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Knight Rider

Dale — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:26:35 +0000

Hey Folks, you remember that tv show back in the 80′s Knight Rider, and that car named KITT. Although i was a young kid, i remember back in the nineties i used to rush home and watch it on TV. Remember when Micheal pressed the “Turbo Boost”, button and the car would fly over other cars? wow. That tv show was a classic.

So I found out that there was a newer version made, because this was one of my favourite childhood tv shows, i decided to buy the whole season off Itunes.

It was great I liked the ideas, I liked how they modernized the whole concept but there was one problem, I think they messed up on the writing and the direction of the tv show, it got cancelled. Not untill I watched the whole season, I realised why they did. But I really hope they resurrect it, because it was a nice enjoyable concept show.

I liked the new features of KITT, like attack mode, where he transforms, and then when he is in off-road mode whereas he transformed into a F150.

I think another problem contrasting the old one with the new one, in the old one every thing they did was actually possible and could happen in real life, and I think they were too fictional in the new one.

I don’t see how it would be possible to transform a mustang into a F150…

The other thing is, they should have ended the season when KITT destroyed KARR, and then started with a fresh concept or where they continued in season 2. After Dr. Graiman and Alex Torres died, there was no more mystery in the show anymore. NBC should contact me and have me write a new treatment for them. For the original fans of Knight Rider, and the New Fans, and the disappointed fans, they need to bring it back to the drawing books and revive it.

check out some videos below…

New Version (Beta Stages)

Old Version (The Classic)

family guy trailer my fav cartoon… lol

Dale — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:12:41 +0000

U have to have a sense of humour to watch this cartoon, but its not as twisted as southpark…

Drake – Marvins Room

Dale — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:09:34 +0000

I saw Drake create this song at Geejam, it was crazy vibes. I knew it was gonna be a hit.

Jolly Boys in NY: New York Times Review

Dale — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:35:24 +0000

Albert reads the Jolly Boys review in The New York Times at the JFK International Airport on their way back to Jamaica.

Reprints

February 25, 2011

With Island Spice, and Years of Seasoning, Old is New Again

By JON PARELES

The Jolly Boys returned to New York City for their first public show here in decades like a Model T with a new CD player in the dashboard. At Hiro Ballroom on Thursday night, they had material few people would expect from a band that was started in the 1950s to play a style that was already decades old. The Jolly Boys have been entertaining people in Port Antonio, Jamaica, since then, often as a hotel’s house band, with a shifting lineup; Albert Minott, 72, recently stepped forward as lead singer.

The Jolly Boys cling to a Jamaican style called mento, a precursor to ska and reggae born out of older rural music. Mento is kin to old calypso and other Afro-Caribbean rhythms. But it has its own variant beats and its own cheerfully rickety instrumentation, including maracas, banjo and, instead of a bass, a rumba box: the player (Derrick Henry, a founding member of the group) sits on a box that’s like a supersized thumb piano, with wide metal prongs to plunk.

The Jolly Boys have been discovered before. From 1989 to 1997 they recorded four albums of their Jamaican songs for American labels. Only one member at the time, Joseph Bennett, is in the current band, on maracas.

At Hiro, the Jolly Boys turned to rock songs, but played two old mento songs: three-chord dance tunes that lurched and swayed their way toward potential singalongs. Mr. Minott sang with a hearty rasp; Lenford Richards, on banjo, switched between brisk, tinny rhythm chords and sauntering lead lines.

Then came songs from the band’s current album, “Great Expectation” (EOne Music). They were an unlikely assortment, trading Caribbean idylls and social commentary for alienation and post-punk self-consciousness. The set included the Stranglers’ “Golden Brown,” a song about heroin and lust; the Blondie hit “Hanging on the Telephone;” Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” and the Doors’ “Riders on the Storm.”

Each song got a mento treatment, with its own swaying, ambling beat and prickly banjo counterpoint. Mr. Minott let loose gravelly shouts in “Blue Monday,” New Order’s bitter estrangement song; Lou Reed’s affectionate “Perfect Day” became a melancholy ballad with a whistled countermelody, and Mr. Richards translated the lead guitar solo of Steely Dan’s “Do It Again” into a jittery Jamaican banjo excursion.

The songs were thoroughly incongruous, but not quite as gimmicky as a description might sound. Musicians in Jamaica have a long history of applying their rhythms to hits from abroad. By wrenching the songs so far away from their original versions, the Jolly Boys (and the British producers behind “Great Expectation”) forced them to be heard afresh. “The Passenger,” an Iggy Pop song, became a gallop along the open road; the Johnny Cash hit “Ring of Fire” hinted at arson. Meanwhile, the band was pioneering something different in mento: angst. Still, since the Jolly Boys visit New York so rarely, more of their own material would have been welcome.

