Friday Night - BUN B LIVE IN HOUSTON

Real talk get your tickets in advance for this one.

It's imperative that we all show up and support the man Bun B on his first trek to the stage since the passing of Pimp C. I imagine that this can't be easy for the dude, and to be real with you man we all need to be there to show him how much his music and Pimp's music has meant to all of us.

I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it.

R.I.P. Conrad O. Johnson - Leader of the Kashmere Stage Band

OMG. I'm gonna freak out. I had heard tell of a special Kashmere Stage Band reunion in Houston this past weekend, but couldn't get (m)any solid details. Turns out it went down, was quite magical and then one day later, the man who brought this incredible band to the people in the 1970's, passed away. I don't know all the details but here's a press release Joe Gross just forwarded to me.



Conrad O. Johnson, bandleader of the Kashmere High School Stage Band from 1968-1978 and owner of Kram Records, the label that issued the Band’s legendary eight albums and three 7” singles of Texas jazz, funk and soul music, died in Houston February 3rd at 92 years of age.

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World-renowned Kashmere Stage Band reunited February 1st in Houston for the first time in over 30 years and played a tribute concert for their leader, the legendary Conrad "Prof" Johnson. Below is a letter from Egon Alapatt, owner of Now Again Records, the label responsible for the release of the Kashmere Stage Band Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974.


FROM EGON ALAPATT OF NOW AGAIN:

He received one hell of a send off. On Friday, the Kashmere Stage Band reunited for a performance at the High School’s auditorium. Filmmaker Mark Landsman, who is producing and directing a documentary on the Band, worked with Johnson’s foundation and Kashmere High School to set off the event for his crew’s cameras. But the reason that the Band’s members, many of whom left the music field after their departure from Kashmere High, reunited and rehearsed, daily, for a month prior to the concert, was to give Johnson the respect he deserved and had fought for, for so long.

The Kashmere Stage Band’s story can be found here (link to the Now Again Section of Kashmere - http://www.stonesthrow.com/nowagain/kashmere/index.html). But in a nutshell, here it is: Johnson, known by those close to him simply as “Prof” took the reins of the Band in the late 1960s and worked with his charges to perfect the idiom that they understood most: funk. Heavy funk at that. By the time that the band recorded their third album, Thunder Soul, they were funking like a mini-JBs. And, by the time they won “Best Stage Band In The Nation” in 1972, they were funking as hard as the JBs themselves.

Yet the Band was relegated to the annals of funk lore, largely due to the fact that the records they released were so rare and, when a collector did get his hands on an original copy, he usually wanted to keep that power for his own ears. A few people did bootleg a song or two in the mid 90s, and, by 2000, the band’s name heated up then fledgling chat rooms when DJ Shadow sampled their namesake track “Kashmere” for the Handsome Boy’s Modeling School cut “Holy Calamity.” With Stones Throw, I reissued “Kashmere,” the first legitimate reissue of a Kashmere Stage Band track, on The Funky 16 Corners in 2001.

The band that performed on “Kashmere” as teenagers back in 1973, including Gerald Calhoun on bass, Earl Spiller on guitar, Bruce Middleton on tenor sax and the indomitable Craig Green on drums, performed the anthem and other Johnson-penned classics like “Zero Point” at the auditorium on Friday. It was a overwhelming to say the least. I’m not the kind of person easily impressed by a funk band, and I’m especially critical of those bands that played intensely in the late 60s and early 70s reuniting and performing as a shadow of their monstrous selves, but the Kashmere Stage Band funked like their lives depended on it. By the time they reached the climax on Bubbha Thomas’s modal jazz classic “All Praises To Allah,” and Craig Green rode the uptempo breakbeat like Clyde Stubblefield and Gerald Calhoun plucked those same staccato notes that danced along those same rhythms nearly forty years ago, I stood breathless.

After the event, I mentioned to Prof's son that there were still some Kashmere albums at Prof's house on Rosewood Drive that I needed to transfer, for the possibility of assembling a compilation of Kashmere's ballads. He told me that the family had moved Prof out of that house he'd lived in for nearly sixty years, and that he had moved all of Prof's records into a storage unit on the side of the house. I made my way over and sorted through everything on Saturday, becoming more inspired as I went through the stacks of vinyl. The man's recorded output with that stage band was just tremendous, and the fact that he had kept such meticulous archives of his music, well into his 90s, blew me away.

