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Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16, 1962), better known by his stage name Flea, is an Australian-born American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the bassist, co-founding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Flea is also the co-founder of Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit music education organization founded in 2001.
Originally a jazz trumpet prodigy, Flea learned to play bass in high school from close friend and future Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Hillel Slovak, who required a bassist for his band Anthym. Flea soon developed his own style and joined the group, but quit several months later in order to play for the punk rock outfit Fear. He then rejoined Slovak to form an intended one-off band Tony Flow and the Majestic Masters of Mayhem along with fellow high school alumni Anthony Kiedis and Jack Irons; the impromptu collaboration would ultimately give birth to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Highly regarded as one of the best rock bass players of all time, his work as a bassist incorporates several musical styles, ranging from aggressive slap bass to more subdued and melodic techniques. Drawing influences from funk music and punk rock, Flea centers his playing on simplicity and minimalism while viewing complexity as a device that should be used in moderation. Aside from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he has collaborated with many artists, including Jane's Addiction, Atoms for Peace, The Mars Volta, Alanis Morissette, Johnny Cash, Young MC, P and as more recently, Rocketjuice and The Moon. Flea is ranked #2 on Rolling Stone's "Readers Pick the Top Ten Bassists of All Time". Along with his Red Hot Chili Peppers bandmates, past and present, Flea was inducted in the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 14, 2012.
Actors: Stephen Patrick Kenny (director), Stephen Patrick Kenny (producer), Stephen Patrick Kenny (writer), Florian Zapra (producer), Florian Zapra (producer), Florian Zapra (actor), Gerard Fallon (actor), Andrew Neenan (actor), Ollie Keogh (actor), Camille Yourell (actor), Ian Finnerty (actor), Dennis Connolly (actor), Graham Feeley (actor), Biju Nair (actor), Kaylem Connolly (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jennifer Quesenbery (miscellaneous crew), Jim Jones (producer), Cam'ron (actor), Cam'ron (producer), Cam'ron (producer), Cam'ron (writer), Cam'ron (director), Juelz Santana (actor), Durrel Mohammad (actor),
Genres: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama,Actors: Lou Martini Jr. (actor), Jennifer Quesenbery (miscellaneous crew), Antonio Saillant (actor), Jim Jones (actor), Jim Jones (producer), Cam'ron (editor), Cam'ron (producer), Cam'ron (director), Cam'ron (actor), Cam'ron (producer), Cam'ron (writer), Funkmaster Flex (actor), Juelz Santana (actor), Osas Ighodaro (actress), Kerry Muzzey (composer),
Plot: Flea was a basketball player, happy with his subtle hustle, until a Dominican connect introduced him to a new way to spread the work and make all the cake. Flea assembles his friends and decides to play it big by taking over a store and hustling' on the corner selling drugs to whoever got money. But with more money and power also comes drama and chaos ensues when some local criminals try to bring him down.
Keywords: african-american, business, gun, harlem-manhattan-new-york-city, hip-hop, manhattan-new-york-city, money, new-york-city, power, rapActors: Fritz Donnelly (editor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (director), Fritz Donnelly (actor), Fritz Donnelly (producer),
Plot: I always wanted to know how to sneak into the refrigerator, live on nothing, buy real estate on the moon, travel in time, surf, shoot, and fall down in the snow. Now I know, I can do it, and I can dance. All from watching one movie. There is not fast forward, when you pop TO THE HILLS 2 into the machine, there is only "power forward."
Keywords: comedian, cult-film, independent-film, new-york-city, reverse-footage, secret-identity, sequel, teacher, teenagerActors: Trevor Jones (composer), Marilyn Vance (costume designer), Demi Moore (producer), Ridley Scott (producer), Lucinda Jenney (actress), Anne Bancroft (actress), Viggo Mortensen (actor), Demi Moore (actress), Roger Birnbaum (producer), John Michael Higgins (actor), Daniel von Bargen (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Jim Caviezel (actor), Ned Dowd (miscellaneous crew), Ridley Scott (director),
Plot: When a crusading chairperson of the military budget committee pressures the would be Navy secretary to begin full gender integration of the service, he offers the chance for a test case for a female trainee in the US Navy's elite SEAL/C.R.T. selection program. LT. Jordan O'Neill is given the assignment, but no one expects her to succeed in an inhumanly punishing regime that has a standard 60% dropout rate for men. However, O'Neill is determined to prove everyone wrong.
