which days want to be songs...
i have two current obsessions.
waiting.
and
the cocaine blunts message board.
first, waiting... a friend of mine told me about this movie a couple of months ago, and i borrowed his dvd of it. i was instantly addicted, and without exaggeration, burned a copy of it and watched it at least ten times in the first week i had it, and once a week since. even after having seen it about 20 times, i rented the dvd just to watch the extras. it now has it's place in my mind beside weird science and dirty work as a movie i can watch again and again, and never get sick of. i've worked off and on in bars for years, and shit, a million funny things happen every day, and i've always thought to myself, "damn, this should be a movie." well, it is. and it's fucking hilarious. it's surreal, watching a movie like that, where you're thinking to yourself, "i KNOW these people... i've worked with them..."
now, the cocaine blunts message board... anyone who knows me, knows that i am OBSESSED with obscure hip-hop from the late 80s and early-mid 90s. have you ever heard of anotha level? down south? y'all so stupid? raw fusion? probably not, but that's okay, that's what i do.
anyway, most of this i own on cassette and vinyl. doesn't do me much good when i don't currently own a cassette deck or a turntable. so, basically, i've got boxes of tapes, and crates and crates of vinyl collecting dust while i dig through used cd bins at independent record stores, book stores, and flea markets, trying to find cd copies of music no longer in print. a few months ago i discovered this message board, where cats who are into the same shit i'm into trade music. it's a pretty dope little concept, and i've found a ton of dope shit on there. it's not a bad deal, you check the requests, and if you have something someone is looking for, you put it up, and you put your requests up, and cats will up the stuff you need. i'm hooked. an addict.
damn, it's always something, isn't it?
i don't care, i'm listening to raw fusion right now, and i'm LOVING it. watch this video and tell me they're not amazing...
so what else do i need to tell you about...
i shot the video for child in rhyme on saturday. damn, long fucking day. on the go from 9am to 1am, but we got it done. editing will begin soon. i'm not even going to tell you the concept of the video, i want it to be a surprise.
we signed our distribution agreement for the ok cobra album, so it's coming out officially in july fuckers. yup. i'm stoked.
tour is coming together. coast to coast, july 12-august 12. i might even make it down to the states for a few days in august, before i come home. we'll see.
the book is in effect. more info on that soon.
jesus, i've been working my ass off the last few weeks, no sleep. my good friend addi came down from toronto for my video shoot (wait until you see his cameo, he KILLS it). he asked me,
addi: so, what do you do when you're not working?
me: work.
seriously. work. work. work.
man, it was a hard day, and everyone who came out and was a part of the video, cast and crew, worked their asses off and made it happen. the damn thing ended up costing me about three times what i had originally budgeted, out of my own pocket, but fuck it, it was worth it. well, hopefully it was worth it, we'll see when it's done...
super large love hugs to everyone who helped out...
man, i had to download netscape to do this blogger shit, since with safari some of the features don't show up (like highlighting something to make it a link, fuck, i don't know html...), but fuck, netscape sucks. hey, safari developers, update your shit so i can get this netscape shit off my computer...
so yeah, i don't know, it's 5am, i'm at the bar, thought i'd let y'all know what i'm up to, and uh, fuck, i don't know, kill a few minutes while i kill a smoke and sip on some beer.
apparently, my silly bosses are throwing a party for me next monday. jesus. last thing in the world i need (while i secretly love it...).
i need to slow down a bit soon, been dealing with so much "administrative" shit, my creative vibe is bugging out a bit. like, dealing with negotiating and organizing and strategizing with all things music/movie/book-related, i really need to slow down again for a few weeks and just record some new songs, work on a couple of paintings... but, i guess that's how things have to go sometimes... make something, then figure out how to share it with the world, then share it, then retreat back into yourself, make new things, then again, figure out how to share them with the world, then, once again, retreat, create, share, retreat, create, share, retreat, create, share...
time is so slow at this moment, i think i might be onto something...
you'll have to excuse me if i don't answer my phone for the next couple of weeks, got to go back through the last year of my journal and figure out which days want to be songs...
