jon-david schlough

Mos Def - The New Danger

[Intro: Mos Def + (Sample)]
(Let the sun shine)   
Yeah yeah its a brand new day y'all (Let the sunshine in)
Turn me up in the top a little bit dog
Little do you know, y'all gonna hear this one (The suns shinin')
Loud and clear, bright and early
Listen..

[Verse 1: Mos Def]
I don't hate players,
I don't love the game
I'm the shot clock,
way above the game
To be point blank with you motherfuck the game
I got all this work on me, I ain't come for play
You can show the little shorties how you pump and fake
But dog, Not to def, I'm not impressed
I'm not amused, I'm not confused, I'm not to dude
I'm grown man business, and I am not in school
Put your hand down youngin' this is not for you
On my +J.O.+ with beats by Kan-ye yo
My name on the marquee, your name off the payroll
Style fresh, like I'm still a day old
And it's been like that since the day yo
On more time than a Roley, or Seiko
Step on deck, your neck do what I say so
Get up or get out, get down or lay low

[Chorus 1: Mos Def + (Sample)]
(Let the sun shine)
Standing in the shadow of a fabulous man
Brooklyn nigga I am, Black Dante (Let the sunshine in)
That nigga, that dude
Black People, Lets Move (The suns shinin')
Shout out to my man Talib Kweli, yes
We on top-a top-a, shout-a shout-a
Check it out..

Slug : Little Man Knowledge

Sometimes the weeks fly
a little too fast
and sometimes I go to sleep
a little too trashed
other times I'm not
sittin' on enough cash
and other times today
feels too much like the past
--------
I'm over-thirty can't maintain relations
all these women want to hurt me
and I just don't have the patience
I can't trust 'em
and they're not much help
when they start to push and pull
the buttons I don't trust myself
--------
Dear Sean, What's goin' on?
Not much to say, just checkin' in with ya
tryin' to see what's wrong today
I know there's gotta be something
kickin' your bruises
How's the love?
How's the music?
How's the self-abusiveness?
--------
Like a naked fetus
Come and save him Jesus!
Place him back in time before
the Reganomics and Adidas.
Sometimes you're not impressed
with the work you've done,
and love isn't love
if you didn't hurt someone.
Your son says, "Hi Dad"
Your Dad says, "What's Up?"

For me I want to thank you
but I won't I'll just say Good Luck.

Dosh & Bird :: Dooced

So for those that don't know, Marty Dosh is a fucking genius. It's hilarious to me, he's been making live-beat-sampled-organic goodness for YEARS in Minneapolis, yet he's just now getting some serious acclaim as a result of him touring with Andrew Bird.

Bird is okay if you like folk music - I got turned on to him when I was a founding member [pulls lapels] of the Current and since their promised wax was late in coming, the good folks at the Current sent a CD instead. Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left was on that release, and it got in my head - and not in a good way - it gave me a nervous tic motion to stab myself in the ear and slowly bleed to death while whining and visciously beating someone  with a mandolin.

Dosh. Ok. The first time I saw Marty Dosh do his thing was @ the 400 bar in 1997 with a band I used to rep - he was friends with my friend Scotty, who raved about him, so I knew it would be okay. Then Dosh blew my fucking mind.

He plays, samples himself [and other stuff], then plays over that, samples it live again, fucks with it, and loops everything I just mentioned and more together until there is so much sound in the room, awesome sound, that you want to weep uncontrollably and dance and smile and then kill yourself, since everything is dynamic and live and organic, it'll exist just once in that precise form. Dosh playing live blows away the whole concept of a 'song'.

So I was reading Heather B's latest piece on Alphamom [only cuz she writes there sometimes, I don't aspire to being an Alphamom] to make sure she was unimpressed with Bird [and to see proof she actually got out of the house], and no surprise, this is what she had to say about Dosh: "The show began when  Dosh, a drummer/keyboardist, took the stage and said that he'd be playing a bit before Andrew took the stage. I totally rolled my eyes, as did my husband, because this guy looked like a punk, like he took his drumming way too seriously. Within thirty seconds, though, we felt like the most judgmental idiots alive, because he was creating some of the most incredible, most profound music we had ever heard at a live show, loops and blips and fantastic labyrinthine rhythms." Then she raved about their duet, which sounds like it was really nice, but whatever, Bird ain't my bag.

Go see Dosh, with Bird if you suck, all night Dosh only for the truly Trashy.   

Doshy? Start Here.
CityPages on Dosh

Ween : Shinola

I haven't updated my 'listening' sidebar in awhile, so I'll do that soon. In the meantime, I just FINALLY bought Ween's new album, Shinola.

Aside from having a great name, it's a solid piece of work. Now, let me be clear, it's no God Ween Satan and it's definitely no Chocolate and Cheese, but Shinola is pretty good - and to say that about a Ween album means that it's about 1200% better than most things you hear peoples call, 'music'.

