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Share your opinion(s) on various recorded media (entertainment or educational) by writing your own review of recently acquired CDs, DVDs and Videos ... even live concerts you've attended. Be sure to give the pros and cons ... and let us know your final thoughts ... whether you recommend it or not and why.


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If you’re a Josh Freese fan, or simply a fan of great drumming, you’ll want to pick up the CD/DVD called The Vandals - Live at the House of Blues (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000159EVA?ie=UTF8&tag=drummercafe-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000159EVA) (2004).  The DVD has a special feature that allows you to watch the entire concert from the perspective of a stationary camera pointed right at Josh Freese (the camera is positioned to Josh’s left, facing his hi-hat). There’s also a screen-within-screen shot of his bass drum foot action.  It’s super cool to watch the entire gig via the Freese-cam, as it never leaves him – even for the routine between-song stuff like Josh drinking water and soda, catching his breath, taping his fingers, tuning his drums, etc.  And of course, the drumming is phenomenal. This is not the progressive Josh of A Perfect Circle or Sting (which is awesome); this is the rapid-fire punk rock Josh, and boy is he flying on this performance.  Great stuff!