2008 March » Passion of the Weiss

Mar
09

Rza ft. Inspectah Deck-”You Can’t Stop Me Now”

I don’t know if a light went on in the Rza’s head a while back and the guy suddenly remembered how to make dope beats again, but you can’t deny that Bobby D’s been on a roll of late, first with 8 Diagrams and now his first single from his upcoming Digi Snax album. “You… Continue reading »

Mar
07

Who’s the “Boss?”: The True Definition of Boss According to Rick Ross

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlXjPq-f96o If there are any aspiring young rappers out there reading this, now is the time to rejoice. With his second album, Trilla, Rick Ross has proven that all you need to do to have a viable rap career is the foresight to rhyme “Ross” with “Boss.” For those keeping score, that’s two albums on… Continue reading »

Mar
07

Dengue Fever-”Seeing Hands”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGINn-PKlAA Via Buzz Bands Things I am okay with as of Thursday, March 6: Tuna tartare, Pau Gasol’s ability to clean up on the offensive glass, and Cambodian psych-pop, specifically LA’s Dengue Fever. MP3: Dengue Fever-”Seeing Hands”

Mar
06

The Passion of the Weiss Guide to LA Bands At SXSW

So I’ll be covering SXSW next week for the LA Weekly. I have never been nor do I have any idea of what to expect. I’m pretty excited to go though. I’ve been asking around and have generally been met with the boiler-plate response that “SXSW is awesome.” However, one friend did tell me to… Continue reading »

Mar
06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaUYftWK3yQ The guys in Heroes for Popular Wars describe themselves as two musicians, a video artist and a MFA candidate at Pratt, who live in Brooklyn, trying to make gauzy but hooky, electro-acoustic music. We improv a lot with computers, mix choruses with dance-y beats, use found sound collages and processed-to-the-hilt guitars and try to… Continue reading »

Mar
05

Will i Am Offers Obama Handjob Via Campaign Song

As the voters of Texas, Rhode Island, Vermont and Ohio filed to the polls yesterday to help decide the Democratic Party’s nomination for President, will.i.am., the capitalization averse mastermind of the Black Eyed Peas continued his steadfast efforts to help elect Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. Indeed, while most election-day volunteers focused on get-out-the-vote efforts,… Continue reading »

Mar
04

The Knux-”Cappuccino”

Over the last two weeks, “Cappuccino,” the new cut from Interscope-signed, LA-by way of New Orleans duo, The Knux, has been in steady rotation at the Passion of the Weiss compound (eerily similar to Samson Simpson’s lair but with less wheelchairs and more crossbows). I’m hoping to catch them at SXSW next week so hopefully… Continue reading »

Mar
04

Great Scott: Simon Says

It’s hard to avoid American Idol. It’s everywhere. On coke cans, at bus stops, tattooed on that hooker’s shoulder–everywhere. And after 6 & 1/2 years, it’s easy to see why this franchise ain’t goin’ nowhere: Simon. Pretty much whatever Simon says, goes. Whatever he decides on the show, that’s what they do. If he doesn’t… Continue reading »

Mar
03

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 5: Where I Post Every Last Bone Thugs Video Known To Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpmr8Shy_UA It’s a been a good time here during Bone Thugs week. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve realized that Scrooge McDuck was the original ghetto cowboy and that Mark Price was a member of Mo Thugs. A modicum of knowledge has been dropped and I have made more bad jokes using the word ruggish than… Continue reading »

Mar
02

Beards, Blazers & Belfry’s: Mezzanine Owls and The Mae Shi

Last Thursday night’s Mezzanine Owls Digital EP/7″ release deserves more than than the cursory paragraph summary I’m going to give it. I’m pressed for time on this sunny Sunday and besides Mouse from Classical Geek Theatre has already spent 1000 words documenting the evening, as have several others (also see Jax’s mega-post.) At the risk… Continue reading »