Had I seen this as a young impressionable kid, I would have opted to be a jock instead of a rock and roller.
The agonized expressions on the faces of the Patriots and Ravens seem like the prelude to an ass-kicking. Fortunately, for those among us who find this silly fellow some kind of legend and wish him no ill, Tyler got out alive. The rest of us will have to wait for next year when Tyler attempts to sing “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba at a football game in Liverpool.
In 1959, a few years before Kenneth Anger filmed young men buffing their aluminum hubcaps in Kustom Kar Kommandos, Sid Davies and Haile Chace made this evocative roadster documentary, Ingenuity in Action for Hot Rod Magazine. Sid Davies was the master of the shock doc, whose educational films about Stranger Danger, or at-risk teenagers in Age 13; or the side-effects of LSD, formed the source material for John Waters’ movies on juvenile delinquents, psychotic killers and cry babies.
Ingenuity in Action is perhaps best seen at a fifties Drive-In, as there is a lack of close-ups and mid-shots to create a necessary sense of pace and dramatic tension for small screen viewing. Even so, the film captures a delightful sense of those seemingly innocent, by-gone days, when people celebrated their enjoyment of sleek, speedy racing cars, under wide, blue, cloud-freckled skies.
B&W footage of Bruce Lee’s complete screen test for the role of “Kato” in The Green Hornet TV series from 1965. Lee was a new father by just three days when this was shot and then only 24-years-old. You get a good sense of what he was like then. He was such a charismatic young guy.
In the demonstration part, it’s unreal how fast he moves! How many other guys auditioned after him, I wonder? None?
Below, a great kung fu action sequence from The Green Hornet. I love how the Green Hornet goads this guy into fighting the great Bruce Lee. Hilarious.
In this compelling segment from a 1974 episode of the Mike Douglas show, a fiery Muhammad Ali spars with Sly Stone (stoned) and Congressman Wayne Hays. Theodore Bikel pretty much stays out of the line of fire.
In 1974, Ali was still adhering to the Nation Of Islam play book but a year later converted to Sunni Islam and would eventually become a Sufi.
Hays was drummed out of office two years after this show was filmed in a notorious scandal involving his secretary Elizabeth Ray.
Sly seems to be in a semi-stupor but does manage to get a few cogent licks in.
Ali is unyielding, intense and brilliant, though his comment about Jews plays into the kind of racial stereotyping and discrimination he’s railing against. But it jibes with the Nation Of Islam’s outlook.
Latex artist SikRik’s latest creation is the Andre The Giant mask.
SikRik handcrafts and paints each mask individually so that no two are exactly alike. The process of making a mask is complete when…
“...it usually speaks to me right at the end and says ‘stop I’m done’,” says SikRik. “The last step is to gloss the eyes. I will never grow tired of this step. This is when they take their first breath.”
Only 35 numbered copies will be produced, and they can be preordered for $125.00 USD plus S/H at www.sikrikmasks.com. After that, an unlimited edition will be available for $99.00 USD + S/H.
Described as “sheer bloody poetry”, this is Industrial Revolutions, the latest film from Street Trials riding phenomenon Danny MacAskill. Since arriving on the scene in 2009, MacAskill‘s films have been seen on YouTube by over 30 million people, now:
Industrial Revolutions sees Danny take his incredible bike skills into an industrial train yard and some derelict buildings.’ Filmed in the beautiful Scottish countryside Danny MacAskill’s latest film was directed by Stu Thomson for Channel 4’s documentary Concrete Circus.
Bonus clip of Danny MacAskill’s ‘Streets of London’, after the jump…