Here's issue 2, folks. I'm trying to force myself to write regularly by sticking to a weekly schedule. I'm a little late on the blog post here. This will usually be up on Fridays. Enjoy.
Movies: Death Rides a Horse
I caught Django Unchained (which was both as excellent and as brutal as I had heard) back in January and a friend from work recommended the original super B-grade "Django." Alas, it wasn't streaming on Netflix and I was still in the mood for a Spaghetti Western. This lead me to discover "Death Rides A Horse," a semi-obscure classic from 1968 starring Lee Van Cleef as the anti-hero. And he. Is. The. Man. I loved this one. It's a typical but engaging revenge plot and Van Cleef delivers some pretty funny lines without playing it silly:
Movies: Death Rides a Horse
I caught Django Unchained (which was both as excellent and as brutal as I had heard) back in January and a friend from work recommended the original super B-grade "Django." Alas, it wasn't streaming on Netflix and I was still in the mood for a Spaghetti Western. This lead me to discover "Death Rides A Horse," a semi-obscure classic from 1968 starring Lee Van Cleef as the anti-hero. And he. Is. The. Man. I loved this one. It's a typical but engaging revenge plot and Van Cleef delivers some pretty funny lines without playing it silly:
"Two lessons, my son. First, watch behind you. Second, count your shots: four bullets for one man, that's a waste."
Music: Dr. Octagon
Not for the feint of heart, Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996) is a one-off album by "Dr. Octagon," the alter-ego of rapper Kool Keith. This is a weird, trippy, abstract, and sometimes graphic set of rhymes. I'm no hip-hop expert, but Keith's rhythmic patterns sound way ahead of their time to me. The flow is frequently conversational and smooth despite the stream-of-consciousness nonsense of the lyrics themselves. "Earth People" and "3000" are definitely the safest tunes to check out for starters. This is by no means gansta rap, but the skits in between some of the tunes are basically adult movie dialogue. Dr. Octagon is not shy with his scatalogical humor, either, but don't let that keep you away from rhymes like:
"Now my helmet's on, you can't tell me I'm not in space
With the National Guard United States Enterprise
Diplomat of swing with aliens at my feet
Comin' down the rampart through beam on the street"
Huh? I dunno, check it out for yourself on Spotify:
Not for the feint of heart, Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996) is a one-off album by "Dr. Octagon," the alter-ego of rapper Kool Keith. This is a weird, trippy, abstract, and sometimes graphic set of rhymes. I'm no hip-hop expert, but Keith's rhythmic patterns sound way ahead of their time to me. The flow is frequently conversational and smooth despite the stream-of-consciousness nonsense of the lyrics themselves. "Earth People" and "3000" are definitely the safest tunes to check out for starters. This is by no means gansta rap, but the skits in between some of the tunes are basically adult movie dialogue. Dr. Octagon is not shy with his scatalogical humor, either, but don't let that keep you away from rhymes like:
"Now my helmet's on, you can't tell me I'm not in space
With the National Guard United States Enterprise
Diplomat of swing with aliens at my feet
Comin' down the rampart through beam on the street"
Huh? I dunno, check it out for yourself on Spotify:
Because who can say "no" to a track called "Halfsharkalligatorhalfman?" Not me!
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