I have watched this now 3 times and will probably watch it a lot more. What a trip this is! It is a concert film but with *a lot* of overlaid imagery, weird visual effects, goofy parodies and the like. Sound awful? It did to me but I'm glad I took a chance with it...
Usually this kind of thing sucks big time despite great playing (ELP Pictures, Tull's Slipstream and Living with the Past to some extent, Yes' original 9012live), but I'll be damned if these guys didn't make this "multimedia extravaganza" thing really entertaining.
Funny funny video shit (where do they find this stuff? e.g. the Banana guy, Burt Ravel and the History of California) that they interlace perfectly with the music. And Mirthkon's music is really great of course. But that much you know already.
I wish they did put in a straight concert film as a bonus feature because I *would* like to just watch them play sometimes but I'll take what I can get.
Anyone else got this? Any other awesome RIO extravaganzas out there worth watching?
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