1/14/2024 0 Comments Nostalgia ultra car model![]() ![]() One of the best, and more traditional R&B tracks, “We All Try”, is Ocean’s anti-original sin track. Underneath the entire track, “Lovecrimes”, you can hear Nicole Kidman’s monologue from the “getting high” scene where Alice Harford and her husband exchange inebriated, insecure and vindictive ideas about their extra-marital urges. Ocean references Stanley Kubrick’s film “Eyes Wide Shut”: “Bed full of women /Flip on a tripod / Little red light on shooting / I’m feeling like Stanley Kubrick / This is some visionary shit / Been tryna film pleasure with my eyes wide shut.” That’s actually his second appropriation from the famous filmmaker’s movie. He wakes up at her place, and the scene turns into an orgy of women, cameras and cocaine. One of the most inventive tracks, “Novacane”, is about a ridiculous tryst with a porn actress wannabe-dentist he meets at Coachella, who just so happens to have spiked his joint with a little something special. ![]() It’s not just a missive about popular music and artistic integrity, but a slight jab too at the closed-minded musical tastes of his own culture of African-Americans, dismissing Radiohead as a strange bunch of white boys playing weirdo rock music. Obviously, this little skit exists to make a point. During his interlude, “Bitches Talkin'”, he tries playing Radiohead (again a tape deck can be heard in the background) for a few of his girlfriends before they ask him if he’s got some Jodeci: “All bitches want is Jodeci, what the fuck? Whatever.” Click. Ocean also appropriates MGMT’s “Electric Feel”, the Eagles’ “Hotel California” and segment of Radiohead’s “Optimistic” - the latter used to make a point about conventional taste. He takes the singular-focused, lovelorn, and wide-eyed optimism of the original and turns it into a fond farewell - content with the knowledge he has loved in a world bent on self destruction. The first true track, “Strawberry Swing”, finds Ocean singing over Coldplay’s track of the same name, and giving it a twist. It’s an old-school trope he carries on in interludes throughout the album. The record opens with a 22-second audio clip of someone rewinding, stopping and forwarding a cassette tape. His brand of contemporary R&B isn’t so easily pigeon-holed, and maybe that’s a reason why his label didn’t know what to do with him. “Nostalgia/Ultra” is a record written by a guy who loves all kinds of music. At least he can rest assured his music is being heard and lauded. It seems all Ocean ever wanted was to make music, sign a contract and perhaps be able to afford his dream car, the orange BMW that graces his album cover. His free, self-released “Nostalgia/Ultra” is proving to be one of those joys of the internet, getting passed around like a spliff, without any help from his label Island Def Jam. uses photo by Julian Bermanįrank Ocean has a lot of pent-up frustration at how major record labels work, as many musicians do. It’s available as part of Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass, or available to purchase via a $25 Booster Course Pack.By David D. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass: Wave 5 launches on July 12. All racers are pulled from previous Mario Kart games, further turning 8 Deluxe into the Super Smash Bros. In addition to those courses, Wave 5 adds four new characters: Birdo, Petey Piranha, Wiggler, and Kamek. Sunset Wilds (Mario Kart: Super Circuit).Daisy Cruiser (Mario Kart: Double Dash).Here’s the full list of tracks coming with Wave 5. A few more selections from Mario Kart Dash and Game Boy Advance entry Mario Kart: Super Circuit round out the DLC’s new cups. The standout course has racers driving around the deck of a cruise ship in one of the series’ most inventive tracks. If the GameCube’s Mark Kart: Double Dash was more your speed, the excellent Daisy Cruiser is on tap too. For fans of the series’ Nintendo Wii era, the DLC adds both Koopa Cave and Moonview Highway. ![]()
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