CHRIS BURKE - THE MAN

"CHRIS BURKE .. RIP"

Someone went through a LOT of trouble making this rock video. They also did it with a lot of misinformation. Chris Burke, the down syndrome actor, IS NOT DEAD... at least not yet.

Chapas45 (1 month ago)
he's not dead, man.

This is very entertaining too... well... sort of. It is repetitious.


Fascube 2007, this entry was posted March, 23, 2007

CHRIS BURKE TRIBUTE

DINO LEE AND THE NEW LAS VEGANS - WHATS NEW PUSSY CAT?

"WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS GUY, I KNEW IT WAS THE SPRING TIME OF MY LIFE....."

I was enthused when I first saw this clip - !!! Sort of like the way a lot of people got excited when they first found out about The Beatles. I got excited about DINO LEE AND THE NEW LAS VEGANS.....

This was even before Las Vegas emerged as this uber cool vacation spot in the 90's. I had no idea that was even going to happen. The mob was leaving Vegas in droves and corporations took over turning Sin City into Walt Disneyland.... pretty much. The same minds got a hold of sleazy Times Square in New Yack City and turned it into a G rated hot spot for young families. Silly but profitable......

But back to Dino.... It wasn't considered A GOOD THING if you admitted you liked this sexist, pompous, and sharp witted doofus. But I did anyways. I know entertainment when I see it and this guy has star quality written and smeared all over his gelled up hairdoo.

Then Dino disappeared. Oh sure, he appeared to the locals around Austin Texas but he didn't pop up in too many other places. I was disappointed. But by the early 90's all I wanted to do was get the hell out of that rat hole prison town, Ann Arbor, Michigan. I wanted to discover bands on MY OWN TERMS and get away from the mess hall mentality of what was good or not. Whats the sense of thinking clearly on your own if you live under a culture dictatorship?

ANYWHO -- this stuff communicates to me. I am quite sure that it communicates to you too - but maybe not as well mannered as you would like.

Still -- who has the guts to carry this stuff off these days?

Cantu writes for the fashion culture beauty network and can be found at www.fascube.blogspot.com and lives in Chicago and Detroit, Michigan. This entry was created on March 21, 2007.

DINO LEE AND THE WHITE TRASH REVUE

THE KING OF DENIRO - JOE KING CARRASCO

"HE WAS NOT A CHICKS BAND !!!"

This guy knew what FUN was all about. His video production values were piss poor. When you add this all up the balance sheet tells us that he probably wasn't a "HIT" with the chicks......

But I enjoyed him.

A lot.

It takes guts to be yourself and to kick out stuff like this -- even if its for ten people. This is why Andy Kaufman's entertaining hijinx are so attractive -- especially now in these sorry times. True individual music and hailing from Austin Texas this is truely music for the brave. THE KING was featured a lot on IRS Cutting Edge in the late 80's while most of the public was going ga ga over Genesis and Terrance Trent D'arby. Carrasco and the Crowns were a regular feature on MTV in the early days. I'm quite sure the metal kids hated his guts as these long haired anthems wailed on about teenage heartbreak and revenge in the food court.

But this music is not about violence. It is about UNDERSTANDING that life is fun. But then again this was before the country had lost its mind to war, SUV's, and becoming grandparents at age 40. In the grand comparison of things to come -- this stuff was pretty harmless.

I'm digging it now -- even still. In fact, I say its more relevant now than it was when it first came out. Being silly takes balls.

HAIL TO THE KING BABY.

Cantu writes for the Fascube - Fashion Culture Beauty Network, and can be found at www.fascube.blogspot.com He resides in Michigan and Chicago. This post was created on March 21, 2007.

JOE KING CARRASCO AND THE CROWNS - DENIRO

elegant elliot offen - INQUISITION OF THE HEALTHY

"WHY CAN'T I TELL YOU, THAT YOU LOOK.... UNHEALTHY?"

He has no degree that anyone knows of. Thats too bad because Elliot is a health dynamo, he cares a great deal about being... FIT in a mad mad world.


"You look worse than ever.... whats going on !!"

Great television.

Cantu 2007

ELLIOT OFFEN - 18 BILLION DOLLAR BODY

THE ARCTIC MONKEYS - WHERE 'AVE YOU BEEN?

"I'm Damn Glad They've Arrived When They DID !!"

The perfect anectdote to rehab.

I love these rascals. They are coming to America too which makes me love them even more. They got real balls.

They care enough to come to Detroit to show the rest of us just how music is done. Even though I can't help but feel a bit of real closeness to this and the White Stripes. I still like them.

This particular romp has little to do with their typical sound... which is a sound I particulary like.... since it doesn't sound like anything else out there, (check the strange and uneven measures and intros and mini intros to their main song... "A Certain Romance" for example). These guys have a bit of Quadrophenic sensibility that only owning a SUV could cure.

Its a damn shame we got nothing like them on this side of the pond.

BUT THEY ARE COMING TO DETROIT, as I've said so multi cheers to that !

Cantu is Cantu, and relentless blogs on in the Fashion Culture Beauty Network, he can be found at http://fascube.blogspot.com and lives in Chicago and Walled Lake, MI. This was created on March 20, 2007.

THE ARCTIC MONKEYS - BRIANSTORM

JAPANESE SAUNA GONE BAD

"WE NEED MORE OF THIS TYPE OF HUMOR IN THE U.S.A."

These types of pranks take real imagination. These enjoyable by all even if they are a wee bit offensive. They are fun to watch and they push the envelope for what was considered possible in the world of comedy.....

Unlike our contests in America... the ill fated Wii contest which consisted of some woman holding her urine to win a Wii video game console... she later died... amid warnings of not to do so. This was not only tragic, stupid and infantile but also deadly. The responsible party was slapped on the hand and set free into the public and this headline quickly disappeared from the news......

A little style every now and then is most appreciated.

Ted Cantu writes for the FASCUBE NETWORK and can be found at http://fascube.blogspot.com. This entry was written on March 20, 2007.

NAKED JAPANESE SAUNA CHAIRS !!!

MEAN STREETS - IM GONNA PAYUMMMMM

"ONE OF THE MOST RIVETING FILMS OF..... 1973... LOL"

Typical film buffs make this movie to be the greatest thing that ever came out of the 70's. But the only thing you must remember about the 70's is that they made great films every SINGLE YEAR. Unlike the 2000's they didn't have to rely on CG to be an "actor" to fill out the plot.

This made things somewhat intriguing.

The other thing that makes this film work on its own is that it has true vision. The camera work is dizzying at times and the plot is dizzying too. This particular scene is supposed to be spontaneous. Which makes it really work is that it is loaded with details. Deniro breathes a lot of life into this complicated lunatic character, "Johnny Boy".

Cantu 2007

MEAN STREETS - FRANKIE BONES