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We purchased 4 planters as Christmas gifts and they arrived very quickly. The white planter is lightweight plastic and is easily snapped together. Easy to store away in off season. When 2 of them were snapped together we noticed a crack in one. When we tried to contact the seller, they did not respond back to us so we have been unable to resolve the issue. Because we have heard nothing from Fun Shipped Fast we decided to contact our credit card company. We are still waiting to hear from someone...........

I am very satisfied with the purchase of the Chippendale planter. It was a little (not much) of a challenge to assemble but went together very nicely. I bought hanging baskets of New Guinea Impatiens and the 10 inch pot fits into the planter on top of a brick or block of wood. This elevates it to a height that the flowers bloom up and out and against the bright white planter and they are beautiful. I would buy again.

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I picked this up knowing nothing about Load Records. I had previewed one of the tracks and figured that anything sounding that crazy probably looked pretty crazy too. I was right. The music and the videos on this compilation range from insane to just cracked, anarchistically messy to just lazy, and trippy to more mundanely odd. The quality can be uneven, yeah, but there is more enthusiasm than money in this and that makes it all feel good anyway. There is a good range of styles that will expand what you associate with noise music, from dog-mounted cameras to paranoic synchronized cartoons. The last video is one of the trippiest pieces of op-art I've ever seen. If there is a flaw it is that some videos are better than others, and a bad video will make a song seem less interesting, but the audio cd (with the same tracks) makes up for that. If you were actually looking for this, go for it, you'll find something to enjoy.

Crazy. Featuring the most insane animation you've ever seen with a wonderful soundtrack (that comes with the DVD) of some of the best noise punk from the likes of Lightning Bolt, Wives, and the legendary Pink & Brown. It gets better and better as you go through it (with the exception of one set which wasn't as good as the previous but still damn good) and climaxes with the biggest mind f*** you've never experienced. If you liked the animation of Paper Rad on The Power Of Salad then you need this. So, if you're looking for a good time and don't mind a pounding head ache, buy this now. P.S. For extra painful goodness, watch with the lights off!!

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it's not as good as being there but tonsofun in its own way. really nice to watch and listen, and it makes you want to visit lubbock texas.

This movie rules! Allright - enough blind enthusiasm, but this movie makes me feel that way. First off, the band, Lightning Bolt, proves everything "the powers that be" say is wrong because they don't have major label aspirations, their equipment is pieced together and repaired themselves, and they live in providence, rhode island, but they rock harder, play faster, and generally move an audience more than any studio produced band of the week any day! And there's only two of them! Now on to the movie - it's totally funny, fast, and captures some moments and feelings i've never felt watching a movie before. The camerawork and editing blew me away, and the sweet moments they captured and integrated with the incredible ROCK blew my mind. My only problem with this movie is that there isn't more! I guess my blind enthusiasm can't be held in... and i don't care!! Share this movie with friends!!

I skipped summer school to watch this movie my friend just got and I will never go to school again! I learned everything I need to know from the Power of Salad. It's crazy - wild shows, rad rad rad music, funny stuff. The whole movie is great - but I LOVED the last 20 minutes of mind melting apocalyptic triumphant ROCK! The editing built to be as wild as the drumming and I couldn't turn away. I saw the band live last summer and they are a total mystery living in providence, ri, and I've never seen them interviewed until now. The filmmakers Glantz and Noe I never heard of before but do an amazing job of giving a feel for the band and the touring life, while maintaining the sweet mystery that makes LB so cool. The drummer may be deaf soon, I heard, so hang onto this awesome DVD!The cartoons are really good too. They are super weird but make me smile so I like 'em!

I skipped summer school to watch this movie my friend just got and I will never go to school again! I learned everything I need to know from the Power of Salad. It's crazy - wild shows, rad rad rad music, funny stuff. The whole movie is great - but I LOVED the last 20 minutes of mind melting apocalyptic triumphant ROCK! The editing built to be as wild as the drumming and I couldn't turn away. I saw the band live last summer and they are a total mystery living in providence, ri, and I've never seen them interviewed until now. The filmmakers Glantz and Noe I never heard of before but do an amazing job of giving a feel for the band and the touring life, while maintaining the sweet mystery that makes LB so cool. The drummer may be deaf soon, I heard, so hang onto this awesome DVD!The cartoons are really good too. They are super weird but make me smile so I like 'em!

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I'm a big Chippendales fan, and this movie really captures some of the spirit of Chippendales LA in the 80s. The guys are awesome. Fitness model Johnathan Aubrey is spot-on for the lead. JP Pitoc (ironically, the go-go boy from "Trick") is good too. If you know the true story of the Chippendales guys breaking off to form "Adonis", you can follow this movie pretty well (they use the name "Skin Deep" in the movie). A lot of names are changed, but the commentary track is sometimes very detailed, mentioning the names of Chippendales greats like Michael Rapp. I didn't really care for the portrayal of the Colón hit man character. Kind of cheesy, but worth seeing if you're a fan. If you're just looking to see strippers, buy the Chippendales DVD.