On Sunday, I drove out to Conrad Jr.'s house to catch up with Prof before leaving for Los Angeles. When I arrived, vinyl in hand for safe delivery, I sat and talked with Prof… we had one of the best talks we'd had in months: about the band, and how good they sounded ("Doggone! Man, could they have sounded any better?" he asked), about Bubbha Thomas and his Youthful Musicians Summer Program and the 45 that they released in the mid 70s - a cover of Prof's "Lost Love," about future performances of the band, and, of course, about future anthologies of the band's recordings. He was most excited about that. Smiling, laughing, and gently prodding me with the same types of questions he did over the first years of our musical courtship ("Look here man, how are you going to do it? With what songs? From where? With the reel to reels?") - and, of course, making sure his business was straight.

He was so thrilled, so happy, so with it... I left feeling uplifted. I hadn't just spoken with a sick man, a man recovering from the heart attack that had confined him to a hospital bed just days before. I had spoken with a peer - a man who was going to be with us forever - carefully stewarding the next steps of his legendary Band, the band whose legend seems to grow greater by the day.

In a way, he will be.

-Egon

Egon is selling original copies of some of the band’s LPs and 45s in order to help the Johnson family pay for Prof’s funeral expenses. If you’re interested – serious buyers only, as these records aren’t cheap – email egon @ stonesthrow . com, subject line “Kashmere Records.”

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Also R.I.P. To Tony Silver, director of the legendary film STYLE WARS.

See you at the Bun B show in Houston this Friday to celebrate our lives and the life of an incredibly important living artist.

Get a free Badge for SXSW MUSICIf yer not afraid to work

peep the real...

Anyone still interested in volunteering for SXSW needs to log on to sxsw.com/volunteer and fill out the online application.

What I am looking for is people WHO LIVE IN THE AUSTIN AREA to work stage crew and anyone wanting to work stage crew can contact me (james@sxsw.com). If they want to volunteer but are interested in other volunteer positions besides stage crew they can email volintern@sxsw.com for available crews.

Stage crew volunteers are assigned to one of the SXSW Music Festival venues, and will work in the same venue each night. The stage crew assists performers in loading equipment on and off the stage during set changes; communicates pertinent information to artists, stage managers and staff; and surveys the venue for problems.

This position requires no specific knowledge - just patience and the willingness to work hard and have fun. A team-oriented attitude and the ability to work well with all types of people are essential. At minimum, two meetings will be required of each crew member prior to the festival. One meeting will be a walk-through of the assigned venue.

Thanks

I'm not feeling like much of a blogger these days

But I mean, the blog exists, two blogs exist, I exist, therefore I am. I suppose.

Thing is, I've got this new job, working full time at SXSW (or is that fool time, I don't know, it's been a while since I've had a job. Not all up on the terms and such), and last week I'd literally go in at 10 a.m. and go home round about midnight, maybe 1:30 a.m., I think last Wednesday I got home at 10:45 p.m. So that doesn't leave me much time to write, or much energy to get excited to go out, listen to music, see live music, drink in bars that aren't in close proximity to either my temporary house or work, etc. So what's to write about?

Super Tuesday maybe? Last week, or two weeks ago, I don't know, Bavu Blakes contributed an op-ed of sorts on Obama that I felt and continue to feel. I have to say that if I had to vote (and I don't cuz this here is America and we can choose to ignore all these devils if we want, and most of us do obviously) right now I guess Obama would be my candidate. Possibly Ron Paul I guess, but really I supported Kucinich because he's the only candidate that really talks about peace. Ron Paul wants a fence across Mexico. I just can't accept that. That ain't peace, God. Obama probably does too. I honestly don't know.

Don't get me wrong, I almost voted for Giuliani simply because he promised to take us to Mars and you know, with all the starving people in the world, all the guns in the streets, the drugs in the meats, the psychos in the cop cars, the Satanists in the White House and the Capitol buildings and the board rooms across the nation, the poison in the water, the fires in the trees, the tsunamis on the islands, the maddening lack of Sabbath's in the Park's, the 500 channels on my TV with nothing worth seeing, the radio station in Austin (96.3 FM) that think's it's o.k. to make Anti-Jewish statements all day, the blizzards, the crime, the pestilence, the fear, the pain, the fear of pain, the UFC on Spike TV, the UFO's in Northern Texas, another New York team winning something in our thoroughly rigged professional sports world, the lack of health care in the richest western nation with the weakest dollars by comparison, and oh yeah the war in the middle east that could last 100 MORE years if John McCain gets elected, well, Mars might be the only logical choice. Sign me up Rudy, lets smoke them Martians out of their holes and start anew.

