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…wah-wah-wah…..a descending french horn signals the punchline of my recent trip to telluride colorado……..i brokeded myself……all over again…..this time it was my ankle……for those of you who don’t know or are having trouble recollecting…..a few years back a similar trip to telluride left me with broken collarbone, elbow and wrist……do you see the pattern emerging??….this time it happened within minutes of arriving in town…….well needless to say my travelling companions, rel and moodswangz, were a little upset with me at first…….

…..but soon they cheered up n realized they could have fun without me….

…i think……….well you have to know them….those are there happy faces…….once i got a few pain pills in me, i even cheered up n put my happy face on……….

…..but regardless of my physical or emotional state…the show must go on……albeit with a stool to prop me up……..

…..in case you were confused which one was me, some helpful fans pointed me out….actually at that point, i was confused which one was me….but from what i hear it was still a good show and everyone had a good time…….and soon i was back in the prone position…ready for whatever else the weekend had in store….as long as i didn’t have to leave the hotel room to experience it…….

……in the end….we managed to have a good time despite my best efforts otherwise……on our way out of town we decided to pose with the big stupid van we drove there n back in hopes of putting some perspective on the weekend…..

….now i’m back in chicago…where i’ve been informed that an infection has developed around my ankle fracture that is actually far more serious than the fracture itself…..on the bright side….the doctor upped the dosage of hydrocodone in my prescription n my uncle even tossed me some dilaudid…….yip-a-dang!……tomorrow i start physical therapy……..everythings coming up apoc……

..here’s a tim fite song…..he recently signed to epitaph….good for him…..

tim fite - ive been shot

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apoc

 

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….i saw this collection of stuff over the weekend….i don’t know why…but it struck me…

this week…i’m headed back to telluride colorado for my third visit to the plunge music festival…..at past festivals i’ve played with the likes of slick rick, rahzel, tre hardson of the pharcyde, dj logic and more…..this year the festivities have been scaled back a little…..but it should still a couple of great nights of shows…..rel and i will be playing friday night march 14th as the ritz at the fly me to the moon saloon with bionik brown…..katchooo….

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apoc

….february was a lot of things this year:….a day longer than it was for the three years previous….the wettest of its kind ever recorded in illinois……5.2 degrees colder than the average chicago february…..black history month……and a period of blogging silence from yours truly(oh how u wept through those long cold february nights, hoping the following day would bring some sign of life from my flaccid blog)……it was also a month in which i played three shows in three different cities…….the third being right back here in my native chicago…….at the abbey pub with sole and the skyrider band, apes, and telephone jim jesus…….since i left you all in the dark about it last month….i’m gonna take this opportunity to try to redeem myself by playing ketchup(terrible!!) and hope that you’ll relish(ugh…why can’t i stop?!?) the occasion to catch a glimpse of what you missed….or didn’t for those lucky enough to be in attendance……so….with no further ado…..lettuce(why?!?) take a look at a video of me performing the song “heartless” on the 22nd of february at the abbey pub…..except..you’re gonna have to click on this link as i can’t seem to embed the youtube player into my blog with totally fucking up the formatting…..

apoc - heartless - video

…my favorite part is that you can hear the girl who filmed it rapping along to parts of it……the song is off of the forthcoming ritz(apoc + rel) album “the night of day”…..which should hit stores sometime in april…..it was also released as the b-side to the blown 12″ which is already available from fine vinyl dealers everywhere……heres a pic of me from the show…

…everybody i performed with that night was impressive…but i was especially taken by the dc-based psych-rock outfit apes…..heres a pic from their performance…..

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apoc

..that’s a picture of moodswangz peein in my driveway in front of his “ford leghetto” …..it happened during february….like many other things you’ll soon hear about……it was right before he and i headed over to swig to celebrate my friend erica’s birthday…..where dj onceamonth, j. lee and special guest dj ginsu had every drunk in the place dancin to eazy e and the other ns with a……heres a picture….

ginsu pretends to be asleep while swangz rubs on once’s man chest right next to him..

fun fact:  after closing swig down and crossing the street to close down the 5am bar…..i drove home!!!

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apoc

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advice:

don’t let moodswangz convince you to go to tong’s tiki hut with him n have boat drinks with lunch…..first….no matter what he says….the food sucks…..second…..it’s 2 in the afternoon on a tuesday….you don’t need to be drinking……third……..(and most importantly)…..the pineapple juice in the mai-tais you’re drinking has gone bad……that’s why it tastes like there’s sweet and sour mix in it…..it’s going to give you food poisoning and totally ruin your wednesday…….you should have known something strange was afoot when your drinks were served in ceramic glasses that resembled those moai statues from easter island…..(those guys are just creepy)…..and everyone elses drinks were served in ceramic glasses with hula girls on the sides…..

….heres a song with poison in its title…..oh how clever…..

tom waits - little drop of poison

 

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…..i’m not sure where…..and i’m not sure exactly when……(or how for that matter)…..but there’s sufficient evidence to say that this happened in february……

….february just happened…..i don’t know how….it just did……i’ll tell ya ’bout it sometime…..i promise……but for now……heres a song by sheek louch…..

