Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven – First Annual
Camp Out Live
Picture: C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Concert: C+
Many of
you may have heard of Cracker or Camper Van Beethoven, but they never did make
the mainstream, despite being better than most of their Rock and pseudo-Rock
and post-Rock contemporaries. We have
actually looked at Cracker before, as the following link shows:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/3418/The+Best+Of+Cracker+–+Get+On+With+It+(DVD-Video+++CD)
Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven
– First Annual Camp Out Live is a nearly 2-hour concert (edited from a longer one)
featuring the main acts and six guest acts (Johnny Hickman, Jonathan Segel,
Greg Lisher, Victor Krummenacher, Monks Of Doom, Porchstock Footage) that makes
for a decent alternate show many may enjoy.
Though
this critic found it ultimately choppy and inconsistent, it has its moments and
Van Beethoven’s Take The Skinheads
Bowling is a classic. This was taped
on 9/9 – 9/10/05 and those who like this music will enjoy it more than
most. That does not mean it is only for
fans, but mostly so.
The 1.33
X 1 image is soft and limited, looking like NTSC or its digital equivalent, but
is adequate, as is the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix, which stretches out the stereo
recording almost too thin. Don’t expect
major surrounds or multi-channel audio, or any extras, because they are not
here either.
- Nicholas Sheffo
