Pics from my Cruise thru the Caribbean

Sorry for my long delay in posts. I was gone out of the country for a week on my first cruise ever. Let me tell you, it was so exciting! Myself and 10 others went to 7 different islands.  From San Juan (Puerto Rico), we went to St. Thomas, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Kitts, and finally St. Maartens.  I don't think you guys noticed that there's so much history in all of these places, and things are CRAZY cheap out there, especially liquor.  I saw a 4.5 liter of Absolut for $200, and a 6 liter bottle of Belvedere for $400.  You do realize that 3.7 liters of something is a gallon, right? One could kill themselves with stuff like that.


I have several photos, which I placed on my official Facebook page.  Visit http://www.facebook.com/redheadpg for more and be a friend!


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2139266&id=8903719&l=9ad9f343ef

Damien Walters

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Just saw "Nightmare On Elm Street" 2010...

Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay on the posts, been quite busy around these times.  I've managed to see the new Nightmare On Elm Street flick with my date for the night, completely crowded theater. Mind you, this is in Washington, DC.  I avoided taking her to my usual spot in MD, which is the Magic Johnson Theater, because it's a pretty ghetto, loud atmosophere full of obnoxious teenagers running around.  But over where we were in the "nicer" area of the city, we've experienced some of the same obnoxious talking, "Ooooh Freddy gonna cut you up, bitch!"  But they, the scissor-handed child molester does bring out the worst in people.


My opinion about this flick? I'm a big fan of the original. I have the DVD in my possession, but I'm not a huge movie geek where it has to appeal to my standards in order for it to be a good film.  But not only was this 2010 version just "okay" to me, they really took all of the cool shit from the movie out! I mean c'mon, this is Nightmare On Elm Street.  You mean to tell me you're gonna cut out Johnny Depp's death scene? You're gonna half-cut the famous Bathtub scene? You're not gonna make the mother as an alcoholic, but a damn flight attendant?


That's some of the things you should know about this without spoiling it for you. They did added some pretty cool elements within this new one, but you can tell that this is the age of depressed teenagers that slice their wrists while watching Twilight Part 39 and needed to accommodate that crowd. *Sigh*  The scares and suspense was a good balance, but I wanted to see more action and less plot development.  They really explored the "child molestation" aspect of Freddy, which was lightly touched on in the original but went deeper into the second. The new actor who plays Freddy did an impressive job with the little resources he was given, so I applaud that.


Over all, I give this movie a solid 3/5.   Here's Complex Magazine's index of all of Freddy's exploits, including his famous one liners throughout the films.

Björk - "Wanderlust" (Ratatat Remix)

I'm a huge fan of Ratatat. They're a great hiphop/electronica band from Brooklyn, NY. I've used a lot of their tracks myself for an upcoming project. This is an example of their greatness. Enjoy!

Janelle Monae covers "All The Way Turnt Up"

"All The Way Turnt Up" - Janelle Monae Style from TatiKing on Vimeo.


I love this woman. Her music is amazing to me. I hope to do a record with her one day.  Props go to my home girl Tatiana King.

R.I.P. Keith Elam aka Guru 1966-2010...now this Solar guy?

I'm sure that you have all heard the story of the medical conditions that Gangstarr frontman Guru has been in the past few months.  If you've heard about that, you have also heard about the controversy surrounding his "friend" Solar, a producer who has been working with him in the years where most hiphop fans didn't care too much about since DJ Premier wasn't around to put his signature sound to it.  Not to discredit the effort, but it's pretty much mutual understanding.  For those that don't know, Solar became the mystical Gatekeeper to anything involving Guru and blocked his entire family and friends from being in any contact with him to ask about his condition.  Guru's nephew also tried to reach out online for an answer, but to no avail.  On August 19th, 2010, Guru passed away due to cancer.  Not long after, Solar released a death letter that he claims that Guru wrote for the fans and family.


What makes this letter extremely interesting is the idea that Guru keeps referring to Solar as the greatest thing since Pizza Hotpockets and that DJ Premier (or as stated "ex-DJ") is the alleged scumbag that can't be involved in any tributes, presentations, etc. that involve him.  Dude can't even stand within 6 feet of a picture of Guru, according to this letter.  These points, among other things, leave others within the music world (especially The Elams) questioning the authenticity of this, and strengthens the belief that it was Solar who wrote this himself.  After all, Guru was reportedly in a coma since February 2010, and has never regained consciousness.  Some even questioned just how close Solar was to Guru and why he's been so protective of him...





I believe that we can all look at this and come with our own opinions and thoughts on this one.


But alas, Rest In Peace to Guru.  You will be missed and GANGSTARR will continue to live in our memory. 

2DopeBoyz.com loves Kyla Pratt...

I'm happy about this particular posting because I'm a huge fan of 2DopeBoyz.com, which houses a lot of the craziest hiphop and r&b songs that don't normally get a lot of attention on the radio. They shine light on artists that are truly "dope" and I appreciate their post about me immensely!


They have posted a mixtape track I have called "Kyla Pratt", which I did with my friend Malik-16.  And yes, don't worry about my fascination with her, she's 23 years old so therefore she's GROWN and sexy.  You got me? Haha!


Anyway, check it out when you can

http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2010/04/06/redhead-malik-16-kyla-pratt/