Little Eskimo Jesus - Could You Please Be Quiet, Please? free download
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Little Eskimo Jesus - Could You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Little Eskimo Jesus - Could You Please Be Quiet, Please? free download
Monday, December 17, 2012
Brandon Brains - The End is Weird interview
Brandon Brains of Nashville, TN is a modern day renaissance man. College student, fiance, use to be in the navy, ex bouncer, all while still being a prolific relatively new face in the "DIY hip hop community"(as lame and pretentious as using the word community sounds). In a little less than a week his new release 'The End is Weird' drops. Get familiar, get weird, get with it.
TheThrowAwayDays: Brandon Brains, are you still a bouncer at a strip club, what were the
requirements to get this job? Did you have to arm wrestle a sexual
offender while naked women were dancing without getting a boner?
Brandon Brains: No, I quit that job to focus on school and music. Most gig opportunities are on weekends and I worked EVERY weekend. However, I got the job from a friend of a friend putting in a good word for me. I never arm wrestled anybody there and after a while of seeing it all the time, boners don't come to you at work.
Brandon Brains: No, I quit that job to focus on school and music. Most gig opportunities are on weekends and I worked EVERY weekend. However, I got the job from a friend of a friend putting in a good word for me. I never arm wrestled anybody there and after a while of seeing it all the time, boners don't come to you at work.
T-TAD: What is the craziest thing you ever saw at your job?
BB: My first night on the job, there was a dude who got wasted, pulled out
his dick and then passed out onto the floor. We are pretty sure he
thought he was in the bathroom, but you'd be surprised the amount of
dudes that I had to throw out for whipping out there junk in hopes of
getting laid during lapdances.
T-TAD: You ever think about having some of the girls strip to your songs? Or
maybe even doing it yourself? It would probably get more publicity than
this interview, HA!
BB: Funny
enough, the friend who got me the job is the DJ there, so my stuff got
played a lot. It's a weird feeling watching a woman get naked to songs
you wrote about strange times in your life.
T-TAD: Before you were a bouncer(and perhaps even before you were a rapper) you
were in the service, what was that like and has it influenced your
music at all?
BB: As
much as I'd like to deny it, my time in the navy really did influence
my music. Maybe not so much the service itself, but my personal life
during that time and the effect being in the navy had on that.
T-TAD: On your last release 'Ugly and Impatient" you had a feature by a some
what big name artist, but when I talked to you a while ago in Pittsburgh
you said he wouldn't plug the collab, because "it was all about image."
Do you care to elaborate on that?
BB:
I've never really understood the logic behind that. It was a dick move
on his part, but whatever, we live, learn, and die. Why continue to
care about what assholes won't do to help us?
T-TAD:Has that experience changed how you work and music and with who? I see
you have a lot of collabs on your upcoming release 'The End is Weird'.
BB: 10
of the 13 tracks have features on this mix tape, so that last
experience didn't shy me away from working with people. If anything, it
taught me to work more with friends who will support me, without being
paid. Maybe I'm biased because they're my friends, but some of the
artists on here are people I'm a big fan of their music (even if we
weren't friends).
T-TAD: You've been promoting this new release pretty hard, what are you plans for it? Are you going to tour it?
BB: Well,
I won't be touring this mixtape super hard due to my schedule, but I
will be doing some shows to support it. Aside from that, the next
project is in the works and that looks to be promising in the
opportunities it could provide. I'm just taking it one day at a time
though and focusing on making a name off of 'The End Is Weird' for now.
Hell, the CD has been playing in my car nonstop since we finished it.
I can't wait to see what the fans think.
T-TAD: You did the Hollow Grammar tour with B. Done(of Virginia I think), how did you two meet?
BB: He is originally from VA, but currently resides in North Carolina.
Funny enough, I was introduced to B.Done on Instagram about a year ago
when I was working with Ced Hughes on getting beats together for 'Ugly
& Impatient'. Ced told me I needed to follow him because he was a
fellow hip hop artist who was also into comics and action figures, like
myself. The rest is history.
T-TAD: What are some good stories from the road you guys got?
BB: We
fell asleep in the train station parking lot with my headlights on in
New Jersey. The cops came to the window thinking we'd died. Aside from
that, no crazy stories. Just met a lot of interesting people and got a
crash course in what to do and not do when on tour.
T-TAD: What are you plans after 'The End is Weird' both with rap and the rest
of your life. Aren't you married and going to school too? You're like
the renaissance man.
