FOOTAGE HAS SURFACED FROM A RECENT JUICEBOXXX & THE HEARTLAND BAND SHOW IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. DISREGARD EVERYTHING I SAY IN THIS VIDEO, IT IS ALL UNTRUE. DEEP IN THE THUNDER ZONE. MAYBE ONE OF THE LAST TIMES I PLAY “CENTER STAGE” LIVE? I DON’T KNOW. ONE DAY AT A TIME, KIDS. SIKED TO BE ALIVE AND MAKING AMERICAN MUSIC. THANKS TO MATTHEW E. DWYER FOR THE FOOTAGE.

THIS DECEMBER I’M RAGING A FEW SHOWS IN THE HEARTLAND. FULL LIVE BAND, FUCKING TAKING NO PRISONERS IN THE NAME OF AMERICAN MUSIC. RIVERWEST FEST IN MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO AND A DJ SET ON NEW YEARS EVE IN MADISON. NEVER SURRENDER FOREVER KIDS. IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE MUSIC IN THE END THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS.

DECEMBER 21ST-FEELTRIP STUDIOS CHICAGO, IL WITH YAWN, TWIN PEAKS AND SICH MANG
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DECEMBER 22ND-RIOWEST CANTINA BASEMENT MILWAUKEE, WI WITH RIO TURBO (RIVERWEST FEST)
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DECEMBER 31ST-DJ SET IN MADISON, WI LOCATION TBA

IN 2007 MILWAUKEE LABEL DECORATED RECORDS PUT OUT A SPLIT 7″ BETWEEN MYSELF AND NYC WILD STYLE POP PUNK LEGENDS JAPANTHER. I’VE KNOWN JAPANTHER SINCE WINTER 2002 WHEN WE PLAYED OUR FIRST SHOW TOGETHER AT A BASEMENT IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. I WAS 15 YEARS OLD.

AFTER THAT SHOW A FRIENDSHIP WAS FORMED AND WE HAVE RAGED A LOT OF SHOWS TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS. JAPANTHER LIVE AT THE BARELY LEGAL HOUSE IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN WINTER/SPRING 2004 IS STILL ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS.

THOUGH THIS SPLIT WAS THOUGHT TO BE SOLD OUT, RECENTLY A FINAL 300 COPIES WERE FOUND IN THE DECORATED RECORDS DUNGEON. DECORATED CEO AUSTIN DUTMER HAS BEEN VERY BUSY RECENTLY TOURING THE WORLD IN HIS AWESOME ROCK AND ROLL BAND JAILL (SUB POP) SO AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND I BOUGHT UP THE REMAINING 300 COPIES.

THE FINAL 300 OF THESE COME WITH SICK STYLE HAND-NUMBERED B/W COVERS AND A LIMITED AMOUNT ARE AVAILABLE ON YELLOW VINYL. PICK IT UP RIGHT HERE AND OWN A PIECE OF THUNDER ZONE HISTORY TODAY!

NEW JUICEBOXXX MUSIC VIDEO FOR “EXPRESSWAY TO THE DARKNESS” DIRECTED BY THE SICK STYLE VIDEO/COMEDY RAGER CLAY TATUM. GONNA TAKE A RIDE INTO THE DARKNESS MAN, SEE WHAT YOU FIND. SEE WHERE YOU GO. THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THE NEXT LEVEL. I’M JUST TRYING TO LIVE MY FUCKING LIFE!

“I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” IS OUT NOW ON ITUNES AND YOU CAN PRE-ORDER PHYSICAL STUFF TOO. CHECK THE SIDE BAR!

YEARS AGO I MADE A MIX FOR THE GREAT LUCKYME CREW OUT OF SCOTLAND. PURE DIRTSTYLE MADNESS, VINYL TO CASSETTE TO DELAY PEDAL BACK TO CASSETTE. HOUSE, PRIVATE PRESS BASS MUSIC, Z-RO — THAT KIND OF SHIT. PURE AMERICANA. TELLING SOME SORT OF STORY THAT DOESN’T EVEN HAVE AN ENDING YET, YOU FEEL ME BROTHER?

CHECK IT OUT RIGHT HERE AND REMEMBER, FOR BETTER OR WORSE MAN THIS IS A SAGA.

