Category: Video Reviews

Posted on: September 18, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Finesse Mitchell – Snap-Famous

Finesse Mitchell – Snap-Famous / 2007 Image / 52 Minutes / http://www.finessemitchell.com / http://www.image-entertainment.com / Finesse Mitchell was on Saturday Night Live for a little bit. After that, my knowledge about the comedian decreased to effectively zero. Apparently, ey was doing the comedy circuits as popular knowledge decreased. However, there is not a complete break with the past during “Snap Famous”. Mitchell describes in (often-times) hilarious detail about eir time…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 17, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Matches – Live From The House of Blues

The Matches – Live From The House of Blues / 2004 Kung Fu / http://www.thematches.com / http://www.kungfurecords.com/ Starting out their concert with “Dog Eared Page”, The Matches play each track with the energy and talent that was so present on “E. Von Dahl Killed The Locals”. The print looks pretty dark, and while the venue is only using a bank of lights in which to illuminate the band, the light…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 17, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

The Mae Shi – Lock the Skull, Load the Gun

The Mae Shi – Lock the Skull, Load the Gun / 2006 5RC / http://www.mae-shi.com / http://www.5rc.com /  The Mae Shi are a very good act. I was able to go and get their split with Rapider than Horsepower, and to get something that is much more active and colorful out of the band is really a treat. In a sense, what The Mae Shi do during “Lock the Skull,…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 16, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Lucero – Dreaming In America

Lucero – Dreaming In America / 2005 Eastwest / 72 Minutes / http://www.luceromusic.com / http://www.eastwestrock.com / The first thing that individuals get to see about Lucero is that they are extraordinarily lucid for the style of music that they create. The creators of such amazing tracks like “That Much Further West” are shown by Aaron Goldman to be human, at times pitiable (the fact that they do not look good…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 16, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Landmarq – Turbulence: Live In Poland

Landmarq – Turbulence: Live In Poland / 2006 MVD / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Throughout the years, I’ve played with a little progressive metal but I’ve never really gotten into progressive rock. Landmarq is an act that makes me wish that I had checked out some of those acts earlier; this DVD captures their performance in Katowice, Poland from 2005. Landmarq’s talent is at such a high level that even when they…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 15, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Leo Kottke – Home & Away Revisited

Leo Kottke – Home & Away Revisited / 2006 MVD / 106 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Leo Kottke is another of the long string of individuals that I had not heard before getting this DVD. This video intersperses songs and stories, so that individuals can both be wowed by Kottke’s own innovative style of music as well as the stories that took place behind the scenes. For the fans of…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 15, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

H2O – One Life One Chance

H2O – One Life One Chance / 2006 MVD / 157 Minutes / http://www.h2ogo.com / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Ever since I heard the title track from this DVD, I was a H2O fan. I have a copy of “F.T.T.W.”, and to get a chance to see them with ten years under their belt is exciting to say the least. This is another double-shot DVD; “One Life One Chance” has both a…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hooked

Hooked / 2006 MVD / http://www.hookedmovie.com / http://www.musicvideodistributors.com / Being a member of the GLBT community, it never really startled me that so much of a large section of the movement’s life was spent on gay.com and other GLBT-oriented chatrooms. I would go on and troll, but it was never for actual companionship. To be truthful, a number of the individuals that are interviewed in “Hooked” really make much more…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 14, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Hip Hop Life

Hip Hop Life / 2007 Universal / 79 Minutes / http://www.universal.com / I like rap battle DVDs. That much is true. Hip Hop Life has a rap battle in it, but one has to wonder why exactly they picked the judges that they picked. Jadakiss for all intensive purposes was a two-hit wonder (“Why” and “U Make Me Wanna”), MC Lyte hasn’t been relevant since 1997, and Freeway hasn’t hit…

READ MORE
Posted on: September 13, 2007 Posted by: James McQuiston Comments: 0

Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace

Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace / 2006 MVD / 116 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / http://www.odessafilmworks.com/hkatpn / Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace is done by the director that did “Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter”. Saying that, Harry Knuckles feels more like a Troma movie than anything else. Even Lloyd Kaufman is present in a small role during the movie. The movie tells a story about a super-spy named Harry Knuckles…

READ MORE