Just like last time, today’s Videodrome is a clip from a German TV show. Specifically, the show Beat! Beat! Beat! No, not the Beat Club… but the show did have a Shindig/Bandstand style “variety” format where mostly U.K. and American rock bands would play a few songs to smiling, bopping teenagers. I caught this video [...]

I came across today’s Videodrome entry last month while digging around in search of an Ike & The Rhythm Kings performance I’d previously stumbled upon (late) one night. I never did find the Ike clip, but this “live performance” did more than suffice. And yes, do note the quotes surrounding the words ‘live’ and ‘performance’. [...]

As mentioned in the inaugural Videodrome post last month, the recurring series is an effort to highlight some of the more exceptional videos and/or performances we stumble upon out there in the ether. This week we’re looking at some footage from 1968 — an intimate live performance of Booker T. & The MG’s doing “Booker-Loo” [...]

(Videodrome (yup, a David Cronenberg homage) is a new recurring feature in which we’ll highlight exceptional videos and/or performances. The series kicks off today with AD contributor (and New Orleans native) M. Garner’s take on Neil Young’s post-Katrina cover of the Bobby Charles penned, Fats Domino hit) As any casual viewer of David Simon’s Treme will tell [...]