Chicago Reader (9-27-02): "David Boyden (aka Earwig Spectre)...bashes keyboards frenetically as he howls about insects."
-from Peter Margasak's Post No Bills

Roctober (Winter, 2002): "Indiana's top insect rocker...the wrath of a plague of lo-fi electronic locusts"

Roctober (Spring, 2001): "Bugmusic for Bugpeople!"

Rocktober (Halloween, 1997): ". . .an insect opera, an amusical musical, an exploratory of sonic exploration. . .sick, sick, sick!"

Racoon Times (January, 1998): "Some really offbeat stuff here. . .gonzo raving lyrics (on songs like 'Let the Insects Rule the World' and 'Pol Pot's Penis') plus classically-inspired (but turbulent) piano. 'Waltz of the Anal Scabs' is a fast, elegant instrumental, with arpeggios. . . .Not all will go for this, but it was different enough to grab my attention!"

The Flashing Astonisher (Spring, 1998): ". . .beyond hysterical. I couldn't get past the first song, I had to rewind and hear it again! 'Let the Insects Rule the World' is hysterical, with the best line, 'I want swarms of locusts on my penis.' Can't beat that with a poodle on a stick."

Crap-O-Rama (1997): ". . .dark spoken word to chaotic piano that sounded like it came out of Transylvania."

Underground Music Monthly (October 1998): ". . .just a hint it's a nasty, little bug."