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 Hunterâ€. 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…
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…
Bob Dylan – 1975-1981: Rolling Thunder & The Gospel Years / 2006 Music Video Distributors / 241 Minutes / http://www.highway61ent.com / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Reviewed 10 March 2006 To properly capture the entire history of a musician or any other public figure over forty years is great for individuals that might not have been alive for part or nearly all of the period covered to get a sense of what exactly…
Drive-Thru Records DVD Volume IV / 2006 Drive-Thru / 8 Videos / http://www.drivethrurecords.com / Reviewed 13 January 2006 For individuals that want to know what exactly Drive-Thru Records was up to in 2006, this DVD is a necessary purchase. There are eight videos on this DVD, featuring Hellogoodbye, Dave Melillo, The Early November, Halifax, Hidden In Plain View, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business, Socratic, and An Angel.…
Control the Airspace / $20.00 / [email protected] / http://www.illrepute.com iLLRePuTePRoDuCTioNS, 747 1/2 Avalon Ct , San Diego, CA 92109 Control the Airspace DVD – This is simply a movie that focuses a lot on skateboarding and surfing. With tons of footage of both aforementioned sports, filmmaker Casey Kindred also intersperses the action footage with interviews of a host of friends and individuals. Tying together birds, airplanes, and the air a…
V/A – Reggae Showdown Vol 1 / 2006 MVD / 120 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Reviewed 17 July 2006 This DVD needed to e released just for the simple fact that Dennis Brown’s life ended soon after this footage was taken. To not release this DVD would be an injustice to the memory of Brown and to all of the fans that ey gained since ey started out all those…
Death of A President / 2006 Newmarket / 93 Minutes / http://www.newmarketfilms.com / Reviewed 22 October 2006 If someone has not at least heard of this movie, their head has been in a hole for the last few months. Simply put, what director Gabriel Range does with this film is envision a world in which United States President George W. Bush is assassinated. One can view this movie in many…
Chris Adler and Jason Bittner – Live At Modern Drummer Festival 2005 / 2006 MVD / http://www.moderndrummer.com / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Reviewed 05 May 2006 This is not what I expected from a drumming clinic. Instead of just being a drummer taken out of context, the performances during this DVD have a live guitarist that works with them to show the interplay between the two instruments. While there are panoramic shots…
Noam Chomsky – Imperial Grand Strategy / 2006 MVD / 220 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Reviewed 29 May 2006 DVDs that deal primarily or completely with speeches are hard to pony up the money for; this is due to the fact that the video section of the disc is unnecessary. Individuals can just listen to what Chomsky is saying, and not have to look at the screen once. Of course,…
Charged G.B.H. – City Baby Attacked By Rats / 2006 MVD / 113 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Reviewed 07 July 2006 G.B.H. was one of those UK82 punk bands that I never really got into. There were a lot of those bands, like D.O.A. and The Varukers, and I never got into them because they are passed over a lot of times for those 77 punk bands that are just…
Captain Beefheart – Under Review / 2006 MVD / 180 Minutes / http://www.mvdb2b.com / Reviewed 29 May 2006 Captain Beefheart is an example of a cult musician that practically everyone listens to, but like the Dead Milkmen and Love, I have no clue about the style of music or the allure that the artist provides. What “Under Review†does is show a documentary about the act, as well as throw…