I sometimes find myself believing you can tell a little about a person based on their taste in things like music/film/books. Indirectly, I may be judging people by this very notion.
Since I was an adolescent. I made mixtapes on cassette tapes. I made them to play in the car, parties, events, etc. Not to sell.
I recently realized there is nothing online or in public domain that showcases my taste in music. (For years I’ve daydreamed of making a film that did so, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon). So I decided to make a mix-tape online so people can judge me properly.Continue reading “My Ghost Will Talk To Your Ghost Pt. 1 (A Mix-tape)”
I was jumped for my NWA hate in 1991. It was black, corduroy, with red lettering. It was ugly. It didn’t fit me. It was always a size too big. Even with a plastic adjustable strap on the back. I didn’t care I was a rap fanatic and finding hip-hop clothing to express what you support only existed at Co-op Records and it wasn’t a very large selection. Remember this is early 90’s Iowa.Continue reading “I Was Jumped For My NWA Hat In 1991”
I wanted to write a book in 2006. I never did. Instead I wrote short stories here and there about my past with the promise I would turn these into a book. I recently envisioned that book becoming a reality. Then I imagined myself posting about it trying to get you guys to buy it and I stopped. I stopped and realized no one is going to buy my book. And I don’t want to get all depressed when you don’t. So I decided to post these stories on my website. Continue reading “You Are Reading The Book I Never Wrote”
Otis Redding Was Playing When I First Smoked Crack by Michael Nhat
In the beginning of the summer of 1996 I smoked crack. Otis Redding’s Greatest Hits just happened to be playing. I was in Clinton, Iowa at a friends house. I don’t remember how the desire to try crack came up, but I had easy access to some. I was storing crack in my parents ceiling for a friend who paid me 100 a month. That night, I must have drove home, and drove back then to sell crack to my friends back at his place and that’s when he put in Otis Redding. I’ve heard his music before, but couldn’t think where, then I nailed it, “Dream a Little Dream Of Me”. Some 80’s romantic comedy where they play “I’ve Got Dreams To Remember” which was playing right now. I was an instant fan. And not just because I was smoking crack. I was a music connoisseur of all genres. At this particular time I was in a 60’s/70’s soul/oldies phase. I hunted songs down. I don’t even remember how I did it without the internet back then, but I did. Anyways, this didn’t need hunting down. I went out and bought the double-disc of hits and the B-sides/Alternate takes disc right away.Continue reading “Otis Redding Was Playing The First Time I Did Crack”
This album takes me to specific event in my life. My first sexual experience. In 1991 I gave some 8th grader (I was in 10th) head. I had no idea what I was doing. “Quik Is The Name” was playing in the back. The album just came out that month. I was actually attempting to lose my virginity, but I couldn’t get an erection. Continue reading “DJ Quik Was Playing When I Had My First Sexual Experience”
press on the WOMEN group in LA Weekly for LA Zine Fest fundraiser. I have poems in the first three issues of the WOMEN group. they are in distributed at LA book stores. You should visit the blog.
This is my last Vintage Rap album. I just released three in a row including Swimming to Cambodia. These beats were made in Clinton, Iowa 2006-2007 while visiting my adopted family. They are my top shelf selections. I have been wasting time sitting on them for years waiting to release them because I’m told it’s all about timing. Well, I realized I have a lot of beats. I need to stop wasting my time recording to beats that I think are okay, but someone else out there will love the beats and I should just record what I love. “Melt” to me is the best of the Vintage Rap albums, I have given it some of my most personal lyrics. Unfortunately, no label picked it up and I can not give it the financial push it deserves; but I don’t want to wait around because I have too many recordings waiting to go public and I’m not getting younger. So, I self-released it. I promise with every order I will send more than what you order, so if you have time, give it a listen below on my Bandcamp.
TEN-HEADED SKELETON 