(Carpark, 40 Minutes)

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Dan Deacon is a whirling electro dervish, no doubt; jumping as he does during his gigs from the supple repetition of Philip Glass to the nervous jerk of Devo through to the prog mellotron-iness of Messrs. Wakeman and Emerson. But from its energized bunny drumming in performance to its bonus clip for 2002’s “The Crystal Cat,” this Reality show is as much about how Deacon’s pal—video artist Jimmy Joe Roche—ruggedly responds to Dan’s sweaty, muscular, electronic composition. The answer—or teaming up process—becomes one of Schwarzeneggerian proportions; literally, as clips of Arnold’s films come quickly and psychedelically in color-blasted, tie-dyed, kaleidoscopic pops that seem to render the screen into one big, oddly sexualized Rorschach Test. From their use of the darkly arch Total Recall, the rigidly futuristic Terminator 2 and all manner of kitschy muscle flexes cut in time to sputtering mashed-up sounds, it’s as if Deacon and Roche have created their own brand of iron pumping ambience.

Special features: Deacon "The Crystal Cat" music video, Deacon/Roche’s "Kill 'Em All." A.D. AMOROSI