DATELINE: JANUARY 2009. DEEP IN THE HEART OF AN UNFORGIVING ALASKAN WINTER I TOUCH DOWN IN ANCHORAGE TO PLAY A BUNCH OF SHOWS AND BRING SOME THUNDER TO THE DARKNESS. WHAT CAME NEXT MAN I’LL NEVER FORGET!

I MET A BUNCH OF KIDS WITH A LOT OF HEART AND RAGED SOME SERIOUSLY WEIRD AND AMAZING SHOWS. I PLAYED A GENERATOR PARTY IN A LOG CABIN OUTSIDE OF FAIRBANKS THAT MY CREW ENDED UP GETTING KICKED OUT OF. I PLAYED AT A DINER IN A SKI RESORT TOWN. I PLAYED A RAP SHOW IN THE HOME OF SARAH PALIN – WASILLA. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT AT THE TIME I WAS IN A FUCKED UP ZONE IN MY LIFE AND IT SHOWED BUT I THINK THAT JUST PUSHED THE INTENSITY INTO THE RED.

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS MUSIC SHIT YOU WILL TAKE IT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. JUST TO GO UP TO ALASKA AND PLAY FELT LIKE A DREAM. TO TAKE THE TUNES TO THE KIDS AND FUCKING JUST HAMMER IT HOME DESPITE ALL ODDS MAN – THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. I HAVE A NEW RECORD COMING OUT IN A LITTLE BIT CALLED “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” AND IT IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY MY TRAVELS AROUND THIS TIME. BELOW ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM THE TOUR.

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log cabin close to the north pole

I’M SIKED ABOUT SOME OF THE RECENT SHINE THAT MY BUDDY LIL UGLY MANE HAS BEEN GETTING – HE IS SERIOUSLY ONE OF THE SICKEST MINDS IN CONTEMPORARY UNDERGROUND RAP. HIS NEW RECORD IS CALLED MISTA THUG ISOLATION AND IT IS DA SHIT.

SOME SERIOUS CONCEPTUALISM WITH THE RAPPING TO BACK IT UP – LIL UGLY MANE IS CREATING A NEW UNIVERSE WITHIN HIS MUSIC AND ART AND THERE IS A LOT TO TAKE IN. FOR SOME REASON I THINK ABOUT STEELY DAN WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS RECORD BUT IT’S KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN WHY. EITHER WAY I LOVE IT. SHOUT OUT TO THE CHURCH OF CRYSTAL LIGHT – REAL HEADS KNOW THE DEAL!

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CURRENT BANDS IS EAST COAST RAGERS 2 TON BUG. THEY SOUND LIKE PUSSY GALORE MEETS ANDREW WK WITH COMBO WHITE ZOMBIE/RIOT GRRRRL VOCALS AND I LOVE IT. SO MUCH SO THAT I AM RE-RELEASING THEIR DEBUT EP ON MY LABEL THUNDER ZONE.

LEMMY FROM “THE BUG” HAS A NEW PROJECT CALLED CALIFORNIA X THAT SHREDS OUT VERY HEAVY GUITAR POP IN THE VEIN OF DINOSAUR JR AND HAS A 7 INCH COMING OUT SOON ON COOL UK LABEL SOUNDS OF SWEET NOTHING.

RECORDED BY JUSTIN PIZZOFERRATO (WHOSE PAST CREDITS INCLUDE DINOSAUR JR AND SONIC YOUTH), IT IS A BANGER FOR ALL THE ROCKERS OUT THERE. PICK IT UP TO TIDE YOU OVER FOR THE PHYSICAL RELEASE OF “FOLLOW THE 2 TON BUG” AND C U IN THE PIT!

MY BUDDY MIRI MADE AN AWESOME WEIRD COOL SICK SICH LIL’ TOUR VIDEO CELEBRATING MY LAST TRIP TO JAPAN. SHE TAGGED ALONG FOR A FEW SHOWS AND DID MERCH, IT WAS A BLAST! THIS VIDEO CAPTURES SOME “PRECIOUS MOMENTS” THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM BEING VERY, VERY DEEP IN THE THUNDER ZONE. THANKS MIRI!

