08.09.07
Pitchfork Media Interviews Buck 65
(from Pitchfork) Though I like to give Pitchfork hell for being so goddamn pretentious, I do understand that they have quite the lively following (and I know that such pompousness is not a fresh or recent development in the realm of art, so I’ll let it slide). That they initiated an interview with Nova Scotian rapper Buck 65 (who I first learned about at SXSW this year) earns them some serious cool points. He’s got some of the weirdest, most experimental rap songs (unconventional beats, chatty Beck-like mind vomit meets backpack rap lyrics) I’ve heard in a long time with quite an extensive discography (I’ve got at least a gig worth of tracks by the man). Now, for his sixth full-length titled Situation (due out October 30 – my birthday!) he’s focusing on the year 1957. I almost resisted the temptation to be brief and lazy on this one, almost broke out into a full-scale report/article, but it’s too goddamn cold in this computer lab – see above link for full story. Expect better reporting once I get my own computer. I keep the thermostat on 78 at home, no lie. The 20 degree (negative) difference is slowing down the flow of blood through my veins and making me want to die (and my nipples could gore somebody right now).
By the way, to all of you who read (and don’t comment), thanks. It feels good to know that I pour time into the empty void of the internet for the readership of some. If you’ve been reading for a while, why not send me an email and introduce yourself? Let me know you exist, because I see the page hits.
03.31.07
Sage Francis coming to Dallas!
Jesus Christ, I’m going to stop reporting so many tour dates if it kills me…but I had to mention that Sage Francis is coming to the Granada Theater on June 8 along with Buck 65 (who I mentioned in my SXSW post that I sort of…fell off of) and two other acts! Sage Francis is an incredible lyricist, if you don’t know, and yet another white rapper showing that he can hold his own. The fact that it’s at Granada Theater makes it so much sweeter.
EDIT: He’ll be playing Emo’s in Austin the very next day, June 9!
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03.18.07
SXSW Experience: A preview
I’ve got a busy day of catching up (AKA doing everything I was supposed to be doing all week), so I can’t sit and write a full entry right now. But OH, I will! For now, I’ll summarize the best of what I can fire off the top of my head and come back later with more details. I’ve got wonderful stories to tell, so make sure you tune in later (or tomorrow, not sure when I’ll get the chance).
Also, I’ve been tracking my blog reader stats and you guys are really starting to tune in! I plan on keeping things updated for sure, now. I started this as an experiment in journalism and an exercise in discipline. I figured if I could keep up a blog – for free – about a topic I love, it would be great practice for when I’m getting paid to write. If you’re interested in adding my feed, I’ll tell you really quickly how to add a live bookmark for Firefox. Click on the Bookmarks drop-down and then click “Organize Bookmarks”. When a window pops up, click File and go down to “New Live Bookmark”. Under Name, call it whatever you want. For the location, paste this link: http://smukid.wordpress.com/feed . Once the bookmark is made, drag it into your Bookmarks Toolbar folder so that you can access all of my posts with a single click! Without further ado, here is your preview.
- Met Naked Cowboy walking down 6th St.
- Witnessed some crazy man interviewing a couple different bands for SXSW coverage on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Was excited because it was The Tonight Show. Am now excited because I just realized that the crazy man was none other than Wayne Coyne, eccentric frontman for the enormously popular indie/experimental band The Flaming Lips. Why, oh why did I not shake his hand? Ugh.
- Saw some good underground hip-hop, Buck 65 and El-P
- Sampled the local pizza
- People watched (interesting stories here)
- Got hit on by a drunk woman who tried to spark up conversation with me because I was holding a notebook. She was in her late twenties, maybe early thirties. She looked like she had kids. I was uneasy.
- Blown away by a two-piece band’s performance…must research, find the band’s name, and I will have the full report. Let me just say that there was a guy playing blues slide guitar (along the lines of Jack White during his De Stijl years) and a drummer with a kit made out of what looked to be spare junkyard parts. It was like Stomp and a nice blues boogie down combined.
- I’m sure there’s more, but I’ve gotta run! In the meantime, read a little about Mr. Buck 65 at his official website. He’s along the same lines as Sage Francis, a very heady, introspective lyricist with a flow that sounds like Les Claypool’s best attempts at rapping.
Would love to review El-P’s new release…would also love to finish my Dustin review. Before Monday, it will be up. That is my deadline.
