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Smoke Two Joints
"Smoke Two Joints" is a song originally written by The Toyes, who performed it in traditional Reggae style and released it in 1983. According to The Toyes, "one fine fall day on a small island" of Oahu in Hawaii, two of the band members, Mawg and Sky, were sitting under a large banyan tree on Kuhio Beach, "tokin' on some sweet bud & jammin' on a rootsy reggae funky town" when they conceived the song "Smoke Two Joints." It was featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 American comedy-thriller film '' Homegrown''. The Toyes version was featured in the 2005 video game '' NARC''. The song is often mistakenly attributed to Bob Marley on the internet and file sharing websites. Marley had been dead two years when this song was written. Nardini cover version Norman Nardini, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, created two or more cover versions of this song in the 1980s. One was a studio LP, and another was a version featured on his live CD from 1994, both produced by Circumstantial Reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Toyes
The Toyes are an United States, American reggae band based in Grants Pass, Oregon. Their style has been described as a "cross between Bob Marley and Barenaked Ladies". They are perhaps most famous as the original songwriters and recorders of the song "Smoke Two Joints". It was originally recorded in 1983, and was re-released on their 1993 debut album ''The Toyes''. It was featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 American comedy-thriller film ''Homegrown (film), Homegrown''. An influential version was recorded by the band Sublime (band), Sublime; the song has since been mistakenly attributed to them or to Bob Marley. ''The Toyes'' also wrote and performed a song called "Monster Hash", a parody of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash". ''The Toyes'' are composed of Mawg on Lead Vocals and Lead Guitar, B-dub on Vocals and Rhythm Guitar, John Trujillo on Vocals and Bass Guitar and Brian Rogers on Drums. History Early Career (pre-1983) Mawg (Jean-Christophe Kay) and his brother S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' is a 1970 American satirical musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian. The film was directed by Russ Meyer and screenwritten by Roger Ebert from a story by Ebert and Meyer. Originally intended as a sequel to the 1967 film '' Valley of the Dolls''—"dolls" being a slang term for depressant pills or "downers"—''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' was instead revised as a parody of the commercially successful but critically reviled original. ''Beyond'' met a similar fate; it was initially panned by critics but became a box office success. The film later developed a cult following in subsequent decades, and earned some critical reappraisal for its satirical and metafictional elements. Plot Three young women—Kelly MacNamara, Casey Anderson, and Petronella "Pet" Danforth—perform in a rock band, the Kelly Affair, managed by Harris Allsworth, Kelly's boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheech And Chong
Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo consisting of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. The duo found commercial and cultural success in the 1970s and 1980s with their stand-up routines, studio recordings, and feature films, which were based on the hippie and free love era, and especially drug and counterculture movements, most notably their love for cannabis. Career The duo met in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the late 1960s. Chong was a Canadian citizen, and Cheech had moved there from southern California to avoid the draft at the height of the Vietnam War. The pair performed stand-up shows, released many successful comedy record albums, and starred in a series of low-budget films. Some of their best-known comedy routines and songs include "Earache My Eye", " Basketball Jones", "Santa Claus and His Old Lady", and " Sister Mary Elephant". Perhaps their most famous line is ''"Dave's not here",'' from their self-titled debut album. Their early success culminated with the release of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rudiments
The Rudiments are an American ska punk band from the East Bay, California, United States. Biography Known originally as Los Rudiments the group came together in the early 1990s, getting their start playing such venues as Santa Clara's One Step Beyond club and Berkley's 924 Gilman Street. They were signed to Mike Park's Asian Man Records. They also worked with the Skankin Pickle's label, Dill Records, which also released albums by other ska/punk artists of the era, such as Less Than Jake, MU330 and Janitors Against Apartheid. They started out playing local shows and produced their first record, ''Psychoska''. The band's most popular songs include "Wailing Paddle," "Trash," "Scapegoat," "Martians Don't Skank" and their cover of "Smoke 2 Joints." They had perfected the Swing Ska Punk sound culminating in the now infamous Great American music hall show with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Soon after this peak, singer Scott Rehlaender, drummer Craig Mazzera and organist Pat Phelan left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cheese
Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine (or simply Richard Cheese) is a cover band and comedy music, comedy act, performing popular songs in a lounge music, lounge/swing style. Lounge singer Richard Cheese is a character created and portrayed by Los Angeles-based actor/comedian/singer Mark Jonathan Davis. History Davis developed the Richard Cheese lounge singer idea in the mid-1990s. The band's work was first broadcast in 2000 by KROQ-FM and the Dr. Demento show. Releases The band's debut album ''Lounge Against the Machine'' was released in 2000 by Oglio Records. Cheese's second and third albums, ''Tuxicity'' and ''I'd Like a Virgin'' were independently released in 2002 and 2004 by Cheese's own label, Ideatown Entertainment (later renamed to Coverage Records). From 2004–2006, Surfdog Records released three Richard Cheese CDs: ''Aperitif for Destruction'', a studio album, ''Silent Nightclub'', a collection of songs tangentially related to the holiday season, and ''The Sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocksmith 2014
''Rocksmith 2014'' is a music video game produced by Ubisoft. It is a followup to the 2011 game ''Rocksmith'', but has been described as a replacement to the original game rather than a sequel. Like its predecessor, the game allows players to plug in virtually any electric guitar or bass guitar and play along via the use of a USB adapter – removing the need for any proprietary controller like other music games such as ''Guitar Hero''. The game comes with 66 songs on disk, with over a thousand more available to download as paid DLC. It was announced at Ubisoft's 2013 E3 presentation and was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC/Mac in October 2013, with versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One releasing in November 2014. ''Rocksmith 2014'' was released to generally positive reviews from critics who praised the game's improvements over its predecessor. The game continued to receive new DLC song packs weekly until March 2020. The game was succeeded by ''Rocksmith+'', a music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay And Silent Bob
Jay and Silent Bob are fictional characters portrayed by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, respectively, in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse, a fictional universe created and used in most of the films, comics, and television programs written and produced by Smith, beginning with ''Clerks''. Jay and Silent Bob are the only characters that have appeared in every Askewniverse film; this excludes Smith's other projects: '' Jersey Girl'', ''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'', ''Cop Out'', ''Red State'', ''Tusk'', and ''Yoga Hosers''. The characters are shown spending most of their time selling marijuana in front of the convenience store in the ''Clerks'' films. In '' Clerks: The Animated Series'', they were also shown selling illegal fireworks. Character profiles Jay and Silent Bob, sometimes presented as Jason "Jay" Derris and Robert "Silent Bob" Bluntowski, were born in Leonardo, New Jersey, in the 1970s, according to ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''. They met as infants in front of Quick St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallrats
''Mallrats'' is a 1995 American buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes, Joey Lauren Adams, Michael Rooker, and Smith as Silent Bob. It is the second film in the View Askewniverse and a prequel to 1994's ''Clerks''. As in the other Askewniverse films, the characters Jay and Silent Bob feature prominently, and characters and events from other films are discussed. Several cast members, including Jason Lee, Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams, have gone on to work in several other Smith films. Comic-book icon Stan Lee appeared, as did Brian O'Halloran, the star of Smith's breakout feature ''Clerks''. Despite failing at the box office and receiving a lukewarm critical reception, ''Mallrats'' has since become a cult classic. Plans for a sequel film titled ''MallBrats'' were announced in March 2015. By the following year, the project was proposed to be a television miniseries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grind (2003 Film)
''Grind'' is a 2003 American skateboarding comedy film directed by Casey La Scala, and written by record producer Ralph Sall, who also composed the score. The film stars Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody and Joey Kern as four teenage aspiring amateur skaters trying to make it in the world of pro skateboarding by pulling insane stunts in front of their pro skater idol. It was critically panned and flopped at the box office, but has been received more positively by audiences. Plot Following high school graduation, skateboarder Eric Rivers and his best friends, goal-oriented workaholic Dustin Knight and misfit slacker Matt Jensen, have one last summer road trip together to follow their dream of getting noticed by the pro skater world — and getting paid to skate. When the legendary Jimmy Wilson's demo tour comes through, the boys figure that as soon as he sees their fierce tricks, he'll sign them up for his renowned team immediately, right? Unfortunately, the guys are intercept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ziggens
The Ziggens are an American band based out of Huntington Beach, California, United States, whose self-described style of "cowpunksurfabilly" combines elements of cowpunk, surf, rockabilly, punk, ska, and country. The Ziggens are led by Bert Susanka who sings and plays rhythm guitar. Other members include Dickie Little on lead guitar, Jon Poutney on bass, and Brad Conyers who plays the drums and provides background vocals. The Ziggens have been playing since the early 1990s and have developed a strong following in Southern California. The Ziggens were contemporaries with Sublime and were originally signed to their Skunk Records label. Their song "Big Salty Tears" was covered and popularized by Bradley Nowell on the Sublime acoustic album. The Ziggens, and more specifically Bert Susanka were also mentioned in the Sublime song "Greatest Hits". Also, their song "Outside" is sampled in the Sublime song "Smoke Two Joints" for the line "Smoked cigarettes 'til the day she died!" The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
