Freaks of the Industry

We're strumming through Dr. Octo on our way to work this AM.

We've got to say we've never really gotten that close, even though it is tempting. Lissening, though, is a comforting reminder that the boys over @ Odd Futures aren't any farther from the tradition than the audible sound of the good doctor's voice.

It prompts, even tempts, more thinking on the Lazarussian (maybe it's Orphic) of the unnaground -- the all about it is about coming up and coming back, no matter how much murder and rape you rhyme over.

We owe it to Keith Matthew Thornton to pay closer attention, even though looking close @ halfsharkalligatorhalfman may ultimately blind us, or turn us to stone. How can we look at it w/out looking back?

What We're Hearing

Puts a smile on your face like utrabrite.

We're lissening through the slab close for the first time, loving "Blue Flowers," "Bear Witness," "Dr. Octagon," "Girl Let Me Touch You," "I'm Destructive," "Halfsharkalligatorhalfman," so far. Sh*t rocks.

Someday we're gonna write a post about these identity shifters, creators of new and secret identities. We're gonna hang the post on Bert Williams brilliant "I'm Nobody," and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, and on secret names and name changing from Africa days to the Nation.

In the mean time we're just living the high life w/ the Automator, DJ Qbert, and Kutmasta Kurt on the deck. Ahh. Foot ticklin.'