Birdapres and I are different than most rappers you may meet in Winnipeg. We’re both poor men’s intellectuals, with a long reading list of paper backs resting on our bedside tables. Although we are fundamentally influenced by the movement that came out of the Bronx in the 1970s, our musical influences… Continue reading Birdapres & Rob Crooks’ New Single “Pump Up the Volume”
Category: New Music
Take a Look, It’s in a Book: What to Read on Tour
It is two weeks now until I leave on tour across Europe with Zucchini Drive, and there are still a number of things that need to be sorted out. First on the agenda: what books to bring. I always bring books on tour. That’s not to say I always read each of the books I… Continue reading Take a Look, It’s in a Book: What to Read on Tour
The Grinch Who Stole Pipmas
The holidays are a two-sided coin. On the one hand, there’s the fact that winter is still kind of a nice novelty. We still have a little bit of reverence for the beauty of the snow and ice, and a feeling of playfulness that makes the cold much more bearable. It’s a small window of… Continue reading The Grinch Who Stole Pipmas
Reviewed in Uptown Magazine
Earlier this month, we learned of another heavy blow coming down on Winnipeg’s music scene. On top of venues closing down at an alarming rate (Negative Space now?), the free arts and entertainment weekly Uptown Magazine published it’s final issue last Thursday. It will apparently re-surface as an insert in the Winnipeg Free Press, replacing… Continue reading Reviewed in Uptown Magazine
Marathon of Dope Western Canadian Tour
Aw yea, aw yea! The headline is true! Later this month Pip Skid, Dj C0-op and I will be bringing our shit-show circus on the road from Winnipeg to Vancouver and back, setting off tornadoes of chaos and terror at every stop along the way. And just to up the ante on this already… Continue reading Marathon of Dope Western Canadian Tour
Trout! Trout! Trout!
After a one year hiatus, the Rainbow Trout Music Festival is back in full effect for 2012, and I will be performing! I was scheduled to perform at it last year with Magnum KI, before some unforeseen circumstances shut it down; but everything is going and will continue to go smoothly for this year.… Continue reading Trout! Trout! Trout!
The Assiniboine River Music Armada
I like French stuff: philosophy, literature, film, music. France is pretty alright in my books. Not to mention they gave us the Golden Boy. I’m proud to live in a place with such a strong French presence and history, even if we do all pronounce Portage as “Poor-tidge.” St. Boniface is really a nice… Continue reading The Assiniboine River Music Armada
A Fond Farewell…The Dope Joints Last Episode
Last week I posted about the future; sadly, this week I am forced to post about the past. Tonight, Wednesday, July 25th 2012 will be the final episode of “The Dope Joints” show, which has aired on UMFM (the University of Manitoba’s campus radio station) since 1998. The ever-changing landscape of hip-hop will… Continue reading A Fond Farewell…The Dope Joints Last Episode
Introducing… The Future
If you’ve had the chance to catch one or more of my past few performances in Winnipeg, you’ve been fortunate enough to experience the great accompanying power of my good friend Jonathan Askholm. Jon is someone who I’ve known for so long I don’t remember meeting him. It was probably in our grade one class,… Continue reading Introducing… The Future
Buck 65 at the Pyramid Cabaret in Winnipeg with Rob Crooks
In less than 2 weeks I will be opening up for one of my all-time favorite artists, Buck 65 at the Pyramid Cabaret in Winnipeg. When I first heard Buck 65, around ten years ago, he really changed the way I thought about not only music, but so many other things as well (for… Continue reading Buck 65 at the Pyramid Cabaret in Winnipeg with Rob Crooks