Dislocated shoulder? Screw it, he still rock n’ rolls.
My Favorite Directors Sucka!
1) Quentin Tarantino- Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003), Kill Bill Vol.2 (2004), and Death Proof (2007)
2) Steven Spielberg- Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. (1982), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler’s List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998)
3) Stanley Kubrick- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987)
4) David Lynch- Eraser (1977), Blue Velvet (1986)
5) Martin Scorsese- Taxi Driver (1976), The Last Waltz (1978), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), Gangs of New York (2002), No Direction Home (2005)
6) Francis Ford Coppola- The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979)
7) Richard Linklater- Slacker (1991), Dazed and Confused (1993), The School of Rock (2003),
8) Kevin Smith- Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
9) Spike Lee- Do The Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992)
10) David Fincher- Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999)
11) Danny Boyle- Trainspotting (1996), 28 Days Later (2002), Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
12) Gus Van Sant- Good Will Hunting (1997), Elephant (2003), Milk (2008)
13) Christopher Nolan- Memento (2000), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008)
14) John Waters- Pink Flamingos (1972), Serial Mom (1995)
15) Cameron Crowe- Almost Famous (2000)
16) Frank Capra- It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
17) Alfred Hitchcock- Psycho (1960)
18) Brian De Palma- Carrie (1976), Scarface (1983)
19) Oliver Stone- Platoon (1986), Born On the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991), The Doors (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994)
20) Paul Thomas Anderson- Boogie Nights (1997)
21) The Coen Brothers- Raising Arizona (1987), Miller’s Crossing (1990), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
22) Darren Aronofsky- Pi (1997), Requiem For A Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008)
23) Jason Reitman- Thank You For Smoking (2005), Juno (2007)
24) Sam Raimi- Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), Army of Darkness (1993), Spiderman (2002, Spiderman 2 (2004), Spiderman 3 (2007)
25) Robert Zemeckis- Back To the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000)
26) Mark Romanek- One Hour Photo (2002)
27) Rob Reiner- This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand By Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), Misery (1990)
28) Milos Forman- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Amadeus (1984), The People vs, Larry Flynt (1996), Man On the Moon (1999)
29) John Hughes- Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), Uncle Buck (1989)
30) George Lucas- American Graffiti (1973), Star Wars (1977), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
31) Sidney Lumet- 12 Angry Men (1957)
32) Mike Nichols- The Graduate (1967)
33) Sam Mendes- American Beauty (1999)
34) John Carpenter- Halloween (1978), The Thing (1982)
35) James Mangold- Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005)
36) Steven Soderbergh- Erin Brockovich (2000), Ocean’s 11 (2001),
37) Bryan Singer- The Usual Suspects (1995), X-Men (2000), X2 (2003)
38) Judd Apatow- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009)
39) Todd Phillips- Hated (1994), Road Trip (2000), Old School (2002)
40) Michael Moore- Roger and Me (1989), Bowling For Columbine (2002), Sicko (2007)
41) Michel Gondry- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
42) Wes Anderson- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
43) James Cameron- Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
44) Tony Kaye- American History X (1998)
45) Zach Braff- Garden State (2004)
46) Robert Rodriguez- Desperado (1995), Sin City (2005), Planet Terror (2007)
47) Tim Burton- Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), Beetle Juice (1989), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Big Fish (2003)
48) Amy Heckerling- Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
49) Larry Clark- Kids (1995)
50) Mary Harron- American Psycho (1998)
51) Richard Kelly- Donnie Darko (2001)
52) M. Night Shamylan- The Sixth Sense (1999), Signs (2002)
53) Kevin Booth- American Drug War (2007)
Eh, probably others lol.
Chris
One Year Ago Yesterday, This Minute
The Radiohead concert in Mansfield ended around 11:30-ish. Best concert ever. We waited in the parking lot from 11:39 PM until 1:15 AM. Didn’t get home until 2:45-3:00 AM. Good times.
Songs of the Week!!!
Gaye Blades- Bobby Is A Lover (2008)
Shellac- My Black Ass (1994)
The Warlocks- Shake the Dope Out (2002)
MC5- Ramblin’ Rose (1969) starts about 53 seconds into video
Necro- Your Fuckin’ Head Split (2000)
Enjoy!
Chris
First Ever KLYAM News Video, Suckas!
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From August 8:
Les Paul (The Man) Dies
From AP:
NEW YORK — Les Paul, the guitar virtuoso and inventor who revolutionized music and created rock ‘n’ roll as surely as Elvis Presley and the Beatles by developing the solid-body electric guitar and multitrack recording, died Thursday at age 94.Known for his lightning-fast leads, Paul performed with some of early pop’s biggest names and produced a slew of hits, many with wife Mary Ford. But it was his inventive streak that made him universally revered by guitar gods as their original ancestor and earned his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the most important forces in popular music.
Paul, who died in White Plains, N.Y., of complications from pneumonia, was a tireless tinkerer, whose quest for a particular sound led him to create the first solid-body electric guitar, a departure from the hollow-body guitars of the time. His invention paved the way for modern rock ‘n’ roll and became the standard instrument for legends like Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page.
God rest his soul.
The Oprah Book Club Minus Oprah!
