In this episode, after 8 years on the air…
- Static Radio Podcast with Miles Tidal and Bob LeMent,
- Corey Feldman,
- celebrity deaths (Lou Reed, David Frost, Tom Clancy, Hal Needham),
- Cannonball Run,
- Lou Scheimer, founder of Filmation animation studio,
- Jaleel White will appear at the June 2014 Philadelphia Wizard World convention,
- Rob and Greg had the same pair of Fayva Olympian sneakers in the 3rd grade,
- using ‘a’ or ‘an’ before h-words,
- review of World War Z (2013), starring Brad Pitt,
- review of After Earth (2013), starring Will and Jaden Smith,
- Karate Kid (2010) remake thoughts,
- draconian Blu-ray disc DRM security means more piracy,
- The Goldbergs, new ABC sitcom about the 1980s, starring Jeff Garlin,
- Facebook jumping the shark,
- Rob’s invention idea for home security against burglars,
- our review of Searching for Sugar Man (2012),
- and Detroit folk singer Sixto Rodriguez.
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Didn’t know anything about the Rodriguez movie (I must see this)! My wife grew up for a good part of her life in S. Africa & introduced me to Rodriguez years ago. She told me how huge he was over there. When I 1st heard Cold Fact I was sold! BTW–I do a podcast called Gunkcast & fall in with the Static Radio network. Cheers!
Hey no kidding! Just like that, we’ve done our own mini-spread of the Rodriguez legend.
I gave GunkCast a listen, really like your “post-production” effects and the cover music. Your recent episode with all those fellow podcasting guests was nicely done. A great idea.
Cool!…thanks Greg!
I think the reason I am skeptical about the phenomenon is because I first heard about it from an episode of another podcast I listen to where those guys said Rodriguez was overrated:
http://www.joelradio.net/2013/03/joel-radio-103-this-aint-detropia/
Given that he was popular enough to tour Australia, this whole spin that has people believing the big bad record company robbed him blind is rather dubious. Who supported him enough to get him to the other side of the world? I’m sure they would have tried to get as much money out of him as they could after they realized he had a following. He is more the victim of South African record piracy than anything else.
And how much fame do we owe musicians anyway? Why does anyone feel bad for the guy? Is it really sad that he didn’t get the throngs of groupies he deserved? I’m like, oh boo-hoo. If I had a refrigerator that he moved up a couple flights of stairs on his back I would get him to sign it so I could sell it on eBay and take advantage of those dimwits.
I’m sure he made some money on the Australia tours, but not that much. He was certainly robbed of any royalties due him in South Africa, whether through piracy or otherwise.
Rodriguez himself clearly would have been content without the fame, as his own behavior dictated back in the 70’s. He’s just happy to play music in front of a crowd.
The point of the film I felt was that the rest of the world missed out on his music, and he missed out on being able to make more of it. Frankly some of his best songs were recorded for an uncompleted third album, so you’re left wondering what might have been yet to come? I mean you definitely get that impression when guys like his former producer Steve Rowland and record label Clarence Avant were literally flabbergasted that his records didn’t sell. That was what I got out of it, how the hell did we miss this guy’s music for so long?
Sorry, I incorrectly spelled Fayva as “Fava” in this episode. To redeem myself, here’s a Fayva commercial from the 1980s that mentions the Olympian brand. “Save on exciting athletic looks, including Olympians!”:
http://youtu.be/AWBHaHgN4sA
i’m surprised rob hasn’t seen ‘the cannonball run’, especially with his love for goofy films and jackie chan. sad to hear about lou schiemer – ‘the adventures of tarzan’ was the first action orientated cartoon i ever watched aged 4 / 5. it was somewhat comforting to see the same animation cycles repeated in ‘he-man’, filmation always produced quality cartoons – i recetly saw ‘the new adventures of batman’ from the late 70s and the colours, layouts and designs are gorgeous. i bought a new kindle last year and due to DRM, i was unable to transfer old books from my first kindle – pointless.