Who says hip hop isn't music?

[Forkboy]

I'd take this over 99% of the mind rot stench pablum on the airwaves.

Paris - Sheep To The Slaughter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaCPUIfr8PY

Easily I approach, the microphone, in this land of jokes
Can’t leave it alone, cause ya know, I could see right though
Corrupt plans and these bullshit scams and untruths
We livin' in a maze, different days and times
The world is a stage, most truth is a lie
In this propaganda matrix, the sheep just die
For these murderous conservatives with corporate ties
Deny knowledge of the truth, ignorin’ the poor
They just human ammunition for these capital wars
Just human ammunition and collateral d
That’s why millions of us holla risin’ up in the streets
And when ya see me understand I’m representin’ a voice
The majority would feel if ever given a choice
I don’t need this seedy media they only annoy
Cause the only ones that wanna scrap ain’t never deployed
Who do the fightin’ for these rich white folks, and they wars
No it ain’t Drew Carey, Dennis Miller or stars
Fox News, Mike Savage, Bruce Willis or Rush
Won’t be MSNBC, CNN or a Bush
Never Toby Keith, Hannity, O’Reilly or Clint
Ain’t ClearChannel - know they ain’t supportin’ dissent
Ain’t Blair, Kid Rock, or Tom Cruise or vows
Of James Woods, Rob Lowe, Tom Selleck or Powell
Not Arnold Schwarzenegger, he ain’t gonna shoot, or
Ted Nuget cause in war the targets got weapons too
Ain’t Cheney, Rumsfeld, Halliburton or Ridge
Or Ann Coulter, or Joseph Lieberman or the rich
Or any bitch up in congress, they just make laws
When it comes to fightin’ - we the ones that end up in gauze
So when you say "support that murderer," I have no applause
Even if he got his jumpsuit on - we pay the cost

[Blue-Jay]

1. I like Paris. A lot.

[Forkboy]

3. I traded some PMs with him on Myspace.

The guy is the real deal. His music is honest, intelligent and powerful. Been into him for a long time now. He thought it was a cool a hardcore punk fan liked his shit, but like I told him, it's the same attitude and honesty that the great punk bands had.

[redqueen]

2. People who don't know what "music" means.

[Forkboy]

4. I listen to stuff that's more like a sound collage than a traditional song.

And I call that stuff music too. Fuck it, it's all good. :)

[RadiationTherapy]

6. Did somebody say sound collage??? Hmmmmmm???

Check out the RT www.sinningofthebeginning.com

[Forkboy]

8. See, I love odd shit like that.

Music shouldn't have to follow any set rules or structures. Just do what comes out. Remind me next month when I'll have some funds and I'll order this from you. I like the term "soothingly abrasive". I get that feeling from Merzbow and stuff like that. I'm weird. :)

Check this shit out. It's more on the ambient side, but still fucked. It's my best friend who lives downstairs. He just records on his own and makes some weird ass shit. The "song" I Am A Pusher is a personal fave, and Son Of A Gimp Mop is a fucked up earworm.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=200877851&MyToken=749b1500-c099-45fa-a215-3d00fe878253

If you have a Myspace page set up let me know. I'll give it an add.
http://www.myspace.com/forkboyxx

[RadiationTherapy]

9. Yeah, my brother and I have no rules.

He can't play guitar and we record freestyle with no preps or plans. We have never even tried to play the same piece twice. We are now trying to get ready for live Aural/Visual experiences. Videos, live improv, poetry without the sappy hippy shite.

[Forkboy]

10. Sounds exactly like how my friend does it.

It's all done in one drunken night and he hardly ever comes back to his stuff after that. He does some stuff with another friend and they want to do the visual stuff too. You and them have a different sound, but seem like kindred spirits. :)

[RadiationTherapy]

11. Video art is more grueling than fun, but well worth the results.

My bro and I have to hit the live scene before some other local hacks bust out with the vids.

[DS1]

5. AAAAH!

Come on fucking guy!

[ghostsofgiants]

7. Oh Chuggo, my life was incomplete without him.