Keywords: 1990s, basic-training, bathing, bathtub, battle, beating, blockbuster, breakthrough-hero, commando, competitionActors: Robert Davi (actor), Bret Culpepper (miscellaneous crew), John Savage (actor), Sven-Ole Thorsen (actor), Michael Paré (actor), David Winters (producer), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (actor), Ron Jeremy (actor), Juan Fernández (actor), Elliott Gould (actor), Joel Grey (actor), Marco St. John (actor), Garret Sato (actor), Don Peake (composer), Takayo Fischer (actress),
Plot: Brother and sister Ninja warriors get revenge for their sister's death by killing the drug dealers in New Orleans. The police enlist the help of a biker warrior to solve the crime. The head drug dealer stirs the pot even further by hiring Cajun warriors to kill those he believes are responsible for the deaths of his dealers.
Keywords: biker, brother-sister-relationship, cajun, cult-movie-cast, drug-dealer, independent-film, martial-arts, new-orleans-louisiana, ninja, revengeActors: Bobcat Goldthwait (actor), Penn Jillette (actor), Chris Rock (actor), Alec Berg (writer), John Stevenson (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Animation, Comedy,Actors: Bob Cooper (actor), Mark Atkin (editor), Sullivan Stapleton (actor), Maya Stange (actress), Alexandra Schepisi (actress), Mark Neal (actor), Peter Hardy (actor), Rose Chong (costume designer), Jonathan M. Shiff (producer), Ewan Burnett (producer), Wain Fimeri (writer), Monica O'Brien (costume designer), George Vidalis (actor), Stuart McDonald (director), Stuart McDonald (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Bill Murphy (editor), Russell Crowe (actor), John Fox (miscellaneous crew), Don Bridges (actor), John Brumpton (actor), Stephen Hall (actor), Jacqueline McKenzie (actress), Dan Wyllie (actor), Ian Anderson (miscellaneous crew), Oliver Streeton (miscellaneous crew), Neil Foster (actor), Victoria Sullivan (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Brett (miscellaneous crew), Alex Scott (actor), Michael Ienna (actor),
Plot: Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?
Keywords: apology, arson, attempted-drowning, australia, axe, bar, bare-chested-male, bartender, bathroom, beachActors: Fran Ryan (actress), Charlene Tilton (actress), Joe Spinell (actor), Lee Purcell (actress), Frank McRae (actor), Hank Worden (actor), John Milius (actor), Gary Busey (actor), Barbara Hale (actress), Jan-Michael Vincent (actor), Robert Englund (actor), William Katt (actor), Marty Thomas (actor), John Milius (writer), Greg MacGillivray (producer),
Plot: Matt Johnson, Jack Barlow, and Leroy Smith are three young California surfers in the 1960s. At first reveling in the carefree life of beaches, girls, and waves, they eventually must face the fact that the world is changing, becoming more complex, less answerable by simple solutions. Ultimately the Vietnam war interrupts their idyll, leaving them to wonder if they will survive until "Big Wednesday," the mythical day when the greatest, cleanest, most transcendent wave of all will come.
Keywords: 1960s, adolescence, beach, california, draft-board, episodic-structure, flash-forward, four-segments, friend, friendshipThis flea is you and I
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A parasite that coexist
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Empty your brain
A little thing
And we fly to a heaven
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Eaten by me
This flea is you and I
It's a bad thing
But a little thing, but a little thing
A parasite that coexist
It's a bad thing
But a little thing, but a little thing
I'm a flea
Who just wants
To share a thing
Neoui aneseo
Naritgoseo
To share a thing
Kkumsogeuro
Jamgyeodeuneun
A little thing
We squeeze in the skin
Empty your brain
A little thing
Eaten by me
Fly to a heaven
Eaten by me
Fly to a heaven
Eaten by me
Fly to a heaven
Eaten by me
Fly to a heaven
And we fly to a heaven
And we fly to a heaven
And we fly to a heaven
And we fly to a heaven
This flea is you and I
It's a bad thing
But a little thing, but a little thing
A parasite that coexist
It's a bad thing
But a little thing, but a little thing
This flea is you and I
It's a bad thing
But a little thing, but a little thing
A parasite that coexist
It's a bad thing