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 is smoking Optimos in Orlando. Enter Cole Williams aka The Child of Lov, a 25-year-old Dutch musician whose age and location belie a musical kinship with everyone from George Clinton to D’Angelo. With his eponymous LP out now on either Double Six Records or Domino Records depending on which side of the pond […]
| The Gloom Steez of Ras G | May 8, 2013 |
You know Chris Daly’s steez. Sure, stoned is the way of the walk, but for those too blunted to slip on kicks, L.A. beatsmith Ras_G has put together yet another lazily, laid back, bubbler of a track for your relaxed, listening pleasure. Taking equal inspiration from rubbery bass lines, inclement weather and what this listener […]
| De La Soul Channel The Spirit of the Wu | April 18, 2013 |
Chris Daly is the Zig Zag Zig Allah. Rejoice, you old hip hop heads, for not only have De La Soul dropped the latest single for their forthcoming “You’re Welcome,” but they’ve tapped into the Spirit of the Wu on this eerie thumper. Utilizing the same sample that the Clan did for ‘Intro’ on Disc […]
| Adventures in Glitch: Flying Lotus & Adventure Time Form | April 9, 2013 |
Chris Daly wants to be Finn. If you’re looking for a show that somehow combines the wonder of navigating through the travails of tween-dom with evil snails, hipster bears and talking candy canes, Adventure Time clearly is for you. The criminally slept on show has been a favorite of mine since it started a couple […]
| The Ghost in the Machine & Shlohmo’s “Laid Out” EP | March 18, 2013 |
Chris Daly doesn’t need any more baby-making music, but he will gladly accept it. Ghost in the Machine generally refers to one of a few things. The more scholastic might read it as British philosopher Gilbert Ryle’s refutation of René Descartes’ mind-body dualism. The Sting-inclined might process it as the Police’s fourth album that offered […]
| Beat Traps: The Ethereal Attack of the Potatohead People | February 26, 2013 |
Chris Daly once smoked out of a potato that he steeped for several days in a glass of water. When considering Vancouver beatsmiths Nick Wisdom and AstroLogical, is it more appropriate to classify them as solo artists on Jellyfish Recordings or as members of the stellar Potatohead People (whose Mellowtunes was one of the grooviest […]
| Drifting Towards “Home”: The Continued Evolution of Nosaj Thing | January 25, 2013 |
Chris Daly: the right kind of sleazy. For those of you who thought you had a pretty good grasp of what Nosaj Thing brings to the beat table, it might be time to think again. On Home, his sophomore album and first on the Innovative Leisure label, “Home,” the LA answer to Boards of Canada […]
| Beat Traps: What I Forgot to Write About in 2012 | January 11, 2013 |
Look, we can blame things on the dog smoking my homework or the fact that I’ve been working on my professional eater’s physique, but regardless of the extenuating circumstances, there were a few things I wanted to rap with you cats about last year, but never got around to it, you dig? Clearly, those ‘70s […]
| Beat Traps: ?uestlove’s Hour-Long Dilla Set in the Boiler Room | November 30, 2012 |
Chris Daly beats in the trap. There only are so many hours in the day, and taking an hour to watch ?uestlove spin amidst head-nodding hipsters may not be your top priority — even if Questo is sporting a dope Prince tee. Hell, there are new episodes of Adventure Time to consume. We get it. […]
| Beat Traps: The Funky French Jazz of Somepling | October 12, 2012 |
Chris Daly go somepling somepling? Don’t mind if he does. It doesn’t always have to be about the re-invention of the wheel. Sometimes it’s just about perfecting an already smooth design. Sure, the guy who invented the first circular disk deserves the utmost kudos, but does the guy who figured out that inflating rubber tubes […]
