Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Lotta documentaries this week if only so I maintain my street rep: I keep it real. Ok, that may be terrible but these tv recommendations are not!
Tag: Music Documentaries
Trailer Alert: All Things Must Pass
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
All Things Must Pass (a documentary on the rise and fall of Tower Records) is a cautionary documentary with 2 key takeaways:
Trailer Alert: Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown To Off The Wall
Sammy Younan Girth Radio Presents… Your opinions on Michael Jackson are entirely irrelevant. I’m sure you have them; I’m sure you’re passionate about them…comments are below: go nuts but they’re totally irrelevant. MJ’s powerful contributions to our culture (beyond the standard pop culture contributions like the music and fashion) easily overshadow your thoughts: his actions…
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Trailer Alert: Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Sammy Younan
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We’re entering a strange and unmapped area of hip hop: it’s existed long enough that it is time to look back and recognize—like tracks in the snow—just how far we’ve traversed.
Jay-Z and Q-Tp are 45 years old, two years older than Eminem. Dre is 50. It’s awfully hard for any of hip hop’s elder statesmen to convincingly rap about the mean streets. These are the breaks.
Tupac, Biggie, Jam Master Jay and J Dilla are dead. That ain’t no joke.
Hip hop is slowly deeply maturing while still struggling with its most prominent contradiction the street vs the boardroom. Like your past you can only make peace with contradictions.
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Trailer Alert: Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Sammy Younan
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The trailer for Under the Influence opens with remarkable self-awareness for an ancient celebrity: “I know who I am…but I realize people think Kith Richards is smoking a joint, bottle in his hand, cursing the fact that the liquor store’s closed.” That observation launches into that trademark phlegmy laugh slash cough seniors who are avid smokers possess.
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Trailer Alert: The Reflektor Tapes
I dunno if it’s gonna be sublime but it’s gonna be engaging. Just like a Neon Bible.
Trailer Alert: Amy Winehouse Doc Amy
I can only write about Amy Winehouse with a heavy heart. She had it…man she had it. It was all there in the music.
Alas it was not meant to be: on July 23rd 2011 Amy died of alcohol poisoning; leaving this life and becoming a celebrated member of the 27 Club.
Trailer Alert: I Am What I Play
Today is the Canadian Premiere of I Am What I Play at the Royal Cinema as part of CMW. Having recently launched Girth Radio I’m keen to check this doc out: often when you mine the past you uncover the future.