I grew up in the MTV era when music videos were the latest, greatest things. I was swept in with the music of the era having grown up on Long Island listening […]
DVD Review – Duran Duran: Arena – For Those of Us Still Preoccupied with 1985
Asia: Rock Milestones – More Informative Than Other DVDs in This Series
Of all the unauthorized music documentaries I’ve watched, Rock Milestones: Asia was one that I found the most interesting despite the usual shortcomings. Perhaps it was because I could remember the times […]
DVD Review: David Bowie – Inside Bowie & the Spiders 1969-1972 – Meh
I’ve given myself over to viewing many rock documentaries out there and have found most of them come up lacking. Taking into account that most of these are unauthorized as well as […]
VH1 Storytellers: Natalie Merchant – Give Me More Please
I can’t say that I was ever a huge fan of Natalie Merchant. Sure I’d heard her music both before and after she was the lead singer for 10,000 Maniacs, but there […]
DVD Review: The Kinks EP – Twelve Minutes is Not Representative of This Band
In the years I spent working the third shift, I spent a lot of time watching DVDs when it would inevitably get quiet. The DVDs I got from Netflix kept me sane, […]
Essential Music Videos: Pop Metal – Pop Metal, Heavy Metal, Hair Bands… All The Same
Deciding how to classify the music that came out of the 1980s can be a tricky thing. What’s the difference between Heavy Metal, Pop Metal, Hard Rock, and Head Banging Music? Even […]
The Rolling Stones: On the Rock Trail – Why? Why? Why?
When I was browsing around looking for DVDs about favorite artists, I came across a series titled On The Rock trail. Seeing the big names attached to the series I had high […]
INXS: Australian Made – Good, But Could Have Been Better
Released in 1987, INXS: Australian Made seems like the idea was to introduce other, lesser-known Australian musicians to people by capitalizing on the popularity of INXS. The only other artist on the […]
The Rolling Stones: Just for the Record – Good Documentary But Where’s the Music?
I should have known something was up when the word Unautorized was featured so prominently in descriptions of The Rolling Stones – Just For the Record. While there is some interesting material […]
The U2 Phenomenon – The Band is a Phenomenon But These “Independent Reviews” Aren’t
I always knew that just about anyone in this world has access to a video camera. What I didn’t realize what how many of those people also had access to a studio […]
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