That Crazy Rap Music!: Black Kids (What A Short Strange Trip It's Been)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Black Kids (What A Short Strange Trip It's Been)

I was going to write a piece criticizing Pitchfork's review of the Black Kids, but I decided to listen to the album first. It really is horrible. It feels really rushed (it is), the production is horrible, and its basically the same song over and over again. It's sort of a bizarre and uniquely modern story of hype, distribution, and the internet.

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Roger Ebert on Nicolas Cage

"There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively." Ebert adds, "He alway seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him."