This is what happens when I don't write for a while.

All that being said, I'm not the most political dude in the world. I know what I want (no war, health care, less government sponsored terror and a trip to Mars), but I have no idea how to get that. I don't agree totally with much of anyone and don't honestly feel a whole lot of hope for all this "change" people keep talking about.

Every election has to have a buzzword, and this year it's "change."

Yeah well, what happens when these motherfuckers declare a state of emergency and decide to withhold the elections so Bush can stomp on Iran? 8 more years? Don't think it couldn't happen. And your girl Hillary's husband hangs out with GW's dad. They're all evil, every one of them. And here we sit. I heard somebody say last week that they wish we could go back to GW's daddy, cuz he wasn't so bad. YES HE WAS. So was Reagan. So were most of these devils.

Ain't gonna be no change. I'm sorry y'all. We're too far gone. Give up all hope. Like me.

What has that got to do with Austin? Nothing really. What's it got to do with me? Nothing really either except this is the shit I think about, as I work diligently to get my shows together for this years South By Southwest. It's gonna be monstrous this year, you have no idea. Like I said it's my first year working full time in the office and I'm telling you, these 14 hour days are going to pay off. We've got acts coming in from around the world once again and some of your favorites from right here in this muthafucka. I'll be posting my list soon, but rest assured I am excited.

For it is exponentially going down.

There, I feel like I did something on AustinSurreal today.

NOW GO HERE AND LISTEN TO BAVU BLAKES LATEST WEEKLY FLEAUX "Wintertime."

Bavu says '08 is So Great. Maybe he's hoping for change as well. I don't know. I just hope he keeps coming with these flows cuz I like the real writers and shit. Boom Bye Bye to the Bullshit in '08. I suppose it's alright to have hope.

Friday Feb. 8th - WELCOME BUN B BACK TO THE STAGE! Houston, TX

Man, the man hath been through a lot, and he's about to step out on his own, truly, next Friday night at Warehouse Live. You got to support that.

I mean, you just have to.

NEXT FRIDAY FEB. 8TH AT WAREHOUSE LIVE! HOUSTON, TX!



Check out this story on Bun B by Andrew Dansby.

THE SHOW IS FEB. 8TH AT WAREHOUSE LIVE!

Hope to see you thurr.

Rapid Ric and DJ Raze Tonight in New York!New Weekly Fleaux from Bavu Blakes!

Man I wish I could go to this...



DOWNLOAD BAVU BLAKES FINE FLEAUX WEEK 4 HERE!

New Post on HoustonSoReal cuz I went to Houston this week

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL REPORT ON PHAROAHE MONCH IN HOUSTON.

The come out tomorrow night to the Parish to see the same show in Austin. I'ma be up in that mug.

RSVP HERE ASAP - http://www.scion.com/livemetro

Seriously, if yer in Austin RSVP and come out. Read why here.

The Narcisse-Banks Community Resource Center is proud to announce the start up of its 'Destiny by Design' afterschool program at Kealing Middle School

Beginning February 28th...

In cooperation with CitizenSchools, the Narcisse-Banks Community Resource Center will teach its Destiny by Design afterschool program, which focuses on hip-hop culture and opportunities for career development within the artform. Weekly classes will be taught by Music Journalist and Narcisse-Banks Co-Founder/ Director Robert Gabriel over the course of the Spring semester and will include local artists as guest lecturers. Guest artists including DJ Baby G, Tee Double, B-Boy and B-Girl City, Lady Legacy, Blacklisted Individuals, Pilarsito, Capoeira da Rua and Dat Boi Drew will provide introductory information as well as direct training in content areas such as music production, performance, dance, and graphic design. Development for the program will be supported by Educational Specialist and Narcisse-Banks Co-Founder/ Curriculum Coordinator Jules Narcisse. While Narcisse-Banks as a foundation will be volunteering its efforts to Kealing students, funding has been raised so that guest lecturers will be well compensated by the foundation for sharing their expertise with students. At the end of the Spring semester, Destiny by Design participants will showcase their newly developed talents at a culminating event on the Kealing campus, so stay tuned!

