Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Drunken Monkee is Bronson (This video is kick ass)



So it started out like every other conversation i have with a good friend thats also an artist. Light one up and begin to talk about why we as recording artist, poets, video directors, and painters cant "get on". The downward talk about how doing this indie artist shit while getting older by the minute is getting so depressing you'd give anything to just strike a big deal with some sponsor or major label so you and the crew can finally "blow" and go from rags to riches. Then finally getting past the blah blah blah of every artist situation something happens an idea emerges through and on this occassion it happened to be one of my close friends the Drunken Monkeee. He says "Man ima do a video as Bronson". Im like "the actor?". He's like "Nah the prisoner the movie was made about".

Most of the time these types of ideas get so big as far as supplies and budget they slip away but this time my mans held on to it to the finish. Bronson is a movie based on the life of the UK's most violent prisoner Charlie Bronson who's birth name is Michael Peterson the film was directed by Nicholas Refn and looks incredible, so when Drunk teamed up with my other friend and artist, Amir George, who paints on his canvas with the 7D camera, I was a little unsure about how they would do this remake concept video off the Bronson movie. Well, in the end it turns out in my opinion this is both Amir and Drunks best work I've seen yet. I love these guys for the hell of a job they did, even Drunken Monkeee spent a month getting into the Bronson character to get the scenes down to perfection. So this is it. Watch the movie and the video you'll be pleased the wole way around.

Friday, November 12, 2010

How I feel Sometimes






So I just showed the video around facebook in which it got very few views. I was never sure I should push the project that took a while for me to make, but now I'm like "what are you waiting for". The project entitled "How I feel Sometimes" is just that, my reflections on situations, perspectives, and emotions about......everything. Some of it is abstract, some of it lyrical, other parts are silly and redundant. It's like I say in the commercial a "Universe of Sound", but not only that it's a universe of process. I say that because some of the songs I freestyled while there are others it took a while to sit down and write. How I feel sometimes is a gritty cassette soundscape that I'm pretty proud of in the end of it all, and here it is for your enjoyment.



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I'm trying to capture all my talents in one place from the films to the music. You can download different projects i've done and look at a couple of vids and shorts. Plus even though I haven't finalized this in my head I think i'll be doing a whole project a week, like an E.P release every Thursday or some film project for the free until.....shit..... guess until I don't feel like it anymore, which would probably be "Until the 12th of never". That's the name of these free joints then "Until the 12th of never"series. I'll post all things on the blog and the website.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

I'm Feeln Grizzly

Okay so I'm in love with a few bands that due to my skin color some closed minded folks think I'm acting "white" when I blast these certain musical interests of mine. It's like, there's some black prerequisite for being......black. Like "don't wear those pants like that that's to tight", "Don't talk like that thats to proper you should say LIBARY or Pacific to be specific". It's just like some people who won't go out the hood or past downtown Chicago, their love for music never goes out past their neighborhood boundaries either. I find it upsetting to know that some people won't grow past race so far as to experience music until a Jay Z or Kanye mentions them and then like POOF! oh, they're cool now. Well here's one of my selections that have gotten alot more cool since J Hova started being a fan. This is Grizzly Bear and this is my favorite youtube video on these guys. Singing in a freakin bathroom sounding like pure angels. Great music for a 420 break if you know what I mean.....wink wink

I'm sitting here trying not to be to excited. If you're a performer you already know that feeling of "bout to rock this show" before a big one and that's exactly how I'm feeling. Saturday October 16th my band Black Orchard will be opening up for Raekwon the mutha fuckn Chef, that's right. The Black O fam has been holding it down for about three years now and we're finally getting a little bit More exposure. I hope...check that, I know we gonna rock it like we do at the Red Kiva every last thursday of the month(Red Kiva 1108 W. Randolph 10pm Every last thursaday).

This is a joint from this past summer performing our show closer "Poppin". That's right the fat boy got his shirt off as always.

Black Orchard - Poppin' @ Phinal Thursdayz Red Kiva from Sir Coolington on Vimeo.





After watching that perhaps you'll come check us out if your the "jump around hands in the air" type of music lover I hope you are.


OCt. 16th
Sneaker Pimps Show
Logan Square Auditorium
We go on @ 8:30

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Jazzy Belle

So in early September I just finished a new video for the Poet/Lyricist/Actor/Playwright/Basketball Coach Harold Green. What he did was a poetry mixtape entitled the Color Line Vol. 2 (I recommend that you listen to the first one it's a heater as well). He then got 12 different directors for all 12 of the tracks that he made for this project. The videos have been pretty dope and you can check them all out at www.haroldandthebeard.com . I absolutely loved the fact that Harold had asked me to be a part of this project on the film side because of the opportunity it gave me to push my style a little further, and by style I mean a look that I'm hoping to be able to call my own. So here it is and if you like it you can vote it best video at the previous site mentioned those voting polls are open til Nov.15th and boy do I need the help with those votes.

Monday, March 1, 2010

How You Get Cool In Cologne(FATBOY SKINNY BITCHES)

Jesus came back to the world in the year 2005. On his way back to heaven he figured "shit this gonna be a long ass ride back to the mutha fuckn pearly gates". So, he pissed in a forty ounce bottle in the back of a gas station. Years later a bum named Christopher Dickens would find that bottle of Jesus Piss and sell it for ten dollars a drop. Obviously the shit had magic powers and made you cool. Here we are in 2010 and Perhaps that's the secret ingredient for this Cool Boy Cologne.......The world will never know....but we'll always have the video. Check out Fatboy Skinny Cool Boy Cologne.....directed by Malari Tilford also known as UGLY

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Short Film-TRUTH

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Doing my poetry through the lense of the camera is always something I wanted to do. Here's my first shot at it in my short film"Truth". I wonder if this were a true story what would be the reactions of a real audience. Check out the film and tell me what you think.....