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2002 CD Recommendations

Bob Geldof: Sex, Age, and Death (“Adrian, I've been dreaming about deserts again. What does it all mean? Everything's so dusty. So empty. So arid (wouldn't you?).” — Mudslide)

Alanis Morissette: Under Rug Swept (“I feel so unsexy for someone so beautiful. So boring for someone so interesting” — So Unsexy)

Amanda Marshall: Everybody's Got a Story (“Oh my God! I woke up with a snake tatoo. Oh my God! And I think that my tongue's pierced, too.” — Sunday Morning After)

Buffy cast: Once More with Feeling (“She came from the grave much graver / First I'll kill her, then I'll save her / Everything is turning out so dark” — Walk Through the Fire)

Tori Amos: Strange Little Girls (“What's a man now, what's a man mean?” — Real Men)

Musical Performance

Growing up in Timmins, I didn't get to see a lot of my favourite bands in concert. By the time I moved to Montreal, and then Kitchener, a lot of them had broken up (or died), rendering it impossible to see them at all.

DVD. The next best thing to being there.

Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who — A documentary look back at history of The Who.

The Doors Collection — A Doors videos collection, a Doors concert, and a Doors documentary.

Elevation 2001 / U2 Live from Boston — Much as it sounds, U2 concert recorded in Boston during their Elevation tour.

Freddie Mercury 10th Anniversary Tribute — A newly mastered version of the 1992 tribute concert, with new bonus footage.

The Kinks: One for the Road — Footage of a 1980s Kinks concert.

Live Aid – Footage from the 1985 concert for African famine relief, from London and Philadelphia.

Live 8—Four-disk set featuring footage from around the world from the 2005 concert to raise awareness of poverty issues.

Live 8: Canada — The 2005 Canadian concert to raise awareness of poverty issues.

Queen Greatest Video Hits 1 — Collection of videos from the early part of Queen's career, with a special focus on “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Queen Greatest Video Hits 2 — Two-DVD set of videos that covers Queen releases from Hot Space to The Miracle.

Queen Live at Wembley Stadium — Full recording of the second-last Queen concert ever. Proving that they definitely went out on top.

Queen on Fire! Live at the Bowl — 1992 concert performance, with many extras.

Rock Star: INXS - The DVD — Best performances and behind-the-scenes footage from the hit 2005 reality series.

The Untold Story — Documentary on Freddie Mercury.

Video Collection — Collection of Freddie Mercury solo videos.

We Will Rock You — Queen concert video; have both the original and the newly released version.

On the wish list:

• Queen Greatest Video Hits 3
• Come Dancing with the Kinks
• The Best of the Boomtown Rats