What's good. Long time, no talk, but I have a couple Grade-A posts up my sleeve. First of all I want to say that I fucking miss everyone, with the exception of Todd's ugly ass (obvi). IV is definitely not the same without the HiPLECTiC crew to guide me and make sense of my bi-weekly girl issues. Having said that, I am having a fantastic summer living with Ldub and getting lots of 1 on 1 time with JBone. My new place may be small, but anyone who needs a crash pad in IV for the night or the weekend, you know who to call. Anyways, on with the post.
The other night I had the chance to go see Dead to Me, one of my all time favorite punk bands, play a show down in SLO (Enjoy the pics. All taken with my droid using no zoom) Having not seen the band live for about 3 years, my stoked levels were at an all time high. It also marked the first show I have gone to since I turned 21, and that would prove to be interesting. The show was one of the most inspiring and raw performances that I have ever seen. The crowd was much smaller than I expected, but all of the bands brought the heat and got the place moving. Taking my usual place right in front of the stage, it felt like the bands were almost performing just for me. Dead to Me and the supporting acts played a great, high energy show that I will remember for the rest of my life.
However, the highlight of my night came after the show was over (and after the last of 4 of my Jack and cokes from the bar). As me and my buddy were leaving the venue, I saw the lead singer of Dead to Me just chilling out front, smoking a cigarette. I saw him before the show and pussyed out and did not talk to him, and I was not about to let that happen again. Talking advantage of the liquid courage that I usually use to say something retarded to a girl, I went up to the lead singer and just started talking. It was incredible. We bullshitted about punk for about 10 mins and he told me he was stoked to do an interview for my radio show. Definitely one of the highlights of my life. It is always refreshing to find out that your heroes are real people who do what they do because they love it.
PS. Absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the post, but this is a jimmy10time approved track you all need to hear ASAP. Its called Sleep Rules Everything Around Me and it is a mashup of CREAM by Wu-Tang and Instrument by a post-punk band called Fugazi. A couple rappers from this crew called Doomtree joined forces and decided to make an entire CD of wu-tang/fugazi mashups. Calling their effort Wugazi, they produced an incredible 13 track cd that is meant to serve as a homage to both Wu-Tang and Fugazi (Download here). Anyways, this song is incredible. The classic CREAM gets a fresh coat of paint by being paired with the chilling piano instrumental. Do yourself a favor and peep the lyrics: Inspectah Deck's verse (the second half of the song) is one of the most raw descriptions of the struggle of street life that I have ever heard.
Enjoy,
GP
1 comment:
Pinch me i'm dreaming. a post i like from pruett.
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