On Saturdays, Dj No Contact and I play records at Bar Italia in Winnipeg. As anyone who knows what Bar I is must be wondering: yes, it was a little strange at first. In fact, it’s a little strange every week. You see, Bar I does have a bit of a reputation. All the salacious… Continue reading Loose Fit Saturdays at Bar Italia
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Witchpolice LIVE!
Garbage Hill Podcast Network presents Witchpolice Radio Live and Direct! It’s a live podcast! With guests: MONA MOUSA, NESTOR WYNRUSH, ROB CROOKS, and members of RASTAMILS! Witchpolice Radio, one of Winnipeg’s best-loved and longest-running music podcasts, is hitting the stage for the first time in 140+ episodes! Sam and Ryan will be interviewing musicians as… Continue reading Witchpolice LIVE!
Saskatoon and Cinematheque
This Friday, May 22nd Nestor Wynrush and I will be the guests of Soso and Dj Chaps in Saskatoon. We play at Amigos. I can’t wait. Travis Cole will also be Djing that night. It will be fun. I can’t wait to leave this city and go to Saskatoon. Bridge city. Paris of the Prairies.… Continue reading Saskatoon and Cinematheque
Language, Hip-Hop and the 23rd of April at the Cavern in Winnipeg
The meaning of a word depends on how it is used. This is to say that language is essentially contextual, and that a word only has an identity through its relation to its other. A cliché example of this is when one word, in different contexts, holds opposite meanings, as in when “bad” is used… Continue reading Language, Hip-Hop and the 23rd of April at the Cavern in Winnipeg
Gruf the Druid’s Surface Area Album Release Party
There are three concert memories I have in my mind at all times. One is the memory of some fool in the front row of a Public Enemy concert refusing an offer from Flava Flav to swap his Florida Panthers jersey for the latter’s clock necklace. All these years later, I still ponder from time… Continue reading Gruf the Druid’s Surface Area Album Release Party
Downtown ’09 Now Available for Free Download
My new EP Downtown ’09 is now officially available for free download from Marathon of Dope! Please download, listen and pass it around! If you’d like a preview, listen to the song “Stab Somebody.” And please don’t forget, for those of you in Winnipeg, I will be performing every song, plus some others, next Thursday… Continue reading Downtown ’09 Now Available for Free Download
Stab Somebody
So, here is a song from my new EP, Downtown ’09. The song is called “Stab Somebody.” Although, the EP doesn’t officially come out until tomorrow, it is available for free download now. So please check it out, and share if you like it! “Stab Somebody” is about a guy who has developed a drug… Continue reading Stab Somebody
Coming Soon: Downtown ’09
Later this week I’m going to be dropping a new EP entitled Downtown ’09. It’s a collection of 6 songs that depict the sometimes dark side of Winnipeg’s nightlife. The songs form a narrative arc through the immature hedonism of one night stands and self-destructive drug use, leading up to a violent stabbing that brings… Continue reading Coming Soon: Downtown ’09
End the War on the Holiday Rap Convention
There is a War on the Holiday Rap Convention and we are sick of it. That’s why I have banded together with John Smith, Nestor Wynrush, Lonnie Ce, 3Peat and Cvlt Wvffle to end the insanity. Every year when we report Haters assaults on the traditions of the Holiday Rap Convention, the crazy loons begin… Continue reading End the War on the Holiday Rap Convention
Video for “Saturday”
Last year I was lucky enough to have the experience of a lifetime: touring across Europe with my friends from Zucchini Drive. I’ve been on many tours before, but never like that one. Twenty-one cities in just under a month’s time. We drove all over Europe from Spain to Germany and (almost) everywhere in between.… Continue reading Video for “Saturday”