I SPENT LATE NIGHT TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY SITTING IN ON THE MONDO RADIO PROGRAM ON 91.7 WMSE IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. I HUNG OUT AND DUG THRU THE WMSE MUSIC VAULTS, PULLING OUT SOME SICK SHIT: ONYX REMIX INSTRUMENTALS, CYPRESS HILL, GODHEADSILO. I’M TALKING SICK SHIT HERE PEOPLE!

I ALSO PLAYED SOME NEW JUICEBOXXX MUSIC AND THUNDER ZONE RELATED STUFF.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT RIGHT HERE.

AND DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT JUICEBOXXX PRESENTS: THUNDER ZONE RADIO.

SO CHECK IT OUT, TEENAGE RAP SENSATION ISSUE SCREWED DOWN MY TRACK “LIFE’S A GAS” (OFF OF MY 2010 MIXTAPE “JOURNEYMAN FROM THE HEARTLAND”) AND THEN RAPPED OVER IT. PRETTY SICK, BUT THE FUN DOESN’T STOP THERE!

ISSUE THEN ASKED ME TO RAP OVER THE TRACK TO COMPLETE THE CYCLE AND OF COURSE I WAS GAME. I THREW DOWN SOME MELLOW ABSTRACT BARS FOR ALL THE KIDS OUT THERE, JUST FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES. LISTEN BELOW!

COLLEGE RADIO WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY CHILDHOOD GROWING UP OUTSIDE OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN IN THE PRE-INTERNET RADIO LATE 90S. 91.7 WMSE IS REALLY WHERE I CUT MY TEETH AND IN A LOT OF WAYS I CAN KIND OF TRACE IT ALL BACK TO THOSE HEARTLAND NIGHTS, ALONE WITH THE RADIO. PUNK ROCK, RAP, RAVE – ALL THAT SHIT.

THE LATE NIGHT HYPE SHOW ON WMSE WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF A REAL MIDWESTERN INDIE RAP BOOM. WEIRD TO THINK ABOUT AN ERA WHEN ANTICON AND EMINEM WERE IN THE SAME CULTURAL ZONE, BUT IT HAPPENED. IN A WAY THE CURRENT RAP CLIMATE FEELS A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR. CONFUSING BUT FUN.

NOW 10+ YEARS HAVE PASSED AND THE LATE NIGHT HYPE SHOW ARCHIVES ARE ONLINE. RADIO RIPS, VHS FREESTYLES – ALL THAT SHIT. FUNNY TO LISTEN BACK AND HEAR CERTAIN “BACKPACKER” CLICHES BUT FUCK IT, IT WAS A TIME AND A PLACE AND I WAS FUCKING 12. IN THE END, THE MUSIC IS ALL THAT MATTERS AND A LOT OF IT WAS (AND STILL IS) FUCKING BANGING.

I RECENTLY GOT INTERVIEWED BY MILWAUKEE RAP GROUP AMERIKAS ADDICTION FOR THEIR “DO WHAT YOU DESIRE” BLOG. YOU CAN READ THAT SHIT RIGHT HERE. I’M ALWAYS SIKED WHEN HOMETOWN KIDS ARE THROWING DOWN SO YOU KNOW I SUPPORT THESE MILWAUKEE RAGERS. CHECK THE MOVEMENT!

I GO WAY BACK WITH TYSON AND SCOTT REEDER. I USED TO THROW A TEEN DANCE PARTY BACK AT THEIR OLD SPOT IN MILWAUKEE CALLED THE GENERAL STORE AND TYSON AND I EVEN WENT ON TOUR TOGETHER IN 2K5.

LET ME JUST SAY, THESE MOTHERFUCKERS KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND A PAINT BRUSH!

THE REEDER BROS HAVE BEEN DOING “THE WORLD’S SMALLEST COMEDY CLUB” FOR A HOT MINUTE NOW. IT IS CALLED CLUB NUTZ AND OF COURSE IT IS DA SHIT! MINI BRICK WALL, MINI DISCO LIGHT – ALL THAT. I HOPE TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – U NEVER KNOW WHAT THE BROS HAVE UP THEIR SLEEVE!