| How to Kill and Be Killed | |
| Type: | video |
| Longtype: | / Live album |
| Artist: | Derek Webb |
| Cover: | derekwebbhowtokillandbekilled.jpg |
| Released: | October 11, 2005 |
| Recorded: | Rocketown, Nashville, TN November 9, 2004 |
| Genre: | Experimental rock Folk Singer-songwriter Contemporary Christian music |
| Length: | 84 minutes (plus Special Features) |
| Label: | INO Records |
How to Kill and Be Killed (2005) is a live concert DVD from singer-songwriter Derek Webb. The full-band show was recorded at the Nashville performance space Rocketown, at the release party for his second solo studio album, I See Things Upside Down.
The title, "How to Kill and Be Killed," comes from a line in Webb's song "Lover Part 2":
Webb remarked on the theme and meaning behind the phrase, "I've found that often success looks more like failure, riches more like poverty and real life often feels more like death. The Christian life is very literally the process by which we are killed."
The special features on the DVD include a photo gallery of the concert, and an extended multi-part interview with Webb. Much of what he says foreshadows the message of his follow-up album, 2005's Mockingbird, addressing topics such as politics and religion, the nature of Christian art, and the role the artist plays in society.