OMG @ FFF

Pardon the late bloggage. I know the major outlets already got their coverage in order, but man, I had some recovering to do.


It started for me on Thursday night with Table Dance, an AustinSurreal collaboration with Knuckle Rumbler. People were hype as fuck, it was so dope.


Michael 5000 Watts, Skratch Bastid and Rapid Ric GOIN' HARD!

Toronto's Skratch Bastid, I mean, Sabbath in the Park's Skratch Bastid was in town on tour with the comedian Russell Peters, so we got to start the night off at The Paramount Theatre seeing their show. Dude was hilarious and props to him for having a real DJ on stage with him, showing folks how dope it really can be. Bastid is over the top.


It really went down.


These two good lookin' guys right here.




Pretty much everyone in the place was all smiles the whole night.




AC, Cali Zack and friends




GangstaBooBarbie and Lowkey


D. George, Friend, Jonsense


THE DREADED PHOTOGRAPHER!


Japanese Jesus


Nick, Meriah, Laura, J-Ro








Kunal, Lowkey, Reggie Coby - See y'all in Houston tomorrow dudes




Lolo and Gerald G


Davis, Aaron and Rufus in the place


And oh yeah shit, my boy Mike was in town from Erie. We kicked it the whole weekend non stop. Like 100 Heineken Light's deep at the fest and then many man Fireman's 4's, Live Oak Pilsner's. Um, Real Ale Rye. I know you fill dat.

So Friday we kinda chilled, saw Weird Al Yankovich which ruled, and Saturday hit the fest at 10 a.m.

AustinSurreal came in and put the first five acts together on the blue stage and man it was just off the chain.

Nick Nack and his dude destroyed the opening set.


On them turntables.


Triumphant arrival of Butcher Bear


Adrienne, Invincible and friends!

The League of Extraordinary G'z went second and straight set it off hard.






Complete with D-Madness on the drums, and Nick Nack on the tables. What an insane combo.



The League is a crew made up of three groups, Dred Skott, South Bound and Da COD. Some of the strongest spitters in Austin to me. Real dope set.

I'ma be with them in Houston tomorrow evening at SF@ - see flyer below - and then later than that at Damage Control! Tune in from 12am --> to www.kpft.org







This my boy right here.


Butcher Bear & Charlie ripped it next. Their album Carbomb comes out this month and is JAMMIN'


He ain't trippin'


Neither is she


So glad to see Invincible & Waajeed live together.


Brilliant of course.






And of course Devin the Dude and the Coughee Brothaz got the place properly, um, proper.




Wafts of smoke were flying up into the air in every direction you looked.


And it was Jugg Mugg's birthday! Happy Birthday Coughee Bro.


Slick Rick came on right after Devin and had people straight up mezmerized.

However you spell that.

Then later in the night we hit the ND, one of my favorite clubs, for the AustinSurreal FunFunFunFest After Party. Jean Grae missed her flight so we had her come in on the big screens via UStream, which um, was surreal to say the least. SO we accomplished the surreal portion of the party right off the bat, and then Devin came on and rocked the jams for a good hour.





Someone told me we won the award for best smelling show ever at the ND. Interpret that how you will.


The Niceguys from Houston were really great as well. This was my first time seeing them but it won't be my last!








They done smashed.


Waajeed hit the tables








And then Austin's Kydd hit the stage with Cory Kendrix and straight destroyed it. They are very much on to something.

So yeah my day was 10 a.m. - 4 a.m., which was actually 3 a.m. cuz we turned the clocks back.

Sunday I really wanted to see Crew54, but really what I needed was to sleep till like 10, then sit on my couch like a vegetable, then eat way too much at Dan's Hamburgers, then chill some more, then get to the fest in time to see...

JEAN GRAE! Yes she made it and she was amazing. One of my favorite MC's of all time for real. And as Joe Gross says, "the funniest rapper on Twitter." Hand's down. That's true.


Then one of my other favorite MC's of all time, Pharoahe Monch hit the stage.


Like whoa. MONSTER! WAR!

A few beers and a bratwurst from Frank later, I saw Suicidal Tendencies for a bit and the Hold Steady for a bit, then got more beers, and found a spot to see The Descendents.



Still raging




Wish I woulda heard "Hurtin' Crew" or whatever, but I really wanted to end my weekend with A-Trak. Who took it to that other level of the game.




As evidenced by these photos.

Anyway speaking of Canada, we then went home and me and Mike drank more beer and watched Fubar. Tron Funkin Blow. Good Night.

COME HOLLER TOMORROW HOUSTON! MEET THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY G'Z! MY DUDES!

FUNFUNFUNFEST STARTS NOW!

MAYNE HOLD UP! IT'S REALLY GOIN' DOWN!

Waterloo Park was already buzzing tonight. Got to see most of Weird Al's set, and I'm totally stoked for everything to come. Here's a lil preview of who and what you might see this weekend at Waterloo Park. Tickets still available, get info at www.funfunfunfest.com and come on down!