The original Chippendale dancers absolutely made history, and Just Can't Get Enough tells us the story in one of the sexiest, more historically factual, and well-made movies about the time. It is so much fun to watch that you will a)wish you were part of the Chippendale team, and b)want to go out and dance. Think Boogie Nights, Saturday Night Fever, and Studio 54, only less Hollywood, more the true story of a particular place, and a particular group of dancers -- one that would most certainly go down in history. Following the original gang that started the club, and the name Chippendale, the movie shows us what happened from the beginning, when nobody knew what they were doing, and everyone just had a dream....a dream to make a lot of money using their bodies. It was really quite simple. We see how this plan affected the dancers' personal lives, how the money, and the fame, started to take over their lives. Next we go through the years when the club was thriving, when the money was rolling in, and the sex and drugs were at everyone's disposal. Then, when gay men wanted to come through the doors to drool over the sexy pecs and big you-know-whats, things started to go down hill. Corruption took over, people ordered other people killed, and eventually, the Chippendales were essentially murdered to the ground. The Chippendale dancers are a part of history -- a part of sex work history, of gay history, of LA history....of history. Just Can't Get Enough does a wonderful job telling their story. The acting is great, the story is historically correct, the message very powerful. Get this movie and learn how, for the Chippendale dancers, they just couldn't get enough. (And it's definitely sexy enough that you won't be able to get enough either!)

For the hot guys only.Sadly the film doesn't stand up to much critical scrutiny. The acting is uneven with some performances being good and others laughable. The script is also uneven, laden with cliches. The costuming and make-up is far worse. I know that this is a period piece set in the early 80's, but the wigs look atrocious -- exactly how they shouldn't -- like wigs!Yeah, the guys are hot enough and there is even some (but not enough) full frontal male nudity, so it might be worth a second look, but overall the production qualities leave much to be desired.

Given the subject matter, you expect this independent film by director/writer David Payne to be full of naked bodies gyrating to the beat of club music--certainly not a serious movie with plenty of bite. But JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH scores in both directions, and in spite of the abundance of skin on display it is the story rather than the bodies that linger in mind after the movie ends.As seen through the eyes of club worker Chad (Johnathan Abue, playing a role loosely based on real-life Dan Peterson), JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH is surprisingly dark and surprisingly factual. Steve Banerjee (Shelley Malil) is just another club owner until he stumbles into the idea of male strippers playing to a women-only audience, and the ringing cash register attracts ambitious and obnoxious choreographer Nick Denoia (Peter Nevargic). Once Denoia gets wise to Banerjee's shady dealings he quickly blackmails the club owner into signing away the touring rights to the show. But when it comes to underhanded manipulations, Banerjee proves Denoia's equal and then some: the sex, drugs, and rock and roll atmosphere of the club quickly gives way to a headlong rush into murder, and the ride is straight down all the way.Payne's script isn't as tight as it might be, and it sometimes goes off on tangents that add little to the overall impact of the film, but the actors are first rate all the way and increasingly convoluted nature of the conspiracies and counter-conspiracies make for a fascinating ride. And to up the ante, Payne endows the entire film with an unexpectedly dark humor and sense of irony that rings true even in the movie's weaker moments.Yes, there are plenty of naked bodies (both male and female) on display, but ultimately JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH is less about sex than it is about an extremely unsavory and seldom acknowledged side of the American dream, a drive for success that flattens every moral obstacle it meets. In one particularly memorable scene, Banerjee snarls that Joe Kennedy built his fortune on illegal bootleg liquor and even sitting President Reagan lied to congress to finance a secret war; bending the law is the American way. But not every one can get away with it--and even for those who do there is a price. In this instance the price ranges from emotional deadness to drug addiction to accidental incest to blood. And every one has to pay.GFT, Amazon Reviewer

There's something charming about this movie. It's scrappy, rough around the edges, and fun. I wasn't sure what to think with the lame o box, but it's full of surprises. For one, the music. Who knew this movie was packed with wall to wall 80s gems like Wall of Vodoo and Flock of Seagulls? And also, the humor. You couldn't tell by the cover, but this is a really funny story, especially if you appreciate odd human behavior. The marketing guys should be slapped silly, because I passed by the movie a dozen times before finally deciding to purchase it, and I'm glad I did.

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Book is well illustrated, with lots of good information on period furniture.

Excellent service and book as good as or better than originally thought to be. Would definitely order from them again.

This book is a classic and all the other reviews are right-on. If you're interested in woodworking--especially creating antique reproduction designs buy this book. It's cheap. Now if you're a woodworking novice, you'll likely be intimidated at the design detail saying "how can anyone ever carve that!" and you'll be tempted to throw it on the shelf and forget it. That's OK. If you keep doing woodworking, you'll find yourself coming back to look at Chippendale. You'll go to antique shows and museums and see the real thing and eventually gain the confidence to give it a try. The book is inspiring in its design. You should own it if you're interested in finewoodworking because over the years, your comfort with it will be a measure of your own woodworking maturity.

The ball and claw foot is perhaps the one thing most commonly associated with Chippendale, but it is omitted entirely since it had gone out of fashion by the time he wrote the book. Instead, he includes Rococo, Chinese, and Gothic designs. The Rococo designs are extremely heavily ornamented, and fashioned in the most outlandish curved shapes: if you ever thought Pablo Picasso and "modern art" was too far out, take a look at these! The ribbon back chairs struck me as a particularly interesting design. The Chinese designs are far more subdued, and most have a bit of a swastika motif built into them. The editor for the modern version has added an appendix with several photographs of original Chippendale era furniture (not necessarily built by Chippendale himself), including several chosen to show that it really was possible to build the more elaborate designs. This is perhaps the single most historically significant book on furniture design ever written, and no furniture library would be complete without it.

This large catalog style paper back book is an excellent reference for architecture, furniture and design. Black drawing on newsprint paper, this book was a catalog of Thomas Chippendale's furniture shop in England and gives detailed motifs for the antique dealer and cabinet maker alike.