TheThrowAwayDays issue #3

     So I was going to scan in issue #3 of TheThrowAwayDays that came out in May of 2014, but I took pictures instead. I couldn't install the scanner that I bought a few months ago because I don't have enough free space on my computer right now. After I took the pictures on my cell phone, emailed to myself, then started uploading them I realized they were blurry. So then I decided to bust out my external hard drive and find the files that I sent to print. I feel like something gets lost in translation when you're looking at a zine online, so I wanted to at least scan or show pictures of it so you could see that it's a real thing you can hold. But I blew it. At least for now. :/

Steddy P @ Shadow Lounge 7-2-2012

     Live hip hop shows have always been, in my opinion, for getting boozed up. It's pretty rare that I can go to a live, hear someone for the first time, and be into anything more than their presence and beats. Leaving out the element most important to me, the lyrical content. However last night that outlook of going to shows just to get faded changed considering the fact that I'm broke and virtually unemployed.

      So when I heard about Proseed and Fortified PhonetX throwing a show at Shadow Lounge I could think of every excuse not to go so I could stay home and save money. But when my brothers in arms were frantically sending out texts last minute to avoid a flopped show I couldn't help but go out and support them when I'd rather be sitting in my lonely apartment listening to rats shit in my silverware drawer. Not to mention one of the texts I got said the $5 cover was reduced to $3 for fellow artists, and I assumed I'd be able to get a little buzz up by stealing drinks off of rich girls while they weren't looking.
     I arrived to the show two and a half sets in(missing Frigid Giant, Dos Noun, and part of Proseed), and to my dismay wasn't able to get in at the rumored reduced rate. No worries though, because I went out to try and salvage my friends potentially small show, one $5 cover charge at a time. Also to my dismay half the girls there were in some way related to Moemaw Naedon, making it a little uncomfortable to steal drinks from them in case I got caught.
     Either way, I showed up just in time to catch my first show experience with Steddy P. And although I was crabby and sober, the dude from Kansas City killed it. Steddy P's set was super enthusiastic and you could tell he was more than happy to be in Pittsburgh for the first time. One of my favorite lines of his that really stuck with me was,"work hard, play hard, party hard, fuck hard... until we reach the graveyard." He ended his set by inviting everyone in the audience to go do shots with him. If only I could have...
     He's got free shit online, and seems to be the touring type, check it out, then don't be a scrub like me and buy his shit when he rolls through your town and do some shots with him.


http://www.facebook.com/steddyp
http://steddyp.bandcamp.com/