PJ Harvey is a powerful performer and an interesting artist. If you can get past the generic music video filler, there are some truly rare gems worth the look.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston, is a raw documentary on the life of Johnston, the youngest of five in a Christian household who goes from an aspiring cartoonist to a cult favorite that sparked Kurt Cobain to continually wear a Johnston t-shirt during Nirvana’s early ninety’s hey-day.
At long last, the ultimate rock-concert spectacle has arrived on DVD: Pink Floyd
One For The Road captures the same kind of sprightly fun as a Peter Pan tale.
Gram Parsons Fallen Angel, through a serious of archived film clips and interviews, traces Parsons life from his privileged upbringing in Florida to his musical adventures stretching across the American frontier. Featuring interviews with his family members and former band-mates, Fallen Angel revisits Parsons past with revealing interviews from Chris Hillman, Keith Richards and Emmylou Harris.
Your little brother knows him only as Whistler, the old fart who supplies Wesley Snipes with anti-vampire weaponry in the Blade movies. The rest of us know him for who he is, Kris Kristofferson, the esteemed singer-songwriter whose inebriated ramblings at the podium make for the only worthwhile viewing at any given country music awards telecast.
While I enjoyed the videos, I’m left somewhat unsatisfied by songs that end prematurely.
“He lost more bathes than he won, faced mutinies among his men and helped to ignite a war with reckless military decisions,
New York Doll tells a story that touches the soul as the band prepares for their reunion show after 30 years. Arthur “Killer” Kane is as lovable character as there is and one is left wondering what could have been if the boys could have worked out there problems instead of breaking their band. They directly influenced so many bands that include The Clash, The Pretenders, The Sex Pistols and so many others would not be what they were if it were not for the New York Dolls. “Too Much Too Soon,” a great title for their second album and a great description of what happened to those young impressionable New York Dolls when fame was knocking at their lip stick laden, glittery front door.
If you’re looking to find endless footage of the Rolling Thunder tours, one of Dylan