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…this saturday…february 2nd there’s a benefit for john diprima at lizzie mcneil’s in chicago……john’s a close friend of mine, former roommate, and the best damn bartender in the city………he recently had to have an emergency appendectomy and his hospital bills are huge!!……he doesn’t have insurance as he works tending bar at lizzie’s……to help him out they are throwing this benefit……$40 gets you in for an all-you-can-drink(my words, not theirs) open bar from 4-8pm…..there will also be raffles…..all of the proceeds go towards paying john’s hospital bills……if you’re not familiar with lizzie’s, it’s located at 400 n. mcclurg court…right on the north side of the river……they pour the best guinness in town(prove me wrong!)……and they have invisible touch by genesis on their jukebox!!….what more could you ask for?!!?…..come get sauced with me……….

..ya ever wake up n find one of these on your couch????……happens to me all the time…..suppose it’s a sign of the company i keep……….this one’s okay though…….he brought tallboys of old style with him…..

….theres this new site called everyblock.com that i stumbled upon….you can type in your zipcode…..n it will display all relevant things happening in your hood…….from recent crimes to pics posted on flickr……unfortunately its only in chicago, new york, and san francisco as of yet……interesting idea though…..

….sundance is officially over….n from what i hear…..i didn’t miss much by not attending this year…..you can read what one what here……..however, i recently rewatched one of me favorites from last year’s fest….gregg araki’s stoner comedy smiley face as it just became available on dvd…..fucking hilarious…..i still love it……but if you don’t smoke pot….you probably won’t…….if that’s the case then go rent ghosts of city soleil…….one of my favorites from the 2006 telluride film festival…also recently released on dvd……

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apoc

 

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….a good day for the nba…….three games on the telly…..that means daytime basketball viewing….which is the best kind……too bad its balls-freezing cold out n i can’t go outside n shoot a game of h.o.r.s.e. at halftime………first the magic beat the formerly infallible boston celtics……i stood n applauded after hedo turkoglu’s buzzer-beating three pointer……i’ve been cheering that turk on since he wore a king’s jersey…is turk a derogatory term for a turkish person????……i don’t think so…it just sounds like it…..maybe it’s like it is with jew….where it kind of depends on the context………in the next game the cavs beat the lakers…..now i initially found myself sort of reluctantly cheering on the cavs more out of spite for the lakers than anything else……but then….as i watched….i realized that between lebron’s under-chin shadow and drew gooden’s stand-alone bushy chin-strap…..the cavs are kind of the unofficial mascots of bearded basketball…..and as a fellow beard-sporter….i’m kind of obligated to support them…plus larry hughes looks like a doppelganger of juelz santana aka crack in the flesh……soooo…..i, apoc, being of sound mind and body do hereby pledge my future support of the cleveland cavaliers……from the bottom of my beard………….in the third game, a carmelo-less nuggets team lost to the mavericks…….ehhh…….it happens….nene and atkins are out as well…..gosh i love em….but they just can’t seem to stay healthy……….speaking of which………the bulls also played today……at noon….but the game was nowhere to be found on television…..even in chicago…….guess somebody wanted to spare us the pain of their inevitable defeat by the phoenix suns……..with deng n gordon still on the bench…..uggghhh……somebody call me when we finally make a trade……….until then…….

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apoc

….just read a little pamphlet called media control by noam chomsky…..gee whiz!!…he sure is swell…..

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apoc

lab-o friend and associate mitch mishky recently made this video of himself…searching for pinball in hollywood…….i believe hes using it to market himself….to whom or for what…..i don’t know….but i enjoyed watching it anyways…

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=22416894

….so heres the info about those upcoming shows of mine that i’ve previously alluded to…..

feb. 7 - san diego ca

apoc & brendan b with m-double-a-l, marcellus wallace and more….

$5. 9pm. 21 & over

710 beach club
710 garnett ave
pacific beach ca 92109

feb. 11 - phoenix az

apoc & brendan b with kers and more….

$5. 9pm. 21 & over

hidden house
607 W Osborn Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85013

feb. 22 - chicago il

apoc & dj onceamonth with sole & the skyrider band, telephone jim jesus, and apes

$12. doors @ 8pm. show @ 9pm. 18 & 0ver!!!

abbey pub
3420 W Grace St
Chicago, IL 60618

…went to the united center last night n watched the chicago bulls actually win a game…..despite gordon, deng n duhon sittin on the bench in street clothes……..hinrich had a career high with 38 points…….n noah had a double double!!!…….the game marked the halfway point of the season………n put us one game out of the last playoff spot…….not quite where we’d hoped to be……but i’ll take the win……celebrating small concessions at this point……

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apoc

…..spent mlk weekend in bloomington indiana……commemorating the life and music of my good friend evan farell…….i’d love to tell you that i had a blast….but….as it turns out……mourning a recently passed friend isn’t much of a party…………but….still…..there were moments……..it was great to see borg, billy justice and mantooth…..sort of a reunion for my old band hobo knife……..and of course…..all of the japonize elephants……whose sunday night set at the bluebird was electric………..!!!!!…..heres a pic from it….

……the shadowy mr. evans was also in attendance…and even made a rare photo appearance with the also elusive billy justice…..

…no point in making that one any bigger……unfortunately the uncommon photo op was hindered by the bar’s poor lighting…..for those who don’t know……the shadowy mr. is, like me, a reverend of the church of celebritology……..

…..so…in conclusion……there is more than corn in indiana…..theres booze……and lots of it….im still drying out…..

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