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Well, I was in a low mood last time I wrote here. I think that bloomed from having just returned from tour and my body's decision to take a temporary vacation from composing music. Things are beginning to stabilize and the spring is returning to my stride just in time for an autumnal bloom.
I became acquainted with Baby Bash's "Cyclone" last night while combing the dials for Chamillionaire's awful(ly curious) new single, "Hip Hop Police". Unseen and unknowable circumstances transfigured the song, dispelling the production's garnish, permitting a glimpse of some truly exciting explorations of the human voice. These moments are the affirming ones. I listened to the track again today on Baby Bash's myspace and it didn't overwhelm like it did last night but I'm sure I can crack it's code again.
In preparation for Moth!Fight!'s October 6th Victorian Pageant in Austin, I've been researching turn-of-the-century Forteana with surprising ardor. So, when Michael Kaufmann from Asthmatic Kitty/Unusual Animals asked me to contribute an essay for the label's sidebar, I relished the opportunity to affect the sensational language of Victorian-era news papers. I don't know when the piece will run but Michael, whose unique recording project, Future Rapper, deserves adjectives like "cerebral" but dismantles the trappings of "backpacker hip hop", will be playing with us in Houston on October 20th!
I know I need to upload some mp3s soon. Soon.