Sam Cooke, one of the most show-stopping, emotional singers of all time will finally be getting a biopic according to Prefix magazine. It will be based on Peter Guralnick’s biography called, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke, which I haven’t read, so I can’t speak on its source material. However, if it is good, then we might just have a quality film on our hands, as long as Hollywood doesn’t start feeling frisky and convince themselves that what the kids really want to see is Ashton Kutcher playing Sam Cooke during the first half of the film and Larry King playing him the rest of the time. Personally, I’m interested to see how they approach his death and the shooting at the hotel because that’s still under debate. However it turns out, I just love watching biopics, even if I do have to sit through the cringe worthy scenes in them like, Reese Witherspoon telling Joaquin, “you can’t walk no line” and then suddenly he’s “inspired” to write it. Hopefully, Sam Cooke’s will get the respect it deserves. Over and out.
he is amazing bro his style can not be touched....some people dont know what he is talking about caz u dont do what he does he is sickkk bra
by dylyn on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 11.59 am from the entry: Wiz Khalifa: Burn After Rolling (Mixtape)
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by wisconsin land on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 09.53 am from the entry: of Montreal + Gang Gang Dance - Orpheum Theatre (Boston, MA; Oct. 30, 2008)
Ugh. Paste’s profile of Free Energy made me kind of hate them. So does your review. It’s this unctuous defense of good-time rock-and-roll ("we’re just here to party, and we’re awesome!") that seems more self-serving than fun-loving.
by beth on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.41 pm from the entry: Foreign Born + Free Energy - The Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY; Mar. 12, 2010)
that inescapable feeling you are referring to, is that like when you hear something and you could have sworn you heard it before because of the nostalgic catchy quality? or is is like when you’ve heard a band exactly like said band?
great post by the way!
by paul on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 03.15 pm from the entry: The Novel Ideas - "The Sky Is A Field" - Borrow It
Whoa! I had no idea she was enegaged. You would never know with the way she behaves! Wow!
by art on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.48 am from the entry: Nikki Darlin and John McCauley: 1+1=1
This comment stream is so meta. Great review Kelly.
by chris on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 07.50 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
no prob. The whole album is excellent, combining some of the harder sonics of Los Angeles with the meat of his debut and obviously difficult to summarize in only 50 words… 
I’d say it’s on par with the debut, but better than Los Angeles.
by kelly on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.23 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
Sam Cooke is the greatest singer of all time.
I’ve read the book ‘Dream Boogie’ the life and time of Sam Cooke’ If the movie is as good as the book, Sam Cooke will get the respect that he has been deserving of for many years.
I think John Legend should play Sam Cooke
will smith should play Sam Cook
No way. Don’t believe that will smith could be a singer.
Sam Cooke is the greatest, his story has everything you need for a great movie, and needless to say the soundtrack would be phenomenal
I Should Play Sam Cook!
Its the Role my Mother Raised me to play!!