VARIOUS ARTISTS - FUN FROM NONE: LIVE FROM NO FUN FEST 2004 AND 2005 DVD (LOAD 087)

ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS PROJECT I HAVE BEEN SUBTLY SUGGESTING THAT SOME OF THE STUFF HERE PROBABLY ONLY WORKS LIVE: LOAD SPECIALISE IN ANTIC MUSIC THAT FEELS LABOURED OVER THAT IS THE PRODUCT OF A DEEP SOCIAL SCENE. SO AS SOON AS YOU SEE THAT IN THE FLESH (OR AT LEAST ON DVD) IT BYPASSES SOME OF THE MORE REFINED IDEAS YOU HAVE ABOUT MUSIC AND YOU SEE IT ON A MORE VISCERAL LEVEL. THIS 2 X DVD SET IS PROOF OF THIS THEORY.

THIS IS SNATCHES OF 21 SETS FROM TWO EDITIONS OF THE NO FUN FEST IN BROOKLYN. IT ATTEMPTS AND SUCCEEDS IN LEGITIMISING THE NOISE/AVANT SCENE OF THE USA IN THE LATE 90S/EARLY 00S IN THE SAME WAY THAT URGH! A MUSIC WAR DID FOR POST-PUNK AND AVANT POP IN THE 80S. YOU SEE THE PERSONALITIES ATTACHED TO THE MUSIC. YOU SEE THE CONCEPTS FLESHED OUT. YOU SEE THAT THESE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO PLAY AND THEY AREN'T JACKING OFF.

LIKE I THINK PRURIENT'S WHOLE CAREER HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY THINGS LIKE THIS. WE CAN SEE THAT THE PROVOCATION IN THE MUSIC IS IN HIM AS A PERSON. HE BRINGS IT LIVE. IT CROSSES THAT LINE BETWEEN BEDROOM GANGSTER AND REAL FORCE. THE WHOLE DVD IS LIKE THIS. IT'S A GREAT DOCUMENT OF A GREAT TIME. ON THE LEVEL OF MUSIC THIS IS ONLY SPORADICALLY OUTSTANDING BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT. RECOMMENDED AND CERTIFIED: GOOD.