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Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 8:07 am
by lakersfanatic
I like the phrase he said about the lakers. "We're kind of positioned as the rock stars of the NBA"
Lakers' guard Jordan Farmar writes one of the more entertaining blogs for athletes.
His latest entry, for Playboy Magazine, takes Dick Vitale to task for dissing his Bruins and Farmar's expertise in video games. But he also revealed that his music guru is Luke Walton and perhaps most amusingly is how he refers to Bill Walton, a fellow UCLA alumni and one of the greatest players ever.
I hang out with Luke Walton and he's turned me onto classic rock like the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin (their music was used with P. Diddy in the movie Godzilla). Luke's dad Bill was a big-time hippie who loves all that music. Luke's my best friend on the team, so we're together all the time. He's turned me onto the alternative, rock and roll, old school music. That's one thing about us Lakers. We're kind of positioned as the rock stars of the NBA, we're in the entertainment capital of the world. And as a team, we have a chance to really be special, and so every night we get to rock out in front of everybody on the court.
I'm also a big fan of Kanye West. I love his music so much because he intertwines different genres. He says his new CD, 808s & Heartbreak, is not traditional hip-hop music. He used a lot of drum machines to create this synth-pop sound mixed up with R & B. He also says he wanted to use this pitch correction software called Auto-Tune "to distance (him)self from that traditional rap sound."
http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2008/12/jordan-farmar-a.html?csp=34
Re: Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 9:36 am
by milesfides
GREAT FIND.
I love this bit about NBA 2K9:
"At first, I couldn't use me as a player because I'd get frustrated when I missed shots that I thought would be in the bank. I'd always sub myself out before because I wanted to win so bad."
That's so freaking hilarious, especially because it's appropriate. The dude is a competitor. And a team player!
Re: Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 4:52 pm
by Erik Eleven
Good find. Entertaining read. Jordan has a future in TV. He'll make a good commentator one day. Did anyone see that red carpet bit he did? He did pretty well for a rookie. He's a natural. Definitely not lacking in the confidence department.
What irked me with his blog is that he states as a matter of fact that they're a great defensive team, that they had joked about hiring Tenacious D as their house band. Unhealthy and over confident attitude. Especially given his own inability to keep his guy in front of him. He talks a good game, let's see him back it up. Let's see some real balling in the next game then.
Re: Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 6:20 pm
by hermes
well at least Luke has good taste in music
Re: Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 6:36 pm
by shobe_81
Maybe the two should focus on defense
Re: Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 6:42 pm
by Lakers_1990
Good read, the best part was when he refered to Kanye West as a musician, thats funny stuff Jordan.
Re: Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 7:24 pm
by That Nicka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjsBSGqZ-KcLOL
Kanye West's new album is trash... And LOL about Farmar not using himself in 2k9
Re: Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 8:03 pm
by Erik Eleven
Lakers_1990 wrote:Good read, the best part was when he refered to Kanye West as a musician, thats funny stuff Jordan.
Agreed.
Re: Farmar'sblog on musical taste with Luke
Posted: Fri Dec 5, 2008 1:14 am
by DubaLakers
Damn, I think Kanyne is a punk, but I do love his music, he's very talented from pen to paper and on the mic.
That Nicka, his new album is trash?, really I haven't heard it yet, well do you like his other stuff? I liked that new song he sung at what was that, the grammy's?