Pet Shop Boys: Somewhere

This concert video is very entertaining. Neil and Chris don't seem overly energetic, but the music is great. The first five songs are especially good live versions. The rest of the songs are basically what you'd hear on their albums (of course it's all on tape, but no one will find out) except for Rent which is played acoustically (by Neil on the guitar.) The "I Will Survive/It's a Sin" medley doesn't start off as strong as one might hope, but it ends up being good overall. The dancer/choreographer is rather bizarre and very gay and the films being projected on the sides of the stage are only cool when they interact with the show (which only happens at breaks.) This is a great movie for any PSB fan to own and the DVD picture and sound are, of course, excellent.

Trio are currently showing a cut-down 30 minute version on cable which includes only the documentary portion - no performance - VEEERRRY boring I'm afraid.

Neil Tennant is the only interviewee of any interest or consequence, with Chris Lowe actually conducting most of his interviews lying down while ruminating on whether he might be able to play keyboards in a horizontal manner at some point rather than having to stand up on stage. Apparently Lowe's nickname was "Kip" (UK English slang word for sleep) in his younger days, advisable to get some kip rather than subject yourself to this 30 minute version - beware!