Andy Todes

 
Helpful votes received on reviews: 80% (20 of 25)
In My Own Words:
Andy Todes is a sentient being who loves Murasaki Shikibu, Yosano Akiko, Tolstoy, Dostoevski, Kawabata, Neruda, Kabir, Rumi, Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Balzac, Marquez, Cervantes, Joyce, Wilde, Dave Barry, world music, classical music, any type of music, photography - especially Jeanloup Sieff's and Lilian Bassmann's, film, meditation, yoga, and Theresa. You can visit Andy's web … Read more
 

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Top Reviewer Ranking: 73,051 - Total Helpful Votes: 20 of 25
Maitreya: The Future Buddha ~ David Parsons
Maitreya: The Future Buddha ~ David Parsons
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I'm truly staggered to find only two album reviews ahead of mine.

Good Lord, people. Here is some of the sublimest music ever conceived by the mind of man.

If you own a set of headphones, if you possess a capacity for infinite wonder, if you wish to thrum to the mysterious and gorgeous waves of the universe, then you simply cannot make a better purchase for [the price].

A small sum in return for the trillion billion miles you will travel.

Daybreaker ~ Beth Orton
Daybreaker ~ Beth Orton
Every single music lover out there is searching for that moment, that
ecstatic CLICK, when all of a sudden your brain opens up YES! YES! YES!

It goes like this: HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, HO-HUM, YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

And so we have "Daybreaker" by Beth Orton, an album that sits in the corner moping politely to itself, not really attracting any attention, just quietly moping away. You give it a little pat on the head, wish it well, and go walking off in search of something a little more upbeat, something with a little more life.

You come back a few hours later, mope together for a few moments, then move on again.

"Why can't you be more like last time?"… Read more

Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible by Fred Shoemaker
This is a long review, but I hope you hang in there.

Just to put everything in context, I've bought the
following golf books in the last few months:

How to Break 90 (Tomasi, et al)
The 30-Second Golf Swing (Tomasi)
Five Fundamentals (Hogan)
Five Fundamentals (Elkington)

Plus I've flipped through dozens of books in the
store. And I've visited every golf site know to man.
Or woman.

We're talking minimal improvement after 2 months
of hard work -- and I'm a fairly gifted athlete, modesty
aside.

Minimal improvement and not much joy. And this is
a game I used to LOVE in my teens.

Minimal improvement.

And just in case you thought I was… Read more