Monday, July 14 2003
Ryan Adams: Music in High Places: Live in Jamaica [DVD]
With the DVD release of Ryan Adams: Live in Jamaica for the Music in High Places series comes some serious anticipation for which personality has been committed to the digital video format.
Monday, June 30 2003
Mötley Crüe: VH1’s Behind the Music: Mötley Crüe [DVD]
“I think without conflict we’d all be bored wouldn’t we…?” —Nikki Sixx “They were the Marx Bros. of rock’n'roll.” —talking head/music critic “Just cuz we…
Monday, June 23 2003
The Police: Every Breath You Take: The DVD
The Police were something special. Three talents with egos and love/hate relationships to match, the trio seemed to effortlessly create better and more literate pop…
Friday, May 30 2003
The Band: Music From Big Pink [DVD Audio]
The Band were a group that turned a musical corner for everyone, influencing a generation of musicians in the process.
Wednesday, May 28 2003
Wednesday, April 23 2003
R.E.M.: Document [DVD Audio]
When R.E.M. finally broke through to mainstream success with 1987’s Document, they did it the way musicians dream of. After loading up with critical accolades…
Friday, January 24 2003
Herbie Hancock: Future 2 Future Live [DVD]
Herbie Hancock has always been looking at the future. Like his former employer, Miles Davis, Hancock is always looking for ways to add the latest…
Wednesday, January 22 2003
ABBA: The Definitive Collection [DVD]
Yes, I am an unabashed ABBA fan for the simple reason that the time and effort put into the composition, arrangement, and recording of these…
Friday, January 10 2003
Miles Davis: The Miles Davis Story [DVD]
During the introduction to this DVD biography of Miles Davis released by Sony Music Miles’ onetime mentor, trumpeter Clark Terry, points out that the tension…
Tuesday, December 10 2002
Tesla: Time’s Makin’ Changes: Videos & More
One of the more enduring music history debates concerns the Sacramento five-piece, Tesla. Were they or weren’t they justly lumped into the hair-metal category long…
Friday, December 6 2002
Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Revue [2 CD + 1 DVD]
In the fall of 1975, the thirtysomething Dylan felt he had to challenge himself, as well as have some fun with his friends at the same time, and that feeling is palpable on this album. After 27 long years, we can finally properly hear the Master in his finest hour, and what a thrill it is.
Friday, September 27 2002
Various Artists: Pure 80’s: The DVD
Blame MTV. On August 1, 1981 MTV went on the air, changing music (marketing) forever. Punk was still making parents everywhere cringe, and new wave…
Friday, August 23 2002
Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back in Town
What can I say about Thin Lizzy? I love this band, love them in spite of their many flaws, love them because of their many…
Thursday, June 6 2002
Portishead: Roseland New York
It’s been four years since Portishead’s live disc came out, and that was a short year after their self-titled sophomore effort was released in 1997;…
Tuesday, April 30 2002
Poster Children: Zero Stars: A DVD Tour Diary
Within the last several years, the pretense of the low budget, independent cinematic hybrid, an integral element of the superinformationhighway for cutting edge, experimental art,…
Tuesday, April 23 2002
Rush: Chronicles: The DVD Collection
What’s in a name, indeed? Probably no rock band has lived up its name quite like Rush. And probably no song captures the amusement park…
Friday, October 15 1999
Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy [DVD]
Ultimately, Meeting People is Easy is a disjointed film with a meandering narrative that somehow succeeds despite its real lack of focus in capturing the chaos, pressure, and frequent boredom of the celebrity lifestyle.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Elvis Presley: ‘68 Comeback Special / One Night With You [DVD]
Professional cynic Dennis Leary once remarked that he wished that someone had stepped up behind Elvis sometime late in 1957 and put a bullet behind…
Janet Jackson: Rhythm Nation Compilation
Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation Compilation DVD contains seven videos from the Rhythm Nation 1814 album, which was arguably the definitive work in Jackson’s always exciting…
