The World of Jenks

            If you have happened to turn on MTV this month you may have noticed a new show that doesn’t involve the drunken adventures of Snookie, jwow and the Situation.  This new show is called the world of Jenks.  This documentary series explores the lives of twelve different people who lead completely different lives.  My favorites include a surfer, a poker player, and a professional MMA fighter.  I love the show because these people are completely different than I had expected.  They all have problems and so much more to their lives that anyone could ever see on the surface.  The show is only a half hour show so it keeps you intrigued the whole time and doesn’t drag on like some other documentaries.

            Andrew Jenks the star of the show is a twenty four year old award winning filmmaker.  He got his start doing documentaries at age nineteen when he dropped out of NYU to live in a nursing home.  Yes, I know you are thinking he is a little younger than most people who need assisted living but he wanted to make a documentary on what it would be like to be around people near the end.  The documentary was called room 335 and it was extremely successful winning Jenks awards at the Cannes film festival.  This caught the eye of MTV and World of Jenks was the result.

            The World of Jenks is on MTV on Mondays at 10pm.  Its gives such an interesting in depth view of peoples live that you would never get to see anywhere else.  Oh and I almost forgot when you are looking through the channels to see when the next World of Jenks Episode is on, make sure to avoid watching the Jersey Shore at all costs.

            
Here is the episode on rapper Maino

500 Million Friends

          Last weekend I finally got a chance to see The Social Network, which was without a doubt one of the best movies I have seen this year.  I found it fascinating to discover the story behind this website I use on a daily basis.  It seems as though even days after seeing the movie the story keeps on getting better and better as I replay it in my head. It continues to creep back into my mind and I find it hard to swallow that someone started all this my age.  Yes, I am aware that he was a student at Harvard and this all didn’t happen by accident but still the fact that a nineteen year old started a twenty five billion dollar company is truly incredible.

          As a whole I thought the movie was amazing but there were a few disappointing as well as ironic parts.  For example I was very disappointed that Mark Zuckerberg seems to be such an ego crazy as*hole, for lack of a better word.  Here’s someone that I feel should be looked up to for having such great ambitions at such a young age but after seeing his portrayal he is clearly not someone that anyone should aspire to be.   I am aware that this story entirely factual but wow, it was amazing, it seemed that every word that came out of his mouth was either an insult or some kind of cocky, arrogant, backstabbing remark.  The whole thing was so ironic that a website that keeps millions of people connected was started by someone who couldn’t connect with anyone.  In the movie Eduardo who is suing Zuckerberg states “I was your only friend”, unfortunately business and success were far more important to Zuckerberg than any friendship.  Who knows, maybe that inability to connect is what made him so successful.  These disappointing as well as ironic parts show that this wasn’t smooth sailing into a big pile of cash; there were disappointments, failures, and broken friendships along the way.  I think these aspects are what made the movie such a success.

          I would definitely suggest you take the time to go out and see this amazing story especially if you are a Facebook user, which, lets face it is pretty much everyone.  To give you a little perspective if Facebook were a country it would be the third largest in the world, that truly speaks for itself.  Check out this trailer for The Social Network and I promise that spending the ten dollars to see this film will definitely be worth you while. 

The Social Network Trailer

A Kid Named Cudi

          I feel that not blogging about kid Cudi at this point would just be unfair to him as well as forcing me against my own will. Right now he is the best out there, and that’s not an opinion it’s a fact.  With songs like The pursuit of Happiness, Day 'n' Night, Soundtrack 2 my life and Up, up & Away I am willing to challenge anyone who claims they know of a better rapper right now.  He's not only got great songs but the lyrics are real and something everyone can relate to and on top of that he's just got that star quality and that spark that in my opinion puts him on the brink of greatness.

          Kid Cudi whose real name is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi is originally from Cleveland Ohio.  The twenty six year old rapper got his start in Brooklyn after dropping out of college after a year, against the will of his Mother.  When he got to Brooklyn after releasing his first mix tape, "A Kid Named Cudi", (hence the title) his career really started to take off after this tape caught the eye of established rapper Kanye West.  Within the year Cudi was playing at the MTV music awards alongside musicians Travis Barker from Blink 182 and DJ AM. Cudi then went on to release his debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day released by Universal Motown Records which sold over 100,000 records the first week and charted at number four (Not too shabby).  To say the least for a young rapper Cudi has been doing pretty well for himself.

         I think it will only be a matter of time before Cudi starts to get the recognition he deserves and I believe he will someday join the ranks of rappers like Eminem and Jay Z.   You may be asking yourself "Where should I go from here".  In my opinion at this point in time you should clear out your entire i tunes library and replace it with all Kid Cudi because frankly that’s all that is necessary.  In the mean time here are a few links to satisfy your Cudi cravings. Enjoy!!

Up, up & Away


Pursuit of Happiness

Day & Night (Remix)