Victor bka KOOL A.D. has just released his much tweeted about (by himself) mixtape “THE PALM WINE DRINKARD” on megaupload. Download it here.
By the way, this is one of several mixtapes Victor has released over the past few years, including a recent release with beats by Big Baby Gandhi. Find them floating in the cyber ether nearest you, friends!
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We’ve partnered with Insound to produce a new limited-edition t-shirt. Check it in our MERCH section.
I’m writing this in my apartment. I now have a cat (Mortimer), I’ve never had a cat before. It doesn’t seem to like me very much and it is sleeping in the closet and on top of piles of merch, which annoys me. I wish it turned into a dog, specifically my old dog Rupee that died.
I don’t think I like this cat very much. Does this make me a bad person? Of course this doesn’t. Regardless, I might have to kill it before the sun comes up.
We just finished the Europe leg of our Relax tour. It wasn’t bad. I might have to further investigate the city of London in the near-future, along with a few others. We’re going to take 4 weeks off to work on not comitting suicide, TV shows, music and bad films. Hopefully none of the results ever see the light of day and we can go on with the charades, as per usual!
RIP
1997 – 2008
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AUSTRALIA TOUR FLYER:
I’m sitting and using the computer in the lobby of the Eden Star Hotel in Hengelo, The Netherlands. One more week in Europe (Berlin, Copenhagen) before Hima heads to India, Vic heads to Cuba and I head back to New York City to continue producing chunky-style salsa.
Here is the brand new video for Brand New Dance.
We’re going to be on the Conan O’Brien show tonight. It airs on the TBS cable broadcast network and begins airing at 11 PM EST. Watch it if you have access to cable in your home or go to a friend with money’s house. Maybe yr parents are those friends with money?
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Here’s Chillin Island‘s episode two called “Going Deep” with special guest Tiombe Lockhart:
Greedhead rapper and Das Racist affiliate Lakutis’ debut EP “I’m in the Forest” will be released December 1st, but you don’t have to take my word for it.
Here’s a trailer:
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Have you downloaded Big Baby Gandhi’s mixtape “Big Fucking Baby” yet?
Click the album cover below to download.
Here are some photos by Ryan Muir of the last show of our US Relax tour. Music Hall of Williamsburg.
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We’ve received our new Baphomet shirts, previously only available on-tour.
Check it out in our MERCH section.
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Not quite. The last official date for the Relax tour is this Wednesday’s sold out date at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, but that’s just a bugged-out coda for me.
I’m writing this in my apartment in Brooklyn while watching a live stream of Zucotti Park/Occupy Wall Street. The window is getting increasingly dominated by cops wearing riot helmets. The whole Occupy movement started less than ten days before the beginning of the tour, and other than a few run-ins (mostly accidentally) in other cities, I’ve barely acquainted myself with the movement, and now it looks like I won’t get the chance. Not so sure what else to say about that right now other than the people running shit, and cops, suck.
It’s been a weird six weeks, my knees are completely shot, my voice is shot, I feel we might have disappointed as many fans as we’ve entertained and I didn’t make very much paper at all. We’re working on a few tricks for our Europe tour coming up in a few short weeks and then I think it’s time for us to start working on some awesome and new shit, collectively and independently, for 2012. Before we kill ourselves (or the world ends, anyway).
Dates also available in SHOWS section
Sitting in Franklin, Tennessee. Just watched the episode of the Sopranos where Tony gets out of the hospital after being shot by Junior (also, Paulie finds out his “mother” is his “aunt”). We’re headed to Louisville tomorrow morning, the shortest ride we’ve had in weeks, a little more than 3 hours according to Google Maps. The last few have been in the ~8 hour range. HELLY MELLY, RIGHT?
Florida is a weird place! St. Petersburg had a lot of boho freak happenings that were pretty cool. We stopped by “Ramblin Rose Upcycle,” a weird clothing/art/bike shop next to the venue when we followed the owner and her huge dog into a storefront. Bought some cheap-o chains there. Our days off in Miami got rained out, which was a bummer. New Orleans was as great as ever, walked around a few neighborhoods I’ve never seen before, a crazy place. I ate the bodies of dead crawfish, along with parts of the dead body of a rabbit and parts of the dead body of an alligator. they were all good, although I still “don’t eat meat.”
Swinging by Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow. Thinking I’ll stop by the baseball bat factory, do they let you film in there?
