Go to RappersIKnow.com RIGHT NOW!DL THE ARE - IRAN

The ARE - one of Houston's top producers - has outdone himself. Seriously, go to RappersIKnow.com via this link right here and download IRAN. The latest project from THE ARE.

Jam it all day.

And if you are in NYC this weekend come see me at these events and lets kick it.





OK get at it.

A Great Day in AustinAugust 7, 5 p.m. MusicMania!

In the tradition of the classic jazz musician portrait, A Great Day in Harlem, my homegirl Lolo aka YellaStudNDaSouth, Staci Russell, Game 101 DVD Magazine and all of Austin present a very special event Friday August 7th at 5 p.m. in the parking lot of MusicMania.


Click here to see a bigger version of this flyer.

Basically everyone involved in Austin's hip-hop scene will gather for a monumental photo, documenting this burgeoning scene outside one of it's main, and longest lived music outlets. The whol ething will be documented by Game 101 DVD Magazine, and the event will also act as a toy/school supply drive for the hood.

Well here, lemme let Lolo tell you:

"IT'S OFFICIAL...Friday AUG 7TH GAME 101 Presents: A Great Day In Austin . Staci will be doing a sort of Christmas in July Toy Drive earlier during the day for children in the hood.We will be visiting different hoods and delivering gifts to the kids.

ANY ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PHOTO NEED TO BRING EITHER A TOY OR SOME SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE KIDS. WE ALSO NEED PEOPLE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THE STUFF.

From 5-7 all the artists will be meeting at Music Mania between 5-7 for interviews and at 7PM a classic photo of all Austin ARTISTS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED AUSTIN DO WHUT IT DOES FOR THE MUSIC FOR THIS CITY.

Friday Night:Mixtape/DVD Release Party for Staci Russell @ Club Illusions.. ITS GOING DOWN!!!!GAME 101 WILL BE FILMING ALL OF THE EVENTS AND CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS ALL THROUGH OUT THE DAY/NIGHT!!! MARK THIS DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW!!!
FOR ANY MORE INFO, HIT ME UP!!!
~Lolo
YellaStud"

So yeah, it's really goin' down! You can hit up Lolo here:
onebadazzyella@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/YellaStudNDaSouth
www.twitter.com/YellaStud
Or call - 832-455-0685

And to hear some new music from Staci Russell, hit up her Myspace or get the mixtape below tomorrow at the event!

http://www.myspace.com/misssrussell







And here's just a few of the special invited guests!
Please leave names of anyone not on this list in my comments section and I'll get it to Lolo. ATX Artists, if you are seeing this and you didn't know about it, just know that YOU ARE INVITED. Please come and spread the word to everyone really doing it out here in Austin. If you are a part of this scene, you are invited for sure.

DJ’S

DJ HELLA YELLA
DJ GRIP
DJ SOUTHPAW
DJ KNOWLEDGE
DJ LL
DJ QUAN
BROTHA K
STEVE SAVAGE
RAPID RIC
DJ 2DQ
DJ KURUPT
DJ DINKY D
WES SANDERS
DJ TEX
DJ NOTION

PRODUCERS

DA BOSNIAN
Y2JJ
BLACK MIKE
MAKAMAN
NEW KID
DANNY(UNDERLINE REC)
T-FLO
T-MO
CARNIVAL BEATS
A.C
DA JUAN(KRIMINALS)

GROUPS/ARTISTS

Y.M.R
SOUTHBOUND
DRED SKOTT
BASSWOOD LANE
C.O.D
T.Y.K
DIE SLO
J.KAPONE
2 GUNZ UP
BAVU BLAKES
K.J HINES
P.L.A
DOK HOLIDAY
SMACKOLA
PIMPIN PEN
GERALD G
RYNO
EAST 35
LIL A & LIL NASH
LATASHA LEE
MC OVERLOAD
TEE DOUBLE
LADY LEGACY
CREW 54
ZEALE 32
KILLA KLICK(SAM HOUSTON BOYS)
FLO MOB
TJ MUSIC
KRIMINALS
OG FATAL
25 MAFIA
DB & 27 MAFIA
STAN KOBAL
MIRAGE
NICK NACK
K.B
PHRANCHYZE
DUBB SICKS
CALI ZACK

Promoters/GraphicDesigners/Photographers/Radio Personalites/etc.

