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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