Jun
01

Passion of the Weiss & Hellfyre Club Presents (6/10): Flash Bang Grenada (Nocando + Busdriver), Open Mike Eagle, Jonwayne & Co Fee @ The Bootleg

Because I’m the slacker that Mr. Strickland always said I was, I’m only now announcing the next Passion of the Weiss Presents show. For those inhabiting Mike Brown’s new stomping grounds, the saga unfolds next Friday, June 10 at the Bootleg Theater, with performances from Flash Bang Grenada (Nocando & Busdriver’s new group), Open Mike… Continue reading »

May
10

The Liner Notes to Open Mike Eagle’s “Nightmares”

In previous episodes, Open Mike Eagle has been extolled for being one of the most incisive writers in rap. Self-aware and satirical, the Chicago-born LA-based rapper doesn’t shout out James Baldwin to sound smart. He does it because he understands too well that the “world in which he was born is nothing less than a… Continue reading »

Jan
06

Open Mike Eagle’s “Pissy Transmission”

If I were hare-brained enough to conceive a feature comparing rappers to actors (and I’m not convinced that I’m not), Mike Eagle would be Steve Buscemi. Granted, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy as Eagle’s been open about his ardor for Nucky Johnson since before he owned the Boardwalk. Both are pigeonholed into the indie realm… Continue reading »

Dec
11

Open Mike Eagle-”Haircut”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxk5lu7RDQ And that’s a pretty nice haircut.

Dec
09

Open Mike Eagle’s Art Rap After Party

“Everybody’s rapping, everybody’s selling clothes,  everybody’s picture taking, shooting videos…everyday in the city of LA is everybody’s birthday,” goes the first hook on Open Mike Eagle’s Art Rap After Party EP — a record that solidifies the Chicago-born Angeleno based rapper as arguably the finest (and funniest) chronicler of the seedy and mustache-marred LA underworld.… Continue reading »

Nov
11

Aquatic Acrobatics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzfmz2_yi94 While national attention is largely fixated on its producers, the Low End Theory simultaneously operates as a ’10s extension of the Project Blowed. Alumni like Busdriver, AWOL One, and Ab Rude regularly rock shows, and before becoming the Beat Baron of Alpha Pup, Daddy Kev ran the obscure but oft-excellent Celestial Records, whose legacy… Continue reading »

Jun
28

Deer Hunting With Busdriver & Open Mike Eagle

This exists to create the starkest contrast between posts since the days when Passion of the Weiss was a website devoted to K-Rino and the soothing sounds of OMC — “How Bizarre” was merely the entry point in a diverse and storied catalogue. Flipping the Roots flipping Monsters of Folk, the second leak from Busdriver’s… Continue reading »

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