Nick Stahl is one of the most interesting young actors working today. Period. While he might not carry as much weight as the rest of the youth’s cream like Michael Pitt or Paul Dano, Stahl has nailed some seriously amazing, challenging roles like Bobby Kent in Bully, John Connor in T3, and the dying Beade in The Thin Red Line. He also starred in HBO’s Carnivàle. And now he’s been missing for a goddamn week. TMZ reports:
Stahl’s wife filed a missing person’s report with the L.A.P.D. on Monday … saying she last saw the 32-year-old actor on May 9. Sources tell TMZ … it is believed Stahl had been frequenting the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles recently … and there are concerns he may have gotten himself involved in some bad stuff. Back in February, Nick’s wife had filed court papers, expressing serious concerns that Nick may be using drugs … and sources say she fears drugs may have something to do with his disappearance. (via TMZ)
The bony hand of death snatches in threes – recently hooking MCA and Maurice Sendak – so I really hope Stahl’s disappearance has a happy ending. He’s had a lot of ups and downs career-wise, but when given the proper role, Stahl is scary good. Anyone who thinks Florida is all newlyweds and nearly deads should watch Bully, and quake in cold disgust at his role as Bobby Kent. Here’s hoping he’s found or makes it home safe, and gets the help he needs.
I tripped across some new Nardwuar interviews from SXSW. He interviewed a bunch of the rising rappers there, from Action Bronson, to Danny Brown, to ASAP Mob and Kendrick Lamar. As usual he conducted thorough research, and knows his shit, because he asks a ton of obscure questions, with extremely specific references to things the band members have in their past. It’s kinda creepy, and amazing.
A lot of the time brings a gift of vinyl to give to the person he is interviewing. Like when he gives Action Bronson a 3rd Bass Remix album, or like when he points out to Kreayshawn where she is shouted out by her mom, on the liner notes of a punk EP. Nardwuar knows his bands, and the history of the scene. Check it out. Nardwuar: the most all knowing man in music since who knows when.
The news just got out yesterday that uncanny character actor Leonardo Ciminodied earlier this month due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He lived a helluva life though – making it all the way to 94 years old. Appearing in a ton of films and stage productions, I’ll always remember him as “Scary German Guy” from the Monster Squad, aka the guy who taught me what “virgin” means. He also had an important role in the original television miniseries of V.
Cimino also had roles in David Lynch’s Dune as the fat slob Baron Harkonnen’s doctor, Woody Allen’s analyst in Stardust Memories, and, in his final role, William in Sidney Lumet’s 2007 underrated crime flick Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. RIP Cimino. There’s always time for more pie in heaven.
Probably a bit late on this but whatevz. Seriously the best (and only oen i’ve stopped what I was doing to have to see) cellphone hack EVR! Also great promo for the new season of Mad Men… hmmmmmmmmmm.
The Basedgod was the cover story in this month’s edition of UK based music magazine Wire, delivering another massive dose of the strange and arresting personality we’ve come to expect. The second I saw Brandon McCartney on the cover of a legitimate magazine, that thing was a sure thing purchase. His interviews are just as interesting (and strikingly similar) to his Based freestyles, though this one hit one some interesting stuff I hadn’t really heard from him before.
First thing’s first, you’ll definitely get all of the weird B you could want, with half-baked-or-maybe-we-just-don’t-get-it platitudes about knowledge, godliness, race, linguistics, lineage, and the rap game. Interesting, sure, but I coulda gotten that from BasedgodVelli or Rain In England. The really good part is the businessman side of B you get here, where he’s talking about contracts and how he deals logistically with producers and how he wants you to be able to buy his albums at Target n shit. I guess I just assumed he didn’t think about that shit. He also talks a lot about his upcoming “debut album.” Lol. Anyway, you should just track down the issue and read the article. It’s real based.
Does that look like the face of someone who could mistakenly wipe out an entire alien race? Apparently so, for 14-year-old Asa Butterfield has been cast as Ender Wiggins in the upcoming adaptation of Ender’s Game, the classic sci-fi novel written by frothing, homophobic lunatic Orson Scott Card. Since its publication in 1985, there’s been a plethora of failed attempts to adapt it for the big screen, but in 2009 Odd Lot Entertainment got the ball rolling and brought on director Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine haha).
For those unfamiliar with Card’s book, Ender’s Game is about a bunch of kids who are sent to a military training academy for geniuses. Despite being a shrimp, Ender Wiggins is the star student. He begins leading his classmates in simulation exercises and mock battles against the Buggers, humanity’s greatest threat. It’s a kickass novel, although I prefer Card’s follow-up, Speaker for the Dead.
Ender’s Game is currently scheduled for a March 2013 release date but you can see Mr. Butterfield do his thing next weekend in Scorsese’s upcoming family film Hugo.
