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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
One of the best hot weather slow songs ever
Kool and the Gang's sublime Summer Madness, once mentioned in this blog for its Rocky appearance but better known as the sample for DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's Summertime. This post now's courtesy Charity's raising of sampling in the Mayfield comments. The raising also helps me find the Top 10 Samples in Hip-Hop History videos, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and more, all goofy but educational and worth your half-hour.
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Yo, Adrian, it's alright
Rocky VI is unabashedly sentimental. Just how unabashedly? Spider Rico shows up, and the actor is the original. When the love interest shows up — not full love, just a spark of feeling — we know her too. We miss Adrian, and the sadness is everywhere on the streets. But we mourn and we have a spark of life.
After watching last night … I like the movie a lot. It wants to be three different movies, one artistic, one reality, one MTV. The training sequence is too short, the hurdles too low. The dialogue gets uncomfortable sometimes. And sometimes you don't know what to say. You keep talking or keep not talking until someone understands you. "I feel like a kangaroo … all this stuff in my pocket." You wind up on the other side of the conversation with Smokey Robinson on the radio, crying, or with lyric-less Kool and the Gang slow song on the record player as you fall to the kitchen floor. One round.
Monday, July 17th, 2006
The 'Rocky Balboa' trailer
I have to admit it. It looks good. Not original Rocky good, but at least Rocky V good. Sure, it's missing Talia Shire, and, yes, Gilmore Girls Jess, while better than Logan, is no Balboa, not even one that disappeared for two movies — including one where we saw more of a robot butler — and returned for the last and worst movie of the five.
But if I can watch that last movie multiple times — and I have (I didn't hear no bell) — I can totally pay $10 to watch Rocky Balboa in theaters. Gotta punch my ticket like Rock punches the meat. I've had the title music in my head all day long.
