These artists are a bit more underground (or just unknown and bad) than in the first installment, but the names are noticeably more pedestrian. Coincidence?
Honorable Mention:
This has potential to degrade into simply, “Funny Rapper Names,” I fear.
Adjectives:
Nouns:
Both:
Special Award of Merit:
* I have chosen to focus on run-of-the-mill words and only those rap artists the average white rap geek might be expected to know about. I’m sure there are others that fit nicely into these lists. I apologize for leaving someone off, especially if they happen to be your favorite rapper. Please, don’t shoot me.
Last Friday night, I got together with Mike, Page and Fish to talk openly about the strong feelings I’ve been having that Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it’s still on a high note. Once we started talking, it quickly became apparent that the other guys’ feelings, while not all the same as mine, were similar in many ways — most importantly, that we all love and respect Phish and the Phish audience far too much to stand by and allow it to drag on beyond the point of vibrancy and health. We don’t want to become caricatures of ourselves, or worse yet, a nostalgia act. By the end of the meeting, we realized that after almost twenty-one years together we were faced with the opportunity to graciously step away in unison, as a group, united in our friendship and our feelings of gratitude.
So Coventry will be the final Phish show. We are proud and thrilled that it will be in our home state of Vermont. We’re also excited for the June and August shows, our last tour together. For the sake of clarity, I should say that this is not like the hiatus, which was our last attempt to revitalize ourselves. We’re done. It’s been an amazing and incredible journey. We thank you all for the love and support that you’ve shown us.
— Trey Anastasio
Holy fucking shit!
Tonight VH1 airs an episode of their Driven series on Dave Matthews. Photographs taken during the early days of DMB taken by yours truly will be included in the broadcast. Watch those credits, as I still haven’t been paid nor have I signed a contract with the folks at VH1. Hmmm.
By small coincidence, this is episode #41 of the Driven series.
The notion of Tenacious D having a DVD is a humorous one. The fact that they chose to call this DVD “The Complete Master Works” solidifies them as the band with the best sense of humor since The Beatles.
Years from now when I’m interviewed (because I’m a celebrated musician) who my influences are, I’ll have to remind myself to include Howie Day in the list.
I’ve been wearing out about 8 tracks from a live show I legally downloaded a couple days ago. The guy’s got skills.
He does layering/looping much like Keller Williams*. And his voice definitely has a Dave Matthews feel to it. In fact, at one point Howie’s between-song banter sounds so much like Dave-Speak it made my head turn.
His songs are definitely mellow, but at 1:30 in the morning that’s just fine by me.
* If you are currently listening to music or have your speakers on at all, click this link at your own peril.
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