Well I really didn't accomplish much with my end of 2006 post. In fact I'm looking at it now thinking to myself, what was I? Drunk? Yeah well, maybe, it was New Years Eve and all.
But in a previous post I promised to post some music and my resolutions for 200Devin.
Waiting on approval for a couple of the songs so at the moment I don't have that for you. But I will outline a few of my resolutions.
Really there's only one that I'm going to try and have stick throughout the year. The others are just to help kick start the year and clean out my head (and my bloated midsection).
Anyway, firstly, I posted on a couple of message boards that I would be "Quitting the Internet." That's a bit harsh. I'm not quitting the internet, I'm merely quitting message boards. Seriously, I have a lot of fun interacting with like minded and not so like minded people about music. I met a lot of good friends from places like Low-Bee.com and TheScrewShop.com and will certainly continue those friendships. But the whole message board thing started bringing me down.
Like, most of my work is done in front of this computer, either writing or coordinating some shit. When I have a brain freeze, or feel lazy or just get curious I always go to my little haunts and sit and read what some dude in Delaware thinks about Young Jeezy or why some kid in Canada thinks the East Coast is Dead. Then I chime in and half the time get myself into e-trouble cuz I call someone an idiot and say they don't know shit about music and start freaking out in my head.
Well, I don't actually freak out but it does take up brainspace. I freak out a little bit but it's worse that it takes up brainspace. I've been doing this since 1995 when ARCHAIC first introduced me to message boards. Yes, it's true, he did.
So I have resolved to quit messing with message boards. I deleted the links to them all from my favorites and will be having the same person who checks my MySpace post flyers on pertinent boards when pertinent. I just have to run away from that shit. I love a lot of my internetting compadres, but at 34 (soon to be 35 January 16th fools) years old with a wife, 2 kids, a house, etc... I can't afford to be doing too much in this world that isn't going to make me money. Which is sad, but it's the American way and we have learned to live with our sadness this long...
And I'm just too old for that crap. I already ran screaming from freakin' MySpace but keep the page alive because I know its a good promotional tool, not that I have been promoting much lately.
I was gonna delete AIM and then thought about how much I use it to stay in contact with people in this business and how much better I like it than actually answering my phone, so that's gonna stay for a little while.
As for the blog, I'm going to continue doing it but with a few improvements. I bought a couple new domain names and am going to incorporate HoustonSoReal into a bigger picture in the coming weeks.
I also resolve to write more about music here on the blog in the coming year. It's hard for me because I am actually out there a lot and I see rappers everywhere I go and the only thing most of them have to say to me is "How can I get in Ozone?" Anytime I write about a mixtape or a particular album I get barraged with folks who want me to write about their mixtape or their album, and I should, but there's no way I could cover everything that comes across my desk.
Besides the fact that I can't even listen to most mixtapes and most of these rappers are just making the same songs over and over and I can't take it any more. It's not my place in this world to diss artists and their artistry really so I tend to just not say anything. I'm not a critic, I'm not a journalist, I'm a writer. Sort of.
I will have a book published this year. For sure. It's goin' down. Yet another resolution.
My other resolution is temporary. I am most certainly not quitting drinking, or any of my other vices for that matter, but for the next couple of weeks I am going to be chilling on all that shit. Clearing out my system for the new year. I said in the previous post that I was fasting, and thats only sort of true.
I cut out half of my diet (caffeine, alcohol, thc, pills, thc pills, etc..), and am attempting to only eat one meal a day and a couple of healthy snacks. No meat, minimal dairy, whatever. I'm not totally ruling anything out but I'm not gonna gnaw on processed shit for a while, maybe ever and I'm going to try and get some of this shit out of my body.
So we shall see where that takes me. Probably right back on the horse. Definitely back on the horse, just not sure when. MattSoReal can't be stopped but he does have to chill with the bullshit every now and again.
Anyway it's goin' down.
Money Waters (the man who released one of my favorite CD's you never heard of in 2006) is gonna be in town from Dallas Jan. 12-14. My birthday is Jan. 16th as I stated so I may throw a party for that and have Money Waters perform. Looking into venues now. I want something intimate and simple since we don't even have 2 weeks to promote. If you would like to have Money Waters appear at your club that weekend, let me know, cuz he needs to get out there in that H-Town. He's making better music than almost anyone out here big or small and that's the truth.
