quick, enthusiastic update.

dodgehas new ghostface AND a ghostface and mf doom collaboration! i'm going to go out on a limb and say the following about the ghostface/doom collabo:

BEST HIP HOP ALBUM OF ALL TIME! (even better than madvillainy!)

where the hell am i going to find curry at this time of night?

pay-day came two days late because of the "holiday". in risk of sounding cynical, who the fuck actually celebrates president's day, anyway?

anyhow, i finally have money. i'm going to buy jenny lewis tickets before the weekend.

my niece's birthday was fun. it made me think about post-adolescence a great deal, though. it's funny how i've gotten to the age where nobody gives a damn about my birthday except me. it's a rite of passage of 20-somethings.

i'm really going to make a couple of real posts soon. bear with your boy. i'm busy.

j. dilla.

i'm sure you all are wondering what took me so long to post about arguably the most underrated hip-hop producer of all-time. it's because death fucks me up. it's a very sensitive subject with me. jay dee's body of work is so consistantly brilliant [including but not limited to my favorite busta rhymes song, "so hardcore"], that it proves what sad shape the music industry is in. almost every acclaimed producer in hip-hop today owes him a large debt, especially america's favorite rapper, kanye west. fuck, overrated hip-hop producers like scott storch should be doing j. dilla's laundry! hip-hop, and the whole of music for that matter, lost an extremely talented soul. jay dee, you will be SORELY missed.

the truth about artist-run blogs.

i get e-mails all of the time saying, "why don't you update your blog more often? why do you only seldom do things for your blog? you could be one of the top bloggers out there if you actually did something!" well, the truth is, i'm an artist first. if i spend all of my time blogging, i wouldn't be able to work on music. that's what's with the lack of posts since the new year started. i'm focused on making fresh cherries from yakima a big name this year. not exactly "big name" as in coldplay, but possibly "big name" as in 0kkervil river. or something. who knows? i'm just recording right now, trying to get the official fresh cherries from yakima website up, and of course, the pressures of having a day job, and your older sister/best friend as your roommate. posts will be infrequent, but classic, as they always are. expect an editorial on kanye west on tuesday. maybe.

my niece's 2nd birthday is on friday. show a proud uncle some love.

calling in a favor.

i missed the grammies. boo hoo. but if anyone has an mp3 of hov and linkin park singing "yesterday" with mccartney, holla at your boy.

update: i saw it on you tube, and hov just AD-LIBS! at least chester added some harmonies or something. hov just stood up there and ad-libbed to "yesterday." i love jay-z, but that was the corniest thing.

too important for a picture: just read the damn news.

if you haven't picked up the new urb magazine with lady soviergn on the cover, let me save you six bucks: david bowie lends guest vocals to a song on tv on the radio's forthcoming sophomore album! david goddamn bowie. how's THAT for indie cred, bitches?