December 13, 2004
Bruce Leroy's Kung Fu theater
From December 11, 2004 - February 12, 2005 Santa Monica Museum of Art presents Black Belt, an in-depth look at an intersection between African American and Asian American cultures from the 1970s and 1980s. The nearly fifty works in different media by nineteen contemporary American artists of diverse backgrounds interpret political and philosophical connections among people of color, as well as explore their resonance in pop culture and urban life...."
Black Belt Exhibit at the SMMoA [thanks Boon!]
Of course, the Wu-Tang Clan are the biggest examples today of the Black/Asian cultural mix.
The Wu-Tang DJ, the RZA also scored Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai and did the original score for Kill Bill 1.
Him and Tarantino apparently met a party and they started talkin kung-fu flicks. The RZA's fav. movie was, I think, the 36 Chambers (hence the Wu-Tang's first CD title: Return to the 36 Chambers) and RZA asked QT if he'd seen it.
Tarantino replied: "I have it in 36mm" or some shit like that and an immediate bond was formed...ha!
The Pig, if I am not mistaken,
Gives us ham and pork and Bacon.
Let others think his heart is big,
I think it stupid of the Pig.
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The temperature of Heaven can be rather accurately computed. Our
authority is Isaiah 30:26, Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as
the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as
the light of seven days. Thus Heaven receives from the Moon as much
radiation as we do from the Sun, and in addition 7*7 (49) times as much
as the Earth does from the Sun, or 50 times in all. The light we
receive from the Moon is one 1/10,000 of the light we receive from the
Sun, so we can ignore that ... The radiation falling on Heaven will
heat it to the point where the heat lost by radiation is just equal to
the heat received by radiation, i.e., Heaven loses 50 times as much
heat as the Earth by radiation. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann law for
radiation, (_H/_E)^4 = 50, where _E is the absolute temperature of the
earth (-300K), gives _H as 798K (525C). The exact temperature of Hell
cannot be computed ... [However] Revelations 21:8 says But the
fearful, and unbelieving ... shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone. A lake of molten brimstone means
that its temperature must be at or below the boiling point, 444.6C. We
have, then, that Heaven, at 525C is hotter than Hell at 445C.
-- From Applied Optics vol. 11, A14, 1972
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Dont bother with hittin the numbers on the gallery, simply hit the pic itself which will open it up.
CHECK OUT #4 AND #7, thats totally my shit right there.
The "Bruce Leroy" I think was taken from the movie the Last Dragon movie, im sure, which is also showing at the event.
Anyone remember that movie? Ha! The main character's name was Leroy (black dude obviously) and since he was into martial arts and idolized Bruce Lee, they called him 'Bruce Leroy.'
There's also an older equivalent of a name, when Jim Kelly, who played "Williams" from Enter the Dragon, broke out and did his own movie during the whole blaxploitation craze in the 70s: "Black Belt Jones." I fucking love that name, its like half Bruce Lee, half Shaft.
That theme song is also super dope, its a standard song used for break dancing still....
"Who's the master?!"
"Sho nuff!"
Posted by: BOON at December 13, 2004 11:54 PM