Literary/I Want My DVDs

Hateland
The Daily Star Loaded FHM GQ Nuts Zoo Soul Crew Women Who Deserve To Go To Hell
Slip N Slide Records
Factotum
Derailroaded
Freakonomics
Allen Lane Freakonomics The Corporation The Corporation
Constable

Drift: Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer 
Plexifilm/Stomp Visual

Everyone knows that everyone listens up every time a member of Sonic Youth drops a fart but the tone and quality of each particular emission varies greatly. There’s those small, squeaky, barely noticeable freckles that only occur once in a blue moon and there are those annoying mega-wafting farts that hang around far too long. Then, you have those warm, comforting, all encompassing farts, that although not necessarily enjoyable, surround you like a familiar doona and lull you into submission (not like a dutching though).

That’s what this DVD/Book set is like. Follow through from the best possible type of Sonic Youth fart that there is.

JAMES GANG



Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
Hopscotch/Shock

Q: Did you hear about the heavy metal player who locked his keys in the car?

A: He had to break the window to let the drummer out.

Like most music docos about ‘scenes gone by’, the worst part is having to come to terms with seeing the physical side effects of the combination of age and a decadent lifestyle. It can get pretty ugly and has a tendency to strip away some, if not all, of the mystery and glamour that holds it together in your mind. On the other hand, you get an amazing glimpse of the inner workings of some of the most incredible bands in the world, including Deep Purple, Sabbath and Motorhead and get to find out things like the reason Zeppelin sounded so awesome was because they couldn’t afford new gear—even drum sticks. It’s one of those films you can get totally lost in for a while.

CRAZY HORSE



Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The Road To God Knows Where / Live at The Paradiso
Mute/EMI

Back in 1990 when the Bad Seeds doco, The Road To God Knows Where, first came out, it was weird because you had never imagined Nick Cave doing real stuff or wearing anything but sharp suits. Then, suddenly, you see him acting all awkward in photo shoots and rocking baseball caps on the tour bus and he instantly becomes a ‘real guy’. This would be a stupid reason not to watch this again though—now you’re 15 years older, it’s much easier to deal with anyway. The 2nd DVD shows the band performing a bunch of their classics live in Amsterdam in 1992 and it’s awesome.

HARRY



New York Dolls – All Dolled Up
MRA

This is so, so good. One of the best documents of a killer live rock n roll band you are likely to ever see. Just watching Thunders play guitar makes me want to take the day off work, stay at home and flick my pee.

TESS



Triumph Of The Will
Stomp Visual

It seems that the Nazi’s weren’t that bad after all.

CHUCK & TITO