THIS MONDAY IN LOS ANGELES: A BLAST FROM THE PAST CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF THE MAN WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. TAKING IT BACK TO THE MID 00′S FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. THE REUNION OF SOME MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE GAME COMING BACK TO BAT ONE MORE TIME. HOSTED BY THE LEGENDARY RAGER HIMSELF, JESSE MILLER. DO NOT MISS THIS EXCITING NIGHT FULL OF SURPRISES!

IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO SEE MY OLD FRIEND AND TOUR MATE MNDR DOING BIG THINGS IN THE POP GAME AND IT MAKES ME EVEN HAPPIER TO SEE HER WORKING WITH THE VISIONARY CODY CRITCHELOE FROM SSION ON HER NEW VIDEO. “#1 IN HEAVEN” IS AN ANTHEM WITH A VIDEO TO MATCH BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! AS IF THINGS COULDN’T GET ANY SICHER, THE ONE-AND-ONLY SHAMS IS IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER, THROWING DOWN. I CAN’T WAIT FOR MNDR’S DEBUT FULL LENGTH, COMING SOON ON ULTRA.

JB FLOWING OVER ONE OF THE SICHEST BEATS OF 2K11: HUDSON MOHAWKE’S “THUNDER BAY”. I WAS GOING TO USE THIS FOR MY UPCOMING MIXTAPE “BEYOND THUNDER ZONE” BUT THAT TAPE HAS TAKEN SOME TWISTS AND TURNS SO I FIGURED I WOULD JUST PUT IT IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW.

JB FANS KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE THUNDER IS TO MY EVERYDAY LIFESTYLE SO IN ADDITION TO THIS TRACK BEING AMAZING THE TITLE STRUCK A CHORD. RECORDED IN A CLOSET IN A ROOM BEHIND THE JOLLIBEE. QUICK AND SICK STYLE. I HOPE YOU LOVE IT. LISTEN TO IT ABOVE, DOWNLOAD IT RIGHT HERE.

THIS MONDAY IN LA MY BUDDY ERIC ANDRE WILL BE DOING A TAPING OF THE TALK SHOW HE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE ADULT SWIM NETWORK. THE SHOW HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS “CHARLIE ROSE ON SALVIA MEETS 1970S NYC PUBLIC ACCESS AND HYPERACTIVE JAPANESE GAME SHOWS” AND WHO AM I TO ARGUE? ERIC HITS ALL HIS MARKS WITH CHARM TO SPARE.

I WILL BE THE HOUSE DJ FOR THE NIGHT AND GUESTS LIKE QUEEN LATIFAH, EMMA STONE, ELLEN “DJ” ENERES AND SAVION GLOVER WILL BE IN THE BUILDING. ALL OF THIS AND MORE GOING DOWN AT PEHRSPACE IN LOS ANGELES! WATCH A PREVIEW OF THE SHOW BELOW TO GET IN THE ZONE.

OAKLAND-VIA-ALABAMA RAGERS NO BABIES ARE ON TOUR RIGHT NOW AND IF THEY COME THROUGH YOUR TOWN I SUGGEST YOU CHECK THEM OUT. THESE KIDS COME CORRECT WITH A NOISY STYLE THAT SPLITS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRUSTY HARDCORE PUNK AND ARTY NO WAVE. LIVE IT IS AN ALL-OUT EXPLOSION OF ENERGY EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE; FORGET BORING INDIE ROCK FOR ONE GODDAMN SECOND BECAUSE NO BABIES ARE THE REAL DEAL. THEIR DEBUT LP IS OUT NOW ON THE FINE LONDON LABEL UPSET THE RHYTHM. GO COP THAT SHIT AND GET IN THE PIT! TOUR DATES (W/ WHITMAN) HERE.

MY PHILADELPHIA BUDDIES ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT, ROSE LUARDO AND TED PASSIONS HAVE A TELEVISION SHOW FOR COMCAST ON-DEMAND CABLE THAT TEACHES KIDS HOW TO TELL JOKES. IT IS CALLED “JOKE SUMMER SCHOOL” AND IT IS HILARIOUS. WHATS MORE, THEY BROUGHT ME INTO PHILLY TO WRITE THE THEME SONG AND PERFORM IT ON CAMERA! DOING THE THEME SONG FOR A CHILDREN’S TV SHOW IS SERIOUSLY A DREAM COME TRUE. CHECK IT OUT ABOVE, I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THESE THREE DO, FROM ART TO TV TO PERFORMANCE AND BEYOND.