Videos That I Own

A kaleidoscopic journey into the parallel musical universe of cult music festival All Tomorrow's Parties.

Ashes of American Flags is a new film presenting the Chicago band Wilco live in concert during their 2008 tour.

This is a musical program/documentary about the Bad Brains who are a well known black punk hardcore band performing at CBGBs for 4 nights over Christmas in 1982 It was shot at a whim and kept in vault from 1982 till 2006.

Brian Wilson, a genius way ahead of his time musically, created The Beach Boys concept (UNRELEASED) album "SMILE" with musical themes never before created musically created in the late 60's over 10 months. This is the documentary of his process with interviews with his team, including Leonard Bernstein, and many other musical luminaries. Some of the tracks made it into other Beach Boys albums. So sad it was never released. It is said that it was the most Legendary unreleased album isn't he history of popular music. Release date would have been Jan 1967. As a solo artist, Brian did re-interpret the project for concert performances in 2004./ On OCtober 2011, "The Smile Sessions " album was released containing an approximation of what the Beach Boys' completed SMILE might have sounded like based on the structure of Brian Wilson Presents SMILE. In 2013, it won The Best Historical Album award at the 55th Grammy Awards.

Filmed live at the legendary 9:30 Club in Washington, DC on October 7th 2005, Bob Mould reaches deep into his songbook for a career-spanning electric band performance. Joined onstage by Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Richard Morel (Morel), and Jason Narducy (Rockets Over Sweden), the show features Bob's compositions from Husker Du, Sugar's Copper Blue, and his most recent solo release, Body Of Song. Circle Of Friends is the first fully authorized live concert release by Bob Mould.

Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.

After an excerpt from 'Baraka (1992)', featuring the music of Dead Can Dance, we see them in concert in Santa Monica CA, alternated with interview sequences with the lead members (Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry) where they discuss their influences (Asian/Mid-Eastern music and Irish ballads), their instrumentation (Chinese dulcimer, various percussion, synthesizers), and their different approaches to lyrics (he sings words, she doesn't).

Led by a group dynamic that embraces experimentation even as it celebrates classic pop and folk forms, The Decemberists are firmly established as a completely original happening in the world of contemporary indie rock. This DVD captures the band in the midst of their rise to prominence with a live recording of a performance at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon on November 4, 2005.

A documentary on the evolution of the Oklahoma band The Flaming Lips.

A definitive record of one of the greatest live bands in rock: THE ELECTRIFYING CONCLUSION is a chronicle of the last four hours of Guided By Voices. The film captures Guided By Voices' final concert at Chicago's Metro on New Year's Eve 2004 - 63 songs, completely uncut. The excitement and nostalgia from both the band and audience are powerfully captured here in performances of GBV classics and special, seldom-played songs.

Documentary/concert film of English musician PJ Harvey touring her 2004 album Uh Huh Her. Shot in a cinema-verite style it combines live footage from various locations with backstage footage and interviews.

First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones documents the recording of Wilco's album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."

A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

Looking For a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration is a collection of personal stories about defining moments of musical inspiration (a record, a show, a musician, etc.) for 112 musicians who themselves have inspired so many. The interviews on the DVD include recollections by Mike Watt, Thurston Moore, Hamid Drake, Bjork, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, the Butchies, Jon Spencer, Vic Chesnutt, Kurt Wagner, Fred Anderson and Giant Sand - as well as members of the Urinals, Califone, Jesus Lizard, the Boredoms, Mekons, Slint, the Sea and Cake, and Calexico (to name just a few). Over five hours of inspiration in total! Although all were asked one simple question - to tell a story about a musical moment that inspired - the responses are as varied as the people interviewed. The film is a great resource for all those interested in the independent musical mind. As a collection, it reveals much about the moments that inspire so many to pick up a guitar or a microphone, to start a label or a band.

A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

Portishead concert in the Roseland Ballroom, New York City, on the 24th July 1997 with tracks from the albums "Dummy" and "Portishead" played by the band and a 30 piece orchestra.

Live folk music performances that pay tribute to archivist Harry Smith.

Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 is one of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's most classic performances, perfectly encapsulating the passion, drama and intensity of the extraordinary band as Springsteen brought the Born to Run tour to Europe.

Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run chronicles the definitive story of Bruce Springsteens breakthrough album from songwriting to production and beyond. Includes archival film shot between 1973 and 1975 but never shown publicly.

In this film, director Jonathan Demme documents a live performance by Robyn Hitchcock, an English singer-songwriter.

This DVD Release (Complete Masterworks) contains the groundbreaking, hard to get (legally), HBO episodes which tell the tale of The D in their early days on the road to stardom. Also included is the concert at London's Brixton Academy that was by chance recorded on November 3, 2002

Shot at L'Olympia in Paris in June 1993, Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII presents a snapshot of one of their few reunion gigs.