John Hammond – Paris Concert / 2006 MVD / 126 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / John Hammond is another of those jazz people that I had no clue about before turning on eir “Paris Concertâ€. After the concert was done, I was completely in eir corner. The performance was covered well; four cameras were able to pick up this 2004 show. And hell, even the bonus content on this DVD was…
God Save The Queen: A Punk Rock Anthology / 2006 MVD / 70 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Starting off this DVD with the intense “Sonic Reducer†by Youngstown’s Dead Boys, a tempo and overall feel is created with this DVD that shows punk in all of its gritty glory. Some of the footage seems to be taken off of VHS tapes; for example, the U.K. Subs’ “CID†is taken (I…
Catman Cohen’s Prayer For America  / 2007 Self / 6:19 / http://www.catmancohen.com / I think this is a first for NeuFutur. While we have reviewed full videos and audio singles in the past, this is the first time that we have ever reviewed a single music video. We have reviewed Catman Cohen in the past, reviewing both eir “How I Want To Live†and “How I Want To Die†albums.…
Gillan – Live Edinburgh 1980 / 2006 MVD / 120 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / The brutality of the music that starts out this DVD is confusing. To hear something so raw and rough should remind listeners of early-eighties Iron Maiden or (even more) Judas Priest. The fact that there can be current and past incarnations of Gillan’s work shows that the fire that resided in eir during Deep Purple (“Smoke…
Europe – Live From the Dark / 2006 MVD / 240 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / For twenty dollars, the sheer amount of information that individuals get here is nothing less than extraordinary. More than just a concert slapped on a DVD, there is also present on this DVD set a documentary that details twenty-four hours in the life of Europe as they go from Holland to London. Europe is another…
Elvis – ’68 Comeback Special Edition / 2006 RCA / 94 Minutes / http://www.elvis.com / http://www.rca.com / Not being born until fifteen years after this television special was aired, it becomes kind of hard for me to gauge the impact that “’68 Comeback†had on the fans of Elvis, and more importantly, all individuals that were able to watch it during its original airing. There are quite a few extras…
The Indian Playboy: Anatomy of a Porn Film / 2007 EcstasyVision / http://www.theindianplayboy.com / Pretty much everybody watches porn, but few individuals know exactly how porn is made or what all the production of a film entails. Enter Richard Menon, the self-dubbed “Indian Playboyâ€, who moved from a career in finances to create porn. Since then, ey has made Ecstasyvision Inc, a company that seems to be gaining popularity with…
Steve Diet Goedde – Living Through Photographic Anthology 1990-2004 /2006 MVD / 120+ Minutes / http://www.stevedietgoedde.com / It’s a still photograph porno film! No, seriously, what Steve Diet Goedde does on “Living Through†is put music to each and every picture on this DVD. There are over 700 pictures on this disc, and feature individuals like Porcelain Twinz, Aria Giovanni and Dita Von Teese. For those individuals that want a…
Duke Ellington – Early Tracks From The Master of Swing / 2006 MVD / 85 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / With these tracks all being “early†in the career of Duke Ellington, it pays to remember that the sound and video quality of them will not be up to the high quality of a number of other concert DVDs. However you take what you can get considering the fact that some…
The Eastpak Resistance Tour 2003 Volume II / 2006 I Scream / 124 Minutes / http://www.iscreamrecords.com / Reviewed 04 April 2006 The first thing that one hears about this DVD is that Madball is actually impressive. The younger fans into hardcore music may not ever know the style of punk-hardcore music that Madball does, but I Scream does them all a favor by putting the band right at the front…
