

Various - Bang Your Head!!! Festival - Best Of - 23-May-06 05:43 AM
Balingen is where aging rockers go to die!

Counting backwards from the years 2005 through 2001, this collection assembles one track each from some of the featured acts on the bill. Though it lacks any form of cohesion, is poorly edited, and is poorly sequenced by way of different daytimes, one would assume the compilers to have chosen the best of each.
In fact, only a hardcore fan would tolerate Death Angel's seemingly never-ending finale to their set stuck in the middle of disc 1.

One could also assume that this DVD set hopes to serve as a) a trailer for those who have never attended, b) a souvenir to those who did, c) just another notch for some of the dinosaurs who played, and d) a token of recognition to the rookies who were thrilled to be invited.

Well, although much of it was utter shite, the DVDs were suitable as background noise to the cursing that tends to erupt while one assembles another IKEA shelf - although some of the time it was difficult to stop watching, even if only out of morbid curiosity.

To quote Candlemass: "Bang das fucking Kopf, Mann!"

'nuff said.

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