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Films and filmmakers would be smart and fortunate to have that team steering and negotiating them around the film festival hurdles and hijinks.

They are smart, hard working and would sooner throw up than blow smoke up a client's behind.

I could not be happier or more hopeful for them as they stake their claim and look very forward to teaming up with them at my film festivals.

So wait - they're repping movies, right? The title may only be a joke, but sorta implies music is involved.

That is a powerhouse line-up. Good for them.

I will type this out in under 10 seconds without looking it up on the wizzeb, because I was a white wannabe thug "hip hop" dancer in 1990-1992, all rockin' Cross Colours with a floatin turquoise hat yep to yep one time, NEWPORT BOX 4 EVA:

"the c and c music factory is mastery
and full o jamz that has to be
pumped til your ears get sore
live from brooklyn
out to the california seashore."

I could keep going but I CAN'T BELIEVE that some of you guys who are my age can't rattle this shit off like a Boston Catholic kid bustin' out a rosary. maybe it's an OCD thing but to THIS DAY, I could speed-rap ICE ICE BABY, the radio cut of PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, FUCK WIT DRE DAY or 3RD BASS Pop Goes the Wesael with the efficiency of Carlos the Jackal.

Tell me POLAND wasn't rolling in HAMMER PANTS through suburban NY in 1990 with a SKIDZ label on his ass and a sideways green baseball hap with a SKOAL BANDIT in his lower lip and peach fuzz mustache, size 50 waist pants with 42 leg for maximum B-Boy doucheosity, cruising around in a Camaro bumpin' Digital Underground and smokin; Phillie Blunts and rattling off the YOUNG MC COOL CANS ARE COMIN SO DON'T BE AFRAID jam with yoru homeboyz, all frontin' and thuggin' like Bangin in Little Rock despite knowing like three actual black guys.

EARLY 90S OWNED. And to this DAY I'll spin it that there's a GREAT Boogie Nights-esque movie to be made about the cultural shift of white bumpkins turning into little Gs in 89-92.

In other news, I have NO fucking idea what this thread was about, the POLAND MAN drops a C+C MUSIC FACTORY reference, I'm gonna spin some THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMM.

I saw C+C Music Factory live in concert. Anyone else? Or do I have bragging rights on that sheeit?

That's one hell of a roster. I know at least half that staff and they've always been a pleasure to work with. Congrats and best of luck. It's refreshing to see a new company rise from the ashes of this recession.

Lou - that fucking rules.

Even I can't brag on that... I was probably across town at the FIREHOUSE (Love of a Lifetime YEP YEP) concert that summer.

1990, 1991 = GREATEST TIME in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

Glenn Medeiros FEATURING Bobby Brown. SHE AIN'T WORTH IT. Young MC. Humpty Dance. SURFACE "THE FIRST TIME." SNAP I GOT THE POWER. KLF 3AM ETERNAL. LL COOL J AROUND THE WAY GIRL.

No better time EVER to be a clueless white dork trying (lamely) to act black.

Come on LOU, TAP THE BOTTLE (and twist the cap.)

Oh, yeah. I can also do ANOTHER BAD CREATION "Playground" front to end in under one minute freestyle.

BOYZ II MEN, ABC, BBD... THE EAST COAST FAMILY.

I want pictures of 1991 Poland with the curled-out from under the ears mini-mullet with some STRIPES shaved into the side of the head dipping Skoal and smoking THE PORTS, paisley workout pants pegged at the bottoms with some NIKE AIRS and a tucked in BUGLE BOY POCKET T.

GREATEST ERA EVER. Of course I've now hit that OLD MAN point where I can't tell ONE stylistic, hair-istic or fashion-istic difference between 2003 and 2009, except all the hip-hop now has those tinny, 1984-style flimsy "pinwheel" beats instead of the chunkier Neptunes sound of a half-decade back.

Jesus Lex, I thought you were a fellow Heavy Metal kid. My Judas Priest lovin ass would have ridiculed your Hammer pants to no end in those days. Though I would have sung along with you on "OOHHH BABY YOOOOUUUU, YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEED. and you say he's just a friend, you say he's just a friend."

Please. I have enough bad memories of guidos with their peach-fuzzers, Cavaricci's and I.O.U.'s. And guidettes with their hair sprayed 2 feet in the air.

Lex, you are so not hardcore. Hammer Time? Like the cartoon?

