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Syd Barrett: Under Review [DVD]

By Jason MacNeil

While not authorized by anyone, this documentary features some great interviews on the music that Pink Floyd's stranger/legend/martyr showed in his brief career. [24 February 2006]

Syd Barrett: The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn’t You Miss Me?

By Michael Stephens

If buying a Syd Barrett CD is our electronic equivalent of paying to watch the crazies, what sort of vicarious experience do we hope to get for our $12.99? Whatever we see in Syd probably reveals more about our own delusions than about his. [2 October 2001]