'Gabrielle' is fucking ROCKIN', and 'Did You See Me' is lasting shit from the boys straight outta New Hope [PA.].

I saw Dean, Gene, Glenn and Claude when they were in Mpls recently and was lucky enough to hang out with Deaner for a bit after the show. I didn't so much carry on a conversation with him, as much as I stood there in awe. He came to the bar alone, just wanting to have some drinks and shoot the shit, but I do want to say that there is nothing presumptuous or rock star about him - he told an awesome story about stealing pins from some golf course, and just hung out with me and a few friends outside. Nice.

Sunday Bloody Sunday by W

Tapes 'N Tapes tomorrow NIGHT yo!

I remember seeing these cats featured on Pitchfork a while back. Raised my eyebrows...then I saw that they were playing SXSW....my eyebrows elevated even more. Then I read they signed with XL in London and I was all, holy fucking shit mang. These cats are on a roll.

So I was shocked that I had absolutely no idea they were playing tomorrow at First Ave until my man m0lt3n phoned me up and was all, 'I got 2 TnT tickets for tomorrow night, and you're comin' with me douchebag.'

I've never been so pleasantly insulted - pics after the show :-)

Link: Tapes 'N Tapes keep a-rolling.

!! WEEN @ State Theater August 1 !!

Holy Smokes! Ween is coming back to Minneapolis on August 1st to play the State Theater, or so the rumor goes. I sincerely hope it's true, but why aren't they playing First Ave?

Last time they were here Deaner [or Gene, I can't remember] wrote a post online about how much they loved First Ave, and would never play anywhere else in Minneapolis. Wtf?

Anywho, the last time I saw them I caught both shows, and both were ridiculously fun. There is simply nothing like Ween live. Friends had, for years, been telling me this but I never truly understood until I saw it for myself.

This show is NOT TO BE MISSED.

Cepia :: Atlantic Blood :: KittyKatKlub, 5.23

Huntley Miller has been making beats, melodies, rhythms and whatnot for a long time. Cepia is a really succinct expression of a well-rounded, well-developed style. I really enjoy this project, and his new album Atlantic Blood is coming out on Friday. Thus, I encourage anyone into electronic music to check him out at the Kitty Kat Klub this Friday.

"Having met wide acclaim for the majestic machine clatters and subterraneous melodies of the Dowry EP (Ghostly International), Minneapolis?s Cepia now graces Sublight with "ATLANTIC BLOOD", a CD collection of remixes and new material that runs a remarkable stylistic gamut. Cepia brings a one-two punch with a propulsive mix of Mr. Projectile's "You Need" and an icy reworking of Tiki Obmar. Elsewhere, the ocean beats of "X to M" by Tim Koch are complemented beautifully by the skeleton-hop of "Naoise" by Dosh, while the lush digital grain of original pieces "574" and "Arount" exhibit the versatility of Cepia's Midas touch. Also including reinterpretations of Fog and Miles Tilmann, Atlantic Blood is a compelling addition to the oeuvre of one of the most original voices in modern electronic composition, and a tantalizing precursor to his debut LP."

M.I.A. not allowed back into the US :: THEY TRY SHUT MY DOOR!

British-Sri Lankan artist M.I.A., who kicks all kinds of ass, is not being allowed back into the United States. Not sure why, but the Pitchfork article where I saw this reported reminds us her father was a Tamil Tiger. Whether that has something to do with it or not, I don't know. Her site is also down...hmmmmmm.....Pitchfork also said mutiple sources told them she's got lawyers on the case. On the plus side, she can afford good representation since she just sold Galang to Honda for their new civicAd.

In any case, this is complete and total bullshit. She should be working in the studio with Timbaland in NYC [I imagine]....she posted to her MySpace page what she is up to instead:

"THEY TRY SHUT MY DOOR!

Roger roger do you here me over!!!!
the U.S immigration wont let me in!!!!!
i was mennu work with timber startin this week, but now im doin a Akon "im locked out they wont let me in" im locked out! they wont let me in! Now Im strictly making my album outside the borders!!!! so il see you all one day, for now ill keep reportin from the sidelines
to my people who walk wiv me in the America, dont forget we got the internet! Spread the word! or come get me!!!!!! ill be in my bird flu lab in china! liming and drinkin tiger beer with my pet turtel. I love everyone for the support, now i need it more. ill stay up spread out else where."

Meanwhile, stick it to the man by buying her debut album, which is one of my favorites right now. It's not in my listening list since it's not new, I got it a while back but I still click it daily.

Common :: Be

The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun
When drunk nights get remembered
more than sober ones
Walk like warriors,
we were never told to run
Explored the world to return
to where my soul begun
Never looking back
or too far in front of me
The present is a gift
and I just wanna BE