Ain't a damn thing changed

It's my post zero at Cellosun as the first and latest, up-to-datest (single), most expatiated, least precedented unique-George-scented contributor reshackler and expander of musky tabernackle-ah, popping like snap-crackling smack to bring us back from the lack of athletic rhyme attack, sort of — and other shit.

PART 1:

"Plus my voice is fucked, so when I say 'oh!', I want y'all to say 'oh!'"

Phased from your original plan, you deviated,
I alleviated the pain, with a long-term goal,
Took my underground loot, without the gold -
You sold platinum round the world, I sold wood in the hood,
But when I'm in the street, then shit it's all good

Pharoahe Monch @ Meredith Music Festival, 12/12/09
featuring DJ BOOGIE BLIND, Showtyme, and Mela Machinko

For me Pharoahe Monch was pretty much on par with Why? for my 10 hours sleep from 60 at/around Meredith experience, and far overshadowed my enjoyment of the likes of Animal Collective — queue no-name canvas shoes, one speeds and moleskine diaries thrown at my head and missing because the limp-wristed motor skills of hipsters are sapped by the restrictions of jean-like tights and malnutrition.

Not merely a product of some serious delirium, it was an amazing set - despite being 3:20pm - especially with Boogie Blind from the X-Ecutioners (sporting an Obese Records t-shirt), with a seething, jumping fist-pumping, straight shoulder hand-slamming Egyptian-jamming crowd standing - obviously with the most well-known Simon Says as the final track making the hip-hop-headed angels look down upon the Supernatural Ampitheatre and weep with joy. The end of Monch's Australian tour, nice going if you didn't go to Meredith or see him at Prince the night before...typical you.

The X-Factor Boogie Blind, go investigate

Bush-bashing to Falls went horribly wrong for Monchhichi

Pharoahe Monch and Mos Def freestyle:

PART 2:

2/5 of Why? at Meredith

Why? at the East Brunswick Club, Tuesday 15/12/09
with Aleks and the Ramps, and Parking Lot Experiments

My second time seeing my favourite band in four days — Yoni Wolf asked where my karate kid headband had gone...it's not...I don't think of—well, it's not the biggest deal, per se...that he remembered...but, um...you know. My week was still pretty great. I guess.
Their set differed from Meredith's by including a few more from Eskimo Snow and Elephant Eyelash - Into The Shadows of My Embrace was replaced with Eskimo Snow and These Hands, and a few such as Yo Yo Bye Bye, Sanddollars, and Brooke & Waxing, Good Friday, and Gnashville were added.

They finished with 21st Century Pop Song by Hymie's Basement, a collaboration of Yoni with Why?'s guitarist etc. Andrew Broder also from Fog - it sounds exactly what it sounds like, pretty good. Then they participated in the East Brunswick Club trivia night. What a band.

Aleks and the Ramps

"I have this recurring dream where Ol' Dirty Bastard comes and teaches me tai chi, this song is about that." - Aleks

...So, I can't remember which song it was, but...still..you know? Man? Okay, just the obvious then:

Antique Limb - Aleks and the Ramps

You may have heard it on Triple J, but the chances of this decrease immediately if you have never listened to Triple J. They were heaps of fun and funny with the whole between-songs-banter thing so for Melbourners, go see them wherever they're playing next.

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As Big L said on Put It On: "And I'm out, I'm out, I'm out, I'm out..."

if your shower / has a fair amount of pressure

A Tribe Called Quest


can you let me know / right now

I acquired this thinking that it was an edit by Why? as opposed to being one named after the Carly Simon track it samples. But either way its a vast improvement on the original and a reminder that good things could still come out of 1990.

A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (12 inch Why? edit)

Positive K

what's your man / got to do with me?

This is actually an shortened adaptation of the original song by Positive K done by Hot Chip on their DJ Kicks compilation (the one that saw My Piano's debut). Incidentally, their new album isn't far off, but if One Life Stand and Take It In are anything to go by it might fall well short of Made in the Dark. But back to this; a minute or so of rhyming interspersed with pleading that sadly cuts off "peewee herman" at the very end.

Positive K - I Got A Man

Why?

it sounds like a screaming school of fish

I finally saw one of my favourite bands at the Meredith Music Festival, when Yoni Wolf and co. took the stage for an elaborate, foreplay-like soundcheck. Without dwelling too much on just how great they are, here are two of their more unknown songs, both coming before the heady glory of the album Alopecia. A Little Titanic is taken from Oakandazulazylum, while 500 Fingernails is off the Sanddollars EP and also had an airing on Why?'s Almost Live.

Why? - A Little Titanic

Why? - 500 Fingernails

Thanks again to Jack and George who can claim equal credit for introducing me to Why? and especially to George, who is going to be writing on here in the very near future.


Themselves ft. Why? and cLOUDDEAD


watching me fold / any chance you might have had / at a tryst

I would have nearly missed this if it hadn't been for the beautiful hypem, with three of the best signings to the label Anticon collaborating on this song and Yoni leading the way.

Themselves ft. Why and cLOUDEAD -Rappin’ For Money

Blue Orchids

i'm sorry / to bother you

Many thanks to Conway from the great band Toyota War (go check them out). In a review they were likened to The Fall's singer Martin Bramah's band Blue Orchids, and although there are a few differences the most striking similarity of both band's singers stands out. A very appropriate song for that special time of year we call Change of Preference week.

Blue Orchids - Bad Education

Phil Collins


if you feel it / do it

Rounding out this post is an adjustment to a great tune from the Phil Collins album Face Value which featured on a micromix compiled by Geologist (of Animal Collective fame) for Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox. Astute observers will note that the picture above isn't of Phil at all, but a still of Bowie from the movie Real Cool World. If it's still, it's not moving; justification?

Phil Collins - I'm Not Moving (Idjut Boys edit)


Stay tuned for more things from George soon