Seen ‘Em Live? Nahhhhh.

So yesterday, I almost went to an Atmosphere show. Tickets went on sale about a month ago, and I just got caught up with things, and by the time I went to actually go get tickets for myself and a friend, they had sold out. Strike One.

On Thursday, before the concert Friday, there was a meet-and-greet with Slug (no Ant for some reason?) at a Bullmoose Music Store. I couldn’t attend because I had a math test at 7 and I needed to be there so I can pass this class. My friend went (see picture for this post) and said Slug was awesome, a really good guy, and took pictures and gave autographs and so on. I missed out. Strike Two.

I was slightly disappointed, but said friend mentioned that he noticed that Brother Ali was coming in November, so we would get to see someone live soon. I go to check, notice that tickets are relatively inexpensive, and Brother Ali is one of my favorites. I’m getting more excited by the second. I check the venue to see if I’m familiar with it at all…it’s a bar. That means it’s 21+. Which means I’m not getting in, because they card incessantly (according to other college students whom I’ve asked). I want to go to enjoy the music, not to get shit faced drunk. They should be in separate venues so people can go and enjoy music, or lower the drinking age to 18. Whichever. Strike Three.

The only person I’ve ever seen live is Kanye West. Tickets were incredibly expensive, but the show was phenomenal and I loved it. Now, the trick is to get artists to come to Portland, Maine. It seems that I’m going more almost-opportunities here as compared to home in Rhode Island, but I haven’t been able to capitalize on them yet.

…Fuckin’ statistics class.

Free Music Sundays: Tony Moon

In an attempt to make myself post more often, I’m going to at least try to make this a weekly thing.
There’s not much better than football and free music, and I got some time to kill before the Patriots play at 8:15 against the Chargers tonight…should be a good game!

Tony Moon has sent me some free ‘ish to share. Just as a disclaimer, I only listened to the first tracks on his myspace and deemed it acceptable for share. I haven’t hear this whole thing, so I’m not taking any responsibility if you don’t like it…but I doubt that’ll be the case. Without further adieu, here we go:

After crash landing, Tony Moon (completely independent emcee from Hampton, VA) was horrified to find a world populated by humanoid billboards, devoid of all original thought, capable only of regurgitating the advertisements transmitted on all detectable and subconscious frequencies by the fascist media moguls hidden in the shadows.

As the populous drained their own true wealth building increasingly sophisticated weapons and fighting sadistic wars for the privilege of marketing the devil diamond, Mr. Moon, holed up in a secret bunker, began using his knowledge of the lost language to transmit a pirate frequency. His dense lyrics, previously undecipherable, were designed with one purpose; to overwhelm and short circuit the microchipped population.

The appearance of small pockets of awakened individuals alerted The Beast to Mr. Moon’s whereabouts. His laboratory was set ablaze and the body of his work, immediately classified as a dangerous hallucinogen, was stolen in order to create an antidote.

With little time left before The New Era, Mr. Moon, concealed behind a cloud of smoke to evade the all-seeing-eye, continues to craft and transmit that ancient sound system; the bars to free the minds of the masses.

The project has been classified as an “Orwellian Masterpiece” and displays extremely intricate rhyme schemes, remarkable flow, clever punchlines, soulful beats, and above all, an over-arching message that bridges race, gender, religion, orientation, or any other classification.

Tracklist:

1. “Greetings”

2. “Catch You”, beat: Ced Hughes

3. “What Happened”, beat: Know Talent

4. “These Days”, beat: Brazen

5. “Shipwreck Interlude”

6. “Evolutionary Music Snippet”, beat: Anxiety

7. “Straight Poetry”, beat: Mastamynd

8. “3rd Kind Interlude”

9. “Not Fertha Masses”, beat: Ced Hughes

10. “Anthem Ferthat”, beat: Brazen

11. “Faith”, beat: Ced Hughes

12. “Creepshow” feat Pete Sake, beat: Davis Cleveland

13. “Struggle to Suffer” feat ??? and Mike-C, beat: Mr. Sick Visionz

14. “Twitchin”, beat: DJ Honda

15. “Build Up Babylon”, beat: ???

16. “On Top” feat Pete Sake and Mike-C, beat: Pete Sake

17. “Drunken Brother, Mike-C Post Show Message”

18. “The Day After Tomorrow” feat Pete Sake and Mike-C, beat: Anxiety

19. “Deja Vu”, beat: Van Ark

20. “Drunken Bonus Verse”, beat: Know Talent

Download: Moon Shine (You Know, For The Kids!) for free. For more information regarding Tony Moon, check out his myspace.