THE JOLLY BOYS JOIN SADE AS SPECIAL GUESTS

Dale — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:18:43 +0000

THE JOLLY BOYS JOIN SADE AS SPECIAL GUESTS

Following a personal invitation from Sade, Jamaica’s legendary and iconic The Jolly Boys have announced that they will join Sade on their European tour this spring.

The Jolly Boys, once the toast of Jamaica with their traditional ‘mento’ music, have after five decades been enjoying a remarkable revival.

It was the legendary film star Errol Flynn who, having purchased a small swathe of Northeast Jamaica, would stage wild parties at his home, and provide his favourite entertainment in the form of a local mento band, whom he nicknamed The Jolly Boys.

Mento originated as country folk music, with origins in African sounds, but with influences from European and especially Celtic music. It pre-dated and influenced everything from ska to reggae to dancehall. However, the electrification of Jamaica and its independence in the 1960s led to the decline of mento music and a new musical voice, reggae.

It was in 2009 when music producer Jon Baker suggested The Jolly Boys record a new album featuring some surprising contemporary cover versions,[1] that mento music and The Jolly Boys were re-introduced to both Jamaica and the world. The album ‘Great Expectation’ released last year went on to receive rave reviews.

Singles from “Great Expectation” Album by The Jolly Boys by geejamstudios

In their 60-year existence a changing cast of at least 18 members has come and gone but now, as noted by The Observer’s Sarfraz Manzoor, ‘The Jolly Boys are finally getting the respect they deserve. With a combined age of 382, they make the Rolling Stones look like the Jonas Brothers’.

Since the release of their album, the band has performed on the BBC’s Later with Jools Holland, as well as mesmerising audiences at the Cambridge Folk Festival, Secret Garden Party and The Big Chill. Now Sade’s audiences will experience The Jolly Boys’ special brand of Jamaican magic.

Sade Live plus special guests The Jolly Boys – full ticket information:
Friday 27 May M.E.N. Arena, Manchester 0844 847 8000

Sunday 29 May LG Arena, Birmingham 0844 338 8000

Tuesday 31 May The O2 Arena, London 0844 856 0202

24 hour credit card hotlines: 0844 847 2450, 0844 209 7352
Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk www.seetickets.com

Additional ticket and tour information can be found at www.SADE.COM and www.marshall-arts.com.

For information on The Jolly Boys visit www.jollyboysmusic.com. Great Expectation is available to purchase now on PIAS/Geejam Recordings.
For further information, please contact:

Ben Martin @ Marshall Arts

ben@marshall-arts.co.uk / + 44 20 7586 3831

Jolly Boys Jamaican Style (popculturevideomagazine.blogspot.com)

Dale — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:52:48 +0000

http://popculturevideomagazine.blogspot.com/2011/02/jolly-boys-jamaican-style.html

Errol Flynn gave this amazing band their name over 50 years ago.But it was John Baker who brought the Jolly Boys and their Mento style music to the Hiro Ballroom in New York, where they impressed even the most blase hipster. The Jolly Boys’ recent album, “Great Expectations” charted in eight European countries within the top-10 during 2010. ;Go and get it! Errol Flynn named this amazing band over 50 years ago in Jamaica, however, the Jolly Boys have only recently been noticed by the world. They rocked the HIRO ballroom and impressed even the most blase New York hipster. John Baker took the Jolly Boys out of their native land, to share Mento music with us. Find out more in this interview about a story much like the Buena Vista Social Club – Jamaican style. Their recent album, “Great Expectations”, charted in eight European countries within the top 10. Go and get it! jollyboysmusic.com

Jolly Boys rock the Secret garden Party last weekend

Dale — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:18:40 +0000

Jolly Boys kicked off their European tour at the Secret garden Party last Saturday. They rocked the crowd, got encores, frolicked with their new fans. Watch this fun clip.

also check out www.facebook.com/jollyboys and become a fan,

visit the website at www.jollyboysmusic.com

The Jolly Boys rehearsing Rehab and Blue Monday

Dale — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:50:35 +0000

Jolly Boys rehearsing “Blue Monday” by New Order and “Rehab” by Amy Winehouse in Rehearsals on Sat, July 3, 2010. Footage taken by Sarfraz Manzoor, journalist from the UK.

Jolly Boys doing Rehab LIVE @ Redbones…

Dale — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:37:36 +0000

Yowwwwww mento a get forward. Mad thing, was just enjoying the show. This is the Jolly Boys doing rehab at the redbones. It was a lovely night.

The making of “I know by I.eye”

Dale — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:53:59 +0000

Check out this other song that I produced for I.Eye, called ‘I Know’. The video shows her doing her video shoot for her upcoming video.

I.eYe -The making of- “I know” from Tony Fisher on Vimeo.