WILL HUSTLE
JAMES DEAN
ROMEO
MATT SONZALA
DJ ICKEY
NOOK
TOSIN
DAT BOI DREW
CARLOS(TOP DOLLAR)
O.G (LUXURY MINDZ)
YELLASTUD
ELEVATION 8 MODELS
AAE
LOCKDOWN INC.
SC ENT.
DEUCE DEUCE
TWEETY/AL-G
STAN
LIL BLACK(NUF-SED)
J HUNT
WHITE BROTHA
TIM B NASTY

BANDSLAM Trailer

Yeah so this may be a lil out of line for AustinSurreal, but this movie was made in Austin, has my lil brother Ryan Donowho on the drums and Zeale and Phranchyze (Austin MCs) make an appearance in it). So yeah, go see it!

I still love GRIME!New Free Grime Mix from Logan Sama!Keepin' It Grimy

Straight up y'all, when I first heard UK Garage I wasn't totally sold on it. Then I heard a bit more, and it started morphing into Grime, and well, I was hooked. Don't get to hear much of it these days. Guess it's not hip with the hipsters anymore. I dunno, I still like hearing music from the streets from all over the globe, and I am not tripping.

Word to Logan Sama, the #1 GRIME DJ IN THE WORLD, for sending me his latest mix and allowing me to post it! You should thank him!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD LOGAN SAMA - KEEPIN' IT GRIMY - August 2009!

And Hit Up Logan here and let him know you appreciate him keeping it so real!

www.totalkiss.com/logan

bookings@logansama.com

Here's the tracklisting:

TEMPA T VS P JAM / NEXT HYPE MANAGEMENT / DUBPLATE
RUDE KID / JACK DANIELS / ALIEN MUSIC
P MONEY / LEFT THE ROOM / OGS
NOCTURNAL / DON'T PHONE BACK / ADAMANTIUM DUBPLATE
KILLA P / POLICE AR COME RUN / KILLER INSTINCT
GHETTO FT GRIMINAL / DON'T PHONE ME / J.CLARKE
MUSICAL MOB / PULSE Y / MUSICAL MOB ROYALE
SKEPTA / DTI / DICE
DAVINCHE / BUZZ LIGHTYEAR 2 / DIRTY CANVAS
NEWHAM GENERALS / BELL DEM SLAGS / DIRTEE STANK
NEWHAM GENERALS / SUPADUPE / DIRTEE STANK
D DOUBLE E / FRONTLINE / AFTERSHOCK
RUDE KID / UFO (ID4 VIP MIX) / ADAMANTIUM DUBPLATE
BREAKAGE FT NEWHAM GENERALS & DAVID RODIGAN / TOGETHER (HARD VOCAL MIX) / DIGITAL SOUNDBOY
SHARKY MAJOR / SHARK ATTACK / DUB
SKEPTA FT PAPER PABS, BOSSMAN & BIG H / OVER THE TOP 2 / BOYBETTERKNOW
ROYAL T / GARGOYLE (SILENCER REMIX) / NOHATSNOHOODS
OG'S / PASSIN THROUGH / OGS
SKEAMZ / GREENGATE GUYS VIP / DUB
SKEPTA FT WILEY / ARE YOU READY / BOYBETTERKNOW
SILENCER / SUPLEX / UNDERGROUND UNIT
WILEY / BANG / ESKIBEAT
WILEY / CLUB 5 / EARTH616
WILEY & SHIFTY VS GHETTO & DEVLIN / 1,2,3 LETS GO / ESKIBEAT
MANIAC / DEVIL VS SALT FISH / ADAMANTIUM DUBPLATE
DURRTY GOODZ / THROWAWAY THOUGHTS / AWKWARD
MEGA MW / NAUGHTY NITES / MOST WANTED
J2K / DANGER / PLASTICHEAD
JME / THEY FOUND BIN LADEN / BOYBETTERKNOW
NASTY JACK FT D DOUBLE E / COME AGAINST I / DUB
TERROR DANJAH / SIDECHAIN / HARDDRIVE
GHETTO & BRUTAL / GO ON DEN / J.CLARKE
TEMPA T FT CHRONIC / BOY OFF DA TING / SLEW DEM
BLACKS FT P MONEY / FALL BACK / DUB
P MONEY / 1UP / OGS

