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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Theme is Jason Schwartzman: Actor/Drummer/Coppola Extraordinaire



If my Hollywood genealogy is correct (and it is, i wiki'ed it), Jason Schwartzman is the son of Talia Shire (Adrian in Rocky), who is the sister of Francis Ford Coppola and maybe Nicholas Cage's aunty. All of that should have made Jason a total cocksucker/overindulged Hollywood brat, but he defied the odds and has made a real career for himself in the arts. I like Phantom Planet; they could be perhaps my favorite L.A.-based band in the past 10 years. I'm sad to see them break-up (given Alex Greenwald's (sp??? yes, my memory is better than i realized) excellent voice and songwriting chops). Jason Schwartzman, having made a career for himself in film, was forced or quit being drummer for PP after just one album. Since then, he's gone under the moniker Coconut Records, which i'm discovering late (thanks bro for the tip) and produced a couple albums I haven't heard. In fact, i've only heard "Drummer" and it's heavily self-referential (Schwartzman is so fucking meta--no wonder he gets along w/ Wes Anderson). In spite of the cheekiness of the lyrics, a good song lies beneath. Even the album art is kind of interesting. Jason Schwartzman is a talent in film and music. It's almost too much to take. I heard he gets a discount on Coppola wine too. Some families get all the breaks, i guess.

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