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While this performance may not appeal to authenticity purists, I find it quite inspiring and enjoyable. Kennedy is truly interested in and inspired by Vivaldi, as am I. Highly recommended for the more adventurous classical enthusiast.

This guy is always surprising. Here, we can watch a "MTV-like Vivaldi Performance".
In front of a young audience, Kennedy (former know as "Nigel Kennedy", something like Prince's change of name) plays the fiddle with a lot of bravura, although not faultless. At some moments, he improvises a bit (mostly at slow movements), jumps a bit (making some boring noises), makes strange faces.
But, after all, we have the impression of having seen a competent musician, with his own ideas about Vivaldi and the way of play it, accompanied by a superb team of musicians, the English Chamber Orchestra.
I believe this is a better choice compared to Karajan/Mutter version: the austrian maestro choiced very slow tempi, and the Berliners are playing with a huge formation, innadequate for baroque.
Well, despite some minor faults (jumps and other idiosyncrasies)
and a very modern production (including exotic camera angles, scenarios - very funny at "Summer", and other "special effects", related to pop music videos), is a interesting DVD. Musically, is very good - true team spirit between Kennedy and the ECO, the high level of these musicians, and good "extras", like the poems by Vivaldi himself about the seasons.

It may say punkrock on the cover but this dvd is made mostly of hardcore and metal. (mxpx being the lone punk rock band and to be honest they seem a little out of place)

Darren Doane (who's got to be one of the coolest guys of all time) displays some of his new underground videos. Highlights here are poison the well's "botchla", underoath's "When the Sun Sleeps", and Atreyu's "Ain't Love Grand" among other great videos.

The features aren't just filler either. The interviews and the making of videos are very interesting and worth a watch or two. For fans of hardcore this is a must have.

You might be asking yourself what the hell is Doane? It's not a band, it's a director. And this DVD chornicles high points in Darren Doane's video making career, with videos from Strife, Living Sacrifice, Poison The Well, Thrusday, Norma Jean, Shadows Fall and more. like 16 videos total. I can say for the most part that his videos really aren't much more than performance clips with limited story telling. Some of his story ideas don't seem to pertain to the songs at all, like what's with the naked people in towels and a dove doing in a Thursday video? I can say that vids like Poison The Well's "Botchla" and Shadows Fall's "Thoughts without words" were beautifully shot. The picture quality is amazing, lots of good colors. Extras on the DVD include the usual Commentary, interviews with Doane as well as Derek Hess, who did the art as well, has featured flyers, drawings and Cover art gallery on the DVD. There is also a RAW footage section where you can 'make your own video'. I didn't get that part, and still don't think I will. It's a pretty good DVD, but would been a better choice to showcase all of his videos which include Jimmy Eat World, Blink 182 and Unwritten Law. And the Norma Jean video is awesome and makes this worth a purchase.

Longtime wrestling fan, longtime ECW fan, first glimpse at XPW.

1. Black Army Promo: Rob Black can't cut a promo. The only use this has is to let you know who Rob Black and the Messiah are. He's about as good as Heyman in the WWF, not like Heyman was in ECW.

2. "Mr. 80's" Dynamite D vs New Jack: I was amazed when i witnessed something i've never seen in all the years of watching wrestling... New Jack doing actual wrestling moves. Aside from that, it was a match of stuff they teach the first week on Tough Enough.

3. First Round King of the Deathmatch Tournament, "Vicious" Vic Grimes vs Crack w/ Angel (beds of barbed wire and nails chained to the turnbuckles): Looks like the only moves Crack learned in wrestling school were the irish whip and the clothesline. Angel has one of the more funnier gimmicks i've seen in wrestling though.

4. "White Trash" Johnny Web vs Osawa (barbed wire ladder and bed of thumbtacks): Decent match, good use of the weapons, but whats the deal w/ Osawa and his $12 K-Mart ring attire?

5. Cypher and Tool Promo: These XPW "rising stars" absolutely cannot cut a promo. Tool vs the Messiah challenge accepted.

6. John Kronus vs Homeless Jimmy (beds of light bulbs and broken glass and Jimmy's shopping cart wrapped in barbed wire): For a veteran wrestler, Kronus sure couldn't keep his balance on the ropes and even punked out of taking a bump in the broken glass. Homeless Jimmy even outperformed him, and, well, just look at his name.

7. Black Army "Sabu" Promo: I already mentioned how good Black was at cutting a promo. Sabu's manager Layzie comes out and tells some jokes that would've been funny when Hulkamania was around the first time of a few hundred.

8. Steve Rizano Promo: I take it back... NO ONE in XPW can cut a promo besides probably the ex-ECW wrestlers.

9. Steve Rizano vs Pogo the Clown (beds of thumbtack and barbed wire and Pogo's shovel covered in barbed wire): These guys were pretty decent. Supreme interjects himself in the match. Believe me, its only exciting if you're an XPW mark. Brings out something from "Supreme's Laboratory" (its a friggin' table wrapped in barbed wire). Steve Rizano suffers brutally though. This guy just takes it, considering hes just wearing regular wrestling trunks.

