Television & Film

I got a history lesson on Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett watching this DVD, but there

Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII is an excellent memento to the legacy of The Velvet Underground, which is all about the history, culture, and life in the U.S, which to most viewers, means everything.

It’s a real turn of the tables watching Ian on stage with a full orchestra performing all the familiar Tull tracks with an entirely different twist.

The Who has their place in history now; if Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the last two founding members, never performed or recorded again it wouldn’t make a difference. Their legend is written and secure in the minds of those with an ounce of familiarity concerning the history of rock music.

In the latest entry of mistakes made by the number-crunching boys upstairs just looking out for the bottom line, Warner Brothers Records has released what they claim is the world

There are of course gems in every year of the Grateful Dead’s last third (1985-1995), but when asked to find a period of prowess in that time frame, the year 1989, and specifically the summer tour, of which this July 4th Buffalo date is a true nugget.

This DVD contains a peek inside both the performer’s experience, with interesting interviews on subjects that vary from the environmental impact of biodesial busses, to the role of politics in music, as well as fan based perspectives, with conversations on their undying music appreciation and infatuation with particular performers.

Moviegoers expecting a goggle-eyed computer graphics spectacle from Steven Spielberg are going to be slightly disappointed by the newest film adaptation of H.G. Welles’s novel.

It is this combination of new styles with their classic sound that make the Funky Meters a hit among later musicians and generations, and this performance is the epitome of that.

Man on Fire, in many respects, represents all that is wrong in Hollywood today. It is quite incredible that a remake of a film could be so flawed; you’d think the producers would have corrected the “mistakes” present in the original.

Highwire Act Live In St. Louis, recorded live in August 2003, is Little
Feat’s first-ever performance shot in hi-definition technology. As one of California’s most influential band of the ’70s, Little Feat was pretty memorable back then, and continues to stomp plenty of fresh memories today.

Primus is back! The newest release from Primus has certainly been a long time coming, with Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, and Tim Alexander rejoing forces for the first time on record in eight years. Right from the get-go, you can do nothing but become sucked in visually and musically, as Primus proves they can do more than suck.

Bob Dylan – leading man. Sounds quite natural at the Newport Folk Festival
or Madison Square Garden, but on the silver screen? Well, Dylan comes
forth with his recent troubadour/mustachioed look, as Jack Fate, a jailed rock star turned folk legend, who returns to the stage for an ambitious benefit concert in Masked and Anonymous.

The Italian Job is a modern day remake of the identically named 1969 Michael Caine classic. However, the modern day interpretation takes very little from the original script.