Long revered (and reviled) as the most dysfunctional funk band that ever was, Fishbone recently celebrated 30+ years of kidnappings, mental illness, and alcoholism with a concert at Amoeba to pimp the release of their tell-all documentary Everyday Sunshine.
Take a good look at the man pictured above. His name is Lucas Ordoñez and he’s a race car driver — who has competed in 24-hour endurance races at Spa, Dubai and Silverstone among others. But why should Lucas be of any significance to you? Because his career as a globetrotting race car driver could’ve been yours.
No, seriously.
Three years ago, Lucas was just an ordinary guy from Spain trying to figure out what to do with his life. Enrolled in an MBA program, Lucas happened to be into video games — sports titles, first-person shooters, platforms and car games. Little did he know a game in the latter category would change his entire life.
Lately there’s been a trend growing amongst filmmakers to reboot, remake, or re-imagine certain ideas. Most noticeable of them all: you guessed it — the SPIDER-MAN franchise. Since 2002, we’ve only known Peter Parker as Tobey Maguire, Mary Jane as Kirsten Dunst, and Sam Raimi in charge of capturing the world they live in. As of mid-January, that all changed. Marc Webb, who helmed 500 DAYS OF SUMMER is now the new director of the teenaged Spidey reboot. Right now there are no other details, but it brought about a good question—why all the remakes?
