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RAP NEWS 8: Osamacide (by thejuicemedia)



I made this video of Del the Funky Homosapien playing at Rasputin Music, the record store where I work



A great song by a great band, Okay. 



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Hey!  Me and my friends recorded a Christmas called “Crazy for Christmas” under the name The Sugar Cookie Decoration Club. 

Check out this red hot rendition of “Frosty the Snowman” we recorded, and read about the project in the blurb below, courtesy of Jesika Allen.

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CRAZY FOR CHIRSTMAS

…Is something missing from yer Xmas spirit?

 

This year, Christmas is waiting impatiently in this box. —TAKE ONE HOME— $4!!!

For the next few days, you’ve got to saw that Yule Log like never before.

Raise the level of yer Holiday mischief and merrymaking with some real good ol’ Kringle tunes the way you were hoping they’d be sung—at home, right here

In Berkeley.

 

This album was recorded over 2.5 weeks, spawned after a frenzied 

Rush of inspiration one night at the Milky Way House around the fireplace with a group

of mad incredible people (check front cover) belting and howling and painting on the wall. A sick passion for taking no prisoners when it comes to Christmas songs was discovered, which could not be stopped until this magic beast was born. Most songs were recorded in rooms of our houses, causing bikes to pile up in the hall. All songs were produced and mixed by CHonk— have you seen his shows yet??— A collaboration of Chonk, Jesika Allen, and Ryan Boone, plus friends, on Chonk’s recording equipment.

Just in the st nick of time…

So here it comes at you, live + wriggling off-the-top-of-our heads ear nutrition, from some goons you share the streets with.

 THIS IS THE BEST raw and fresh, homebrewed, homegrown, hand-mixed, juggled, floundered, caramelized, organic, free-range, Unbelievably sexy music we want you to gulp down right here and now— while everyone’s watching…

Best served slightly above room temperature, with soy nog and a can of brandy.

 

Signed,

The Sugar Cookie Decoration Club




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Merry Christmas TUMBLR!

“Christmas Day” (Leadbelly) covered Chonk and Jesika



I’m playing a show with my friend Boone the Ghost Fiddler at Actual Cafe in Oakland on Saturday (a.k.a. tomorrow) @ 8pm. We’re playing with Scarlett O’Hara, who set up the show and was kind enough to let us play… I’ll be selling 4 different albums for only $3.00 a pop! You would have to be absolutely bat shit crazy to miss this one!

I’m playing a show with my friend Boone the Ghost Fiddler at Actual Cafe in Oakland on Saturday (a.k.a. tomorrow) @ 8pm. We’re playing with Scarlett O’Hara, who set up the show and was kind enough to let us play… I’ll be selling 4 different albums for only $3.00 a pop! You would have to be absolutely bat shit crazy to miss this one!



I’m playing a show with this fella Jonathan Mann on Halloween.  1pm @ Rasputin’s, Berkeley.



I shot and edited another Rasputin Records in-store video.  This one is for Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, promoting their new album. A huge crowd showed up for this one, as you can see…



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Recorded another version of this song with my new mic. 



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This is an older song that I’d never recorded before, which I excavated from the murky depths of my brain when I was in NYC, drinking whiskey with my friend Sarah.  We did some cassette recordings of it with her sing harmonies (which I’m gonna digitize soon, and post here).  This is a rough demo version I recorded last night.  Enjoy.

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why is it you try to hard
that you outsmart yourself?
hyperactive, feverish
your body’s on the shelf
if you won’t even look at me
then you will never see
this frown upon my face
is falling back into the sea

there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
we never did in fact… oh, no

drivin’ on the sidewalk
you are bound to hit a few
but ya didn’t see the monster truck
a’comin’ to squish you
now your fingers are all swollen
and your face is twice as big
and as soon as you start squealin’
they will trap you like a pig

there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
a mouldering old shack.. of love!

what can lovers do
when all their love has drained away
find a different love
or bite their tongue and hit the hay
your love was like a handkercheif
wiping old noses clean
your death was like a tragedy
that no one mourned but me

there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
destroyed upon impact… kaboom
(explodey sounds)