Chris Daly is without question the greatest writer named Chris Daly ever to grace the pages of Passion of the Weiss. He was one of the first music bloggers ever to address Nigerian speed rap, an accolade which doesn't get him laid, even in Nigeria. Over the years, he has written for such varied outlets as this one, Odd Bloggings, Les Enfants Terribles, Rollo & Grady, Big Yawn, Jedi News and a really bitching piece on bed bugs for Hotel Management.
Daly claims to be the only PotW writer to have seen Tupac as a back-up dancer for Digital Underground, Heavy D. (when both he and all the Boyz still were alive and kicking), Slick Rick (before he went to jail) and the original 3 Feet High and Rising Tour. When not perfecting his beat boxing skills, he enjoys cosplaying his two kids in 80s B-Boy and B-Girl finery. Daly really hopes this blogging thing eventually pays off, as he is not looking forward to the chiropractic bills sure to arise from all the dookie chains he keeps heaping on his offspring.
Currently Listening:
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
Steely Dan - Aja
Mecca: 83 - Ain't Done Too Bad
Two Syllables Volume 11
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Currently Watching:
Star Wars Rebels
Adventure Time
Steven Universe
Regular Show
Agent Carter
Samurai Jack
Cowboy Bebop
Gravity Falls
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Currently Reading:
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon Huck Finn's America: Mark Twain and the Era That Shaped His Masterpiece by Andrew Levy Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain by Alan Light Hip Hop Family Tree 1975-1983 Gift Box Set by Ed Piskor Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller| I See Colors: Mo Kolours “You (Wailer)” | November 12, 2014 |
Chris Daly lives, dies, and repeats If you’re a broke ass cat who is into the indie beat scene, there are far worse times to be alive than right now. In an effort to break through the clutter in an otherwise overcrowded musical landscape, seems like every producer/DJ and their mother are dropping free joints […]
| Simians Don’t Sleep: Bonobo’s New Mix & EPs | November 6, 2014 |
Chris Daly fucks, then he sleeps. Say whatever else you might be so inclined to about Bonobo, but you certainly can’t say he’s been traveling at less than the speed of sound these days. Fresh off his 18 month, international “North Borders” tour, he dropped the appropriately named The North Borders Tour – Live, a CD/DVD […]
| The Year of the Eagle: OME’s “Dark Comedy Late Show” | November 4, 2014 |
Chris Daly consults tea leaves before smoking trees. Seriously, somebody needs to tell Open Mike Eagle to take a breather. Depending on which tea leaves you happen to consult, four out of five leading psychics agree that 2014 will go down in history as HIS year. With only an album or two even jockeying for position, […]
| Spooky, eh, Kids? Passion of the Weiss Halloween Mixtape | October 30, 2014 |
Chris Daly has the illest costumes OK, admittedly, this may not be the first Halloween mix you hear this year. Hell, it might not even be the first one you cop from Passion of the Weiss (props to Evan). Let’s not kid ourselves, though, one can never have enough musical accompaniment for a night filled […]
| The Shady Trail of Repeated Measures | October 22, 2014 |
Chris Daly will never correct the problem. It hasn’t been an easy year for Christopher Norwood aka Repeated Measures. While working on his latest opus, the aptly named Collapse, Norwood was repeatedly hospitalized for a medical condition that caused, you guessed it, his lungs to collapse. After a number of surgeries to correct the problem, he […]
| Shaker Notes and Strange Dreams: An Interview With Paul White | October 21, 2014 |
A deeper look into one of the most creative producers of the last half-decade.
| The Dandelion Seeds of Kratos Himself | October 13, 2014 |
Chris Daly doesn’t smoke stems, seeds, or sticks. “Sonically adventurous soundscapes” has become a descriptor of beat music that says nothing and something. However, I’m hard pressed to think of a better way to describe the latest from Kratos Himself, the somehow aptly titled “Dandelion Seeds.” The Dutch producer, who shares a name with one […]
Chris Daly eats peanut butter every day on the daily Let’s be honest with ourselves: one can never have too much jazz or hip-hop in one’s life. If you’re anything like me, you’re obviously attractive and well loved by everyone, but you also prefer your musical forays to go the backpack route. When you get […]
| Down the Rabbit Hole: Tokimonsta “Desiderium” EP | September 30, 2014 |
Chris Daly is Hercules! Hercules! when writing up blog posts Desiderium, LA beatsmith TOKiMONSTA’s third EP, finds the Korean American treading familiar ground, sometimes to great effect. Her first album on her newly launched Young Art label contains a track or two that ranks with her best, and a few more that do her proud. […]
| A Jazz Thing: Otis Brown III feat Gretchen Parlato “You’re Still The One” | September 26, 2014 |
So you’re Chris Daly? That don’t impress me much You probably never imagined that we’d be sharing a Shania Twain cover with you, but you probably never thought drummer extraordinaire, Otis Brown III, would bother covering it for his upcoming Revive/Blue Note solo debut, The Thought of You, due to drop Sept. 23, either. If Brother […]
