Blood Is The New Black is a clothing company out of LA that makes really cool Tshirts. When I was in LA a couple weeks ago, I got pulled into the photoshoot for their 2010 summer collection. It was good times all around. The Signals dudes held it down with the live music, and all the people there were cool as hell. The actual flicks from the shoot are dropping in March sometime. Look out for your boy.
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Back in April 2009, Yea Big and I recorded a live session at Daytrotter in Rock Island, IL. (pics) Guess what? It’s LIVE on Daytrotter.
“Chicago’s Yea Big & Kid Static, is opinionated and out-spoken. The duo makes the kind of defiant and churlish hip-hop that comes from dissatisfied young men, idealistic and yearning for better results than the crap ones they’re getting or seeing as most likely, for themselves and for others. They are the words of those who sense that we’re not bettering anything and that we’re just phoning it in, sticking with a routine that might need some rejiggering or a complete overhaul. Yea Big and Kid Static seem to contend that the bigger truths are hidden under layers of muck, and that we’re being kept from the most sublime beauties of existence, the various things that along us an appreciation for the subtle and rich details. We’re being lied to, but maybe we’ve still got some cool enough homies that we’ll overlook these obstructions and these cover-ups.”
Check it out!
Finally back from LA. Went out West to look for a place. Found out it was waaaay too early to be looking. You would think landlords would find a tenant when the previous tenant tells them they’re moving out. Not so much. Apparently they wait until someone needs to move in tomorrow. They were on some, you can pay us a month’s rent to hold it for you, I’m like yeaaah, I’m totally doing that.
Ran into the 5signs crew from Anodyne Electric. We did the 9th episode of their podcast. Also played a show at the Grand Star, did a photoshoot with Signals and Blood Is The New Black, and got it in with Frosti and Levi.
More audio, footage and images of all of that coming soon.
It’s that time again. February is fast approaching. Between planning for Costa Rica, LA, and Austin, I’m going to somehow fit in making an album in the month of Feb.
The Rules:
Record an album in February 2009 that’s 10 songs or 35 minutes long
* Recording can only be done in the month of February – no prerecorded songs.
* All material must be previously unreleased, and we encourage you to write the material during
February too.
Read all about it here.
If you remember, RPM 2008 was the beast that spawned this project:
In The Meantime
Pitchfork raved about it, people downloaded it way more than I ever expected (over 5,000 unique downloads), and it turned out to be a pretty decent undertaking.
So let’s do it again.
Keep an eye out.
The Throwdown is coming gentlemen. I was lucky enough to play for you guys last year and this year I hope to do it again. A couple people have asked that I play certain songs this year and I think that method of deciding the playlist is a really good idea. So here we go.
These are the suggestions I’ve gotten so far. If you want a song not on the list, feel free to write it in.
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What songs would you like to hear at the Whiskerino Throwdown?
