Monday, November 9, 2009

More for the 2 Syllable Club

Here are a bunch more awesome members of the wonderful "2 Syllable Club". If you're just tuning in, the requirements for membership are that your full name (first+Last) is, in total, 2 syllables.

-Bruce Lee

-Jet Li

-James Kirk

-James Brown

-Sean Combs

-Tim Gunn

-Jack White



-Will Smith

-Spike Jonze


-Spike Lee

-Mike Ladd

Mike Ladd went to Hampshire College. Where I am right now!

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That's all for now. There are a whole lot of dude's in the club right now. I'm trying to think of more females (besides Grace Park) who are in the club.

1,000+ Words


I just saw Raekwon (The Chef) live on Saturday. It was quite the experience. The man grimaced at me. And that's great.

Rae's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 has been out for a minute now. It's excellent. It's really that oldschool Wu Tang cold ass shit you want to hear. As Sasha Frere-Jones said about the album, it feels like it came out in '98. It's sort of anachronistic in a good way.

That picture is misleading (or perhaps just dated) since the album is out now. It's no longer "Coming Soon". But, look at it.

What a crazy photo.

I love that picture. I wish they had made it the album cover. That picture really is worth 1,000 words. Probably 1,000+ words. Raekwon & some dude (probably Ghostface) lying on the floor, covered in cocaine, pointing guns at each other. Oh yes.

The album cover Rae (well, the record company really) did settle on is great, too. It's kind of campy and bad. But, it's fun since it's Rae and Ghostface being badass and goofy (and, this album cover really does add to the anachronism of Cuban Linx 2:


I feel like the Ronblog is "guest starring" Nick Vogt as...um..."Nick Vogt". Ron and I should take a picture like the cover of Cuban Linx 2 for the blog. Then we'd to be awesome.

I don't wanna spoil too much here, but the Ronblog may be getting another guest star...So, we'd have another dude in the photo, too.

All I have to say is: Senior Partners.

-Vogt

Saturday, November 7, 2009

2 Syllable Club

Hey, world.

I'm in the 2 syllable club since my whole name (first+Last) is 2 syllables total. Are you?

It's the reason I go by "Nick Vogt" and not...something else.

I will list off some other people in the 2 syllable club:

-Sean Price


I just saw him rap at Pearl Street in Northampton. He opened for Raekwon.

-Grace Park


she was on Battlestar Galactica. She's hot. Is she a robot?

-Nick Drake

He's dead and strangely only was famous after he died. Weird. But, he made lovely music. He was named "Nick" like I am.

-Max Schreck

He played Count Orlock in perhaps the movie that scares me the most of any movie: Nosferatu. Was he an actual vampire?

Um...I can't think of any others right now! But, there are others. And that's what's important. Can you think of more people in the club? We're a pretty cool club I think.

Peace.

-Nick Vogt

And, seriously, I'm fracking scared of Nosferatu. It's freaky shit. Just look at this. It gives me the woogies: