The Following Aesthetic Reasons

We've seen a number of music documentaries lately, including two standouts...Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell & Patti Smith: Dream of Life...

As artistic portraits they are quite nice. I would especially recommend Wild Combination, and not just for the Arthur Russell fan, but for any good ole music snob. I wish I could say that the intimate footage, exclusive performance material and endearing interviews will reverberate in everyone, because it should. (Arthur Russell vs. Britney Spears) It will certainly penetrate anyone who's affected by music. The shear amount of material that Arthur Russell produced is impressive, the grounds broken are inspiring, and the sounds of his cello are downright haunting...

My review of Dream of Life for Boston's Weekly Dig is here.
Buy Wild Combination from Other Music here.