You can buy this t-shirt that was designed by 319 Heads. As you may be able to tell, the logo is derived from the Winnipeg Jets’ old logo, from the team’s first incarnation. Winnipeg has a complicated history with the NHL. Like many people around my age, I grew up watching the Jets. Some of… Continue reading Buy This T-Shirt If You Want
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Third Verse Podcast
Last winter, I went to Saskatoon with Nestor Wynrush to play a show with Ceschi and Factor. That was one of the best trips I’ve had in a long time. We went up a day early to make sure we had lots of time to hang out with all of our friends there. The day… Continue reading Third Verse Podcast
Pip Skid & Rob Crooks – It’s Ok
Pip Skid returns with his quarantine-themed EP It’s Ok. Produced entirely by Rob Crooks, It’s Ok explores the distress that has captured the entire world in the wake of a global pandemic. Pip’s lyrics express the restlessness that accompanies indefinite shelter-in-place orders, the anxiety of accessing essential services in the time of social distancing and… Continue reading Pip Skid & Rob Crooks – It’s Ok
Yuletide Bandit Video Premiere
Schadenfreude
December 29th Bazooka Joe (fka John Smith) Rob Crooks Schadenfreude Spend an enchanting winter’s eve with Eat Em Up Records’ latest release: Schadenfreude, the new album, from Bazooka Joe & Rob Crooks. Joe & Crooks will perform Schadenfreude in its entirety, live within the cozy confines of Winnipeg’s historic Garrick Hotel Bar. With supporting performances… Continue reading Schadenfreude
The Goose Premieres in Winnipeg with Performance from Rob Crooks
Directed by Mike Maryniuk 2018, Canada, 75 min Opening night screening introduced by Mike Maryniuk, with a special live performance by Rob Crooks. With an all star cast of Winnipeggers including Rob Crooks, Al Simmons,Washboard Hank Fisher, Mike Olito, James “Pinhead” Miller, Winnipeg mayoral candidate Ed Ackerman, and Maryniuk veterans Rob Vilar and Tim Roth, The… Continue reading The Goose Premieres in Winnipeg with Performance from Rob Crooks
“And the Nothing From Which Nothing Comes” Now Available Everywhere The Internet Is
My new album “And the Nothing From Which Nothing Comes”* is now available to stream on all streaming services. I mean, I don’t know about all streaming services. I can only name two: Apple Music and Spotify. It’s available on those two services for sure. But I think Jay-Z has a streaming service too, right? I don’t… Continue reading “And the Nothing From Which Nothing Comes” Now Available Everywhere The Internet Is
“And The Nothing From Which Nothing Comes” Release Show May 26th
Rob Crooks is a musician, songwriter and performance artist based in Winnipeg, Canada. With a masters degree in Philosophy and an ear for heavy rhythm and relaxed melodies, Crooks’ newest album, And The Nothing From Which Nothing Comes, is a collection of uncommon, highly listenable songs. Known primarily as a hip hop producer and collaborator… Continue reading “And The Nothing From Which Nothing Comes” Release Show May 26th
“We Are Not Famous” Video
Video for “We Are Not Famous” from my upcoming album The Nothing From Which Nothing Comes out soon on Disintegration Records and Marathon of Dope. The video is directed by the incomparable Mike Marynuik. It was filmed on location at the abandoned Target store in Winnipeg.
Yet Once a Just Dance Party
I am happy to announce that on Saturday, April 14th, I will be joining my good friend and sometimes collaborator Speed Dial 7 on stage at the Pand.A club in Kortrijk, Belgium. I am very excited to travel back to Europe, and I look forward to seeing some of the friends that I was lucky… Continue reading Yet Once a Just Dance Party