Richard Pryor died today, of a heart attack. He was 65.
He was also one funny motherfucker.
My favorite Pryor bit, from his December 1975 appearance on SNL: Click here (courtesy of Google Video).
For more Pryor, listen to these:
Asstard-in-Chief, Part Bazillion-and-six:
Let me just clear that up for you….pretty much the ENTIRE FUCKING PLANET is involved in this, except for America….because of the Glorious Imam of the American Taliban, and the fanatic minority who follow him.
Can we have another Civil War now, please?
Friday Music
It’s lunchtime on Friday….you know what that means….
Something to get the blood moving on a cold and snowy day: Brian Setzer Orchestra – “Jumpin’ East of Java” — go on, I dare ya not to move. Big band plus smoking rockabilly guitar? Yes, please!
Speaking of guitars…here’s another track from Robert Rodriguez’ “hobby-band”, Chingon. Like many of their songs, this takes a mariachi standard and rocks it up considerably: Chingon – “Cuka Rocka” On top of everything else, he’s a ridiculously talented guitarist as well. Why am I not surprised?
This is a very pretty re-working of a very good song. Former Men At Work frontman Colin Hay has been touring small clubs recently, doing accoustic sets. This is one of the songs he performs: Colin Hay – “Overkill (acoustic)”
To switch gears entirely, I’ll post this–my favorite song from the godfathers of goth, Bauhaus. No, it’s not the expected “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.” Bauhaus – “Dark Entries.” I used to play this song very loudly in my room, and make my parents worry. :)
Here’s a song from a new group that definitely has echoes of Bauhaus and other early-80s alternative bands. I heard this a few times on the radio, and it’s really growing on me: stellastar* – “Sweet Troubled Soul.”
Speaking of retro sounds from modern bands, here’s some absolutely perfect “androgynous space aliens” glam from Lawrence’s own Vibralux – “Single.”
One of the more famous bits of sample-based music, this track was given the blessing of Blue Note Records, the label who provided the source samples. You’ll recognize it. It’s been used in a lot of places, but even so, I really like it: Us3 – “Canteloop (Flip Fantasia)”
Lastly, another one of my own compositions. This one features some dialog samples that I think that some of you will appreciate. @nubis – “Litany.”
More next week.