January 18th I have an EXCLUSIVE event going down in Austin at The Parish. I work for the 24 hour video channel in Austin, ME TELEVISION, and we are having a special Premier Party for the new videos from Trae, Chingo Bling and Rapid Ric. It runs from 6 - 9 p.m. and admission is free/RSVP only. If you live in Austin, watch Smash every day from now on at 3 p.m. to find out how you can attend. RSVP Sign up will be on www.metelevision.com when it's up. All of the artists will perform live, they will be interviewed on stage and we will show their videos on big screens throughout. The whole event will be broadcast shortly thereafter on ME TELEVISION. Then after the party is the after party, at the Parish, which I am attempting to configure right now. The after party will be open to the public and cover will be kept low.
Sabbath in the Courts is going down January 24th, in the courts, in New York at 9:30 a.m. and there is supposed to be an after party somewhere's to benefit all of us who had to pay the $25 fine. I also have to buy a $200 plane ticket, yippee yi yay. Fuckers trying to stop Sabbath in the Park but they can't. Sabbath in the Springs happens during SXSW March 17th in Austin, Texas at Barton Springs Pool. Featuring the return of MAD BEER and this time around Nuff Weed will be in attandance.
February 13th Bun B will present STYLE WARS at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. It's part of the Movies Houstonians Love Series that will be on going throughout the season. Other notable folks who will be presenting films in this same series include Larry Dierker, Barbara Bush and Richard Linklater. Your boy is on it.
Then later that week it looks like DJ Chill and Rapid Ric will be headed back to Europe. Norway is booked up, who else wants 'em? Italy and Spain STAND UP. It's winter time.
So I'ma try to stick to my resolutions and do some positive thangs in 200Devin. You do the same.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Welcome To 1984
V A - Welcome To 1984
1. TERVEET KÄDET "Outo Maa"
2. OLHO SECO "Nada"
3. THE CRUCIFUCKS "Annual Report"
4. ELECTRIC DEADS "Fish In a Pool"
5. INFERNO "Perfkter Mensch"
6. KIDNAP "No SS"
7. N.O.T.A. "Propaganda Control"
8. ICONS OF FILTH "Evilspeak"
9. R.I.P. "Anti-Militar"
10. SKJIT-LARS "Verrückt In Der Kontrol-Zentrale"
11. RATTUS "Reaganin Joululanju"
12. RAW POWER "Fuck Authority"
13. THE BRISTLES "Don't Give Up"
14. DEPRESSION "What A Strange World"
15. B.G.K. "Computer Control"
16. THE STALIN "Chicken Farm"
17. FRITES MODERN "Je Bent Een uist In Mijn Nek"
18. U.B.R. "Harmonija"
19. MAYHEM "I Defy"
20. RED TIDE "Incubator Slide"
21. MORAL DEMOLITION "Police State"
22. HEADCLEANERS Where Is?
23. UPRIGHT CITIZENS "Stand Up"
Direct Download: Welcome To 1984
ed2k Link:V A - Welcome To 1984 by eXe.eXe(www.Sharepunk.tk).rar
Reviews:
The most important compilation ever? Easily this is one of the best and most essential. 23 bands from 17 countries, with only 2 being from the US, but with all 23 being awesome! If I were Santa Claus, I would deliver copies of this to all the bad little boys and girls all over the world, to get them off on the right foot of being bad. But is this the most imporant comp ever? I'll leave that to a more well versed thrashologist and just concentrate on some standout songs, though really all of these songs are great, classic punk.
Terveet Kadet and Ohlo Seco both start out with simple, pounding anthems with psychotic vocals. Even though I don't know Finnish or Portuguese, I'll still scream along with both bands choruses. When I first heard the Crucifucks cut on this comp, I cringed at the painfully snotty, hysterically ranting, whiny vocals, but now I love 'em, along with the right on lyrics and scrappy mid tempo punk that turns it from someone on a street corner, to a gnarly anthem for a world in the clutches of corporate and governmental power. OK.
Kidnap have one of the most catchiest Oi! or streetpunk, or singalong melodic punk tracks I've ever heard. I can imagine millions of drunk kids with mohawks across the world singing along to the songs simple refrain of "NO NO SS!" in their own accented English. Of course, I'm not thinking about that while the song is playing, cuz I'm singing along too fervently with my friends though I don't have a mohawk and don't drink. This song is perfectly followed up by NOTA, a whirlwind of HC that would even start a circle pit in Oklahoma of all places! I love this band! Watch out for dust!
RIP, from Spain, are one of the bands I'd never heard about before I heard this comp, and it's too bad. They play some Discharge/UK inspired HC and it rules. Did this band release anything else????