In '86, I was producing a music video show hosted by Gene Anthony Ray with live guests like the Whodini, Digital Underground, and the pre-makeover Salt-N-Pepa. But I was still rocking the white jew boy in a suit look.

Now Digital Underground OWNS. "Sex Packets" be one of the 90's greatest drops.

Wow, DP, what were you, 19?

21

Nice, hcat. I was a huge metalhead in high school, but more from 1986-1988, I probably had about 20 Iron Maiden posters, 20 IM pins on my denim jacket, and was also into Slayer, Metallica, Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, all kinds of stuff. We didn't so much ridicule R&B fans, but tools like Lex who listened to cheese/hair metal like Firehouse were certainly prime targets.

By 1990 I was already out of metal, past my industrial (Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Front 242, Nine Inch Nails) phase, and listening to The Replacements, R.E.M., U2...my gateway drugs to college/indie rock.

Laz - We refused to consider the name Abigal for our daughter because the King Diamond song would shoot through my head everytime the name is mentioned. Sounds like I wasn't as hardcore as you thoughAnd while I listened to a lot of Metallica, ACDC, Queensryche, Suicidal Tendencies and the lot I owned more than my fair share of Great White and Tesla (though I did draw the line at things like Firehouse, Mr. Big or Europe)

Danzig owns King Diamond and his goofy makeup (white pancake makeup OVER the facial hair?) The #1 awesome thing about The Hangover's box-office success is now more people have heard Danzig now than ever before in the history of the world. Too bad it's 20 years too late and the song's a cover.

Yeah, for two full years there I went full-out with the Vanilla Ice/Snow thing, which easier (and less threatening) to pull off than the long hair/jean jacket burn-out John Bender thing if you came from a more conservative family or hood.

I dug like the mainstream hard-rock-but-borderline hair stuff like GNR, Skid Row and the Crue through O.P.P. days, but didn't really get into non-Metallica "metal" until 18 or 19... like the Pantera, "Seasons"-era Slayer, mid-era Megadeth, thrash-era S.T. ("Waking the Dead" fuck yeah), Sepultura, Napalm Death, early rap-metal (RATM, Biohazard, Down set) heyday.

Which is of course probably well over the border of getting *too old for it.* All walking into my Russian Lit classes, "Hey, any of you guys wanna go see Entombed with Fudge Tunnel and Cannibal Corpse this weekend? No? No takers?"

Then there were a few years of imitation grunge (NIXONS FUCK YEAH) until ONE MIGHTY GENIUS concocted LIMP BIZKIT, greatest bad in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD, better than the Beatles, no bullshit.

And that's all I've listened to for a decade straight. DURST IS GOD.

Actually, Lex, Thirteen is an original. Danzig wrote it, Johnny Cash just covered it. If that makes you feel any better.

However, I have a hard time believing someone who was into those fairly political metal bands would champion the pointless male aggro bullshit of Limp Bizkit. That Nu Metal genre (including Korn and Linkin Park) is some of the worst music even unleashed upon the listening public. Only System of a Down prevents it from being entirely worthless.

Anyway, back to Danzig: I remember when a friend of mine got free tix to see him when he was touring for his third solo album (How the Gods Kill, maybe?), and though we weren't listening to him anymore, we decided to go just for kicks. When Danzig played one of his new, slower songs, some guy in the audience began taunting him with "Faggot!" or some such sentiment. Danzig stopped the band, and he told the guy to come up to the stage and say that and he would rip his throat out.

Needless to say, that made the evening.

So I guess this isn't the thread where I should make a case for Joey + Rory being the best new Country act to come along in a while, eh? And maybe I should not even try to tell you that Brad Paisley's new CD is pretty damn good?

LYT, I'm jealous. I wanna get funky with C+C Music Factory! "Sex Packets" is very excellent, Christian, very true.

Laz...

Yep, third album was "How the Gods Kill," still pretty good though arguably a notch below the second album ("Lucifuge"). The ballad on that album I think is called "Sistanas" and is actually one of the better songs on it. I saw that tour too... Opening act was Kyuss, who somehow later morphed into either Failure or Queens of the Stone Age (or both, I forget.)

But in case you've never seen this vid, that dude in the audience might've had a fightin' chance. Danzig goes down pretty easy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEehtlKVKps

I like System of a Down because Armenians OWN, though the first big album (the one with Spiders) and Toxicity were tighter, before Serj's art rock indulgences and De La Rocha-style politics took over.

