2pc:Disinformation - the Compl

The TV shows are very informative and mind expanding. One must have an open mind when watching these TV shows in order to e abe to analize what is being presented and come to conculsions in ones own mind. These shows will break through your hardened clay heart and allow you to once again be soft like a sponge and absorb things in our world that you once ignored.

The interviews are the REAL DEAL! I think everyones favorite on the dvd is Grant Morrison, you will have to check him out for yourself. He will really blow your mind... just be patient and if you dont understand what he is taking about, dont worry. you will one day. Watch all the interviews. Think about what was said. Watch them again. Your life will change.

The NYC event is a mixed bag, I wish Adam Parfrey and Kenneth Anger would have spoken longer, while Morrison and Marilyn Manson would've spoken less. Still, it's worth a look.

Much of this stuff was taped around 2000 it seems, and it's interesting how little an effect this stuff has had on George W. Bush's America. As Americans have become more frightened to leave the house, this counter-culture weirdness really seems to have taken a backseat to the foibles of the New World Order.

That said, I bought this DVD set as it seemed to me a kind of "60 Minutes" of the unusual for the beginner (thanks to that previous reviewer for the analogy, altho I don't think Christopher Guest would even think about most of this stuff, let alone film it), and as that goes, I was not disappointed, but if you bought a DVD set of the best of 60 Minutes episodes, would you really keep it and rewatch it? For instance, I've seen more of artist Joe Coleman's work and lifestyle from a IFC documentary, I didn't really need video footage of Mr. Terrific or Fantastic or whatever after reading about him one of the aforementioned books, and as for the "Uncle Goddamn" and "Brother Theodore" excerpts throughout the show, I only have to see a flaming, drunken, inbred redneck or a rambling, mentally-ill, pretentious New Yawk "artist" ONCE to get the picture, OK?

For the price, you might want to stick to the books--even with the 2nd "bonus" DVD you get with this set which is speaker-only segments of a live convention in which only the Adam Parfrey and Marilyn Manson speeches are interesting (you can get the Parfrey stuff from the, yes, "aforementioned" books, and probably the Manson stuff from his website)...

Aside: From the wonderful comics he writes, you wouldn't think Grant Morrison would be such a self-amused, drug-addled, bloody boring git, but...he IS!