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Monday, October 24, 2011

Ben Meyercord's Live Picks for Monday October 24th

Hello Dear Readers,What's up? I have not been to any shows in a while. I also haven't blogged in awhile. My life is way different than it was than when I started blogging. It also seems like my life has been pretty scattered in the last year or so. But I am going to try to make time to write about the shows that look good to me. Here are the...
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Back and Forth with Lucas Dix

What up Lucas? Got a few questions for you. First off, let's take it back. What was your introduction to hip hop? What inspired you growing up, or continues to inspire you?Aside from rocking my clothes backwards while listening to Kriss Kross in second grade and having some Biggie albums get confiscated by my Mom in 4th or...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Cloudy October Q&A

*UPDATE 12AM OCTOBER 18 - STREAM THE RECORD FREE HERE*Dear Funky Lord Finesse, I got some questions for you, is that cool?Ha. You caught the Lord Finesse reference, nice.Let's start off by taking it back to the basics. What was your introduction to hip-hop? I think you're slightly younger than me, so I assume you didn't come...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

The Metal Jerk

(PORTLAND, OR) - CLOUDY OCTOBER SET TO RELEASE HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM, 'THE METAL JERK', OCTOBER 18TH, THROUGH FIELDWERK RECORDINGS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Cloudy is a half american male emcee, publisher, producer-songwriter, rhyme inspector and social magician. Cloudy makes research-based hip-hop that caters to the listeners intellect....
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

New Cloudy October Interview Coming This Saturday

Just talked to Cloudy and he has a lot on his mind. We will be having a meeting of the minds Friday evening, and our conversation will be transcribed by Saturday Night *Don Pardo voice*. This is gonna get good. Trust me. In the meantime.......
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

JESS GULBRANSON INTERVIEWS TONY LEVIN

Hello again everybody, I have a very special treat.  Coming up this Friday at the Aladdin Theater is a concert that you don't want to miss: the Adrian Belew Power Trio with Tony Levin's Stickmen.  Between the two, they've worked with a who's who of awesome rockers: King Crimson, Peter Gabrial, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa,...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Ron's Picks: Black Pussy's On Blonde

It is suffice to say that with a name like Black Pussy, you are probably going to be embarking on a journey with an extremely bad ass group.  Of course, this is a band residing the the fair City of Roses, home to the cult legends Starfucker.  And just as the stars would show, the old 80's hip hop question, "What's...
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