#Rocket Ritchotte

[fantastica-daily]

Coast Movie Review

Coast is reminiscent of the cult classic the teen girl “coming of age” movie, Foxes, from the late 1970s. Foxes takes place in Hollywood, CA., stars Academy Award winner Jodi Foster, and features Cherie Currie from the band The Runaways. Coast is set in rural Santa Maria, CA., features an Oscar winner (Melissa Leo), and has the rock ‘n roll connection (Mia Frampton, daughter of Peter, and Kane Ritchotte, son of a lesser-known guitar player, Rocket Ritchcotte, star). In both films, there are strong female bonds, drunken parents, unhealthy love relationships, drugs, and dreams of bigger and better things in life.

Sixteen-year-old music-freak Abby (Fatima Ptacek) feels trapped in her agricultural town where the young and starry-eyed clash with staid generations of farming tradition and blue-collar jobs. Abby’s mom, Debora (Cristela Alonzo), is young but she’s beaten down from divorce and drinking—she only finds solace in her work as a nurse and becomes close with a terminal patient (Melissa Leo), who imparts her wisdom as a parting gift. When Abby falls for Dave, the lead singer of a touring rock band called Pinata Jones, she is torn between leaving her family and friends behind or going out into an exciting but possibly overwhelming world.

Since music is a major part of Abby’s rebel life, the casting of the members of the fictional band Pinata Jones was crucial. They were too lightweight for my taste, but overall they’re believable and that’s because the cast is made up of bona fide musicians. Coast’s live performances and original score feature tunes composed by Alex Walker and Christian Zucconi of Aloke, and Hannah Hooper of Grouplove. Original songs are performed by Pinata Jones, which is made up of members of The Ceremonies and led by the film’s male lead Kane Ritchotte, also a real-life musician (Portugal. The Man, Haim).

Coast has a dreamy, free-flowing feel thanks to cinema verité style cinematography and loose editing. Directed by Jessica Hester and Derek Schweickart from a screenplay by Cindy Kitagawa, Coast is a film that will appeal to teenage girls—and their mothers. Watching together as a family may even spark discussion about growing up, friendship, rites of passage, and planning the future.

= = =

Reviewed by Staci Layne Wilson

[bandstolookup]

patrick moraz

capstan

eat your heart out

chris alder

ian paice

steve hillage

william shatner

wesley wills

florence foster jenkins

lou reed

american football

remember sports

sports etc

canadian softball

desperado

van helsin's curse

greta

the last internationale

fear

hiss golden messenger

death in vegas

bad radio

bootsy collins

chumped

hovercraft

ashford

the weather might say otherwise

badminton the band

hospital sports

times new roman

remember sports

all time quarterbacks

quarterbacks

pele

phantom planet

the grand

twisted wheel

modo stare

theory59

ruen brothers

chinese football

van besten

captain sensible

the zambonis

the phantom surfers

gnarls barkley

jo boxers

boxer

the sports

athlete

vida blue

the surfaris

captain & tennille

jail socks

boxer rebellion

darts

five for fighting

high school football heroes

little big league

helmet

the outfield

fastball

everlast

luscious jackson

saint etienne

sweethearts of the rodeo

the delgados

hockey

saint raymond

wet nuns

hospital lies

flume

no ceremony

bachman turner overdrive

mobil williams

mikhael paskalev

the stooges

marika hackman

wall

rustie

bachman & turner

brave belt

jackmaster

young fathers

burna boy

mausi

casablanca

lonely the brave

little comets

wale

lata mangeshkar and s.p.

t. rex

rufus du sol

lastlings

white lies

general fiasco

the ink spots

balasubramaniam

pigface

lard

jello biafra and the guantanamo school of

dimebag

sir mix a lot

saint rich

the no wto combo

giraffe tongue orchestra

chi-lites

doug e fresh

bless the fall

stevie wonder

sevendust

devil wears prada

slick rick

major lazer

vybz kartel

lucy pearl

coolio

diet cig

steel train

striper

screaming lord sutch and the savages

asking alexandria

we are harlot

brenda russell

two

sisyphus

lustra

the ohio players

danielson

hawkwind

marzuki

corey feldman

lou bega

crazy town

baha men

loser

the church

martha and the vandellas

angerfist

d'angelo

mc nolz

phoebe green

m1dy

art of anarchy

diabarha

7!cho

stella donnelly

amy shark

rival sons

vanilla ice

wolfmother

whitesnake

lynch mob

goodie mob

dresta

bg knocc out

the everly brothers

the prize fighter inferno

7 worlds collide

the smiths indeed

the pretenders

the the

the cribs

the motels

electric

yob

imx

tlc

rick james

mc hammer

rocket ritchotte

mr big

ribs

red square black

hardline

the dedroit wheels

chicago

sufferplenty

kiyahn

sinead o'connor

g3

alcatrazz

the smirks

steeler

cacophony

lizzy borden

the damned

the head cat

dirty heads

sam gopal

the rockin rebels

opal butterfly

the rockin vickers

the sugarhill gang

the knack

john cafferty and the beaver brown band

big dirty band

the crickets

ol dirty bastard

x-mas project

nena

stormtroopers of death

the damned things

spastik children

geordie

trauma

prophets of rage

wakrat

future user

old funeral

abruptum

burzum

tin machine

the arnold corns

the riot squad

squarepusher

rapidfire

laughing hyenas

meliah rage

idler wheel

yaleesa hall

raped by elephants

sniper

rock star supernova

methods of mayhem

arson anthem

tapeworm

[ronwikso]

OK, I'm trying out this Tumblr thing and here's my first blog post so I think I'll start with a blast from the past!

I have no idea where this was taken, who took it, or what, but I found this photo from the David Lee Roth Tour I did.

That's James Hunting on the left, playing bass, me on drums, Rocket Ritchotte on the right, playing guitar and of course, Dave, front and center. Brett Tuggle isn't shown but he would be on the left, next to James. That was a fun band...it's been awhile!