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I've watched this three times and look forward to my next viewing again. Features interviews with many of his contemporaries including Billy Taylor, Marion White, Barry Harris and his son Thelonious Mon Jr., as well as lots of footage of the master himself playing. I'm a huge Monk fan, and I found this fascinating and very informative on what made this genius tick. Highly recommended.

To SEE Monk playing the piano adds a whole new dimension to his music. This man was truly channelling. Thank God for Thelonious Monk.

This is a great video...I've watched it many times for inspiration.

Kasim Sulton is a rock god....I am best friends with his brother for years...Alex let me wear Kasim's pants from this tour at my first gig ....my balls still hurt!!

Finally, more Todd on dvd. This comes across more like a Todd show with Time Heals and The Wheel being the centerpieces, but we are still On The Road To Utopia. There's Caravan, One World and Back On The Street to let you know it is Utopia. The boys were playing shorter shows on this tour and the only thing that can disappoint you is that they're too short!

Todd uses one of Eric Clapton old guitars for this for this show, the painted SG, so the guitar sounds a little compressed. He does break out "ricky" for Love In Action though. After all, it IS Utopia. There's plenty of soaring guitar with Rog's adept synth playing backed by Kaz and Willie. Time Heals and The Wheel though are definitely the show grabbers for me.

How come nobody know who these guys are??

One hopes that we will soon see "An Evening With Utopia" on dvd as it is the longest of the live show on video. The only thing that could improve the discs would be...the directors cuts...you know, the rest of the shows...

The first five minutes tells it all with fine editing of a diddely bow, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Miles Davis into a mosaic of images and music that define blues and blues-based jazz for all time. You will find some new insight at which to marvel everytime you revisit this classic. One of the very finest blues documentaries ever made. You don't have to be a blues historian of even a fan to enjoy this fine DVD and gain new insights into the history not only of bluesmen or Blacks but America. The diaspora, the great migration from the deep South to the North was, at the time, the greatest peacetime migration in human history and its story is told in Bluesland. Toby Byron and his associates are to be celebrated for this excellent work of art.

A collection of some of the best cult classics.

THE ATOMIC BRAIN is set inside an evil mansion with a mad scientist, an old woman and three young women as servants. There's grave robbing and brain transplanting---lots of fun!!!

THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE has a crazed surgeon decapitating his fiance. He keeps her head in his lab trying to find a body for her. A real screamer!!!

CARNIVAL OF SOULS is a creepy film about a woman who survives a car accident and becomes a church organist. She becomes haunted by visions of the dancing dead. Keep your friends close when watching this one!!!

NIGHT TIDE stars Dennis Hopper as a man on leave in California. He loves an orphan girl who works as a mermaid. Look out for creatures that kill when the moon is full. Keep your head covered for this one!!!

I loved Power Passion and murder! I could watch it over and over again. Michelle was absolutely divine. I actually thik it diserves more than 5 stars. Way more.

Tiffany Collinsville IL

A great collection of scary classics:

A BUCKET OF BLOOD stars Dick Miller who plays a nobody who gains fame among the beatniks. His realistic sculptures are made by covering dead bodies with clay. Watch out---you may just jump out of your own skin!!!

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS stars Jack Nicholson as a skid row flower shop owner facing a dilemma with a demanding carnivorous plant. Don't get too close to the screen---it might gobble you up!!!

THE TERROR stars Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson. Nicholson plays an officer in Napoleon's army who pursues a mysterious woman. The woman becomes the pawn of a old witch bent of driving a baron to suicide. Creepy atmosphere in a castle with a crypt.

THE WASP WOMAN stars Janet Starlin, the vain, youth-obsessed owner of a cosmetics firm who turns into a man-killing wasp-woman.

Dennis Quaid plays one of four college seniors nearing graduation. However, none seem prepared to tackle the responsibilities of the "real world". Desperate to do something, they open a sex clinic on campus. To their surprise the clinic becomes an overnight success.