WIN TICKETS TO ATMOSPHERE w/ EYEDEA & ABILITIES & MORE!Wednesday Night at Stubb's.

Say y'all FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO EMAIL ME AT austinsurreal@gmail.com with the answer to this question - "What's the name of the new album by Eyedea & Abilities?" - will win a pair of tickets to see Atmosphere with Eyedea & Abilities and Attracted to Gods, Live at Stubb's Wednesday night.



http://www.rhymesayers.com

Hit me up lets do this.

Mo' Free Ctrl TX MP3's!REALITY RAP IS NOT DEADWorld Trade - New Big IdeaHood Soul - Law Abidin' Citizen

Just straight coming with that realness, and attempting to make up for being gone so long. Please pass this link around to all your peeps, for this here is another example of what's really goin' down out here right now in Central Texas (Ctrl-TX).

First up a new track from World Trade - Bavu Blakes & Element 7D.



DL - World Trade - NEW BIG IDEA

I've had this song, and well, the corresponding album for a while. Maybe 2 years now. It's one of those classic albums, by 2 classic MC's, that has been sitting in a can for way too long. I told them to just give the whole thing away for free if they can't get it together to release it properly because the music is just too powerful. I mean seriously, I bet they could tour the whole US and 3 other countries at least if they put that thang up for DL and people actually heard it. It's so good. You may not know 'bout that Element 7d yet, but you will soon. Peep it out.

Also from Austin, TX, a new track from Hood Soul. Now Hood Soul has been killin' it in the streets of Austin for some time now, and seem to be coming into their own these days. Like I said, Reality Rap is Not Dead, and well, soul from the hood > over some of this fabricated shit we gotta hear on the radio day in, day out.

DL - Hood Soul - Law Abidin' Citizen



ENJOY and please leave feedback below on both tracks!

MattSoReal Hosting 2 Events in NYC This Weekend!Panty Raid - Friday at SavalasSabbath in the Park VIII Saturday at Brooklyn Yard!

I keep tell you that it's goin' down, and it's not gonna stop goin' down, it's just gonna keep on goin'.

Check this shit out. I hope to see all my NYC folks this weekend, for it hath been a while.

Friday Night, Savalas, 285 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 11 p.m., FREE

Senari Presents The Panty Raid:



With my folks Benny B and Cousin Cole and my other folks $5 beer and shot specials. Yeah, that's my people. Drink specials are essential in New York.

Then of course, on Saturday, at 3 p.m., the motherfucking witching hour. The hour of all hours. The 6 hour event. The realest event in musical history, that's right, we return to, another edition of... the almighty, SABBATH IN THE PARK! VIII!



Yeah, we are up to VIII now. It's goin' down at Brooklyn Yard, 400 Carroll St., Between Bond and Nevins, in Brooklyn. Take the F/G to Carroll Street. (Yeah, those are the trains Guru warned you about, but don't even trip. No issues for Sabbath in the Parkers.

This time around we gone have a live band playing your Sabbath classics and of course brand new Wicked Mixes from Cosmo Baker and them dudes DJ Ayres and DJ Eleven from The Rub.

So yeah I hope to see you in NYC this weekend. Come have a drank with me.

CB20! The Continental Ballroom 20th Anniversary Event

Yeah it went down. And when I say it went down, I mean it really went down. Yeah, I say it a lot, cuz things do tend to go down in my life. Down in the good way, not in the bad way. Down in the sense that "MAN IT REALLY WENT DOWN LAST NIGHT" type of thing, not in anyway in any sort of negative sense, no, when I say it went down, I mean, man, yeah, it really went down. In the history books and such.

