Here are the 10 Best Beatboxers of all time, at least according to this list (w/video evidence). There are some unknown cats on this list plus recognized legends like Doug E. Fresh and Rahzel.
Fanboys of the first Transformers movie will be geeked to see
that they've already started filming the sequel. The set photos show them gearing up in some slick rides.
I actually like Bargnani's game, but C Bosh & B Roy would have been something really magical.
Whatever - just give me more Marco Belinelli please. And that tune should have been on the list of ones that never needs to be covered for any reason, whatsoever.
Common keeps his acting resume hot with roles in this weekend's big budget release Wanted - and reveals info about his part in the new Terminator 4 movie. The Windy City MC is living large.
My homie Rerog turned me onto a post over at Soul Strut about a German DJ searching for classic Afrikan funk records and a filmmaker following him around to make a doc happen.
As is this way with most internet forum threads, dudes start throwing rocks at each other and that has nothing to do with why I'd post this.
I'm the demo here and I figured some of you might be too. It most definitely looks/sounds good to me.
If you want to get some of this sound in your life, dig Frank's blog.
Watching the Celtics take care of business against the Lakers over the last week got me thinking about He Got Game, the Spike Lee movie featuring the smooth shooting stroke (and surprisingly adequate acting chops) of one Ray Allen. Even though I was rooting for the Lakers (whaddya want, I'm from Cali), I was happy to see Allen, a class act for years, get his. I'm also happy to say the movie gets better every time I see it. (Photo courtesy of AP)
In case you missed it video. "Stress" is the latest song and controversial video from the genius that is Justice. Not for the faint of heart. Makes me want to play GTA IV!
This is about the time each year when I really start focusing in on the NBA draft.
Chad Ford does his annual "who should go #1" routine here.
For the record, I'd go with D Rose regardless of whoever else I had on my roster.
I'd also still take Oden over Durant 1000 times out of 1000.
But I like dominant post and point guard play.
I'm just stupid that way.
If Beasley does go #1 in the upcoming draft, it'll be an amazing piece of cinematic roundball synergy as he's also one of the ballers featured in MCA's new flick Gunnin' For That #1 Spot - which hits the theaters the day after the draft.
This flick sounds really choice as three potential lottery picks are featured - The aforementioned Beasley, Kevin Love and Jerryd Bayless.
Keeping the Wu-Tang theme flowing, here's a look at an upcoming documentary based on the now deceased O.D.B aka Ason Unique. It's being edited by his brother so there should be some rare behind the scenes stories about the crazy Bastard. *Language Warning*
As fans of the Wu-Tang Clan know, Ghostface Killah has been known to use the alter-alter-ego Tony Starks as an homage to the dude behind the red-and-gold suit. (Why a guy named Ghostface Killah needs yet another alias is open to debate. But that's the Wu). Said Wu heads might also know that Ghost was originally supposed to have a cameo in the mega-blockbuster, but he got left on the cutting room floor. This may be cause for fans to swarm like killer bees, but at least he can be heard briefly on the soundtrack.
Speaking of matters Wu, the RZA will dropping in to the Palladium June 12 as his alter-alter ego, Bobby Digital. Word is he might try out a new character as well.
Here's one for the roundball jonzers: Adam "MCA" Yauch has made a basketball documentary called Gunnin' For That #1 Spot. The films zooms in on 24 of the top high school players (now in college) as they hoop it up at Harlem's legendary Rucker Park in 2006. Featured ballers include UCLA's Kevin Love, Arizona's Jerryd Bayless and K-State's Michael Beasley. I'm optimistic; Spot will be released by the new Oscilloscope Pictures, a company started by my boy David Fenkel. Fenkel used to be at Think Films, and he knows from hoops. Spot will hit theaters this summer. Lace 'em up. And peep the press release below.
There was definitely a nice slew of events and films presented at this
year's AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Plenty of panels, special events and genres to choose from for all movie-heads depending your taste buds: big name star-studded affairs, documentaries, short films and countless imports. Random goodness included Fields of Fuel, Cook County (both won AFI awards) and the movie Stuck, a creepy suspense/thriller with a plot inspired by the local Ft.Worth story. Blood on the Highway is possibly one of the bloodiest murder gore comedies that has ever been made...
