Do you like scary movies? Maybe not. Do you like Megan Fox? If you say “maybe not,” then get thee to a seminary (either because you should be a priest or you like touching little boys). Either way, her new long-delayed shitbomb project Jennifer’s Body comes out tomorrow, in which she plays a high-school student who becomes possessed by a demon and starts killing and eating dudes. From the looks of things, it is going to be one of the more watchable horror flicks of the year. One of the hottest women in Hollywood devouring men? It’s like someone read our wish list!
But before we go see Megan Fox kiss Amanda Seyfried—sorry, we mean “go sit riveted before a truly original feminist allegory”— we thought we’d take a look back at the proud cinematic history of women playing host to evil spirits (no, not you, Michelle Rodriguez). Grab some holy water, you’re gonna need it to cool off…
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It still feels like yesterday, but it was eight years ago today that Aaliyah Dana Haughton’s life was cut short after her plane crashed shortly after takeoff. Though only 22 when she passed away, Aaliyah certainly put in work during her nine year run in the entertainment industry, dropping three platinum albums and starring in two films. Besides her talent it was her beauty, style and demeanor that had us hooked.
What started with black shades, black tank tops and black baggy pants, evolved into an effortless elegance that was exuded every time you saw her. It’s all those reasons and more than make her our latest inductee into Complex’s Wifey Hall of Fame. Keep reading to see the five Aaliyah moments that make her one in a million…
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Like a lot of musicians, Supersystem's Rafael Cohen had a “eureka!” moment when he first heard Aaliyah's “Are You That Somebody.” “Everyone my age remembers where they were when they heard that song on the radio,” says Cohen of Timbaland's startling, game-changing 1998 track. “You'd wish the DJ would play it over and over.” At the time, guitarist/singer Cohen, Pete Cafarella, and Justin Destroyer (a candidate for “coolest indie rock name of the month”) comprised the abrasively experimental Washington D.C. band El Guapo. But adventurous singles from Tim, the Neptunes, and OutKast made the band “sick of doing pretentious shit,” claims Cohen. “We realized that we wanted to make songs with verses and choruses and hooks.”
With the addition of drummer Josh Blair, El Guapo morphed into Supersystem, a groove machine whose second album, A Million Microphones (Touch and Go), is an assured combination of Timbaland-style electronics, stealth melodies, and the staccato guitar picking of Cohen, a fan of West African bands like Guinea's Bembeya Jazz National. The album stands head to toe with any recent dance-punk record, but, as Brooklyn resident Cohen notes, “that's a community that no one wants to be a part of anymore. We're a straightforward pop/rock band, and proud of it.”
Rob Kemp
Photo by Cody Smyth
For more of our Fall Music Preview, pick up the August/September 2006 issue on newsstands now.
A Million Microphonesis in stores today on Touch & Go Records.