I'm fully aware that most of you have no idea what I am ranting about (nothings changed). But basically, these past two weeks I have been in Erie, PA. Where I was birthed and raised. A lot of y'all reading this are doing so because you know this blog from the HoustonSoReal days. Well, in a nutshell, I was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. My dad moved to Houston on my 8th birthday (1980), and from that year on I started spending time in both cities. Hence the Texas connection.

In 1989 when I was a senior in High School, I started booking shows at an all ages hall called the Continental Ballroom. The Ballroom was owned by these dudes who used it as a rehearsal space for their band, and a "club" of sorts where men would go and have beers and play bocci and I guess avoid their wives. I don't know. The place wasn't pretty, but it was available to us to use for a workable price, and once this little gem was discovered (by Larry Weaver, more on him later) we the youths finally had a place to go and see music.

The first time I walked into this place was in February of 1989 to see 3 local bands, My 3 Scum, Lost and Backwash. That day I asked the owner if he would be open to letting me book shows, he said yes, and the rest is history. I was hooked.

Read more about all that here (GoErie.com) and here (Lolirock Blog).

Anyway 1989 was 20 years ago and we decided to hold a reunion of sorts. Get some of the old players together and celebrate what once was and what it all hath become. I had no idea how big this thing really would be and how much it would mean to everyone involved, including me. Here's some photos, I'll report more as we go along.


Paulie is the owner of the Beer Mug in Erie, PA. I suggest any band touring that area should call him and get a show there. Its about 200 capacity and perfect for punk rock and indie music. Dude supports his city and the music and I hope people continue to support him for many years. He has been in that spot for 29 years now and has seen a lot come and go. He's one of those really real dudes that just keeps on ticking. Thanks Paulie!


First band of the night was the Killerinas. They hit the stage at 8:57 pm, 3 minutes before they were supposed to start and well, just killed it. Helped keep everything run on time. 6 bands and we stayed perfectly on schedule. Thanks to all of YOU! You know who you are.


Sue Martin used to be my favorite bartender in Erie, now she is fronting one of my favorite bands! The Killerinas! YES!


Killerindudes!


Diesel Houdini features my man Josh Gone. Back in the Conitnental Ballrooms earliest days, you'd see this dude, literally at age 14, at every show, supporting. Now he is rocking out and seriously this was probably my favorite band of the night. They remind me a bit of Husker Du. They just have that serious power punk pop realness about them and are no joke. Check 'em out!




Seriously they rock.

And that's something I have to say. Every band floored me. I didn't walk in there expecting to love every band, but I left, loving every band.


Gina "apologized" a couple days later for "jumping in all of my photos," but she really didn't, just this one. And I mean, if you know this blog, you know I don't mind ladies jumping up in photos, not at all. Thanks Gina!


JOSH GONE!


The Trashed also blew me away. Dudes are some serious musicians. Down with the Erie scene for years and all together now kicking the real rock. For real. Dudes were killer.




Rob was always an extremely supportive dude on the scene. Seen here with Gina, um, singing...




Ken was the original drummer in My 3 Scum which was one of the original, ok second wave, punk bands in Erie. This dude is a legend and a maniac behind them drums. Was so good to see him again. Those early Scum shows were legendary.








My man Leon and his wife from Nocturnal Sounds. We rented the turntables and mixer from him. He has a new store on the 1100 block of West 8th Street in Erie that sells vinyl and music collectables and he also fixes turntables and such. Really unique spot. Record collectors should add this spot to their list when they head through the area. I know a lot of collectors come through Erie just to go to Grahams Records. Well, now you have 2 spots.


