Was on a spending spree for DVDs yesterday:-

Walk Hard - A can-do parody of Walk the Line and Ray although some of the jokes are really obvious. Even if they are, I can't help laughing, especially the kid Dewey playing and singing the blues so adeptly. Jack White's turn as Elvis is half-reverential and off-beat, although I wished it would come out as a cynical caricature. The Dylan parodies are spot-on though, when you really look at it, that "Mailman" song doesn't really differ that much from "Visions of Johanna". The Beatles parody is affectionate rather than sardonic and I wished Apatow had written something crueller, but something has to be said for messing with institutions. My fave bit is Eddie Vedder likening the rock echelon to Biblical prophets.

Rammstein - Lightspielhaus

Collection of music videos until the Mutter album and concert highlights. For me, I just loved the first two albums. Mutter onwards just regurgitates the same basic ideas. The original "Du Riechst So Gut" is interesting, a live action version of the Herzeleid cover where they look so much like Aryan supermen. Otherwise, the ideas aren't really that good, except maybe for the CGI ants in "Links 2-3-4" or the Snow White theme in "Sonne". "Engel", though a good song, uses that wine drinking off the foot scene from "From Dusk Til Dawn" and is a downright bore. The concerts are of varying quality, although there are some guffaws from the audience when Til Lindeman comes on in Terminator get-up.

Hendrix - Live at Monterrey

A historic concert although I have to admit the playing isn't all that great, as they sound a lot like the studio versions. The other "bonus" tracks are also hardly that great, "Killing Floor" and "Rock Me Baby" being rote blues workouts and his version of "Like A Rolling Stone" sounding a bit sparse and has none of the pith of the original. My only thrill is the showmanship during "Wild Thing", where he fucks the speaker and burns his guitar. Obviously not as exciting as "Woodstock" even if others might beg to differ.

Radiohead - The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time

Four episodes of Radiohead Television, music set to fan videos, ranging from incredibly boring (negative shots of the sun, strobing night lights) to disturbing (clay figures shooting dope, skeletal professors experimenting on a dog carcass) to relevant (animation showing a man going to work, going to bed repetitively then dying). Has some unreleased Radiohead, some Thom fiddling about in the studio, some interviews. Actually, a very good way to unwind before hitting the sack. I slept so well after watching this.