The J.B.’s - “Watermelon Man” - Funky Good Time: The Anthology. Nobody can make a cover tune funkier than the Godfather, and he proves it here by adding some southern stank on the Herbie Hancock standard. Break them beats. Break ‘em good.
Merchandise from the estate of Russell Jones aka:
Ol’ Dirty Bastard, ODB, Big Baby Jesus, Sweet Baby Jesus, Dirt McGirt, Dirt Dog, Dirk Hardpec, Osirus, Osirus the Father, Joe Bananas, Ol’ Dirt Schultz, Roll Fizzlebeef, Hasaan, Ill Irving the Murderer, Flint Ironstag, The BZA, The Drunken Master Styles, Blast Hardcheese, Ason Jones, and Ason Unique [via].
“Karate man bruise on the inside, they don’t show their weaknesses, but you wouldn’t know nothing bout that cause you’re a big Barry White looking mother…” - Billy Ray Valentine in Trading Places
I can’t wait for AnyClip.com to have all of my favorite comedy films tagged and bagged. YouTube’s user generated metadata for finding this clip was atrocious leading to an awful discovery experience. The market for comedy clips is just gigantic.
Who remembers this thing at amusement parks? For those who didn’t have a good childhood: This thing would spin around and you’d stick to the walls and hang upside down while some DJ dude blasted music from the center. Pure heaven.This was my favorite…unless I had just recently had a candy apple. The best was when they blasted Metallica.
gbattle sez:
In Buffalo where I grew up, this ride was called “The Devil’s Hole” and it was at Fantasy Island. It would spin and the centrifugal (centripetal? #physicsfail) force would stick you to the wall as the floor fell beneath your feet. I was terrified to ride on it but once I did, I loved it and would often turn upside down and sideways during the ride, that is, until that one time somebody puked. Projectile vomit in a 45mph spinning ride pretty much means everybody gets a taste of somebody’s lunch bouncing off the floor and walls. Also hilarious was when obese people got on and they would merely fall with the floor to the bottom. That would probably be me on that ride today. Haha.
Knorkator - “Try Again” - Aaliyah Cover. Fascinating rendition. According to their wikipedia page:
“Knorkator were (in)famous for their wild stage shows. Alf Ator used to hit the audience with a big foam club, they also threw toast slices and wet autumn foliage at the crowd. A modified shredder was used to distribute shreddered vegetables and fruit over the crowd, which was announced as “vegetarian airway-catering”. In earlier shows, there were a lot of furniture pieces placed on stage which became destroyed during the show by Alf or Stumpen, mostly with an axe or a baseball bat. Stumpen was also known for wearing almost nothing on stage except for a woman’s bathing suit or underpants.”
Those German metal bands are something.
This is the video of the Heene kid who was allegedly in the hot air balloon thingy today. This is around when they were on the ABC show “Wife Swap.” Nice family values. If the kid doesn’t get a job in aviation, he may have one in white boy rock-rap. Kid Rock indeed.
Rush Limbaugh’s failed Rams stake is about as close as he’ll ever get to a “minority interest.
Me, via @gbattle
Skindred - “Electric Avenue” - Shark Bites & Dog Fights. Covering the Eddie Grant tune, Skindred prove again that UK metal isn’t dead, it just smells funny (and fun).
Alice In Chains - “A Looking In View”- Black Gives Way To Blue. New AIC song from new album with new vocalist William DuVall. Still the downtempo thud, hypnotic harmonies, and thick chunky riffs you’d expect. It’s puzzling why guitarist Jerry Cantrell didn’t take over lead vocalist duties after Layne Staley’s passing.
There are letters and numbers on the cover of Beastie Boys “Licensed to Ill” that if you hold it up to a mirror they say “Eat Me”.
Rick Rubin, on VH1 Hip Hop Honors tonight.