10. Kriss Kloss interviews Kid Kaos: Juventud Gurerra interrupts and cuts a crack that makes as much sense as the snail joke in Training Day.

11. Kid Kaos vs Juventud Gurerra: Good match. Kid Kaos is one of probably few XPW wrestlers that can move in the ring.

12. 2nd Round K.O.T.D.M.T. Johnny Web vs Supreme (beds of barbed wire, nails, and tacks): Web can take a bump and can slightly wrestle, but Supreme is about as good as an FMW jobber.

13. Grimes vs Homeless Jimmy (beds of barbed wire, glass, light bulbs, and Jimmy's cart): Good match between a verteran and an up-and-comer. Both guys perform pretty well and take great bumps.

14. Tool vs the Messiah: Should've been a deathmatch, cuz at least there would've been something worth watching if there were tacks or barbed wire. And whats w/ Tool's homo-erotic bondage wear?

15. Final Round KOTDMT Grimes vs Supreme (everything from previous deathmatches and a 20 ft. ladder and barbed wire light bulb covered tables): Decent match. Supreme + ladder = something worth seeing though.

16. Grimes "Angry" Promo: It was alright for a few minutes, but then it just lagged on.

17. Grimes vs the Messiah (KOTDM Title in the aftermath of Grimes vs Supreme): A stable milking match. Supreme comes back out, clears ring for a while, the Black Army takes over eventually, New Jack comes out and does his usual, but i would've been more pumped if his music would hit like it would back in ECW.

Bonus Match. Veronica Cane vs Lizzy Borden (Buck Neked Match): As much of a rip as the advertising made of Francine at House Party '99. But a short Veronica clip afterwards makes up for it a little.

Bonus Material: Photo gallery of the KOTDMT

All in all: Way better than the Best of Backyard Wrestling, as good as Stranglemania, nothing compared to ECW. Cheaper than the CZW DVD, and just as long as an ECW event.

The first XPW King of the Deathmatch tournament is great. The second turned one man into a hardcore legend! The return of the original King of the Deathmatch champion, Supreme, eight men gave their all to survive the tournament filled with barbed wire, thumbtacks, broken glass, nails, lightbulbs, tables, ladders, and chairs. Pogo the Clown, "White Trash" Johnny Webb, Homeless Jimmy, and Nozawa entered the tournament with the stacked deck of the Black Army's Kronus, Kraq, Steve Rizzono, and Vicious Vic Grimes. and the wiiner of the King of the Deathmatch tournament gets an atomatic championship title shot agents THE MESSIAH! I would give you a run down of all the matches but I want you guys to go out and buy it and see it for yourself.If you are into a blood bath wrestling event this event is the best.XPW!XPW!XPW!RULZ

"12 Bucks" was a pleasant surprise for me. While not a perfect movie, I found the story poignant, the film moving, and the actors excellent. As the story begins, we see two small boys watching tv cartoons. The cartoon guy gets a gun to his head, a hole the size of a donut blown in his temple, falls over and then gets up. When dad begins abusing the cocaine-intoxicated mother, the kids get a gun that's been left out and blow daddy's brains out. As the police are taking the kids away, the one says, "Why didn't he get up?" It's a perfect comment on the effect of violence in entertainment to which we allow our children to be subjected. From there the story leaps forward to where the boy who's pulled the trigger who has been in foster care and prison comes to see his little brother who's been adopted by well-to-do Californians and is in college. Two unknowns are the leads, Scott Waugh as the younger sheltered Johnny and Sean Graham as the street-smart Tanner. Tanner convinces Johnny to come with him to a hearing in Hollywood. Johnny falls asleep and wakes to find Tanner has taken him into the desert on the way to Hollywood, Florida rather than Hollywood, California. Thus begins the road adventure. Starting the cross country journey with only 12 bucks, we see some of Tanner's cons to get money and hear Johnny's condemnations about his brother's methods. Some of the picture does not hang together. About two-thirds of the way through, the moralistic Johnny and the street-smart Tanner unexplainedly seem to trade natures. The brothers pull a lost dog con to gain entrance to the house where two sisters played by Ming-Na Wen and Irene Bedard live. After some hot tub romance, Johnny nears a breakdown and the great reversal in the movie plot is revealed. The film ends with the brothers bonding and reunited in their sort-of family relationship. Sean Graham is extremely watchable as the street smart Tanner. With the various levels in the film, he shows himself an actor with great potential. Ernest Borgnine makes a brief appearance. This movie is somewhat of a sleeper, not your obvious choice. There is sex and violence, but presented with a reason. Seek this one out!