This DVD retains the life of Sarah in the presence of audiences worldwide. Notice how smooth she appears and how graceful she is as she performs. SMOOTH as fine chocolates and wine! Sass' vocal range is well over the five octaves found on a 88-key piano! What a fine singer Sarah (Sass) Lois Vaughan was. Sass will always be my idol and mentor forever in spirit; she is well missed. And, this DVD highlighting the Divine One's life from start to end is a long-lasting treasure for those (like me) who adored Ms. Sarah Lois Vaughan known also as Sassy Sarah. This is from a fan forever. **Angie**

Good, solid overview of Sass' professional life, with just enough personal info to give you a sense of who she was as a person and to put her artistry in context. Interesting commentary by some of the key musicians and others who worked with her and knew her best, e.g. Joe Williams, Billy Eckstine, and her daughter Paris Vaughan. A 'must-have' for Sarah Vaughan fans.

This DVD brings out the quality of Sassy's unmistakeable sound. I had the privlage of spending time with her on the road with Count Basie and his Orchestra. I was fortunate enough to hear her live on many occasions. Sass is the greatest! Don't miss this DVD!!!...

Only 55 minutes long, this DVD concert is still a gem! All 4 members take a turn on lead vocals, but of course Todd Rundgren is the centerpiece here, and justly so. Opens with great song called "Fix Your Gaze". I am new to the most of the Utopia material, but I've been a fan of Rundgren's solo stuff for many years. This great concert, dynamic in picture and sound, is a great introduction to Utopia's brilliance.

I have purchased several Todd/Utopia DVD and videos. This is the best. A definite must have for any Utopia Head. Excellent vide and audio quality. I only wish the DVD had more songs on it. The songs are played full length and all band members sound great. I wish there were more of these.

I was glad to see this great concert film has finally been made available on DVD. This represents what was to be Utopia's last tour together. I remember how excited I was when I first heard that Utopia had reformed in 1992 (after lying silent for seven years after the release of 1995's underrated "POV"). This "reunion" was supposed to begin with a series of shows in Japan, which was then supposed to lead to further touring and a new studio album...but unfortunately for Utopia fans, things just didn't happen that way! However, we DO have this fine document of Utopia's short-lived 90's reunion, and it is a document that no fan of this band should be without! Although, like the original video release, the DVD only runs 55 minutes (I was hoping for some bonus tracks to finally be added!) the band put on a show heavy on energy, emotion, and excitement. If their was any personal conflict that lead to the early demise of this reunion, it is certainly NOT obvious from the smiling faces on stage. Some musical highlights include the rarely heard gem "Fix Your Gaze", the progressive rock anthems "Hiroshima", "Caravan", and "Just One Victory", and the high energy pop of "One World", "Love in Action", and "Princess Of the Universe". Watching this concert again, with the added sonic quality of full digital sound & picture, I really began to long for another Utopia reunion, and hey, with Todd Rundgren and Kasim Sultan now working together once again, how long before Roger Powell and Willie Wilcox join on for the ride?..It would be nice to see, wouldn't it? So, do I have any complaints about this DVD? Well, I would have liked to have seen some tracks included from the bands excellent late 80's works like "Oblivion" and "POV", as well as more material from "Swing To the Right" (and from what I understand, many of those songs were indeed played at the actual Japanese shows, but were edited out of the video release for reasons that could ONLY make sense to a record company executive!), but as good as this particular perfomance is, it's easy to overlook such complaints and just enjoy the show!

Creativity does not guarantee success in American TV, but at least this show got on the air, although the life-span of this NBC series was brief. The creative team included Karl Schaefer, who later produced the equally wonderful TV show "Strange Luck," and Joe Dante, a director who has shown his Spielberg touch with young actors in movies like "Matinee."

With its telepathic poodles, sleep-shopping, a sinister lightning-rod salesman and a farewell episode that turns the whole series inside-out, I would highly recommend this disc and any future episodes of this neat little feast of humorous, colorful, and occasionally touching TV. Those of you who have never seen the show or are only familiar with the US/Canadian revival that was shown on Saturday mornings a few years back should definitely see the original.

This was one of my favorite, albeit short-lived, series growing up. Thankfully, the entire series is being released on 10/10/03.

One of my all time favorite shows. The stories give great twists on the bizzare and unexplained, and are just fun to watch. The writing is excellent. Well worth much more than the listed price.