Depression unleash a song that is both throbbing and melodic, another fist pounder! The Stalin's "Chicken Farm" (or "Animal Farm") is a raucous, barn burner (ahem) song that has some incredibly thought-provoking metaphorical lyrics, well, at least the English translation. Some zine I just read described the Stalin as "if your favorite D-beat band played Gang of Cour covers". That description is almost right on the money, but this isn't as discordant as Gang of Four. Unique and classic punk!
U.B.R. from Yugoslavia, thrash out a tune that reminds me of a less distorted Confuse or some other Japanese noisy thrash band! Noisy, harsh, fast...damn this is good! I wonder if this band was from a different country, would they have lasted or become more well known? Their demo tape has just been released on vinyl by the Japanese label Crust War, which makes sense to me. Can't wait to hear it.
Raw Power, Rattus, and BGK all have awesome tracks on this and those bands are deserving of all the attention they get, so I'll just say that, if you like those bands, you'll love the songs they have on here. If you don't like them, you need to hear this for the other bands, and if you haven't heard any of these bands, drop me a line and I'll tape this comp for ya, cuz like I said, it's essential.
-JESS
One of the first couple international compilations to come out, where Life Is A Joke covers world punk as it is, this LP covers the scene more as it "should be" - more political with a "spirit of independence and resistance" in every cut. Overall a very worthy album.
-Al Flipside, from Flipside #43, 1984
English: Here
1. TERVEET KÄDET "Outo Maa"
2. OLHO SECO "Nada"
3. THE CRUCIFUCKS "Annual Report"
4. ELECTRIC DEADS "Fish In a Pool"
5. INFERNO "Perfkter Mensch"
6. KIDNAP "No SS"
7. N.O.T.A. "Propaganda Control"
8. ICONS OF FILTH "Evilspeak"
9. R.I.P. "Anti-Militar"
10. SKJIT-LARS "Verrückt In Der Kontrol-Zentrale"
11. RATTUS "Reaganin Joululanju"
12. RAW POWER "Fuck Authority"
13. THE BRISTLES "Don't Give Up"
14. DEPRESSION "What A Strange World"
15. B.G.K. "Computer Control"
16. THE STALIN "Chicken Farm"
17. FRITES MODERN "Je Bent Een uist In Mijn Nek"
18. U.B.R. "Harmonija"
19. MAYHEM "I Defy"
20. RED TIDE "Incubator Slide"
21. MORAL DEMOLITION "Police State"
22. HEADCLEANERS Where Is?
23. UPRIGHT CITIZENS "Stand Up"
Direct Download: Welcome To 1984
ed2k Link:V A - Welcome To 1984 by eXe.eXe(www.Sharepunk.tk).rar
Reviews:
The most important compilation ever? Easily this is one of the best and most essential. 23 bands from 17 countries, with only 2 being from the US, but with all 23 being awesome! If I were Santa Claus, I would deliver copies of this to all the bad little boys and girls all over the world, to get them off on the right foot of being bad. But is this the most imporant comp ever? I'll leave that to a more well versed thrashologist and just concentrate on some standout songs, though really all of these songs are great, classic punk.
Terveet Kadet and Ohlo Seco both start out with simple, pounding anthems with psychotic vocals. Even though I don't know Finnish or Portuguese, I'll still scream along with both bands choruses. When I first heard the Crucifucks cut on this comp, I cringed at the painfully snotty, hysterically ranting, whiny vocals, but now I love 'em, along with the right on lyrics and scrappy mid tempo punk that turns it from someone on a street corner, to a gnarly anthem for a world in the clutches of corporate and governmental power. OK.
Kidnap have one of the most catchiest Oi! or streetpunk, or singalong melodic punk tracks I've ever heard. I can imagine millions of drunk kids with mohawks across the world singing along to the songs simple refrain of "NO NO SS!" in their own accented English. Of course, I'm not thinking about that while the song is playing, cuz I'm singing along too fervently with my friends though I don't have a mohawk and don't drink. This song is perfectly followed up by NOTA, a whirlwind of HC that would even start a circle pit in Oklahoma of all places! I love this band! Watch out for dust!
RIP, from Spain, are one of the bands I'd never heard about before I heard this comp, and it's too bad. They play some Discharge/UK inspired HC and it rules. Did this band release anything else????
Depression unleash a song that is both throbbing and melodic, another fist pounder! The Stalin's "Chicken Farm" (or "Animal Farm") is a raucous, barn burner (ahem) song that has some incredibly thought-provoking metaphorical lyrics, well, at least the English translation. Some zine I just read described the Stalin as "if your favorite D-beat band played Gang of Cour covers". That description is almost right on the money, but this isn't as discordant as Gang of Four. Unique and classic punk!