BB: I am getting married in the fall, but not married yet. I am going to
school for advertising, so that helps me more than it hurts me with my
music. As I mentioned earlier, I'm working on the next project, but it
will have a different feel due to being a live band set up as opposed to
the sampled beats I use now. I can't wait to see what happens from
here.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
ESH the Monolith interview and free download.
ESH the Monolith is an awesome rapper, and a cool dude I met a while ago when he toured through Pittsburgh. I decided to give his 10 inch, Invisible he did with DOX some shine for the millions upon millions of people that follow this blog, and to try and make the post slightly more interesting than a boring JPEG image I decided to email him a few questions that have little to do with his music, and nothing to do with this vinyl. Proofreading your blog is for total nerds, I'm just kind of a nerd, so here there interview complete with every grammar mistake, punctuation error, and type-o he or I have have mad.e
TheThrowAwayDays: I see you petting the cat pretty hard here, did you land this kick flip? (looks like it's gonna be a kick flip)
ESH the Monolith: This was an attempted kick flip and no I didn’t land it. I didn’t land a single trick that night on account of I suck at skateboarding and I am old. This was just me getting my Little Wayne on and trying to appeal to the kiddos. Drink Mountain Dew, kiddos.
T-TAD: When is the last time you really "skated" and why did you get out of it?
ESH: I think I quit skating when I was in high school. Around 1943 I believe. I wasn’t immediately good at it so I quit because I am lazy and I quit things that I am not immediately good at. I stick with the bike nowadays.
T-TAD: What kind of eccentric super hero sprains his ankle jumping off a car? You can't save anyone like that.
ESH: The worst super hero out, that’s who. I was so fucking drunk that night. I was drinking vodka out of pint glasses all night in Trenton, NJ. HW is a son of a bitch for posting such an un-superhero like video of the god.
T-TAD: How, when, and why did the super hero thing become a staple to go along side ESH?
ESH: It was around 1943 I think. I’ve always been into the idea of superheros who are really just fuck ups. Like, “Yeah I can fly and I’m really strong, but this blow habit is draining my pockets and my girlfriend is a bitch.”
Also, rappers have the tendency to elevate themselves to these untouchable super man like characters, so I decided to make myself the worst superhero out because that’s more accurate.
T-TAD: You got any good dirt on HW or Halo after touring with them? Or any rad stories from the road in general?
ESH: First of all, those dudes are great to tour with. I would tour with them again in a heartbeat.
That being said, here is some dirt on HW:
1. He has a Juggalo hatchet man tattoo on his shoulder.
2. That night I busted my shit jumping off Halo’s jeep, HW got beat up by Raymond Strife’s lady friend and cried and peed his pants and said he wanted to cancel tour and go home because of the bruises.
As for Halo, this isn’t really dirt, but dude was legally dead at one point and got brought back to life. He also has the uncanny ability to play a Gangstar song followed by a Misfits song followed by the I’m Barbie Girl in a Barbie World song and make it work. And has a stylish fur coat.
T-TAD: Why does it take you so long to put out music? According to your bandcamp you have a release in 2008 and 2011 and that's it, or do you have stuff out that's not on there?
ESH: In between those two projects I did a bunch of collaborations and produced joints for a bunch of people. I did a lot of work on my homie Romen Rok’s album “Absolutely” which came out in 2010.
I’m not making excuses. Most of it was due to being fucked up all the time and unfocused and messing with trashy birds. That isn’t the case any more. I’m much more motivated now. I have another project that’s coming out next month and a full length production album that’s almost done. I’ve mended my slacker ways.
T-TAD: What are your future rap plans?(tours, releases, publicity scandals, etc)
ESH: In December I’m releasing a new half an album over with my dude The Arcitype’s beats. It’s called Nightworks. Topics include: alcoholism in the werewolf community, LARPing, cubicles, being a small person, falling out of love with bridges, the episode of Punky Brewster where Cherry got locked in that refrigerator, and giving people dead arms. It’s a bunch of raps, mostly. It features Romen Rok, Fran-P, and Ceschi. My brother also plays guitar on it which I’m pretty hyped about. We are putting out a new video when it drops too.
Then sometime next year I’m releasing a project called Loop Minded Individuals, which is a compilation that is co-produced by me and Intrikit. We rap on it too, but not much. It features verses from too many people to mention (plus I’m still waiting on some people).
