Legendary actor, filmmaker, and wildman, Dennis Hopper passed away today at the age of 74 from complications due to prostate cancer. RIP Dennis, you were one of the finest and one my favorites. Here’s a brief clip of one of Hopper’s greatest performances as the psychotic gangster, Frank Booth in the film Blue Velvet (1986).
Chris
Whatchu talkin bout Chris? Yeah, sadly I’m talking about Gary Coleman being dead at 42 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. RIP Gary.
Chris
There is a man who lives next door. He has a girl that I adore. I asked him for his daughter’s hand. He said no sir, mister, you’re a wild man. I’m a wild man! I’m a wild man! I’m a wild man! There is a man who lives next door. He has a girl that I adore. I asked him for his daughter’s hand. He said no sir, mister, you’re a wild man. I’m a wild man! I’m a wild man! I’m a wild man!
I tried to erase this shame from my name. But everybody said “listen, this is just the same.” Come on people, don’t you really understand? I’m a mean old not so filthy dirty rotten wild man. I’m a wild man! I’m a wild man! I’m a wild man! I tried to erase this shame from my name. But everybody said “listen, this is just the same.” Come on people, don’t you really understand? I’m a mean old not so filthy dirty rotten wild man. I’m a wild man! I’m a wild man! I’m a wild man!
I’m truly sorry. Please accept my apology. I will not be able to completely review Jack Johnson’s latest album To the Sea. I reviewed about 1/3 of it this morning, but then I realized that I must get rid of the album in order to listen to the Back From The Grave compilation. It had to be done.
Here’s the video that Glen linked to earlier by Justin Kelly. Might as well, just post it here lol. Notice the cameos! Speaking of which, I read somewhere that Hunx and Harlem will be touring together, what an excellent fusion.
Chris
Call this a new feature of KLYAM. It probably won’t be something written regularly, but it will show up every now and then. Basically, I’m going to do short reviews of songs that are currently dominating the airwaves of local hip-hop machine JAMN 94.5.
Ludacris Ft. Nicki Minaj – “My Chick Bad” – Grade: B+ – Luda lude drops some sweet lines that deal with shit along the lines of cartoons, hard liquor, and Tiger Woods’ wife. The chorus is weak, yo’. It’s rap chorus writing 101. Minaj, like her boy Luda lude, does no self-censoring of herself. Fuck that. She unleashes some explicitly great lines — most impressive being the first words out of her mouth: “Now all these bitches want to be my bestie, but I leave them hanging like a testy.” That’s just amazing.
Usher Ft. Will-I-Am – “OMG” – Grade: C- – What the fuck is this shit? Seriously. A fake audience clapping alone to a shitty song? Repeats of “oh my God” and “oh my gosh”??? A completely average beat. The verses aren’t completely terrible thanks to some decent instruments. Even the hook to the bridge stands well on its own. Other than that, Will-I-Am and autotune kill this song. Kill in a bad way.
Rihanna – “Rude Boy” – Grade: B – This might be my favorite Rihanna song. There are some songs in her catalog that are absolutely terrible, some average, and that’s about it. This one doesn’t really feel like it has been done before. It sounds surprisingly original for a song of its nature. This does make for quite a club bangerrr. It took enough writers (six) to come up with this, but I’ll let that one slide for now.
Drake – “Over” – Grade: C – Simply stated this song is boring. Even the rapping isn’t anything spectacular. It seems like Drake is racing against a clock once he starts dropping lines.
The man behind the Hunx and His Punx music videos is also the man behind Harlem’s “Gay Human Bones” video.
His name is Justin Kelly and there was feature in the San Francisco Bay Guardian on him.
Check it out: http://www.sfbg.com/2010/05/25/gay-outta-hunters-point?page=0,0
Here it is for your viewing as ordered by King Khan and XYZ.
Chris
Dean Spunt, drummer/singer of KLYAM favorite band No Age, was recently socked in the face by club bouncers in Portugal. This according to Randy Randall, the other member of No Age. Two close friends of the band were also involved in this random act of violence. Dean is one of the nicest musicians I’ve gotten to meet. I can’t imagine anyone causing harm to such a great guy. From the looks of the pictures, it seems like his eyebrow got messed up pretty bad. No Age’s publicist said he is fine and of course we are all glad to hear that.
Head over to the No Age blog to see pictures.
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