Great interview with PB Wolf talking about some key releases in the Stones Throw catalogue. Wolf has been a dear friend for over 10 years. He put out my first record, Enter Ralph Wiggum, a 45 in 1999.
Does anyone have his first album My Vinyl Weighs A Ton on mp3? If you could post a download link in the comments that would be much appreciated!!
From Crate Kings
I ended off my summer with a 2 week string of shows in the Old Continent, which I guess could qualify as the European (and final) leg of the Sunglasses Is A Must tour. My first show was a the Hip Hop Kemp festival in what I thought was going to be Prague. In fact it was 2 hours away, in rural Czech Republic. I don’t remember the name of the city but I couldn’t really pronounce it anyway, in all honesty. Really, I was picturing going to Prague and recreating the “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” video by myself. Instead I had a driver who blasted a Tiesto live mix in the car while dropping such jewels as “I stop at petrol station to roll joint with other driver, OK? You want sandwich?” The show itself was dope, though. 20,000 people in a field. The next day I did the Lowlands festival outside of Amsterdam, which had a great lineup but I didn’t get to see much because of heavy rain.
Extra extra! Call for submissions!
I’m starting to plan a North American tour in February to promote the release of my DVD. I’m looking for somebody to do visuals on this tour. Obviously this would entail being on the road, I’d say for a good 3-4 weeks. And I’m looking for someone who understands the aesthetic that I’ve been working with in my projects so far, who has experience doing visuals for live shows and who can bring lots of creativity to the show. Please email me your submissions (info@djatrak.com). Thanks.
Now back to the diary… The MTV $2 Bill show was off the chizzain. I heard that they’re already airing ads for it on TV. I don’t want to spoil the surprises before the broadcast but we had some very special and entertaining guests that night. Later on we stopped by the Guitar Center Spin-Off, where Common and Kweli were performing, and Diplo and Madlib were spinning.
