Hey all,

Long time no post. Anyway, I'm looking for interesting indie DVD (and/or VHS) comps I can acquire for my annual video tape project I put together for my friend's party. Mostly I'm looking for newer things (like 1999 and beyond).

Here's some I picked up last year:
Turn-On Tune-In Lookout
Michigan Fest 2002
Automatic Magnetic
Gravity Video 2
CBGB: Punk From the Bowery.

I also need to pick up the Warp comp that just came out, but I need more suggestions! Compilations are better than single artists, but I'll take all ideas.

Question: has anyone seen the Bonnaroo DVDs? One looks promising, but I heard that there are no complete song performances on these. Tell me I heard wrong!

Oh right, that would be important: I need full songs. (doht!). Thanks in advance for any assistance you all can provide.

peace,
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*Bump*

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This sort of thing? I believe there are other in the series for various video directors like Spike Jonze and Chris Cunningham



The Work of Director Michel Gondry invites the lucky viewer into a wonderland of childlike imagination. Before the Versailles-born Gondry turned his creative ingenuity to feature films (beginning with the underrated Human Nature and the 2004 Jim Carrey comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), these 27 music videos and assorted "stories and things" formed a legacy of supreme cleverness, suggesting a creative lineage from the pioneering film magic of Georges Méliès to the groundbreaking experimental films of Norman McLaren.
It's perfectly fitting that the accompanying 75-minute documentary is titled "I've Been 12 Forever," because Gondry (b.1964) never lost the sense of wonder and inventiveness that children display when their minds are allowed to flourish in a creative environment. No wonder he's best known for his dazzling collaborations with Icelandic pop star Björk, resulting in music videos (seven included here) that redefined the magical potential of the medium. Each, in its own way, is a masterpiece of the fantastic.

What's also remarkable about Gondry's work is its technical progression, from the homemade crudeness of his earliest videos for the French band Oui Oui, to the technical wizardry of Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World", in which the Australian pop star is seamlessly multiplied as she strolls around a busy Parisian intersection; like many of Gondry's videos, it's a stunning "how-did-they-do-that?" work of art, reminiscent of Zbigniew Rybcynski's prize-winning 1982 short "Tango". From the hilarious dreamworld of the Foo Fighters' most popular video "Everlong" to the painstaking pixilation of Gondry's videos for the White Stripes (one made entirely of animated Lego blocks), this DVD is packed with Gondry's tireless pursuit of perfection; he'll do whatever's necessary, no matter how simple or complex, to achieve perfect harmony between song, artist, and visual concept. All the while, he's drawing from a seemingly endless well of inspiration, as evident in the delightful 52-page booklet of stories, drawings, photos, and interviews that chronicle the eternal sunshine of a brilliant mind
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Yeah, I'm aware of those. Thought about maybe picking one or two up but right now the clips aren't useful enough or are too mainstream. (that, and Bjork & the Beastie Boys have already made numerous appearences on these tapes)

Thanks tho.

I've also located a Ninja Tunes comp (Zen TV) that looks good.

Still wondering about the Bonnaroo comps. Has anyone seen them? If so, can you answer the question in my 1st post?

thanks again, all.

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Cybin!! Where the hell have you been? Dammit, you've been missed.

Aww...thanks Aural...it means bunches. Lurking mostly. Watching the CMJ board become overtaken with NMR posts put me off a bit is all.

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I hear ya...I'm glad you're back.

the chris cunningham one is absolutely nuts. the autechre (sp) and the "come to daddy" videos are all fucking nuts

Hey, C....I know that at least a couple of the Cunningham ones that I want are also on the Warp comp and "Come To Daddy" has already made an appearance on a previous year's tape.

Thanks tho!

More! Weirder! Indie-er!

tia,
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