Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really Want?
It’s not quite a lost Pink Floyd album, but it gives a sense of what they might sound like now.
15 Aug 2017
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Roger Waters Takes on the Swine in Oakland
The pinnacle zeitgeist moment of the show occurs with “Pigs”, and who would have thought back in 1977 that the song would make such a fitting anthem for 2017 some 40 years later?
26 Jun 2017
The Strength of "Anatomy of a Song" Is Found in Its diverse and Impressive Group of Interviewees
A self-described “oral history jukebox” gives behind-the-scenes details about popular songs and the historical circumstances that shaped pop culture as we know it.
08 Nov 2016
Newport Folk Festival 2015: Dylan '65 Revisited and the Community at Fort Adams
The 2015 Newport Folk Festival was an amazing event with a great lineup of artists, the vibe of a small community and a beautiful location.
02 Aug 2015
Roger Waters: Amused to Death (take 2)
Amused to Death, emerged as a dark, desultory look at the domination of the media as a brainless but powerful influence in the shaping of mankind’s political, religious and social ideals.
23 Jul 2015
Roger Waters: Amused to Death (take 1)
In 1992, Roger Waters released a mighty record that was given the bum's rush by pop history. Remixed, repackaged, and remastered, it's back to teach us a lesson.
22 Jul 2015
Waters and Pink Floyd, Brick by Brick by Tantalizing Brick
It takes a complex writer to capture the complexity of Roger Waters, and to shine light on what we admire and dislike about this musical genius.
11 Dec 2013
The Cinematic Experience of Roger Waters' 'The Wall Live'
Almost synonymous with the name Pink Floyd, The Wall went from an idea to an operatic concept album to a multimedia concert experience to a full length movie to a post-Floyd concert special at the Berlin Wall itself and back to the stage as Roger Waters brought his concert tour The Wall Live to the world.
04 Sep 2012
'Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here': The Band's Most Haunting and Affecting Album
There are plenty of magical––and funny (no, really)––moments throughout, enough that one can recommend this doc without reservation.
01 Jul 2012
Rock 'n' Roll Is Dead? Again?
Actor Jack Black recently joined a long line of prognosticators shaking the death rattle for rock 'n' roll. However, Foo Fighter Dave Grohl says, "There will always be rock 'n' roll." If saltine crackers are any way of judging, I'm with Grohl on this.
30 May 2012
Roger Waters 'The Wall': 13 May 2012 - San Diego
With the world drifting dangerously closer to George Orwell's 1984 every day, Waters goes the extra mile to emphasize the album's strong anti-war and anti-authoritarian themes to make a true statement.
29 May 2012
Pink Floyd: Animals
It's 1977. You're young and pissed off. If you wanted noise and petulance, you had the Sex Pistols. But if you really wanted to rattle some cages, you had Animals.
22 Nov 2011
'Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd?' Is a Good Documentary, but Whatever Happened to the DVD?
This is a solid documentary that does a good job of exhaustively covering its main topic. It's a shame, though, that the DVD doesn't include more bonus features, especially the promised but non-existent extended interviews.
16 Mar 2011
The Best Music DVDs of 2007
The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet.
Ron Hart
Film
24 Jan 2008
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story tells the Barrett story in the words of those who knew him and those who admired him, but the man himself is missing.
Jeremy Estes
Reviews
08 Oct 2007
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