cosign biggie-hiphop just isnt the same without him around my grandfather whom i've never met my friend luke who died in germany in some kind of freak moutain accident that was never fully explained.
I'd bring this shitbag back to life. THEN..[/b] I'd kill myself. Wait a few days, and... Second Wish[/b] Bring myself back to life, then ask shitbag, "See how that feels, you fuck!" (Saving my last wish, just in case)
WHOA
I guess the good news is his body dangling from an almond branch wrote one of mine life's favorite songs.
peace to all the loved ones mentioned in this thread. sween. grandmas. dads. moms. nannys. friends. loved.
One of those threads that's tough to come in late, you want to be honest but you don't want to say the same shit everyone else said, so I co-sign on most of what I've seen, and add:
Eric Dolphy[/b], because of the way jazz artists progress, the paying of dues, the learning from playing with and listening to others before you make your statement, for all his amazing work in his ridiculously short (6 years, 1958-1964 - except for 48-49 when he was 20) recording career, I feel Eric got taken away before he came close to making his greatest expression as an artist, and if he had been able, I'm sure it would have been singular and beautiful.
A selfish one, but definitely W.R. Burnett[/b]. Few have heard of him, many of those who have probably consider him a marginally talented if not hack genre author, but he is one of my favorite writers of all time, and I just wish I could hang out with him for a few drinks and hear the stories of a lifelong writer at the top of the pulp field. Also, his books always had scenes where the main character would peruse the record collections of another character, and comment at length on their taste in (or lack of taste in) Jazz, which was pretty cool since he was writing in the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, & 60s*...in fact, that's another reason to have kept him alive...he was still writing damn fine fiction (and the screenplay to "The Great Escape") almost 50 years after he was first published.
*lots of crime and detective writers from the golden pulp age seemed to be jazzbos, the whole "check out the record collection" scene is very common in pulp fiction, as are mini-editorials on jazz by the author-as-protagonist-narrator
Phil Hartman[/b], so the Simpsons would still be funny
1. my grandpa- a straight Korean G living in Japan. The epitome of scaring looking, cigarette-smoking, smart dude, but he also had a big heart and a warm smile.
2. my brother's classmate
3. my sister's friend's mother
(sorry, it's late and the "parental beatdown" thread has gotten me a little sentimental)
CO-SIGN... that mr. hooper shit was off the hook. 1. babcia 2. grandma clark 3. my half-brother bart, that died a month after i found his number. never met him... i was 24 then, and wish i wouldn't have waited.
My Gramps, "TUM TUM Pappa" aka Caetano Maria Barbosa. He played tons of instruments and PRESSED A RECORD! this from a dude who was born & raised in goa, india back in the day. he worked on a ship and travelled the world, and got stuff like beatles song books and taught himself music and languages. i have his sheet music, so i gotta learn music notation so i can play it. its dope, its in his handwriting.
i feel so lucky to have something that few people are lucky to have in this world. HE MADE ME A GOAN GOSPEL MIXTAPE IN 1984! that's right, my gramps made me a mixtape!who has a grampa that would make them a mixtape?! he was in india and my parents moved to canada I was 4. so his way of making contact with me was recording his voice on a cassette player (a rarity in goa back in '84) and he put together these amazing goa gospel compilation of live music (he wrote a lot of music for choirs and stuff) and mailed it to canada. I still have this cassette and might be the only person to possess this music in the world, i will digitize it if anyones interested in hearing what it sounds like. Goan music has influences from portuguese tuneage.
the following dialogue is the intro to the gospel tape he made for me (if u wonder what a goan from back in the day sounds like talking in english). i think its the dopest sample i've ever heard in my life, way better than just sampling some dude off instructional vinyl in a professors voice or something, cause its my actual gramps. anyhow i added a beat to his dialogue and just added some keys looped...
ps: he refers to himself as "Tum Tum Pappa" because they'd call him that because he played piano, as in he makes the sound "Tum Tum" when he plays the piano. and "baba shawn" be me
RIP TUM TUM PAPPA, from Baba Shawn aka alieNDN
I wrote a lot, i guess cause a place that appreciates music like this forum can appreciate this,just one of those talented peeps that no one hears about, peace.
Comments
Charlie Parker
Biggie
and Malcolm X.
2. Jesse Livermore
3. Biggie
my grandfather whom i've never met
my friend luke who died in germany in some kind of freak moutain accident that was never fully explained.
The first thing Jesus would do is convert from Christianity.
Not to worry, lived and died a Jew.