As Vogs and Skins already mentioned, there were some choice music related flavorings that were also worthy of a mention. Local boys Bowling for Soup debuted their Live and Very Attractive concert film (complete with insane Q&A with BFS and director King Hollis). From the Mouthpiece on the Back tells the story of a New Orleans brass band that is split up due to the Katrina storm. Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome was easily one of the top buzz screenings duly amplified with the appearance of Chuck D. and the group (sans Flavor of Love Flav).
Nerdcore Rising is another behind the scenes music-doc that packed houses with it's dedicated fan-base of geeks, dweebs and uncool fanboys. MC Frontalot's brand of 'nerdcore' library hip hop for social outcasts and bully targets had kids (who have already seen the flick) driving all the way from Austin to stand in line for 4 hours. Seriously. Here's the teaser trailer .
Another stand-out hip hop flavored AFI film was the the Slingshot Hip Hop documentary. In this gem, the director captures the core of a new hip hop movement that's spawning in the middle of the Israeli-Palestinian discord. Music fans and even those who may not listen to hip hop will recognize the parallels of the stories as it is creatively captured on video for the world. Definitely worth a watch - check the trailer.
If you didn't get a chance to check out the AFI events this year definitely pencil it in for 2009. It's a world class event that's hosted right here in our backyard (big props to the entire AFI Dallas staff, volunteers and the Angelika crew!). Besides, where else can you see Dolph Lundgren on a red carpet with the Pageant girls??
I've been buddies with Manny Mendoza for several years now. So when he asked if he would be able to use some Hydroponic Sound System cuts in a new doc he was working on with Mark Birnbaum, I was down to help a homie out.
But when he allowed me to take an actual peek at a rough cut of Stop The Presses, I was damn near ecstatic. And not just because I dug the way our music was used in the film. But this is a really good movie. I was proud to have an association with it.
Watch the trailer (above), visit the site, whatever you gotta do to get the info - just make sure and check it out.
Manny used to write for DMN before all the buyouts, so the assumption that this would be a hatchet job on Belo and newspapers in general seems logical.
But it ain't even like that.
It's a sensible, fair account of what's going on in that industry. Not to mention a very well put together doc.
Besides, I know who runs the server space we're residing at and I wouldn't be stupid enough to promote something bashing papa bear. Well, I'm stupid enough, but I really did think this thing through.
This flick is more like a discussion on Shaq adapting to small ball. I'm not sure how it's like that, but back off. I'm rolling, son!
Whatever the case, I believe it does a good job of presenting all the angles here and letting you make up your own mind about the future of newpapers. I'm old school, so I still believe baby!
RT Clark ain't the only one stoked for PE. Has it really been 20 years since Public Enemy was the most incendiary and relevant thing in pop music? Damn you, old age. But you can relive the glory days, kind of, with the documentary Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome. It shows tonight at 7:15 at the Angelika, and Chuck D is slated for a red carpet walk earlier in the evening at North Park. Chuck will also rock Ghost Bar after the movie with PE's prime provocateur, Professor Griff, and DJ Lord. (Where's Terminator X at?).
As for the film, I wanted a little more. The interviews are candid enough, but I wanted to be picked and put back down in the late '80s/early '90s Fear of a Black Planet days. The live footage is mostly from the last few years, well after PE's heyday, and the editing is pretty pedestrian. Still, this is PE, and I'll be raising my fist tonight in the presence of the great Chuck. Too black. Too strong.
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It's kinda weird that even though he's my favorite player and his team has been oustanding all year long, I still don't really give them much of a chance in the playoffs.
I'd actually favor the Mavs over them. That doesn't seem to compute.
Especially considering the same Boston team that just swept the Lone Star state will lose in The Big Easy tomorrow night.
Anyone catch the first two hours of Black Magic last night on ESPN? Great (dare I say Golden) stuff on hoops at historical black colleges and the civil rights movement, featuring a treasure trove of unsung heroes who get their well-deserved moment in the sun. Part 2 airs tonight at 8 WITHOUT COMMERCIALS, and if it's as good as the first chapter you had best tune in. Added incentive: Avery Johnson, whose coach at Southern University, Ben Jobe, in a mainstay of the film, will appear tonight in all of his Averyness.