waiting.
and
the cocaine blunts message board.
first, waiting... a friend of mine told me about this movie a couple of months ago, and i borrowed his dvd of it. i was instantly addicted, and without exaggeration, burned a copy of it and watched it at least ten times in the first week i had it, and once a week since. even after having seen it about 20 times, i rented the dvd just to watch the extras. it now has it's place in my mind beside weird science and dirty work as a movie i can watch again and again, and never get sick of. i've worked off and on in bars for years, and shit, a million funny things happen every day, and i've always thought to myself, "damn, this should be a movie." well, it is. and it's fucking hilarious. it's surreal, watching a movie like that, where you're thinking to yourself, "i KNOW these people... i've worked with them..."
now, the cocaine blunts message board... anyone who knows me, knows that i am OBSESSED with obscure hip-hop from the late 80s and early-mid 90s. have you ever heard of anotha level? down south? y'all so stupid? raw fusion? probably not, but that's okay, that's what i do.
anyway, most of this i own on cassette and vinyl. doesn't do me much good when i don't currently own a cassette deck or a turntable. so, basically, i've got boxes of tapes, and crates and crates of vinyl collecting dust while i dig through used cd bins at independent record stores, book stores, and flea markets, trying to find cd copies of music no longer in print. a few months ago i discovered this message board, where cats who are into the same shit i'm into trade music. it's a pretty dope little concept, and i've found a ton of dope shit on there. it's not a bad deal, you check the requests, and if you have something someone is looking for, you put it up, and you put your requests up, and cats will up the stuff you need. i'm hooked. an addict.
damn, it's always something, isn't it?
i don't care, i'm listening to raw fusion right now, and i'm LOVING it. watch this video and tell me they're not amazing...
so what else do i need to tell you about...
i shot the video for child in rhyme on saturday. damn, long fucking day. on the go from 9am to 1am, but we got it done. editing will begin soon. i'm not even going to tell you the concept of the video, i want it to be a surprise.
we signed our distribution agreement for the ok cobra album, so it's coming out officially in july fuckers. yup. i'm stoked.
tour is coming together. coast to coast, july 12-august 12. i might even make it down to the states for a few days in august, before i come home. we'll see.
the book is in effect. more info on that soon.
jesus, i've been working my ass off the last few weeks, no sleep. my good friend addi came down from toronto for my video shoot (wait until you see his cameo, he KILLS it). he asked me,
addi: so, what do you do when you're not working?
me: work.
seriously. work. work. work.
man, it was a hard day, and everyone who came out and was a part of the video, cast and crew, worked their asses off and made it happen. the damn thing ended up costing me about three times what i had originally budgeted, out of my own pocket, but fuck it, it was worth it. well, hopefully it was worth it, we'll see when it's done...
super large love hugs to everyone who helped out...
man, i had to download netscape to do this blogger shit, since with safari some of the features don't show up (like highlighting something to make it a link, fuck, i don't know html...), but fuck, netscape sucks. hey, safari developers, update your shit so i can get this netscape shit off my computer...
so yeah, i don't know, it's 5am, i'm at the bar, thought i'd let y'all know what i'm up to, and uh, fuck, i don't know, kill a few minutes while i kill a smoke and sip on some beer.
apparently, my silly bosses are throwing a party for me next monday. jesus. last thing in the world i need (while i secretly love it...).
i need to slow down a bit soon, been dealing with so much "administrative" shit, my creative vibe is bugging out a bit. like, dealing with negotiating and organizing and strategizing with all things music/movie/book-related, i really need to slow down again for a few weeks and just record some new songs, work on a couple of paintings... but, i guess that's how things have to go sometimes... make something, then figure out how to share it with the world, then share it, then retreat back into yourself, make new things, then again, figure out how to share them with the world, then, once again, retreat, create, share, retreat, create, share, retreat, create, share...
time is so slow at this moment, i think i might be onto something...
you'll have to excuse me if i don't answer my phone for the next couple of weeks, got to go back through the last year of my journal and figure out which days want to be songs...
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