| Monday Afternoon Comic: The True Identity of the Yellow King | March 10, 2014 |
This past Thursday, Hellfyre Club and Armand Hammer absolutely destroyed Mercury Lounge in Manhattan. Elucid, Billy Woods, Nocando, Open Mike Eagle, milo and Busdriver were a delight. Or so I thought. After the show, and after several drinks, we started talking about True Detective. Like everyone else across the country, we couldn’t wait for the show’s […]
| Open Mike Eagle Drops the “Qualifiers” Video, Signs with Mello Music Group for “Dark Comedy” | February 26, 2014 |
Max Bell believes the rules came from Slick Rick. Hellfyre Club stalwart and rap game P.T. Anderson Open Mike Eagle has inked a three album deal with indie rap label Mello Music Group for 2014 and 2015. The first of the triad will be Mike’s next album, Dark Comedy, which is slated for release this summer. […]
| Open Mike Eagle, Watermelon Smasher, Password Protector | October 8, 2013 |
Open Mike Eagle, the shapeshifter, weightlifter, and drink ticket shoplifter instructs the youth on very important topics: keep your Internet password a secret. There are spammers and congressman (when they deign to be in session) and all of them want to know what numbers you dial and who you be with. Open Mike Eagle is […]
| Open Mike Eagle & “Mef’s Lament” | September 3, 2013 |
Open Mike Eagle finding the missing link between the M.E.T.H.O.D Man and cLOUDDEAD. This is so intense it should come with a hand towel and a Xanax. Production courtesy of the essential Ernest Gonzalez. There are lines in here so razor-sharp that they will make your soul slowly roast in a free-trade cast iron cauldron. […]
| Shots Fired, Episode 44: White People Gone Wild w/ Homeboy Sandman and Open Mike Eagle | August 29, 2013 |
I’m not going to waste my time writing about the ramifications of Miley’s moment as the Vanilla Ice of twerk. But you better believe that I will talk about it on a podcast. It has been an epic week of tomfoolery from the Kanye eunuch appearing on the Kris Jenner show, to the VMA’s, to […]
| The Forever Un-Middling Open Mike Eagle | June 25, 2013 |
Ask Max Bell about Cella Dwellas. Let’s talk about Battle Raps — the ones that stick with you long after the record is over. I’m thinking of songs that manage to move me sonically and offer something new, lines you marvel at, and lines you laugh about with your friends. The songs with one liners […]
| Shots Fired, Episode 28 — “No Blacks, No Jews, No Asians” with Guests Oliver Wang & Open Mike Eagle | May 9, 2013 |
The latest episode of Shots Fired takes its title from this Busdriver song that seemed to obliquely epitomize the Harvard & Stone saga of the last week. Also, the room was comprised of myself, Nocando, the great O-Dub, and Open Mike Eagle. The description is below. Hopefully, it contributes to a discussion that we should […]
I apologize for dropping this one on you with such short notice. But I will make amends by presenting a free show featuring Chicano Batman, an Ariel Pink DJ set, Open Mike Eagle, and Wild Pack of Canaries, who may or may not be a giant cage of birds that I will unleash at the […]
Inspired by a last minute cancellation and the enduring reality that all rappers are lead singers (and most have lead singer syndrome), the latest episode of Shots Fired features myself, Nocando, and our guests Open Mike Eagle and Taurus Scott talking about rappers who live on their own time, how fame effects a rapper’s ego, […]
| The Metaphysical Wanderings of Milo | March 22, 2013 |
Review courtesy of the Uber Max Bell. Milwaukee’s Milo has a “big brain”– like Jimmy Neutron if he talked about Nietzsche’s Übermensch instead of science. Think of Milo as a more introspective and well read Ab-Soul for fans of Vonnegut and Phillip K. Dick. Allusions aside, he’s an intelligent, unabashedly horny ’90s baby with an inexhaustible store of knowledge (high/low […]
