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wonderful!
i loved this cd. Track 5 is excelent. its quite a joy to listen to while your hair is getting cut or something like that. this is one of the (I LOVE STARBURST!) g r e a t e s talbums i own. and i own alot. 513 songs to be exact. and this (BILBO BAGGINS) album is good music. not bad music.

Good to great collection of The Cramps early years
For those who never heard of the Cramps, and there are too many of you, the music was great fusion of rockabilly, surf rifts, and punk with lyrics largely inspired by science fiction and monster B-movies circa 1962.Their live shows are legendary, which is good since I've always found their recorded work somewhat uneven.They have incredible longevity for what could easily have been a throwaway novelty act.

This is a good collection of their early work.Highlights for me are Garbageman, Save It, and Human Fly.Other songs are good to OK, and range from just plain silly (She Said) to a tad disturbing (TV Set).In my opinion, the Cramps don't deserve the godlike worship they've received in some places, including previous reviews.But they are way underappreciated, and this is a good place to start if you're new to them.

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Don't get fooled
There are currently two major surf magazines, SURFER and SURFING.Guess what? They are owned by the same magazine conglomerate, Primedia.Surfer used to bill itself as the "Bible" of the sport, and for a long time it was.But now, in keeping with the times of oligopolies and the hyper-commercialization of surfing, Surfer, along with it's younger partner, Surfing, is a piece of toilet paper.The editorial content has been dumbed down to general public intelligence, the photos are not as spectacular as they used to be, and the characters they cover, the surfers themselves are nowhere near as interesting and colorful as they used to be.Blah...

BEST MAG EVER!
I've had a subscripiton for 5 years now and Surfer is by far the best mag I've ever read, i could read it front to back or back to front 10 times and it would still be the best. It's almost a prescipition than a subscripition!

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You can't go wrong with this one
For an artist interested in an 'outside the norm' art movement, this mag opens the doors to a wealth of imagination.It often features artists like Mark Ryden and Eric White, Shag, Gary Baseman but it also features less known artists too.A definite recommendation.The magazine is colorful, whimsical and always entertaining. A+

Art by and for Outsiders
I teach at an art school...all I can say is that this magazine keeps me sane! There have been lots of phrases coined to describe art that can't or won't fit into the neat little Academic Art boxes. Terms like "Outsider Art" "Outre" and "Retro" are all illustrated in this amazing publication. If you want the ultra-chi-chi Post-Modern A Go-Go stuff that sells in most galleries today, look elsewhere. Juxtapoz is art by people who like to make art. Anything goes, and the Art Speak is refreshingly absent or toned down. The editors have a sharp eye for quality however, so don't worry about this being another "Anything can be art" experience. It's fun the way your first Hot Rod magazine was, or Low Rider, or Famous Monsters, or Vampirella, etc. If you're tired of the current wave of ultra self-absorbed Art, this is just the tonic you crave....

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So bizarre, so wonderful...
I happened upon this magazine ...once, and when I picked it up, I couldn't put it back down. Any magazine that has articles on amputee soccer teams along side articles on the best places to have public sex in Britain is one for me. Sure, it's often vulgar and there are many pictures (and words, for that matter) that you wouldn't want junior looking at, but for the adult interested in the obscure and weird things that other publications will not touch, get Bizarre!!! I subscribe to a lot of magazines on a variety of topics, and this is the only one that gets read cover to cover every month. They take the most stirring and powerful pictures and the kind of stories that other organizations wouldn't even think of, and package it all up into the best magazine on either side of the Atlantic! Even the letters page is a hoot... I just can't say enough about Bizarre! Try it and see!

My Favorite Magazine Subscription
Bizarre is "A Magazine About Life in the Extreme".I've been a subscriber to this British publication for over 2 years (as of this writing)....
About Bizarre:Articles about porn, weird news, murders, drug culture, conspiracies, strange television, music/book/film reviews, pop culture, cults, etc.Stuff mainstream media usually doesn't touch.
It helps to be somewhat familiar with British culture, as this magazine is written in the UK, but if you're not, it shouldn't detract from your enjoyment.The magazine is worth the price, as it's a thick publication, with many articles and pictures.
Although I love this magazine, I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars, as I've had probs with my magazines' delivery.As in, I failed to recieve some issues....

Entertaining, to say the least...
Okay, so I just happened to pick this rag up at a Superstand in Houston (back in the day when those used to be all over the place...Sad how anti-literate society has become.)Anywho, if you're looking for a magazine that will catch and keep your attention, this is it.True, a lot of places treat it as porn, but you know, topless women or scantily clad women are only acceptable to society as a whole if said women are in National Geopgraphic.(Did anyone complain sexism with their swimsuit issue?I think not.)I really like the extensive section dedicated to the kind of things that just don't make the evening news, like this one article about a guy who thought he had heartburn or something like that.Turned out to be his not fully developed siamese twin residing in hiw chest.Things like that.True, it is a bit on the liberal side sometimes, and sometimes it does razz the current administration.But if you can get over that, it is an overall good read.I have never been disappointed by an issue yet.I mean, one of the most interesting cover stories they had was Victorian pornography.And we thought they were prudes!

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Lost for words...
This book first off is GREAT.I wasn't sure what to expect when i first ordered, but once i got it, i was very impressed and blown away.This not only goes over the history of Ed Roth, but also has a great deal of his work shown in it.From old custom Hot Rods, to his Kustom Cars, to the different Rat finks (surf fink, race fink ,etc)this book is a blessing.

The only thing i would say that it lacked on is that fact it didn't go into great detail on his Kustom Cars that he created in his lifetime.I was expecting to be a great deal more, but since i was more into his art and collabrated art, no harm no foul in my eyes.

If you like Big Daddy Ed Roth in the least, this book is perfect!
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Rat Fink the art of Big Daddy Roth
Pretty cool book,it has alot of art if you are a Rat Fink fan,brings back alot of memories.