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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

THE PATH

The Homie Dow Jones came through and added a piece to his collection.. He wanted to get something to represent the choices in Life.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Sunday, January 3, 2010

We have been getting a lot of feed back from all you loyal listeners saying how you guys have been putting together a playlist from all the rare records we have been featuring..
Thanks for the all the emails.
Here is another one for the collection.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Go See "The Princess And The Frog"!

The above illustration adorns this year's Christmas card from my friend, Disney animator, Nik Ranieri. Nik was the principal animator on the pictured character, Charlotte, the delightful status-seeker and childhood friend of Tiana, the heroine in Disney's new animated feature, The Princess and the Frog. I got a big kick out of Nik's illustration on his card - I can almost hear Charlotte singing Eartha Kitt's big song hit, Santa Baby, as she goes over her long list of Christmas gift requirements!

I have seen The Princess and the Frog and, though it may be a flawed film in some ways, I want to state for the record that I enjoyed the film very much. My criticisms are mostly in line with Mike Barrier's insightful and fairminded review, although I do disagree on a couple of points. I also have some minor quibbles about the visual aesthetic, but that's a very personal view. However, because of the fact that this is Disney's long-awaited return (after 6 years) to the art form it is best known for, and allowing for the fact that they have prudently opted to play it safe in order to test the waters before venturing into riskier territory, I am willing to cut them a lot of slack on this film. Though not perfect, the film still serves up a lot of solid entertainment with fun characters, fully expressive animation, and a winning music score. (Actually, on that last point I was leery, not having been an enthusiast of Randy Newman's music in general in the past, but the rascal exceeded my expectations on this one.)

However, I would be remiss in not admitting that this film is in trouble. Tragically, The Princess and the Frog is a victim of its having been released at a particularly vulnerable time, up against such worthy competition as Avatar, as well as such unworthy competition as that Chipmunks pic! I find it hard to fathom why kids and their parents would choose that latter film in such huge numbers, but I'll admit I'm very much out of step with today's popular tastes.

Over at The Laughing Place, Rhett Wickham has written a heartfelt plea to encourage moviegoers to go see Disney's revival of traditional animation because, if the box-office numbers aren't there, it's a very real possibility that the studio heads at Disney may conclude that there's no longer the audience for this medium in films. Rhett offers up a good argument as to why you should go see this film soon if you haven't already. I'm personally planning to see it once or twice more before it ends its theatrical run. My hat's off to all of the talented animation staff at Disney Feature Animation. They've been battling against the odds to create an entertaining film, and I think their efforts are worth supporting by casting your vote where it counts: at the box-office of your local theatre. Thanks in advance!

TRAILER OF THE WEEK

I know most of you went out and renewed that member ship to the gym that your only going to go to a couple times this year.. So when you find your self on the couch flipping through the channels or through the video collection break this one out and kick back with some old school Foo's..

Friday, January 1, 2010

WAKE UP

Get ready! The Biggest Car Show of the year is here.. and we are all going to be out there. Bring the family, food and check out the show.

MAJESTICS NEW YEARS DAY PICNIC
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IRWINDALE CALIFORNIA
15501 Arrow Hwy
Irwindale, CA 91706