I just blogged about the documentary Nerdcore Rising over in The Screening Room, but I thought I'd post a more hip-hopcentric take over here at the Spot of Boogieness.
I have nothing against white guys rapping about video games and social ineptness, and I like to think I still have a bit of nerd in me. Some of the nerdcore rappers, including favorite son MC Frontalot , have serious word skills; in the doc he does a phone interview with some guy who's throwing all kinds of vocab at him, and Frontalot just spits back ridiculous rhymes.
But as a hip-hop fan I'm a big believer in flow, and these guys, well, don't have a whole lot of it. Don't get me wrong; some of the beats are nice. It's just that I need something besides the herky-jerky (and often very clever) word spewing that defines so much nerdcore. Simply put, I need to nod my head a little.
That said, I'm very much down with the camaraderie of the nerdcore scene, the sense of brotherhood (and sisterhood) created by the socially ostracized. Prince Paul, one of the all-time hip-hop production giants and a nerdcore fan, argues in the film that hip-hop, at its core, is about being true to yourself. Mission accomplished for the nerdcore crew.
I'm out in Austin for the SXSW Film Festival, where hip-hop is never far from the scene. Tonight I'm supposed to check out Nerdcore Rising, a doc about nerdy rappers featuring MC Frontalot and the immortal Prince Paul (Paul is supposed to spin at a post-screening party; definitely gonna try to hit that one). And last night I peeped a sneak peek of The Wackness, a Sundance hit with uneven drama but one of the most consistent hip-hop soundtracks to ever bless my ears.
The Wizard at work (HBO/Richard Clarkson, Sports Illustrated)
Today the DVD gods deliver the fine HBO doc The UCLA Dynasty. An engaging portrait of the Bruin hoops machine and its architect, John "Wizard of Westwood" Wooden, the film reminds us how cheap the D-Word has become in recent years.
Cool piece in today's New York Times on Mav Killer Baron Davis' burgeoning movie career. Dude is serious enough to have produced an acclaimed Sundance doc, Made in America, about gang life in his native L.A. And director Stacy Peralta says Davis did a lot more than sign a check and make some phone calls. (He also does reviews for NBA.com). Look out, Pikhasso and Tahiti).
Among the Oscar nominees BD digs are No Country For Old Men and Juno. Might they win a little sumthin' tonught? In the awkward segue/plug department, check out some Vognarian Oscar talk in The Screening Room and enter the blogging fray.
Ever notice that most basketball movies suck? I mean, baseball has Field of Dreams , The Natural and other inspirational nuggets. Football? The Longest Yard (the original, please), and, hitting closer to home, North Dallas Forty. Meanwhile, the rock gets passed to...Eddie?
So in honor of the Oscars and the approaching release of Semi-Pro, I have come up with a list of Five Hoops Movies That Don't Suck. And you know what? It wasn't easy.
I got to check out the new Will Ferrell ABA comedy Semi-Pro last week (peep the trailer here). I'll withhold judgment on the movie until closer to the Feb. 29 opening, other than saying it's more for Ferrell fans than hoops heads. But it did get me thinking about the ABA brand of all fastbreak, all the time ball (think pre-Shaq Suns or '80s Nuggets, with bigger 'fros and a very patriotic ball).
The above video is from the '76 ABA dunk contest, the last the league held before it folded its tent and sent four teams - the Nuggets, the Nets, the Spurs and the Pacers - to the Big Show. The presentation is comically pre-historic, but man, David Thompson had stoopid hops. (Part 1 of the video is mostly Artis Gilmore going through the motions; it's also on YouTube).
So which players dominated the league, which I was sadly too young to watch in its time? Keep reading to check out Vognar's All-ABA starting five. Main criteria: They had to have lit it up in the ABA before doing so in the NBA.
Since Skin has a film degree and I know more about Body Double, Back to School and Teen Wolf than any other living human, a sweet, clean P1 named Don Merritt showed great wisdom by inviting me and my good buddy Skin Siskel to take part in a documentary he and his homey Josh Gobin are making about movies from the 80’s. Their company is called Homage Productions and the doc is going to be called Movies of the 80's: No Respect!
Although this type of list is damn near impossible to compile, I’ve taken a stab at ranking my personal Top 20 favorite movies from the 80’s:
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