Hopefully I’ll be touring again in March, but I’m not sure yet. I’d like to get back out to Pittsburg soon and chill with your dog, who seems like a pretty chill dog.
After that I’m going to drive my car into the Grand Canyon.
If you give a fuck, we can be computer buddies here:
www.EcenticSuperHero.com
Twitter: @ESHtheMonolith
Facebook.com/ESHtheMonolith
Instagram: EshTakesPictures
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TheThrowAwayDays: I see you petting the cat pretty hard here, did you land this kick flip? (looks like it's gonna be a kick flip)
ESH the Monolith: This was an attempted kick flip and no I didn’t land it. I didn’t land a single trick that night on account of I suck at skateboarding and I am old. This was just me getting my Little Wayne on and trying to appeal to the kiddos. Drink Mountain Dew, kiddos.
T-TAD: When is the last time you really "skated" and why did you get out of it?
ESH: I think I quit skating when I was in high school. Around 1943 I believe. I wasn’t immediately good at it so I quit because I am lazy and I quit things that I am not immediately good at. I stick with the bike nowadays.
T-TAD: What kind of eccentric super hero sprains his ankle jumping off a car? You can't save anyone like that.
ESH: The worst super hero out, that’s who. I was so fucking drunk that night. I was drinking vodka out of pint glasses all night in Trenton, NJ. HW is a son of a bitch for posting such an un-superhero like video of the god.
T-TAD: How, when, and why did the super hero thing become a staple to go along side ESH?
ESH: It was around 1943 I think. I’ve always been into the idea of superheros who are really just fuck ups. Like, “Yeah I can fly and I’m really strong, but this blow habit is draining my pockets and my girlfriend is a bitch.”
Also, rappers have the tendency to elevate themselves to these untouchable super man like characters, so I decided to make myself the worst superhero out because that’s more accurate.
T-TAD: You got any good dirt on HW or Halo after touring with them? Or any rad stories from the road in general?
ESH: First of all, those dudes are great to tour with. I would tour with them again in a heartbeat.
That being said, here is some dirt on HW:
1. He has a Juggalo hatchet man tattoo on his shoulder.
2. That night I busted my shit jumping off Halo’s jeep, HW got beat up by Raymond Strife’s lady friend and cried and peed his pants and said he wanted to cancel tour and go home because of the bruises.
As for Halo, this isn’t really dirt, but dude was legally dead at one point and got brought back to life. He also has the uncanny ability to play a Gangstar song followed by a Misfits song followed by the I’m Barbie Girl in a Barbie World song and make it work. And has a stylish fur coat.
T-TAD: Why does it take you so long to put out music? According to your bandcamp you have a release in 2008 and 2011 and that's it, or do you have stuff out that's not on there?
ESH: In between those two projects I did a bunch of collaborations and produced joints for a bunch of people. I did a lot of work on my homie Romen Rok’s album “Absolutely” which came out in 2010.
I’m not making excuses. Most of it was due to being fucked up all the time and unfocused and messing with trashy birds. That isn’t the case any more. I’m much more motivated now. I have another project that’s coming out next month and a full length production album that’s almost done. I’ve mended my slacker ways.
T-TAD: What are your future rap plans?(tours, releases, publicity scandals, etc)
ESH: In December I’m releasing a new half an album over with my dude The Arcitype’s beats. It’s called Nightworks. Topics include: alcoholism in the werewolf community, LARPing, cubicles, being a small person, falling out of love with bridges, the episode of Punky Brewster where Cherry got locked in that refrigerator, and giving people dead arms. It’s a bunch of raps, mostly. It features Romen Rok, Fran-P, and Ceschi. My brother also plays guitar on it which I’m pretty hyped about. We are putting out a new video when it drops too.
Then sometime next year I’m releasing a project called Loop Minded Individuals, which is a compilation that is co-produced by me and Intrikit. We rap on it too, but not much. It features verses from too many people to mention (plus I’m still waiting on some people).
Hopefully I’ll be touring again in March, but I’m not sure yet. I’d like to get back out to Pittsburg soon and chill with your dog, who seems like a pretty chill dog.
After that I’m going to drive my car into the Grand Canyon.
If you give a fuck, we can be computer buddies here:
www.EcenticSuperHero.com
Twitter: @ESHtheMonolith
Facebook.com/ESHtheMonolith
Instagram: EshTakesPictures
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