April 3, 2006

Oh My GoodnesS!!!>>>
What a FANTASTIC Movie “V for Vendetta” is!!! >>>
PantherkitteN & I went to See this MARVELLOUS Film adaptation of the CLASSIC 80’s Graphic Novel
ToniGht (Well Last NiGht Now!) & I was So DEEPLY IMPRESSED that I’ve stayed Up espeCially to write this Blog!!! >>>

I also cheCked out the Very good Official Web Site as SoON as We got baCk to My Place & I HIGHLY Recommend it!!! >>> It’s Beautifully put together (Just like the Movie!) with lots of great INfo, Images, Videos etc. etc. etc. I’ve put a link to It at the bottom of this Blog >>>

I was introduced to the Fantastic “V for Vendetta” Graphic Novel in the “Squat” I had in Wood Green, North LONDON in the Spring of 1987 by My Great Friend & Comic BoOK Mentor(& House Mate) John Kinnee the Artist “Big Squid”; back in the Wild & Crazy Days of My Youth, just after I got back from living in New York>>> This Classic & Classy tale by Alan Moore & David Lloyd was another
GROUND-BREAKER from DC COMICS & as HUGLY INFLUENCIAL in the late 80’s to ALL Us Comic Book Fanatics as it is Today!

What can I Say!!!>>> This is one of those RARE times when the Movie is Equally as AMAZING as the Original Comic Classic (See My previous Blog “SuperHeroes & The Funk” for the other Examples!!)

Well done to the WONDERFUL Wachowski Brothers For their Brilliant Screenplay, which is Beautifully Written! >>> It’s a Marvellous Script giving the Awesome, Heavy-Weight Cast something to Really get their teeth into & they ALL really go for it without exception!
& a standing ovation for the sharp, thoughtful Direction from James McTeigue (Very Nice Indeed!

Hugo Weaving is “V”, Natalie Portman is Evey, both of whom give Genuinely OUTSTANDING Performances >>> The Cast is Packed to bursting-point with WONDERFUL Acting from the MAINLY BRITISH Cast >>>
John Hurt for example is deeply Powerful & Scary as the Fascistic/Police-State Conservative Leader & Look out for Lovely Cameo Role Players such as the Wildly Intelligent (Punn Intended!~He played Oscar Wild in the Movie of the same Name!) Stephen Fry.

What I think is the Most Impressive aspect of this Movie is it’s ENORMOUS INTELLIGENCE!!!! >>> It NEVER ONCE talks down to it’s audience which is so refreshing these days but Thankfully something it seems We can all expect from the Producers & Makers of “The Matrix Trilogy” !!! & what a FABULOUS Trilogy THAT was!!!!!>>>

The wordy erudition of the Original “V for Vendetta” Graphic Novel, which was so appealing to the Adult Comic Book Intelligencia, remains completely intact (thank Goodness!) including all the Brilliant Shakespeare References>>> The Action & Dialogue is all SO WELL PACED & SO WELL PLACED!!!!

Never once is it Gratuitous or Unnecessary but remains Tasteful & Classy to the Very Last Frame! >>>

F*cking Brilliant!!!!! >>>>SiMoN the Daddy Funk >>Drummer, Percussionist, Singer, Songwriter & COMIC BOOK FAN says…..
GO & SEE THIS GREAT FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check it Out People, it’s Killer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well see You all SoON for More Blogging fun When I’ve got a spare Moment,

Keep the LiGht Shining & Stay Super~Funky!!!

***<<<<< SiMoN the DF >>>>>***

Here’s that Web Site Link for You all to Check Out & Enjoy >>> V for Vendetta ,Vive La Revolusion! >> PeAcE Y’All!!!

November 4, 2005

What is the FUNK? >>>

Well in My Educated yet Humble opinion it’s got alot to do with attitude, Style, Sex~Appeal & the Passionate NEED to be Different, Exciting & COOL!!! >>>

In Music, the FUNK plays an essential part in My Working day, defining Who I AM & WHY I do what I do! >>>

Super Heroes have got the FUNK!!! >>> There is absolutely NO QUESTION about this! >>>
I have been an AVID Comic Book & Super Hero FaN since I first started buying Comics as an 8 Year old boy in the town of My birth~ Wimbledon in South~West LoNdoN, way back in 1973! >>> The seed of the “Daddy Funk Vibe” was sown being BLOWN AWAY by AWESOME Marvel Comic Book Genius! >>>Such unforgetable Characters as “Conan the Barbarian”, “Spiderman”, “Nick Fury agent of S.H.I.E.L.D”, “Thor”&”The Fantastic Four”. >>> Fabulous, Magical, Modern Titans to fill My Young Mind with Passion, Joy, Excitement & Hope! >>>
I was inspired enough to Draw many of My own Comic Books & Write regularly to Marvel in the UK asking all sorts of Questions which filled My Young Brain to bursting point! >>>

In later Years as an Art Student at the Arts Institute of Bournemouth & Poole, Super Heroes again affected & Influenced My Art, Design & Early Music Making & Song Writing >>>

I Visited & Subsiquently Lived iN the Mighty New York City in 1986 as a 21 Year old MaN where Music, Culture, Art, Women & Super Heroes were an important part of My every day exsistance >>>

Moving back to Live in the thick of LoNdoN in the late 80s, My passion became an all consuming Obsession with the discovery of the “Graphic Novel” >>> Holy Bat~Funk Robin!>>> This Shit was INCREDIBLE!!! >>> Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns” re~Invented The Batman (a DC Character) in a way that seemed SO RIGHT, GRITTY & REAL & was the PERFECT Mind~Fuel for My Song Writing, Drumming, Latin Percussion Playing, Clubbing….. Infact EVERY element of My Life at that time in My Life! >>>

& OH MY GOD that LOGO!!! SO COOL, SO SEXY!!! & a HUGE influence on the Daddy Funk “DF” Logo I use, in ALL My Business today.
The Batman became My MAN in the 80s & I had every GREAT title by ALL the ground~breaking Artists & Writers during that period >>> BATMAN was Dark, Driven, obsessed, COOL & above all SUPER~FUNKY!!!!!!!!

These Days with Many Hollywood Movies on the subject of Comic Book Heroes ~ Some GREAT, some TRUELY AWEFUL!!!! My LOVE of Comics & Comic Heroes is as Fresh as EVER! >>> As an adult I have More Money to spend on the subject (YIPPEE!!!) & My Passion grows & GROWS!!! >>>
I’m reading X~Men Comics at present & LOTS of Daredevil & Witchblade >>> So I seem to have Returned (with the exception of the Witchblade) to My original LOVE AFFAIR with ALL THINGS MARVEL! >>>

&&&&& I wish to state INFATICALLY that “Batman Begins” ( Directed by the Brit, Christopher Nolan & Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine & Gary Oldman ) is without a doubt THE BEST Batman & Super Hero Movie EVER MADE!!!!! >>> There I’ve said it! >> Panther Kitten & I saw the Movie twice in New York this July & were COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY!!!>>> May all Blogging Hell break Loose if You disagree!!!!! >>> >>>>> I DARE YOU ! < <<<<

Well, must get back to Drum Teaching & BEING PHAT & FUNKY!

Peace & Hero~Love from Daddy Funk & the Panther KitteN,

***<<<<< SiMoN the FuNk >>>>>***