U.B.R. from Yugoslavia, thrash out a tune that reminds me of a less distorted Confuse or some other Japanese noisy thrash band! Noisy, harsh, fast...damn this is good! I wonder if this band was from a different country, would they have lasted or become more well known? Their demo tape has just been released on vinyl by the Japanese label Crust War, which makes sense to me. Can't wait to hear it.
Raw Power, Rattus, and BGK all have awesome tracks on this and those bands are deserving of all the attention they get, so I'll just say that, if you like those bands, you'll love the songs they have on here. If you don't like them, you need to hear this for the other bands, and if you haven't heard any of these bands, drop me a line and I'll tape this comp for ya, cuz like I said, it's essential.
-JESS
One of the first couple international compilations to come out, where Life Is A Joke covers world punk as it is, this LP covers the scene more as it "should be" - more political with a "spirit of independence and resistance" in every cut. Overall a very worthy album.
-Al Flipside, from Flipside #43, 1984
English: Here
Monday, January 1, 2007
Hello 2007
This video right here is not some 2007 shit but it's sure how we're gonna start 2007. Alright? Shits not even 2005 but it's still relevant.
Ain't nobody doing nothing of the sort with Texas. 200Devin. UGK Feb. 27.
Lots to cover this time around. Firstly heres a few photos from last weeks Damage Control. The freestyle in particular. This weeks Damage Control was off the chain but my recording fucked up so I need to get the official KPFT archive for you.
Rapid Ric on them wheels with Big Chance
KB of Street Military!
A3!
It went down mayne. Protect your speakers.
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Another year goes down in the books.
New Years Eve Day started with a trip to the Childrens Museum to march in a special New Years at Noon Parade with the New Birth Brass Band. The party was off the chain but unfortunately my camera jammed up. We then rendevoused with the Lomaxeses around their trampoline. As evidenced above.
2006 was really off the chain for me here at HoustonSoRealand. Here's to 2007.
One of my daughter Eva's wishes for 2007 is to see snow. She almost got her wish on December 21st, but not quite. The photos below were taken after a hail storm on the 21st. Shit was insane. My wife's sisters were visiting and had parked their truck in our driveway. We all walked down the street to get breakfast that morning and sometime between 9am and 10am some fool busted into my wifes sisters truck and stole the stereo. Shit sucked. The police never came. So I went to get some plastic to cover the hole so my sisters in law could get back to Austin and deal with it. I covered the fuck out of the entire door and just as I applied the last piece of duct tape, the skies opened up into the most raging hail/rain storm I have ever seen. We were all scrambling like "what the fuck is this?" as 10,000 salty gumballs pelted the shit out of us. It stopped after like 3 minutes and left little patches of "snow" as seen here.
And here's Elena, on Christmas...
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Peace to SeanBlaze and his new endeavor www.indiblast.com
Get Houston Hip Hop from A-Z here
And mayne, Houston heads no longer have to order their Algierz gear. Algierz HOUSTON is open now at 6065 Scott Street (at Old Spanish Trail).
Tel: 713-741-8989
Open Every Day From 11am to 8pm.
That's just around the corner from Chill Factor Music
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Top T-Shirts of 2006 to look for in 2007.
SLF EMP = Mike Frost + Happy Perez Designs
UGK _ Algierz Artist Series
AyeJay.com
AyeJay.com
Da Side DJ Screw Shirt
Hawk and Fat Pat REST IN PEACE!
INI - Norway
Kilo International - ODB RIP
Algierz Quit Hating the South
Screwed - Denmark
And more from SLF EMP
AyeJay.com
and the hoodies
INI
Algierz INTERNATIONAL
Hanh.
It's true
Devin the Dude in Vancouver this past Halloween. Check out Domo onthem wheels. Domo get a passport dog cuz you can't get to Canada or Mexico no more without one!
You find this when searching for "Devin the Dude" on YouTube
Intonation Festival was one fo the livest weekends of the year
Devin the Dude and Rapid Ric tore it up
Tony C on that work...
Magno in the studio!
DJ Rapid Ric feat Magno & Chalie Boy - PULLIN' UP! PREMIER PARTY IN AUSTIN JAN. 18th DETAILS TBA!
Izgoindine - Bavu Blakes
The Garland Globetrotter
Haaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnh
This movement right here is going to continue on right into 2007 and may just take over 2007. Major labels take note cuz it is indeed a movement. Nothing to do with music. Perfect.
The Diet Coke & Mentos Tour
Fuck you poseurs, they got next.
They got now.
Jammin' that KDAY right now.
I'm fasting. Keep your distance.
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