[kj] KJ DVD (sound and others)...

dammit bleep hawk044 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 3 11:59:48 EST 2005


OK

I'm way behind in the KJ list reading. Can someone
tell me the title of the DVD and where in the States
it might be found? I've heard Tower records, but there
isn't one near me.

I can at least order it if I have a title.

Thanks.


--- Jiri <unspeakable at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Tim Bucknall wrote:
> 
> >anyone think the DVD sounds a little crisper than
> the cd?
> >  
> >
> Yes, quite. I don't know if it's the 5.1 format
> allowing it to unleash 
> more or what...(I don't know diddly about that
> stuff, but I noticed it 
> sounded fuller, more dynamic, when I played it on
> the same system that I 
> had played the CD on.) A nice surprise.
> 
> Other nuggets of happiness from the DVD:
> --seeing Ben's mad happy expressions while he's
> getting into some 
> classic Killing Joke drum patterns. Sure, that's
> what drummers generally 
> look like anyway, but his expressions appear to
> capture the moment in a 
> way that...well, put it this way--that's how
> ecstatic I would be if I 
> were in the same situation. It's good to see him
> seizing the moment. He 
> looks and sounds like a great fit.
> --getting some nice closeups of Geordie's strumming.
> I could use even 
> more, but then I remember that not everyone cares.
> It's been said 
> before, but goddamn, so much going on there and yet
> he looks like it's a 
> walk in the park. My wife said "he looks like he's
> sleeping." I think 
> he's just in a heightened state, peaceful ecstacy.
> --cool to see the light display and the projected
> images of old covers 
> and art like the Nervous System Centre Pointe
> building image. Gee, what 
> a good idea--maybe they should get Colesy to do art
> on the next album, 
> now there's a thought...
> 
> I was surprised that the "rock video"-like cuts and
> zooms to the beat of 
> the music didn't annoy me. I'd heard about them and
> worried about them, 
> but they're not too bad or too often.
> 
> On a serious note, I noticed during Total Invasion
> (I think), during a 
> just drums and bass part, they have a shot of
> Geordie downing a stiff 
> dose of (presumably) vodka. You see it in his face
> as he downs it. 
> Given  word about how much drink he downed on the
> 2003 tour, and that 
> he's sober now (still hopefully), well, that's a bit
> of a chilling shot 
> to record and publish for posterity. Watching it
> feels like seeing 
> family reunion footage of your alcoholic uncle.
> That's uncomfortable, 
> serious stuff. Hope all remains well, or at least
> better.
> 
> 
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