The Narcisse-Banks Communty Resource Center would like to thank Mr. Alex Hendrex, a Social Science teacher at Kealing, as well as our most generous donors for making the compensation of guest lecturers possible. We believe in paying artists to do what they do best, share their art! In the Fall of '08, Narcisse-Banks expects to continue its work at Kealing and extend its Destiny by Design program to Bedichek Middle School as well. Please visit our website and library lists at www.myspace.com/narcissebanks for further information on the non-profit endeavors of the Narcisse-Banks Community Resource Center.

Destiny By Design "Choose your path, Create your future"

Narcisse-Banks Community Resource Center

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Balack Obama by Bavu BlakesJUST ADDED! Photos from What To Say 'Bout MLK EVENT!

(MY FIRST GUEST POST! From time to time my man Bavu Blakes will be contributing to AustinSurreal. Needless to say I am quite excited about this as Bavu is one of my great friends, favorite MC's, and a good, good mind. Here he shares his thoughts on Barack Obama (and yes the title of the post is spelled correctly) and the upcoming presidential election. Also below you will find the weekly fleaux's from last week and this week. I didn't post last week's cuz I was waiting for him to finish this column. Enjeaux!)

Balack Obama by Bavu Blakes



Barack Obama is a Black presidential candidate who won the Iowa caucus, and folks are excited. Oprah's excited. Common's so excited that he dropped a "we gon' vote for Obama" during a freestyle at a New Year's Eve church service in Chicago!

So if Obama wins, what happens? Well, obviously he gets the job as American President. Who does the President work for? Do you believe the President works for the people? Do you believe the President works for his own beliefs?

I believe Presidents, and CEO's for that matter, work for the shareholders. And I don't know who our country's shareholders are. But I don't believe our national President necessarily works for us, the people, or even for the government itself.

So when people ask me who I'm supporting for the presidency, it raises many thoughts from the back of my mind. I don't believe that I can actually support them or that I, as a citizen, will ever employ them. I think I'll just be voting in good faith, but not to any actual, known effect. And it'll be my first time voting. I don't believe I can really support in any way (besides prayer) because I don't believe the President works for me and needs my support. I believe the candidates' support obviously comes from whoever finances their campaigns. Then, eventually, one of the candidates manages to get the job as President.

A friend of mine, who has a nationality, asked me today if having a Black President would affect me in any way. My reply was that it would look cool to me. I then asked him if Chevron-Texaco having a CEO of his nationality would affect him. He said "not really, but I think our President effects the way people perceive our country... their actions, their statements, etc." and I agreed.

My friend also pointed out that people are generally going to refer to Obama as America 's potential Black or African American President. And I think Presidential skin color, like gender, means very little compared to how important it is made out to be.

I think Black and African American are more non-descript terms than nationalities, like Italian or Indian. The term African American is most commonly used as a vague "racial" qualifier that covers a vast cultural, social, historical and political spectrum. African American is often an ineffectively descriptive blanket term, like hip hop. Africa is obviously a giant continent -- the 2nd largest on Earth -- with more countries than America has states. So the terms "Black" and "African American" mainly refer to skin color and continent of origin. Thus, Blacks and African Americans have as much variety in their skin color -- and often unknown nationality -- as most other "races" and nationalities combined.

On top of all that, is Obama not "Black" and "White"?

What people are generally not going to talk about is, "what is a President, and who does he work for?", which must be more important than race, color, ethnicity and national or continental descent.

In effect, Black Obama is being used as a distraction from any real issues regarding the Presidency and Presidential race. The same can be said for Hilary Clinton. Because there's a woman and a Black guy involved, everyone can stay on the surface and simply root for who or what they like about what they see. Based on what I know and don't know about the Presidential election process, and the job itself... Obama winning the election is as meaningful as a Black coach winning the Super Bowl. It may change the perception of profession football, but it certainly doesn't change the game.

In our discussion today, my friend said that according to my logic, "Bush is not neccesarily the one to blame (for America's problems)". I agreed, because the shareholders of the country are probably more responsible (for America's problems) than their current Presidential employee.

I don't intend for my message here to be negative or cynical, but I understand how it might ruin the fun of rooting for a presidential candidate. Like Jay-Z to Def Jam, any CEO or President is only so responsible for the state of affairs in a given company or country. So Presidents are mainly aesthetic figureheads, yet they are not unimportant.

