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
Chris Daly can go twenty rounds with you on Centipede The concept is simple enough: The Galactic Skratch Federation held a contest to see who the baddest DJ in the stars was. Naturally, Qbert was in the mix, and two albums resulted–Extraterrestria and GalaXXXian. The latteris comprised of “Earthly beats,” while the formeris to be […]
Chris Daly doesn’t drive a Honda Civic — that’s a girl’s car By and large, much of the talk about Open Mike Eagle’s latest opus Dark Comedy has focused on the first half of the titular equation. Few would deny that Eagle is hitting his full stride on what is sure to make innumerable “Best […]
| Summer Mixtape #2: Chris Daly | June 25, 2014 |
Chris Daly is always frontin and maxin’, chillin in the car he spent all day waxin’ I realize the summer solstice just passed, but it’s already been a long summer. Fortunately, this isn’t my first rodeo, so I’ve got a couple of gems to share to keep things cool when it’s too damn hot otherwise. […]
Chris Daly owns a nightclub in Sacramento with Boogie Cousins Summer is fast approaching, and the livelier amongst our readership are going to start BBQ and backyard party season in earnest sooner than later. You can go check out sites like www.bakedbree.com for your cooking needs; the Based God knows the best advice you’ll get […]
Chris Daly can play “Gigantic” on his Cricket wireless apps If there’s one issue I take with the work of Philadelphia’s Small Professor, it’s that he creates these beauty bangers with the ear of a master, and yet he’s somehow not being spoken of in the same revered tones as any number of today’s “hit […]
| First Step is Intention, Second Step is a Glance: Open Mike Eagle “The History of Modern Dance” Video | May 27, 2014 |
Chris Daly lusted after Lisa Bonet long after she joined A Different World I have no idea why it’s taken me this long to come to the conclusion that Open Mike Eagle may very well be my favorite MC in the game today. His lyrics often speak directly to me, from his love of comic […]
Chris Daly is cool, Chris Daly is fast French beat legend, Mr. Flash (who the well informed will recall dropped the first album on the Ed Banger label back in ’03), is getting ready to drop his proper debut, “Sonic Crusader,” this June. To prepare the uninitiated, Flash has dropped his first single, “Number One,” […]
| Tobacco: King of the Awkward Massage Situation | April 29, 2014 |
Chris Daly is rarely safe for work If anyone was concerned that Tobacco had softened his approach after his most accessible work to date with last year’s Cobra Juicy, I point you no further than the video for his latest single, “Streaker.” Directed by Eric Wareheim of Tim & Eric fame, the most recently released […]
| The Second Mixtape of Spring: Chris Daly | April 23, 2014 |
Chris Daly is naughty. By nature. The “problem” with spring is that it never lasts long enough for anyone’s liking. Whether I’ve been living in Chicago, with its seemingly endless winters, or Washington, D.C., with its too humid summers, there’s never enough upper 60s/lower 70s, first buds popping on the trees, leave the coat at […]
| Apollo Brown is Blowing Smoke Rings | April 16, 2014 |
Chris Daly rarely flares at the nostrils Come April 29th, Mello Music Group beatsmith Apollo Brown will drop his latest beast, Thirty Eight, an instrumental soundtrack that so far sounds like a crate digger’s dream for a movie that doesn’t exist, but I damn sure hope someone films. I don’t like to use press release […]
