LiVE iN THE STUDiO : A FiLM BY TiM SMiTH - OUT NOW!

[blackdeathcrew]

Was hoping that the postie might drop mine through the letterbox today, but not as yet

[davejnick]

My postie's just brought me mine! What a great week to be off sick from work!!

[godzillas beard]

Just come home for me lunch and it was waiting for me on the doormat. Watching it now and not really wanting to go back to work. Am liking it a lot.

[DiggityDawg]

Ordered mine from Amazon UK yesterday. It was like, $18 US shipped...which I didn't think was bad at all.

[skychaserhigh]

Do you know how many eyes frogs have ?


FUCKING LOADS

[SteveP]

Mine's here too

Well done Cargo YET again, stey still haven't let me down yet

Watching it now too!!

[beerofthedark]

Got in last night to find it waiting for me - THANK YOU CARGO!
Great stuff, absolutely loved it.

[blackdeathcrew]

Mine's here too

[skychaserhigh]

Ginger decided to say COCK

[Banky]

Got home from a hard day at work yesterday to find it sitting on my doormat, so that was nice.

Haven't watched all of it yet, but what I've seen I like, very, very much. Or at least I like the parts where they're just playing the songs. Not a fan of the constant title frames from Tim Smith that keep coming up. Some of them are a bit (A BIT) funny, but most of them are just completely unnecessary, fall flat on their faces, and break up the flow of the film far too much. I think that's a real shame, because the film itself is incredibly well made. The editing's really, really tight, and the whole thing just looks amazing, especially with the strange lense filters he's used. Makes it looks very professional and glossy. And it sounds great. it's live, but far more polished and tight than proper live, if you know what I mean.

I must say, also, the packaging is abysmal. It looks like something that's been knocked together by some amateur band sitting crosslegged on the living room floor on a saturday night. After the considerable effort that's clearly been made on making the film itself look good, it's a real letdown that the DVD case has all the ingenuity of a inner-city media studies student.

See, now it seems like I'm being really negative, when in reality I love the film and think it's a damn fine showcase of how good the band are at everything they do.

[vickyp]

I must say, also, the packaging is abysmal... After the considerable effort that's clearly been made on making the film itself look good, it's a real letdown that the DVD case has all the ingenuity of a inner-city media studies student.

Oi! As someone who used to be an inner-city media studies student, I take offense at that remark. I thought the packaging was lazy too. I get that it's meant to be like the album sleeve but it could have been a bit better than that.

However it is the content that is important after all. I really enjoyed being able to see them play all the songs up close, rather than some fleeting glimpse every other second over the top of some bloke's head. Am warming to Scott even more now - at first I thought 'who's this stranger joining my favourite band?' and now I reckon he's alright, he can stay.

Sad fact: The walls in the studio are the same shade red as the walls in my living room, so it's a bit like having them play in the corner of my living room. Only on the telly and that.

[eyeheartsatan]

Oooohhhhh - yeah! just came from work to find it delivered!!!! Ace -
from the into its very very Tim Smith, which I love and 'get' totally - other's might not like it, or warm to it immediately. Anyway - well done Tim & WH!!! and get well soon Mr Smith 'coz we wants MOAR of this. Looking fwd to the Cardiacs DVD.

[Keith Richard]

Mines's on it's way (perhaps arrive today), but no one has really commented on the studio performances. I'm particularly looking forward to Sweetest Song, Inner City Overture, Bi-Polar Baby. It's just too bad that Oh Bonita and / or Zen Requiem wasn't thrown in as a bonus.

[Sarc]

Ritchie's DVD extra, shouldn't be as funny as it is, that's all I can say on that matter.

[Radish]

A comment on the studio performances. Is it wrong that I was nearly as sweaty as the band after Rooting for the Bad Guy? Fucking awesome, intense, tight, passioned, the list of unecessary platitiudes could go on (I'm on the martinis, a long Saturday night downchuno).
Great film, ticks all my boxes, I guess I'm just in sync with the Tim Smith sense of humour - I even found myself sniggering at the constant noise of flies in the background, no idea why.
One question from me - no rating on it anywhere that I can see? Normally a music dvd would have an E - exempt from rating classification, but I can't find that on my copy. Tbh, given the language content in Sweetest Song and the Destroy... video I wouldn't be surprised to see it with an 18 rating, bit odd there isn't one at all.