Music
Jay-Z
HOV is by far my favorite artist. The dude brings it every single song and has never made a bad album (The Blueprint 3 is iffy but Run this Town, D.O.A., and Already Home save him). I could listen to Jay-Z all day (and I already kind of do).
Dispatch
Jay-Z is my favorite artist of all time, Dispatch is my favorite band. Much like HOV, Dispatch has never made a bad album and you could randomly play any one of their songs and it would be excellent. This song (Time Served) has one of the best guitar riffs of all time. I was lucky enough to be able to attend their reunion tour (or whatever the hell that was this summer) in Boston. Hopefully they'll get their act together and start recording albums again. They're too good to give up on.
Led Zeppelin
I know it feels like I'm just pulling these out of my ass but Zeppelin, HOV, and Dispatch seriously are in my musical pantheon. Good music is good music, I don't care what genre it is.
Tupac
One of the things that I find myself obsessing over is what the world would be like today had Tupac not been murdered. What would he think of Obama? How would he have taken advantage of the internet? How serious of an actor would he have become? How much would he have hated auto-tune? Would he have made up with Biggie? Would he have collaborated with artists like Eminem, Kanye, Jay-Z, T.I., and Lil' Wayne? Let's move on before I get even more depressed.
The Lonely Island
No, this is not a joke. I love these guys. I don't care if you think I'm a giant goofball. There has never been a band that has combined their level of humor with such a quality track. If you change the lyrics on songs like "I'm on a Boat" and "Trouble on Dookie Island" to your standard hip hop club song you would never be able to tell the difference. Andy Samberg and company are some talented mother fuckers and if you say otherwise, well you're wrong.
Movies
Anchorman
Judging by the title of my blog you probably could surmise that Anchorman would appear on this list. If you couldn't, then you haven't seen this movie and shame on you. This is Will Ferrell's best work (which is saying something if you have seen Old School or Zoolander). The scene where Jack Black's character rids Ron Burgundy of his beloved dog Baxter is one of the funniest scenes in any movie ever and it slays me every time I watch it.
The Dark Knight
Like much of America, I'm a sucker for super hero movies. I love Iron Man and cannot wait for the Avengers to come out but I typically do not reserve spots in my pantheon for these movies. They are entertaining but lack the compelling characters and plot twists to be on the same level as some of the greats. The Dark Knight is different. Heath Ledger's Joker is the greatest villain I have ever seen. Every scene with the Joker is absolutely riveting and I begin to forget that there is actually an actor behind all that makeup. Ledger's performance takes this movie to an entirely different level and I will vehemently defend the Dark Knight as one of the greatest movies of all time. It will be a sad day when this version of the franchise comes to an end as Christopher Nolan has found the perfect dynamic between the realm of super heroes and reality.
Inception
So I'm a sucker for Christopher Nolan movies, sue me. Inception is one of the best mind-fuck movies of all time. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it twice. Watch it sober then get stoned and watch it again. Once you've done this I guarantee you will have several takes on Leonardo DiCaprio's character as well as the entire direction of the movie. Personally I think the inception was being done on him the entire time unbeknownst to DiCaprio. Let's smoke a blunt and discuss.
Blow
Johnny Depp's best performance comes in a true story about one of the most notorious drug dealers of all time: George Jung. The movie is an incredible tale of the highs and lows that come with being a drug kingpin. As good as this movie is, amazingly, it leaves out some of Jung's unbelievable escapes from law enforcement. This is done in favor of showing the humanity behind the most infamous cocaine dealer of the 70's and 80's. This scene where he is in police custody recording what he assumes to be his last words to his father is a very powerful scene. Depp's diatribe should make everyone feel closer to their father.
Office Space
This should be required viewing for anyone who has ever sat in a cubicle. Office Space encapsulates the misery of sitting in a dull office doing mindless tasks better than any movie ever. Plus no character evokes laughter and sorrow like Milton when Bill Lumberg confiscates his stapler.
Jay-Z
Dispatch
Jay-Z is my favorite artist of all time, Dispatch is my favorite band. Much like HOV, Dispatch has never made a bad album and you could randomly play any one of their songs and it would be excellent. This song (Time Served) has one of the best guitar riffs of all time. I was lucky enough to be able to attend their reunion tour (or whatever the hell that was this summer) in Boston. Hopefully they'll get their act together and start recording albums again. They're too good to give up on.
Led Zeppelin
I know it feels like I'm just pulling these out of my ass but Zeppelin, HOV, and Dispatch seriously are in my musical pantheon. Good music is good music, I don't care what genre it is.
Tupac
One of the things that I find myself obsessing over is what the world would be like today had Tupac not been murdered. What would he think of Obama? How would he have taken advantage of the internet? How serious of an actor would he have become? How much would he have hated auto-tune? Would he have made up with Biggie? Would he have collaborated with artists like Eminem, Kanye, Jay-Z, T.I., and Lil' Wayne? Let's move on before I get even more depressed.
The Lonely Island
No, this is not a joke. I love these guys. I don't care if you think I'm a giant goofball. There has never been a band that has combined their level of humor with such a quality track. If you change the lyrics on songs like "I'm on a Boat" and "Trouble on Dookie Island" to your standard hip hop club song you would never be able to tell the difference. Andy Samberg and company are some talented mother fuckers and if you say otherwise, well you're wrong.
Movies
Anchorman
Judging by the title of my blog you probably could surmise that Anchorman would appear on this list. If you couldn't, then you haven't seen this movie and shame on you. This is Will Ferrell's best work (which is saying something if you have seen Old School or Zoolander). The scene where Jack Black's character rids Ron Burgundy of his beloved dog Baxter is one of the funniest scenes in any movie ever and it slays me every time I watch it.
The Dark Knight
Like much of America, I'm a sucker for super hero movies. I love Iron Man and cannot wait for the Avengers to come out but I typically do not reserve spots in my pantheon for these movies. They are entertaining but lack the compelling characters and plot twists to be on the same level as some of the greats. The Dark Knight is different. Heath Ledger's Joker is the greatest villain I have ever seen. Every scene with the Joker is absolutely riveting and I begin to forget that there is actually an actor behind all that makeup. Ledger's performance takes this movie to an entirely different level and I will vehemently defend the Dark Knight as one of the greatest movies of all time. It will be a sad day when this version of the franchise comes to an end as Christopher Nolan has found the perfect dynamic between the realm of super heroes and reality.
Inception
So I'm a sucker for Christopher Nolan movies, sue me. Inception is one of the best mind-fuck movies of all time. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it twice. Watch it sober then get stoned and watch it again. Once you've done this I guarantee you will have several takes on Leonardo DiCaprio's character as well as the entire direction of the movie. Personally I think the inception was being done on him the entire time unbeknownst to DiCaprio. Let's smoke a blunt and discuss.
Blow
Johnny Depp's best performance comes in a true story about one of the most notorious drug dealers of all time: George Jung. The movie is an incredible tale of the highs and lows that come with being a drug kingpin. As good as this movie is, amazingly, it leaves out some of Jung's unbelievable escapes from law enforcement. This is done in favor of showing the humanity behind the most infamous cocaine dealer of the 70's and 80's. This scene where he is in police custody recording what he assumes to be his last words to his father is a very powerful scene. Depp's diatribe should make everyone feel closer to their father.
Office Space
This should be required viewing for anyone who has ever sat in a cubicle. Office Space encapsulates the misery of sitting in a dull office doing mindless tasks better than any movie ever. Plus no character evokes laughter and sorrow like Milton when Bill Lumberg confiscates his stapler.
No comments:
Post a Comment