When attempting to pick the best candidate, I have to ask myself: Am I qualified to judge who the best candidate for the job is if I don't know who the employers are?

My friend: i'm not asking you to judge the qualifications based on actuality, but rather image
Me: oh well i'd go w/ the black guy!
My friend: haha
Me: not certain i'll vote for him though.

DOWNLOAD LAST WEEKS INTOXICATING FLEAUX HERE!

DOWNLOAD THIS WEEKS SPECIAL DELIVERY FLEAUX HERE!

CHECK OUT BAVU'S WEEKLY VIDEO'S HERE!

AND CHECK OUT BAVU ON MYSPACE!

Never have I ever given one man so many !!!!!!!!!!'s

Also check out Mr. Blakes on ME Television.

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Aw man, I'm having a rough time. Went to bed about three hours ago. How to start... How to start. Looking for the perfect line. Wait, how about...

IT WENT DOWN!

My first Austin event in some time, was really, really, really extremely off the chain. Word to Grimy Styles - my favorite band, PPT, Zeale 32 and Gerald G - some of my favorite rappers, DJ John the Expert Witnes and his "Friendly" attorney, and everyone who came out and made this night just one of the most magical I've had in a while. Suffice it to say, once again.

IT WENT DOWN!

Today we celebrate the life and the legacy of one of the most, if not the most, important civil rights activists in modern times, and what better way to do such a thang than to bring a whole lot of different peoples together through music. This my friends, is what I try to do. Always, in life.

Anyway...


If this photo doesn't evoke the good Dr's dream, I don't know what does. Bavlu Blakes, Flynn D, Gerald G and Rapid Ric.


Kam and Martin from Grimy Styles


Gerald G KILLED IT! Went first and just got people all riled up.


y crew






I'm sayin'


Pikahsso - a true Texas Gem


Zeale 32 went second and continued on where Gerald G left off reminding people that yes it still is actually o.k. to rap about things in a creative way.


I mean, seriously.




Boy kills it.


So glad to see Kam in the place. My lil potna in the game in Houston made the trek for the event. THIS is my people!


Richard Henry in the PLACE!


Rappin' Ryan Donowho. You might know this contemplative boy from up in them movies.


PPT (Tahiti and Pikahsso seen here) has one of the most energetic live shows in the world. The Cool Kids have a publicist, PPT writes timeless songs and puts more into their show than any rappers I've seen in years. Seriously, these dudes performed for 40 minutes and had the crowd straight RAPT! Hanging on their every word and command. How many rappers have you seen that can keep a crowd's attention for 40 minutes? These aren't some dudes who are all over the radio, they were new to 85% of the people in the crowd. I just sat there stoned in the back, like damn y'all, you GOT this crowd.


Picnic and Pikahsso






Know'm sayin'?


Then when Grimy hit the stage, the packed house turned into a writhing sea of um, unity, yes, unity.







And when they broke open the mics, shit got CRAZY!



As evidenced by all these here photos.




Sorry Flynn. My man Pretty Todd got me a new zoom lens for my camera, and since I am merely a picture taker, not an actual photographer, I didn't realize what a strong zoom it was. In fact, I didn't get a lot of crowd shots of my people cuz the place was so packed and I had to stand at least ten feet away to get 2 people in the photo. Soooo I'ma have to get past this learning curve. But word to Pretty Todd he is stepping my game up expeditiously!


Flynn D did rock the mic with Gerald and Kam and Zeale and a whole host of folks. KILLER!










And I mean, alas and alak, it's 9:14 a.m. and I'm about to be late for work. I feel like a heathen.

But, this is America after all. This cog must go enter his machine. Thanks to everyone who came out. I saw some faces in the place that really surprised me. Also WORD TO THE DECK!

300 Skaters About to Look Real ThrowedUGK + DGK = THAT SHIT!

I remember round about last year sometime when Bun B called me to ask what I thought about the idea of a U.G.K. Skateboard. He told me he had been kicking around the idea with the folks over at Dirty Ghetto Kids and I remember thinking that there really couldn't be a more perfect marriage. Ten years ago, the concept of a UGK skateboard would have sounded "mad funny yo." Simply because closed minded people could never imagine a UGK fan on a skateboard.

But open your eyes America cuz "shit is mad real" and not necessarily the way you might hath thunk it. Peep the real...