Funny so many people listed him as he supposedly already came back from the dead. Oh we of little faith.
Dan
Sam Cooke
polish prince
Michael Jackson
Al Gore
Otis Redding
El Hajj Malik El Shabazz
I guess the good news is his body dangling from an almond branch wrote one of mine life's favorite songs.
peace to all the loved ones mentioned in this thread.
sween. grandmas. dads. moms. nannys. friends. loved.
Zev Luv ain't dead homie...his bro Sub roc is.
Very true...let me rephrase..he'd shun the religion that was started after him.
He'd be like, "you motherfuckers actually believe I was down with this all your rules and ideas?"
Eric Dolphy[/b], because of the way jazz artists progress, the paying of dues, the learning from playing with and listening to others before you make your statement, for all his amazing work in his ridiculously short (6 years, 1958-1964 - except for 48-49 when he was 20) recording career, I feel Eric got taken away before he came close to making his greatest expression as an artist, and if he had been able, I'm sure it would have been singular and beautiful.
A selfish one, but definitely W.R. Burnett[/b]. Few have heard of him, many of those who have probably consider him a marginally talented if not hack genre author, but he is one of my favorite writers of all time, and I just wish I could hang out with him for a few drinks and hear the stories of a lifelong writer at the top of the pulp field. Also, his books always had scenes where the main character would peruse the record collections of another character, and comment at length on their taste in (or lack of taste in) Jazz, which was pretty cool since he was writing in the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, & 60s*...in fact, that's another reason to have kept him alive...he was still writing damn fine fiction (and the screenplay to "The Great Escape") almost 50 years after he was first published.
*lots of crime and detective writers from the golden pulp age seemed to be jazzbos, the whole "check out the record collection" scene is very common in pulp fiction, as are mini-editorials on jazz by the author-as-protagonist-narrator
when did sly stone die?
correct me if i'm wrong, but dude is just in super hermit mode in LA on lots of drugs.
no???
2. Joseph Campbell - to talk some sense into people about religion. sorely needed right now.
3. B.I.G. - N.Y. hip hop hasnt been the same since.
ummm...yeah, but I think that was the gag, since Al Gore & MJ are still breathing air, too...
2. my brother's classmate
3. my sister's friend's mother
(sorry, it's late and the "parental beatdown" thread has gotten me a little sentimental)
Charlie Parker
Ted Hawkins
add
Plan Bee
Mac Dre
SOPE
Kit Erickson
DREAM
cosign Phil HARTMAN!
2- Malcolm
3- Donnie
damn. 3am, and only half-reading posts.
doh! yeah that's what I meant.
1. babcia
2. grandma clark
3. my half-brother bart, that died a month after i found his number. never met him... i was 24 then, and wish i wouldn't have waited.
My Gramps, "TUM TUM Pappa" aka Caetano Maria Barbosa. He played tons of instruments and PRESSED A RECORD! this from a dude who was born & raised in goa, india back in the day. he worked on a ship and travelled the world, and got stuff like beatles song books and taught himself music and languages. i have his sheet music, so i gotta learn music notation so i can play it. its dope, its in his handwriting.
i feel so lucky to have something that few people are lucky to have in this world. HE MADE ME A GOAN GOSPEL MIXTAPE IN 1984! that's right, my gramps made me a mixtape!who has a grampa that would make them a mixtape?! he was in india and my parents moved to canada I was 4. so his way of making contact with me was recording his voice on a cassette player (a rarity in goa back in '84) and he put together these amazing goa gospel compilation of live music (he wrote a lot of music for choirs and stuff) and mailed it to canada. I still have this cassette and might be the only person to possess this music in the world, i will digitize it if anyones interested in hearing what it sounds like. Goan music has influences from portuguese tuneage.
the following dialogue is the intro to the gospel tape he made for me (if u wonder what a goan from back in the day sounds like talking in english). i think its the dopest sample i've ever heard in my life, way better than just sampling some dude off instructional vinyl in a professors voice or something, cause its my actual gramps. anyhow i added a beat to his dialogue and just added some keys looped...
http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KYFP2F2KSUGP0P167I94PQIL8
ps: he refers to himself as "Tum Tum Pappa" because they'd call him that because he played piano, as in he makes the sound "Tum Tum" when he plays the piano. and "baba shawn" be me
RIP TUM TUM PAPPA, from Baba Shawn aka alieNDN
I wrote a lot, i guess cause a place that appreciates music like this forum can appreciate this,just one of those talented peeps that no one hears about, peace.