Re: Fast Times and Kashmir

[Tim Sanabria <sanabria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, dave m wrote:

>    Wow. Never heard of Fast Times at Ridgemont High? It's a classic! The 
> Kashmir scene is actually very short. The main guy in the movie is 
> driving in his car with a date and playing Kashmir on his stereo. He is 
> told to do this by another guy (a big ticket scalper), who tells him to 
> "play side 2 from Led Zeppelin IV" I think. (Yes, I know Kashmir is from 
> side 1 of PG! It's a mistake in the movie!)

The funny thing is that Cameron Crowe who wrote the movie is (was?) a 
huge Zeppelin fan.  I believe he was the first Rolling Stone scribe to 
give them good coverage in the mag.  I think he was responible for their 
RS cover story back in 75 (?).  He also wrote one of the essays in the LZ 
Box Set booklet.  Probably the director didn't know his ass from his 
elbow and just put any old Zep son in.  Or maybe it's an "in-joke" for us 
Zep fans.

>    Anyway, the movie is very cool, especially Sean Penn as Spicoli the 
> stoner! Go to your video store and rent it. You won't regret it!

I'll second that.  This is definitely a must-see movie.  In fact, check 
out all of Cameron Crowe's movies if you haven't already done so.  Among 
the movies he's written: Say Anything, Singles, Jerry Mcguire.  The 
soundtracks to his movies usually feature some impressive music as well.  
This is a hollywood writer who knows his music!

Later,

Tim