As for ditching political bands for the aggressively meatheadish likes of Nu Metal, I don't know... I listen to Slayer but it doesn't mean I have a real-life "Altar of Sacrifice"... it's just about the music and the aggression, so more political bands' lyrics I either tune out or they aggressively annoy me; At least Durst ranting about looking to "break your fuckin' face tonight" seems more generically amusing and unpretentious than Serj, King Ad Rock or Tom Morello and De La Rocha giving me a primer on naive Socialist politics.

Order of awesomeness for Danzig albums...

1. Lucifuge
2. blackacidevil
3. 4P
4. 6:66 Satan's Child
5. How the gods kill
6. Danzig
7. Circle of Snakes
8. I Luciferi

(double live cd and ep are excluded from this list)

During my Metal Phase I did have a secret soft spot for pop cheese so:

Order of awesomeness for Wang Chung albums...

1. Mosiac
2. To Live and Die in LA
3. Points on a Curve
4. Warmer Side of Cool

And if being 21 in 86 puts Dave as a late seventies early eighties high schooler, whats the speculation on musical tastes? Disco Stud? Punk rebel? Strutting the halls defiantly humming 'You may be right, I may be crazy. But it just may be a lunatic your looking for.'

Joe: I'll throw you a bone, dude (as I did for your earlier Taylor Swift shout-out). I don't follow country music too closely, but I catch a video now and then. I've seen two by Joey + Rory and thought they were catchy and fun. I also saw a couple episodes of that reality show they won (Duets or something?). They're a very charming couple and I'm happy for their success.

Funny hcat, I've been listening to the soundtrack for TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA a lot lately. Is there a better one for this town? Whateva you say about Wang Chung, those keyboard stabs in "Wake Up Stop Dreaming" OWN.

Christian - I've never been to LA so I couldn't comment on how it fits, but as an eighties soundtrack it is spot on. Since I have already admitted to liking the Chung I might as well through out another dirty secret that seems to be against conventional movie tastes. I DO NOT LIKE TANGERINE DREAM SOUNDTRACKS. They always sound like morose Manheim Steamroller tracks or just some guy leaning heavily on some keyboards. It has ruined countless movies for me.

the bizarro ending to one of the best action flicks ever made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3mErQjNX0&feature=related

well traveled but wang chung certainly sets the tone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YQWs0--CwY&feature=related

death and taxes

(william peterson - one beeuuutiful man)

O leah, thanks for that. I haven't watched TLADILA for a while now. I wish Wang Chung were remembered more for this song than "Everybody Wang Chung Tonight!".

For you then, one of the most surreal vids I've ever seen: William Petersen delivering a message (and singing!) to the Basque Country for...who knows what reason. In the beginning, when he says, "Hi - Billy Petersen" I just about bust a gut. Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rckf6IRGBMw

Oh, and be sure to click the "more info" link to the upper right and read the translation of the lyrics of the song he's singing. It takes the strangeness to a whole 'nother level entirely.

I'm in the Tangerine Dream fanclub, more their 1970's - early 80's run, and their soundtrax are hit or miss. But when they hit you get SORCERER, THIEF, RISKY BUSINESS, KAMIKAZE 1989. Even tho Goldsmith's score for LEGEND belongs in the film, I like the TD score for the US version. Plus they rule in concert.

hallick,

that 'billy peterson' link is absolutely priceless! yes, very bizarre, and weirdly touching...who knew billy p could carry a tune and had such a gentle affinity for the basque?! awesome

sorry, petersEn! i'm cringing at misspelling his name several times

Christian, don't forget TD's score for THE KEEP, which edges out Thief and Risky Business for me as their best film score.

And their score for KEN WAHL'S *awesome-as-FUCK* Glickenhaus movie THE SOLDIER is better than the movie itself.

And both THE SOLDIER and THE KEEP are sorely absent on DVD.

i have 'the keep' on VHS in my 'mann' section...i haven't watched it in like 20 years

Yes, THE KEEP is a keeper!

LexG: Glickenhaus came through Houston back in the day -- along with Wahl -- to promote The Soldier, and I had lunch with them. (Those were the days, my friend, when people went on promotional tours.) Give you some idea how long ago this was: Glickenhaus was proud of the fact that, during production, he used this way-cool new bookkeeping software to keep tabs on the budget every step of the way. Which is how he knew he had enough money to hire Klaus Kinski for a couple days for a cameo role.

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