Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East (2007)

May. 29,2007

8.2

| Music

Filmed during their 2005 reunion tour, this release captures the sonic guitar assaults of Dinosaur Jr. onstage, playing the songs "Gargoyle," "Little Fury Things," "Just Like Heaven," and more. Also included is rare behind-the-scenes footage featuring the band, as well as interviews with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Mike Watt (The Minutemen), and guitarist Steve Albini.

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J. Mascis as Himself

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Kim Gordon as Herself

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Thurston Moore as Himself

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Reviews

Solemplex

2007/05/29

To me, this movie is perfection.

HeadlinesExotic

2007/05/30

Boring

Intcatinfo

2007/05/31

A Masterpiece!

Geraldine

2007/06/01

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Green Goat

2007/06/02

When I saw the set list for this DVD, I thought this would be golden. Instead it was as I remember seeing them live in 92, kind of bland. I enjoy listening to their albums (Bug and Greenmind are the best IMO, but Dinosaur Jr. live reminds me of a polished high school band. I was excited when they played Chunks, but Lou had no aggression, sure it is 25 years later, but it just sums up what I thought of this performance, bland.The strobe lights in the video are very annoying. It gets old fast.If you are a die hard fan, you might like this much more then I did? I enjoy them and consider myself a fan, but prefer to listen to their albums vs. watching them live. I would have loved to see footage of them in their pinnacle in the late 80's. If this DVD would have been a mix of live shows from years past to present, I think this would have been so much better.