Catherine asked: I was browsing the CDNow.com site under Joni Mitchell and came across a DVD of "Both Sides Now" (they have it down as "Both Sides No".) Does anyone have any idea what this video is? Did they film any of the BSN tour? ****** In a word, "no". I don't know of any video shot (other than by JMDLers!!) of the BSN tour. The only video at Pine Knob near Detroit, was for the "giant screens" to help the less fortunate see from the back rows. If a video production was in place in LA or NYC, I'm sure that any JMDLer with an eye for detail would have caught a little lace along the seams. On the other hand, there's a new high resolution audio format called DVD-Audio. The boys over at Stereophile had a pre-release version of Both Sides Now a year ago but it does not appear to be out. I looked at www.acousticsounds.com where they specialize in high-end media without luck. I'm not positive but I believe that some versions of DVD-Audio support playback on DVD movie machines as 24/96, in two channels. Anyway, Lama Eventually, we may see new machines that will play all of these formats: CD, CD-R, DVD-Video (movies, mate!), SACD (high res as produced by Sony & Phillips in an attempt to guarantee a format war, mate!), and DVD-Audio (high res from the rest of the world). The few discs presently available cost 50% more than CD! Even Sterophile doesn't like the way things are shaping up.
