A Couple of Artsy Flicks in '08 and Carlito .:Dec 31 08:.


This is the season to stay at home and watch movies, at least for me, so I kinda dug around and picked a couple of movies for aesthetic qualities.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is in French subtitles and sounds like a chick flick but the content will surprise you and give anyone hope for people who are locked in their own bodies.

Son of Rambow is a fun movie about childhood exploration and imagination while finding an identity. This movie has a brilliant style that many independents cannot emulate; I thought this was a good movie for anyone of any age, especially artistically inclined people. Its fun without being too far out, check it out after watching First Blood...

Carlitos Way the other day because its been on my list for a while. Can you ever watch this and think at the end that he won't get away; I think his closing monologue is one of the best in any movie.

Headnodic Rhetoric my mixtape will be available very soon on Freshcrate.com
Anyways Peace for 2008!!
- Existence 76

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This Is The Life Screening/Some Pictures I Had Lying Around .:Dec 15 08:.


At the end of July 2008, I met up with SupaKoopa and DJ Poncenaut (Argonaut) in L.A. to watch the screening of This Is The Life, the documentary on the 'Good Life' Cafe movement that happened in the early 90s changing the landscape of hiphop with a dose of West Coast stylings never heard before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzqeZsRPevI
The Good Life spawned such acts as Jurassic 5, Freestyle Fellowship, 2Mex, Pigeon John, Abstract Rude and countless others, in turn changing the entire definition of West Coast wordplay.  To be honest, at the screening I felt like a little kid, overly excited not only at the fact that the movie contained some very influential artists but that some of those same artists were in house.



Supakoopa was giving me a hard time up about being so amped(deservedly so), but I was really in awe of these artists being displayed there taking questions. The film was amazing and we chilled for a minute outside, and I thanked Omid for inviting us to the screening.

Overall this was the highlight of my summer and seeing this movie again won't be soon enough. Check out the website for more details on when the DVD will be released.
http:www.myspace.com/goodlifelove



Some Random Pictures from the Vault:
MIKE MECHANIC

SECRET SPOT

DJ JOILL @ DISKO RICK'S 1ST MEMORIAL

MY ROOM

THE LAND OF THE LOST CIRCA 1997


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