<Fanfic> It was the beginning of the new schoolyear, and all of the Hogwarts students were gathered in the great hall, giddy with excitement at the prospect of the impending semester. Harry and Hermione were sitting at the Gryffindor table, doing lame shit like drinking non-alcoholic beverages and doing spells that don’t kill things or start fires. “Where’s Ron,” asked Harry, like a wang-nimbus.
All of a sudden Ron swaggered in with his arms around two girls from, I dunno, whatever the hot house is, decked out head to toe in Мишка gear and smoking a blunt and shit. “Ron Weasley, what have you gotten into?” said Hermione and she was all blushing or whatever cuz she was feeling it. “I founded this new Hogwarts house yo, House Мишка,” replied Ron. “Our sorting hat is a New Era fitted and our ghost is ODB. Who wants to come get high and watch Troma movies and be based?”
And everyone did so everyone left the other Hogwarts houses. Then Voldemort was over being evil so he came to hang out at House Mishka too but he couldn’t keep his shit together and he booted after doing a magical kegstand. The other kids drew magical weiners on his face with their wands after he passed out and the realm of witches and wizards was happy forever after. </Fanfic>
We were extremely pleased and a little fanboyed out to have the one and only Bun B stop by the 350 Broadway Store recently. Growing up as a nerdy and generally lame suburban white kid, the first time I heard UGK’s Ridin’ Dirty my face pretty much just fell off. I would like to hope that perhaps some of you shared in that experience.
Despite the end of UGK (RIP Pimp C), Bun B has continued to exhibit his trill flow over some real dope solo albums, including last year’s Trill OG, and a bunch of guest verses. He is, apparently, also a fan of Night Slugs, which makes me like him even more. I think the lesson here is: come by the store and you might meet some of the best rappers of all time. Of all time yo!
In the meantime check out Bun and Big K.R.I.T. in new guest spots over Jackie Chain‘s latest video “Parked Outside.”
Brooklyn runs deep. even out here in California. And so when one of my all-time greatest homies, and long-time Brooklyn resident, told me he was moving to Los Angeles, I was psyched. Now, I’m in the Bay, so it’s still a ways away, but it’s a lot closer. And, perhaps more importantly, his reason for moving is mind-blowing.
My homie Chris Tabron, who also goes by DJ Tab, is one of the most gifted people I’ve ever had the pleasure of making music with. Chris is a really good musician, but he is an all-out incredible engineer. Everything that I know about how to make my music sound better, I learned from him. Over the years that I was in New York I sat in on a few sessions with Chris, and spent many late nights in a studio after someone else’s session working on our stuff. He was living the same life that all of us artists live: barely scraping by with a hodge podge of gigs, never being paid what he’s worth, and never getting enough of a lead to change his situation.
Now, although Chris busted his ass in New York, oddly enough his big break wouldn’t be in the city that had made him. He worked on a number of projects with pretty big names, but one name that he always brought up weighed very heavily with me: Tony Maserati. Occasionally Chris would work with Tony, and I always loved hearing about it because, well, Tony is Tony. So, when Chris called me earlier this year and told me that Tony had offered him a position EYE shit a brick. I spent several days over the course of a week or two on the phone with Chris weighing out the pros and cons, and in the end he took the job, moved to Los Angeles, and plunged headlong into what will most likely evolve into an amazing career behind the scenes of some of the world’s most incredible music.
So, by now you might be asking why this matters to the Bloglin, or to any of you reading. And, since you wondered, I’ll explain: Chris is going to be helping out with some upcoming projects that we’ll be releasing. And given, that he’s gonna have a hand in the sounds you’ll be hearing we wanted to do things how we do them, and flip the script. So, instead of his name just being in the credits, and his work going unnoticed we wanted to put more of a face to the name since the work of the engineer is so important to the final product that the listener gets. And, what better way to get to know him than with music?
So, Chris has offered to provide us and you, the Bloglin faithful, with a monthly installment titled “Sound Different.” When I listened to this inaugural installment it reminded me of being in New York because Chris is by all means a New York DJ. He knows how to carry the vibe and move through all kinds of genres, across any era, and then somehow totally lose you. And I don’t mean like he surprises you, but he just loses you because the way he understands music is so far beyond what the rest of us can comprehend that it’s impossible to know why he put that record on. But you don’t need to. And his role as an engineer is very much derivative of that sentiment. Most folks will never even know that the engineer was involved, let alone know why an engineer made a particular choice. And while enjoying the music doesn’t depend on it, I think that understanding the engineer’s role can definitely enrich an appreciation for music. DJ Tab – Sound Different Vol. 1 by Chris Tabron
Runaway… Seek out Frances Bean and be awesome together. Two cool rock chicks listening to Neu!
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Musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, married in 1984, are announcing they have separated. Sonic Youth, with both Kim and Thurston involved, will proceed with its South American tour dates in November. Plans beyond that tour are uncertain. The couple has requested respect for their personal privacy and does not wish to issue further comment.