I used to kind of sort of skate. Never seriously cuz I was always tall and lanky (with a beer gut since I was like 12), and honestly the ground just looked so far away everytime I'd get up on the board. Maybe if I had one of these I would have been inspired to keep on. Maybe not. I wiped out A LOT.


But I mean, this shit is just next level. My 5 year old, Eva asked for a skateboard this Christmas, and I lobbyed against it. Maybe I'll get one of these and hold it for her till she's able to handle it.


Act fast though, 300 ain't a lot.


And if this is the shirt, I think I'ma start liking street wear again.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THIS SUNDAY!GRIMY STYLES - PPT - ZEALE 32 - GERALD G - MR. BLAKES - AND MANY SURPRISES!

Hope to see you thurr.

Want to Volunteer at SXSW 2008???

They say that half the job is merely showing up. That is some truth right there. Listen to me now, believe me later on.

I don't know ALL the details about this whole thang but SXSW NEEEDS you to come down an volunteer. Read all abut it on the website, or even better, come down Sunday and sign up and be a part of it. We'll give you all the information there. I bet you get a pass or some shit, I don't know. I know I did it for the New Music Seminar in 1994 and I was fully credentialled up. And such. Details below, see you there.

SXSW 2008 Volunteer Call
Sunday, January 20
Hilton Hotel Downtown, 500 E. 4th St.
6th Floor, Austin Grand Ballroom
12:30 - 2:30pm, Returning Volunteers
3:30 - 5:30pm, New & Returning Volunteers

Mr. Lucci, Kottonmouth, Doughski and Stubb-A-Lean Visit the SXSW Offices

It's real! They came thru the office to hip me to their latest venture, ADDIKTION CLOTHING! AND to confirm their place this year once again at SXSW. That's right Mr. Pookie and Mr. Lucci, the Stoney Crook Family and Kottonmouth Jesse will all be at SXSW again this year. I think I stated on HoustonSoReal last year that theirs were two of the sets that I loved the most. Real talk, I'm a Mr. Pookie and Mr. Lucci and Kottonmouth fanatic. Dallas been getting some attention lately, I hope that momentum grows and grows.


Kottonmouth Jesse, Big Doughski G, Mr. Lucci, Stubb-A-Lean

Also coming to SXSW this year - Bun B and the UGK Records Family (A Tribute to Pimp C?), Dizzee Rascal, um, David Banner, Tech N9ne and man, I have quite a lot more to announce.

Unfortunately if you didn't get your application in on time, we won't be able to accept you last minute like in some years past. We have had more hip-hop applications and inquiries this year than ever. Big labels who used to laugh at me and say SXSW is some sort of hippie fest are calling ME now.

It's gonna be insane this year folks. I suggest you buy a badge if you can.



Anyway, as evidenced by these here photos, these boys have a new clothing line dedicated to the um, well, things many of us love so much. Their first shirt is the DRANKHEADZ Design seen here with DROHEADZ and BEANHEADZ and more on the way (I need those ones more than I need the Drank shirt to be real with you. I'd rather spend $4 on a vicodin than $40 on a few sips of lean. THE LEAN AND BEAN GAME IS ALL FUCKED UP THESE DAYS! Sorry, I just had to vent. Legalize Presciption Drugs for the Masses. This my friends is part of my campaign platform. SoReal Surrealstein in 2012.)

Cuz I mean, they done fucked over THE KUCH here in Texas. So tired of these sappy Democrackas and slappy Republibums. So tired. Freedom is dead. Just sign the paper mister. Fuck.

Also, want to get rich? Open a Ron Paul T-Shirt stand in Austin. Seems as though everyone in this town is down for the ReLOVEution or whatever it is. I'm not fully sold on the dude. Though he's better than any other option we have save for the Kuch. I'm saying dudes, there's strength in numbers. If Kucinich and Paul were to posse up, I'd pledge full support for what it's worth. But we wouldn't build no fence. Fuck that. The Narcos have enough power. On both sides (of the damn game).

Wait, we were talking about rap and drank t-shirts.


Anyway, I got a lot of love for these dudes. Real dudes man.


Close up.

Also, this record jams like hell. Track 10 "Smoke Something" with Pookie, Lucci and Mr. Montis is off the freakin' chain. These dudes make some of the best weed smoking music on the planet.



Which is what is really important. Right? See you at Beauty Bar tonight for this Beauty Bash 2 with Nick Nack and Rapid Ric. And no, I am not and never have been a raver. Just wanna see my people.