PT Burnem - Pink Lazers

Indie rapper vagabond mainstay, PT Burnem puts out his new release, Pink Lazers. Burnem is coining the phase "subconscious rap" to help describe this 13 track release. The album has features that serve as land marks in Burnem's touring and living history over the last few years including Swordplay, Ceschi, Eyenine, Paulie Think, Drew Scott, MCNEye, and more

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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. :/

Stillborn Identity/MC Homeless split cassette

It's about time I shamelessly promote myself. I(Stillborn Identity) did a hand numbered, limited run, split cassette with MC Homeless at the end of last year. Since the release, MC Homeless has "retired" but I still wanna keep this release in circulation because I think both sides are awesome. As far as I know this is the last release he did as "MC Homeless." I think there is a Brain Busters(MC Homeless and Joey Silva) release out there, and he started doing some non-hip hop project.

MC Homeless' side starts off with a track Imaginary Audience, a track by Brain Busters.

The second track is 66 featuring Me, Stillborn Identity. It's produced by C Money Burns. Homeless and I drive from Youngstown, OH to Austin, TX after he moved there and needed his car. I was super pumped to hang out in Austin, TX, but Homeless started a new job during the day and was gun-ho about hanging out with his at the time lady friend at night. So most of my time was spent trying to figure out how the bus line there worked only to instead walk 5 miles to a skate park, drinking Mad Dog20/20 by myself, and writing this track. Homeless had a half finished verse and polished it up in like 3 takes after I took over a half over to record my verse I had been working on all weekend. We're both kinda Vincent Gallo geeks and titling the track was never even a question after we put the quote from Buffalo 66 in there.

Breathe was originally released free online on his Wild At Heart ep produced by Johnny La Rock.

This fourth track on his side is almost to good to believe. MC Homeless toured with Illogic and Baker a year or two ago, and they had a day off in CT during their tour. During their day off they wrote and recorded this song with Ceschi.

My side starts off with Artist Wishlist produced by Pat Urn of 7718. I think I also wrote most of this song at Homeless' place in Texas. I didn't finish it until weeks later when I was in New Jersey "working" as a videographer on a freestyle motocross tour. That night one of the best FMX photographers (at least in my opinion), Chris Tedesco talked to me about what he had to do to "make it" in the industry. The only direct quote from that drunken hotel foyer conversation was, "just don't sell out, whatever that means to you." Ironically enough, I think that was my last weekend working on that tour.

Jack Wilson played me CREAM sometime in the beginning of the year when I was couch surfing in Baltimore and I was so pumped on his verse, and the beat by Visionary Brotherhood, that I demanded that he let me collab with him on it... and luckily he did.

I'm leading Me Down produced by Tybo Beats was the last track I wrote for the release. I thought it sounded like something HW would fit in with, so before I was finished with my second verse I sent him a text seeing if he was down, then emailed him a rough copy. Within hours(before I was finished with my second verse) he sent me his final version of the track.

Photo from left to right: Cathy Cathodic, HW, Stillborn Identity, Eric, Baker


Pitseleh's a Goner produced by JE Double F is my favorite track. I never knew that Pitseleh was Yiddish for "little one" but after I figured that out when I opened for Height with Friends at the 31st Street Pub it made the title even more fitting. Originally the titled was inspired by an Elliott Smith song. http://www.pghcitypaper.com/FFW/archives/2012/10/22/mp3-monday-stillborn-identity-pitselehs-a-goner

I wrote 1,000 Miles(produced by Zoen) away when I was living in Nevada and still in love with a girl in Pittsburgh. After I wrote this song and sent her the demo, I thought she would ask me to come back to her. But she didn't. She just said it was another really sad song I wrote, and asked what it was about.

Physical copies of the tape are available through this blog, Milled Pavement, Harford and Rekords, and whatever hard copies the artists have left.

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ESH & ARC - Nightworks

Another free download from ESH the Monolith. ESH & ARC put out this ep, Nightworks. It features Romen Rok, Fran-P, and Ceschi. It's rad, download it and begin the brainwashing process.

I haven't even got a chance to watch this video yet, but judging by the thumbnail it looks awesome.

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
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Instagram: EshTakesPictures

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Ceschi - Fake Flowers R.I.P. #2

Look at this, a free, legal download from Ceschi similar to the one I stumbled on that I thought was some rare gem in the last post, turns out I was wrong. When I saw Ceschi at Youngstown a few weeks ago I'm pretty certain he had none of these available. I don't know why, I get super pumped when I see an artists discography sprawled across a makeshift merch table.

Digital downloads only are so lame, keep print alive... but if it's free digital download only I'll take it.

Ceschi - Fake Flowers R.I.P. #2

Ceschi and Bleubird in Youngstown, OH 4-24-2012

I filmed some stuff at this show. But I didn't drink because I had to drive home so nothing exciting happened. Greenlander also played but I didn't film his set because I was feeling lazy.

     Here is a clip of Ceschi ripping it at the show.
     I had an old cd of Ceschi's I found on SoulSeek ages ago called, Fake Flowers RIP 3 CDR. I was going to share it, but with everything being taken off mediafire lately, and me not knowing any other way to share music, I think I'm going to pass. It's a shame because it's something that isn't in circulation anymore(if it ever was, I can't find much info about this release) but is still worth hearing. Given by the name I think it's some sort of prequel/sequel to Fake Flowers filled with rough recordings or songs that didn't make the cut, but are still good. Maybe I'll eventually find a way to share this legally, but until then I'm just going taunt the nonexistant readers of this blog with the fact that I had an obscure Ceschi Ramos release and YOU DON'T!

     Here is a clip of Bleubird ripping it at the show. I was especially excited to see/get to play with Bleubird at this show. This was my first time getting to play with Blebird, and only second time getting to see him live. I saw him a few years ago with Astronautalis in Pittsburgh, and that's what sparked my interest in him, so it was cool seeing him and finally knowing some of the songs.
     Bleubird killed it at the show. It was awesome to see how he stepped up after Greenlander and Stillborn Identity had to face a pretty stagnant crowd and then 'bird turned them inside out. His on stage banter made it hard for anyone in the crowd not to participate in his set. The video above was his first song of the night, and he immediatly grabs the crowds attention(even the crowd outside chain smoking) with a freestyle that involves everyone. Shit was rad. Go see Bleubird.
     I also did an interview with Bleubird after the show for the upcoming first issue of my zine ironically enough titled, TheThrowAwayDays.
Free legal shit; Street Talk 5, Street Talk III, Street Talk 2

Baker was pretty nervous at this show. He booked two of his favorite rappers and was pretty nervous about how the turn out was going to be. Luckily it pulled through and people showed up, and Greenlander ran the sound for him to help him mellow out. Baker had to play last, and Ceschi and Bleubird are no easy act to follow, but luckily for him he was pretty buzzed up and didn't seem to mind.
Free legal shit from Baker; From California
Free legal shit from Greenlander; Split, Self Titled
Free legal shit from Stillborn Identity; Half Nothing, Life vs. Art, Less is More, Nude Pictures