John Stamos Hears Papa Roach For The First Time

Have mercy!

Drumeo is not your Uber driver (currently outside in a Toyota Highlander) but a subscription-based service that, as the name suggests, will teach you how to play drums.

To help promote their services, Drumeo created a YouTube series where stick-wielders of note jam out to “surprise” tracks from genre(s) they are decidedly not known for.

Jazz guy gets a hardcore song, prog metalhead does Taylor Swift, etc.

I dig it!

Also dig the fact that Stewart Copeland used to eat watermelon on stage simply so he could spit the seeds at Sting.

But I digress.

The point is that, even as a non-player, Drumeo’s content worked its magic on me off a YouTube thumbnail alone.

Sure, it’s no “Mr Beast gives sight to the blind” (sidebar: jeeeeeeeezus).

But from phrasing to pic choice, they’ve weaponized lizard brain “creator economy” argot in a way that makes me want to click instantly.

Or at the very least, add yet another clip to my Watch Later.

They enlisted Uncle Jesse Katsopolis to get busy over Papa Roach’s unkillable “Last Resort” last week, and I’m happy to report that he did his thing, Tannerinos.

As he should, having played on and off with The Beach Boys since the ‘80s — well before Full House popped off, right around filming the absolutely bonkers Never Too Young To Die with Vanity and Gene Simmons.

This late-night cable masterpiece is currently streaming on Crackle (lol) but I’m going to show some restraint and not big up a laundry list of film and TV side quests (sorry, underseen and delightful Grandfathered) to focus on the man behind the kit.

Drumming is not just a hobby or celebrity pastime for him — that would be maintaining an impressive Disneyana archive — but an actual passionate, professional calling.

It might not be what he’s best known for, or what the general public expects (or even wants) him to do. But do the math on 40 years of “Kokomo” numbers, and John Stamos is lowkey one of the most successful actor-slash-musicians of all time.

Never let anyone pigeonhole you!

Ecca Vandal, “Cruising To Self Soothe” — an uncharitable take would call this Taco Bell commercial music. I suggest u STFU and Live Más.

Kool Keith, “DAW” — the chorus of this song is just the words “digital audio workstation” repeated over and over. The next track on the album is titled “Pissing.” Never change, poppa large.

Thee Mike B, Glenjamn x HVW8 LRHD Mix — throwback bloghaus from the big homie, celebrating photog and cultural documentarian Glenjamn’s Low-Res, Hi-Def show at HVW8 Gallery in Los Angeles (which just got extended for another two weeks, check Glen’s “MySpace” for more info). Huge moment for Banana Split OGs (raises hand) and fresh-faced party people alike.

Brian Nasty, “Two” — new on Big Dada. So much going on with this beat! Woozy and wonderfully unquantized, with a vibed-out 16mm vid to match.

Ginger Root Shinbangumi VHS tape — speaking of sound and vision, here’s the perfect physical media format to immortalize a recent favorite.

Fun City: NYC Gets It’s Close Up — I devoured Village Voice critic / film historian J Hoberman’s Reaganomic Make My Day in a weekend, so you can imagine how fast I ran through his quick takes on subway-set flicks (all currently featured on Criterion Channel) from the decade prior.

Chasing Amy 1997 manga — need Kev to stock at The Stash post haste!

Playlists updated…