Update for those who've read my profile before: I'm now an official member of the work-a-day world, archiving the records of our future overlords.

Back By Popular, err, My Ego's Demand - My Favorite Reviews o' Mine
Don't you just hate it when someone stops by and only reads your lamest stuff? Due to the high number of folks inexplicably checking out my early howlers, I list here a few reviews that I wouldn't be ashamed to have you read to get that first taste of my Epinions oeuvre (I promise none of them employ the word "oeuvre"):

7" of Pure Pop Pleasure - Confessions of a Vinyl Junkie

"The Greatest Band in the World" - At Least That's What the Script Says

Ben Lee Broke My Heart

Almost Cool...Or How I Learned to Stop Posturing and Like This Painfully Uncool Movie

The Perfect Loner's Lunch - Yo La Tengo at Other Music, 11/29/00

A Heavenly Resurgence?
If you're a member of the non-Epinions member hoard flocking to my P.U.N.K. Girl review (which until a few weeks ago languished in obscurity here), how about dropping me line and letting me know how you got here? And, psst...read a couple more of my reviews while you're at it.

How I Rate
If you write about something I consider cool or you make me laugh (intentionally), I may cut you some slack and/or offer encouragement because I want you to keep writing about cool stuff and making me laugh. This does not mean I mark down well-written reviews on items I don't consider cool or funny. In the absence of coolness or humor, my rating is based solely on the merits (or lack thereof) of your writing and argument. What a concept!

"Recommend" and "Somewhat Recommend" are my catch-all categories for stuff that doesn't blow me away or win me over with the sheer strength of its writing and content. I reserve "Not Recommend" for plagiarism, racist/sexist/homophobic material, blatantly inaccurate statements, and reviews where every other word is misspelled. Sometimes I'm pretty generous with a "Recommend," if you meet the cool or funny requirement. Longer is not necessarily better, though I'll rarely "Highly Recommend" a short review unless it's utterly brilliant or hilarious (or contains a gratuitous plug or marriage proposal for me).

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