This is a new set of weekly posts inspired by some facebook chat with our very own Ben “The BBT” Tan. Every week we’ll discuss one subversive book, from the obvious to the obscure, doesn’t matter. Don’t panic there will be dick jokes!!! and Hicks jokes and Chomsky and all sorts of incendiary material just waiting to explode!!! This week we will begin with a book I have already reviewed from nearly two years ago on the Etudiant. Next week, it will be Catcher in the Rye or A People’s History, I haven’t decided yet. Enjoy!
Musicians, Read this Book!
Title: Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Author: Michael Azerrad
Year: 2001
Pages: 522
Review: OBCBYL is a study of 13 independent, underground rock bands that stampeded the music industry during the Reagan Conservative decade we call the 80’s. These are the bands that grew right under the nose of mainstream America; these self- made musicians took the musical influence of their punk predecessors and said “Fuck It! I’m not playing New Wave, Who cares if we never make any money or appear on MTV, let’s just Jam!” And so they hopped in the van with their companions and toured the nation non stop, founded their own independent labels, and began issuing fanzines. This was music run by kids (teens- early twenties), played by kids, and for kids; existing entirely outside the music industry. DIY (Do It Yourself) at its finest!
First off, this book details some of the greatest artists in the history of music. Despite the fact that few of these bands broke into the mainstream, their influence is immense. Without Sonic Youth there’s no Nirvana, without Black Flag there’s no hardcore, and so on. Okay, here’s the bands:
Black Flag
Minutemen
Mission of Burma
Minor Threat
Husker DU
The Replacements
Sonic Youth
Butthole Surfers
Big Black
Dinosaur Jr
Fugazi
Mudhoney
Beat Happening
Of these bands, Sonic Youth is definitely my favorite, with Fugazi being a close second. If I were you I would go out and buy a SY album immediately! I highly recommend Goo (1990). If you don’t feel like spending dough, then download their shit, they have a huge, plethora of works. For those of you Étudiant Radio listeners, which should be all of you! you will hear at some point or another all of these artists, in fact Glen and I already played Fugazi and Beat Happening.
Warning!: If you plan to read this book (Do It Now, it’s at Newbury Comics, Barnes and Noble, hell you can order it online, you won’t even have to get off your ass!) please do not read this criticism section and rather go into the novel with an open mind, you will discover an insightful analysis of underground culture and possibly the greatest chronicle of music in history.
Though this book is amazing, it is not 100% free of foibles. My main criticism is its lack of numerous, other, troubadours from that era, chief amongst these artists are: The Pixies, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Daniel Johnston, Descendants, Melvins, Meat Puppets, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, and who could forget The Smiths? Now of course the biggest flaw in my complaint is the fact that if Azerrad had included all these artists it would have been over a thousand pages (I would read em’!) and also it’s most likely he tried to contact these artists, but they wanted nothing to do with the novel. Who Knows? Maybe we’ll see a Volume 2, hopefully! Another criticism is the author’s gratuitous use of the word “indie.” I showed one chapter to Glen and he pointed this out, without even my mention of it. A final criticism is the way the author leaves out certain info or uses his opinion as if it is fact to build a story, for example in the Mudhoney chapter, he makes it sound like “Touch Me I’m Sick” was the only great song the band recorded… my favorite album of theirs is My Brother The Cow (1995) , where the song does not appear, and in fact there is no mention of this album or any other album by them on Reprise (major label) records. Sorry Azerrad.
My Rating: 4 and a half out of 5 stars. A must for those who think punk stopped in 1978 and then resurfaced with Nirvana in 1991.
Here are some (but certainly not all) other works I recommend you check out if you like this novel:
American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush
Get In The Van by Henry Rollins
American Hardcore (film, 2006)
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (film, 2005)
P.S. that was not a knock at Nirvana above.
Comment it up and let’s start the discussion now!
Chris
CD Review: We Be Xuxa
Band: Mika Miko
Label: PPT
Release: 2009
1. “Blues Not Speed” – 9.4
2. “Turkey Sandwich” – 9.3
3. “I Got A Lot (New New New) – 9.6
4. “Wild Bore” – 9.2
5. “Sex” – 9.5
6. “Totion” – 9.5
7. “On the Rise” – 9.6
8. “Beat the Rush” – 9.7
9. “Johnson R. Cool” – 9.1
10. “Sex Jazz” – 9.4
11. “Keep on Calling” – 9.3
12. “Turkey Barnyard Mix” – 9.5
Comments: Sounds like an all-girl version of early Black Lips material, except a little bit more punk and a little bit more catchy. It’s no wonder why Ian St. Pe said this is a band he is really digging.
Grade: 9.4
CD Review: Bromst
Band: Dan Deacon
Label: Car Park
Release: 2009
1. “Build Voice” – 9.7
2. “Red F” – 9.4
3. “Padding Ghost” – 9.2
4. “Snookered” – 9.5
5. “Of the Mountains” –8.7
6. “Surprise Stefani” – 8.4
7. “Wet Wings” – 7.1
8. “Woof Woof” – 9.0
9. “Slow with Horns/ Run for your life” – 8.2
10. “Baltihorse” – 9.3
11. “Get Older” –8.6
Comments: This album is quite the experience on headphones! It’s weirdly catchy. That means there are some songs that you might not dig at first, but that you quickly gain respect for. You could argue that Deacon suffered from the disease of “over-doing” it while making this album. The symptom was mostly quality music being made. The Alvin and the Chipmunks cover (not really), “Baltihorse,” is strangely amazing. You know what I mean?
Grade: 8.8
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 