DJ LARRY WEAVER IN THE PLACE TO BE! Man, this is the King of ther Erie punk scene hands down. Dude has given the better part of his life to making things happen in that city. Was so good to work with him and just hang out again. We both played records that night but he handled the bulk of the duties cuz he got the punk rockers dancing. I am serious, if you ever have a punk rock show or night and need a DJ you should fly my man out to come kill it, on all vinyl.


Kim Kowalczyk (left) is one of my best friends ever. She worked at a record store when I was in High School and I bought a lot of my collection off of her. Then we started hanging tough and going to see shows like every week in Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. We saw some serious shit in those days including Janes Addiction at Peabodys Down Under, like a 300 cap venue.


Iggy helped get this shit together and both he and Brian, seen here, are old friends. So good to see those dudes!


This right here is Chris Confer. He was my best friend from 3rd Grade on. Lived in my hood and we hung tough. We used to stay up all night playing rock trivia (and making our own music trivia question cards) and sometimes we would listen to the radio and write down every song they played and then just stay up all night crank calling the radio station for playing a bunch of shitty bullshit as opposed to Ted Nugent and Aerosmith. Then we later got into rap music and the white kids thought we were dumb and the black kids didn't understand us. What I am saying is, we were always some real music heads. Like thats all we did. It kept us out of trouble while pretty much all the rest of our peers continued on their slow ride to the bottom. Seeing Chris was a big surprise. He also skipped our HS 20 year reunion which was the same night. I found this out way late, but would not have gone anyway.


My great friends Brandi and Mike. Mike was my best friend in High School as we also shared a love for raucous rock music and heavy duty raps.


Also skateboarding and vandalism, not necesarily in that order. Also drinking.


Ben Frazier was also a big part of this event. He made the flyers, the Facebook page and the PINS!

And he fronted his old band LAST MAN STANDING and released a CD of all the old stuff that I somehow did not get a copy of. Must fix that soon.


Last Man Standing!


Fred Krugger also helped a lot. He contributed the Easy Action videos below. Dude played bass in the band LOST back in 1989. Lost later became the first band I ever booked on national tours.


And this boy here, Jim Beveridge was the original guitarist in LOST. He and I spent A LOT of time in vans on highways. Fred quit before that first tour.


So yeah, these dudes mean a lot to me.


Johnny James and the Absolutes fucking rule as well. Such serious songwriting and jammability. I am not even tripping. Crazy energy was pouring from the "stage" during their set.


And this dude right here, John Johnston was the man that helped make everything really happen and run smoothly at this event. He provided backline, ran sound, just kept everything straight from start to finish. He was my connect to the club in the weeks leading up to it and was a major promotional force. Thanks so much John. Also you have the coolest house I have ever been in.




And then of course there was Easy Action, featuring my favorite voice in rock music ever, John Brannon! John actually sang for the first band I ever booked, the Laughing Hyenas (and before that, Negative Approach). I'll never forget the first time I called him and asked him to play Erie, he said yes and well, that pretty much set off my entire career.


Word to Easy Action.


Real rock!


And this here is a photo of Ken, Bob and Larry. The ORIGINAL MY 3 SCUM! One of Erie's premier punk bands. I was listening to the tape they put out in 1989 and honestly man, these dudes songs really stood the test of time. Do yourself a favor and check them out.

Dig in the crates and such.

And yeah man, the night before this art gallery had a party, Urrara Gallery I believe it was called, and Sonic Medusa played. They really should have been on the CB20 show, but alas, we ran out of room. Singer/bass player Eric Hiney played in a later version of Lost and well, we also spent quite a lot of time in vans together on the highways of the good ol' USA.


Dudes still got it, ROCK.




So yeah, my lil trip to Erie went down. Had a lot of family work to do while there, but that's nothing to blog about. That's something to man up about. And I did. We did. And it was great. Word to my mother.

Thanks to everyone who made sure that this event was not only a success, but a heartfelt, meaningful, memorable experience for all involved.

You think I'm being sappy, but really you have no idea. It was worthy of all sap.

More Erie photos coming soon, and yeah, I'm back on it.

Check out the bulk of the set from Easy Action (minus the three encores they did!) and keep checking back with me y'all.