(AUSTINSURREAL AFTER PARTY NOTE: Devin the Dude and Jean Grae will open the party at the ND at 10 p.m. Devin and Jean Grae will be DJing FIRST at 10 p.m. They will NOT be rapping. Just DJing for the first time ever together. SO get to the ND early, this will fill up fast. Flyer below videos if ya dun know)

Clap (One Day) from W.A.R. Media on Vimeo.

Jean Grae@ Brooklyn Bowl from beatmakersedition.com on Vimeo.

Anyway it's amazing this year. So stoked to see all this. Hit www.funfunfunfest.com for all the info and come down today and see all these groups and more.

And TONIGHT:



Devin the Dude and Jean Grae on first AT 10 PM SHARP! Don't be late.

FunFunFunFest Preview Show Today at 3pmDescendents Live Concert DLTable Dance TONIGHT!

OMG it starts now. Can you feel the FunFunFun Spirit rumbling in the streets? In your gut? I do, that's for sure. Not sure who you want to see this weekend? Tune into my FunFunFunFest Preview Special on Radio KAOS today at 3 p.m. Central cuz it's really goin' down! Will make your work day so much more thoweder.

Anyway, by now you know, Devo canceled, and were replaced by THE DESCENDANTS!



So I had to go digging in the tape crates to find this exclusive live audio from a show in Oakland in 1986. The Descendants raging like an MFer running through all the early hits.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE DESCENDANTS LIVE IN OAKLAND MAY 1986 AND GET HYPE FOR THEIR SHOW SUNDAY AT FUNFUNFUNFEST!

And of course tonight come down to the Scoot Inn for TABLE DANCE! Early battles with the Texas Battle League, then Skratch Bastid, Michael "5000" Watts and Rapid Ric will be KILLING IT ALL NIGHT!



Yeah man, that's how it's goin' down today. Tune in this afternoon and come kick it with me tonight.

My past coupla weeks

Man it's really been going down around Austin lately. As soon as school gets back in the city gets flooded with events. Which is good and bad. Good cuz there's a lot to choose from, bad cuz there's barely a million people here and when there's 6 similar events in a night, someone is going to fail. I'd venture to say that there's almost as much viable musical entertainment going on in Austin on any given night as there is in New York City, a city of 12 million people who never sleep. Whatever, I still have fun, but I get sad when great shows that should have 500 people in them, have 50, and were promoted like crazy.

So yeah, come to my shit this week or I'ma be trippin'. ANYHOO. Peep it.


Man I went I guess about 2 weeks back to Club De Ville to see Prince Paul and Aceyalone, what a great show. Acey seen here wrecking.


Shit was crazy though, they had an opening act that featured Riddlore, and also some burlesque dancers, that I somehow kept missing.

Burlesque dancers at a backpacky show? I guess so...


Shit sucked though cuz in true Austin fashion, a big portion of the crowd didn't come till after 11pm, and well, on these outdoor stages the music has to stop by 12am, so the condo dwelling fuck tards can get some beauty sleep. 12:01 am I saw a cop car outsdie, and I looked at the stage and there was dude running like hell to tell them to stop and turn it off.

Thanks Live Music Capitol of the World that has more respect for condo dwelling motherfuckers than music fans and musicians.


So that's why I took pictures of Prince Paul through the window. It was way too packed once they moved it inside.




Then the other night I hit the streets with flyers for my upcoming events. Started out at the Cactus Cafe on UT Campus and saw The Monarchs.


Who are one of the best bands in Austin right now. Shit jams. As I was sitting there I was thinking to myself, why the fuck were they talking about closing this place down? This lil space in this big ass building on campus? What were they gonna do with it when it closed? Make a new broom closet? Its a legendary institution and I am glad they saved it.

Then I went to see Bad brains but it was so packed I didn't try to take any flicks. What the fuck is HR on these days? Halcyon? I like the psycho HR better.


Then I went to the Parish to see Zeale WRECK IT at his release party. What a fucking show man. Shit was killer.


And the new remodel of the Parish is killer as well. Still one of our towns premier venues.


After Zeale I hit up the ND, where Peanut Butter Wolf was spinning (seen here dressed as a Peanut Butter Wolf for Halloween). The ND is where the AustinSurreal Fun Fun Fun Fest After Party is goin' down. Hit me up if you need directions. you do NOT want to miss this shit.


Dude killed it on the video mix.


And Richard Henry got the award for best costume.


And I have no idea how this photo came about but I like it.




Then Saturday night Chico Mann performed at the Scoot Inn.


Shit was amazing, word to Strange Tribe and Soul of the Boot. They are bringing THE HEAT! On a cold cold night.










Anyway, it went down.


Amitiss was in the house.


Erin from LAX and Zeale got awards for best costumes that night.

And then I went home and we had Family Halloween time.

Complete with these pumpkins.


Peep the skills.




My nephew Jude




And my lil Monstaz.

Anyway, see you Thursday and Saturday and Sunday I hope. FunFunFunFest posts coming more thru the week. And a special Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview show is goin' down on Thursday at 3 pm on Radio KAOS!