Sometimes people don't hang around for the punchline....

In one of my earlier posts I was ranting about the "lame" things Artists have to do to keep from becoming cadavers. I mentioned crappy club flyers cause at the time it was pointed out to me how bad my flyers are. In spite of this guy trying to pay me to do his flyers. Whatever, I tossed together a few thumbnails and sent them to the guy. he loved em. made some line up changes and got paid. While we were talking he let it spill that he needed a way to regularly post announcements on the clubs Facebook and Myspace pages. Showed him my really "lame" Myspace page. We worked out terms on a site by site basis (in all 3 sites, with more to come) and he hired me on the spot. Crazy, right?

Doors close doors open. Anyway, for anybody who wants to see here is the first flyer I sold:





Great Art, uhm no. But I feel pretty good about it. Yep, WarDaddy is pleased

Approach my Temple

                                                This, for me, was today. Can't wait till tomorrow.

Some Artist never find a way...

                                      A Tattoo that I may not have Chosen.
WarDaddy says....
  I make a rotten "Starving Artist". I an an Artist, but as for the starving part I never really got that. I get skinny so fast its scary. Lucky for me I picked up Tattooing as a skill early on.  I've done shows and sold "real art" but I never have (really my fault) caught on to the point that I could stop doing Tats.  Part of doing Tats for me has included a lot of tattoos that I would never have done for the "artistic integrity". A lot of M.O.B on broke dudes and butterflies on asses that should never be exposed to light. It never made me rich. Sometimes it didn't even feed me. Everything has its ups and downs. But some Artists never find a way to be who they are and still make enuff to justify whatever it is that they do. Having found away to eat and still be me is a blessing. Maybe I got a really large artistic piece waiting for me to bring it into reality. maybe not. Maybe I got nothing in my future but pointless ass tattoos. But there is some poor guy out there submitting to a draconian dress code so he can proudly say "I draw Mickey Mouse!".  In my book (the only one that matters)I'm doing O.K.. Not wildly rich or acclaimed, but O.K.

In conclusion: If the whole starving till the world notices your greatness works for you, then run with it. I'll applaud your success. If along the way you keep from starving by selling crappy Hallmark cards/ tattoos/club flyers, I still got your back. The people buying are all the critics you need. By Law they should be the only ones you have.

The verse

Look, it is what it is
Because of what it was
I did what I did
'Cause it does what it does
I don't put nothin' above
What I am, what I love
My family, my blood
My city and my hood
Hater for the greater good
I'm back from Hollywood
And I ain't changed a lick
Though, I know I probably should
But, what I'm doin' is not a good look
I never did it by the good book, as a lifetime crook
All the petty crime took a toll on me
I look around at my homies that's gettin' old on me
But still somethin' gotta hold on me
Maybe it's fate
If it's comin', yo I'm willing to wait
I'm not runnin', I done ran through the muck
I done scrambled and such
I done robbed an odd job and gambled enough
Till I'm put up in handcuffs
And pissin' in a cup
If there's a God,
I don't know if he listenin' or what

MF Doom to Release 'Fake' Live Album?

                                             Peter Kramer, Getty Images

Controversial rapper MF Doom has been accused of a variety of nefarious plots and schemes over the years, from brawling with his hype man and fleeing the stage, to sending out his manager (and others) to perform in his stead, but according to 'NY Mag,' his latest stunt might be his most confusing.

The mysterious emcee, who wears an iron mask and records under a variety of aliases, is releasing a new live album on September 14, entitled 'Expektoration,' but according to 'NY Mag''s website, the album is not what it claims to be.

"'Expektoration,' to these untrained ears, sounds staged. As in, not actually live," writer Amos Barshad reports. "As in, MF Doom released a live album following a fake-live-show scandal, and that live album is not live."Barshad goes on to explain that the "live" album sounds more like "studio gimmickry," and questions Doom's intentions for releasing such a project.

"It's certainly Doom's voice, recorded live without any studio gimmickry, and there's certainly a hype man there with him, shouting all manners of crowd-hyping platitudes. But are there actually people present?" Barshad continues. "The noises of the crowd seem to pipe up, out of nowhere, at oddly appropriate moments, like whenever a song fades out, and then sharply disappear again. Doom addresses the crowd, they respond maniacally; he goes back to rapping, they evaporate completely. We hear 'New York, let me hear some noise, ya'll!' - and, on cue, a few seconds of response, then nothing. Cheers turn instantly to boos, and then quickly back again, with no explanation."

It is unlikely that we'll ever know the method to Doom's madness, but we're interested to watch the villain's next move.

As Barshad concludes, in the end all that matters is the quality of Doom's work. "Then again: Are we overanalyzing this because it's Doom? Very possible! And more important, with all that said, 'Expektoration' is kind of great."

MF Doom's 'Expektoration' will be released on September 14. Get yourself one.

Riding the Bus in Tampa.....

Riding the bus somewhere in Tampa.......