I have to warn everyone first-I'm a Monique Gabrielle fan-so this is one sided.
The story is about 'Angel',a girl put in the mental ward for killing her mom.When released,she goes to the only outside person she knows-her mothers last boyfriend, who coincidentally doesn't know how his girlfriend died in the past.
Now-his current beau is not thrilled at all by the new houseguest and wants her out.So Angel tries to sabotage their relationship and remain in the house by whatever means necessary.
'Hand that rocks the Cradle' coming to mind?Only without the kid.The subplot is Angels 'step dad' having business ties with Eric Estrada-an LA minor drug lord.
But,B movie or not-I was pleased by Moniques acting prowess and seeing 'Ponch' play the other side of the law.
For more info-watch the movie.But be a b-movie fan first-or you'll be going "Ahh,geez..."

We have both Animal Numbers and the Animal Alphabet (which is the better of the two) and enjoy both. Time Life put these out and they do have some fantastic animal footage that is both entertaining and educational. Our 4 year old absolutely loves both DVDs to the point of exhaustion. Our 2 year old gets a little bored because they are a little too advanced for him. Both videos use animals to express the concepts of numbers or letters. Through repetition and humor, the child learns sequencing in this video. Although I recommend the Alphabet Numbers DVD, IMHO the Animal Alphabet is far superior and would be an asset to any child's DVD collection.

Boris Karloff has always been one of my favorite actors and a double feature DVD is always welcome news. This DVD in particular contains one of Karloff's forgotten gems and possibly the silliest film he ever made.

"The Ape" (1940), made for Monogram, represents the nadir of Karloff's career. In the film he portrays a kindly doctor who seeks to cure ingénue Maris Wrixon of polio through injections of human spinal fluid. Of course, spinal fluid is difficult to obtain, particularly as the victim must be alive. Enter the solution to Karloff's problem. A circus ape escapes and breaks in to Karloff's home. Karloff kills the ape with a knife and skins it, sewing the skin into a costume. Since no one but Boris knows the ape is dead, Karloff dons its costume and goes out to kill townspeople for their precious spinal fluid. (Wouldn't it have been simpler just to buy a costume?) There is a hilarious scene with Boris running for home after one murder wearing the costume by carrying the headpiece. Simply precious. Directed by William Nigh, who directed Karloff in his "Mr. Wong" series, also for Monogram. To quote film critic Michael Weldon, "And you thought only Bela Lugosi made films this bad."

"British Intelligence," made the same year for Warner Bros., is a taut, nifty spy thriller set in World War 1. A master German spy has been operating one step ahead of the British and the causalities are mounting. As his mission is extremely important to the German war effort, the Germans dispatch Margaret Lindsay (operating as a nurse at a British field hospital) to England as an assistant. It is there in the home of one of the British bigwigs that she meets Karloff, who works as the butler. Is Karloff the dreaded spy? Or is he a red herring to throw us off the track? Could it be someone else? The film will keep the viewer guessing until the last tem minutes. Directed by Terry Morse, who also directed Raymond Burr's scenes in "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" (1955).

Strippers, delinquints, and beatniks,(kind of).This movie really delivers.Gillian Hills is a frustrated teen-ager,who happens to look a lot like a young Bardot. Angry that the woman her father has married is an ex-stripper (and barely older than she is!).Gillian decides to try her hand at the age-old trade. But not before hanging out in a cave with her delinquent friends,incuding her rockabilly boyfriend(who happens to have a song for every occasion),playing chicken on some railroad tracks and dance repeatedly to John Berry's theme. Also look for Christopher Lee as an evil strip club owner.This British look at the beat generation may not be accurate, but it sure doesn't dissapoint! BEAT GIRL (a.k.a. Wild For Kicks) is a real treat for anyone who enjoys classic teen exploitation movies from the fifties and sixties.

Benji is the sweetest dog in the whole world! How can anyone say 'no' to Benji! Kids will LOVE Benji!

I purchased the 1st Soul Jam about 3 months ago and was so impressed by the performances i logged onto amazon and ordered number 2 soon after.What a differance half a concert makes.Most of the guys in the Dramatics seem ready to keel over at any moment and all seemed to have lost there voices.Cuba Gooding absolutely destroys Everybody Plays The Fool as he is every bit a fool on this one.As for the rest of the performance all lack the bravado and energy of the 1st C.D.Why is this one night show split into 3 D.V.D.'S.I'll tell u why,money,mulla,cashola.This could easily have been on one disc as all the top hits are on the 1st and best of the 3 D.V.D's so save your money and just pick up the 1st one.

Upon receiveing this Dvd I placed it in my player and sat back to watch it.I was impressed with the performance of each group.I thought By purchasing This Dvd Without any other reviews that I would see Such entertainers as Skip mahoney & the Casuals,Black Ivory,Ebonys Some of the less Popular groups of the 70'sThis Dvd contains.Stylistics, Dramatics,Chi-lites,Delphonics,Harold Melvins's Bluenotes & cuba Gooding Jr.This dvd should included a history of each group as extra.