I KNOW A KID WITH A KNIFE
hey lovers! another video from the prinzenallee project, filmed this with my best friend rocky while coolin at siaz’s house in belgium before the mini tour with zucchini drive+k-the-i???
MARATHON OF DOPE TV: EPISODE 10: PRINZENALLEE “STAYING UNDRESSED” from marathon of dope on Vimeo.
thank you speed dial 7 and marathon of dope
hope y’alls enjoy
bird!
I was never much for following sports, but when I first moved to Miami my uncle told me a story about you. He and my aunt went to see a movie on opening night, they arrived late and had to sit apart, a nice young man who was sitting by himself noticed the situation and offered to move so they could sit together, that nice young man turned out to be you.(points) Shortly after you name kept coming up in the media for failing drug tests(points), and i also heard stories about the other players teasing you for your interest in things such as yoga and traveling.(points) Even though you were the leagues leading rusher, the media, your teammates, and jackoff radio hosts started turning against you for things that altogether made me start to like you. I was happy when you retired and went to study Ayurveda.(points points)
At some point around 2004 I was on tour in europe, I had a few days off in between shows which I used to travel back to Stockholm to see about a girl. She was the assistant to the promoter who organized a show for me the previous year. (One of the best shows I have ever played, it was Sole and I on the rooftop of the contemporary art museum at the center of the city, it was the night Ronald Reagan died, and our crowd was to march on the fascists the next day) So maybe it was just the magic of the night, but I felt a connection. We kept in touch and I arranged to come visit, I knew nobody else in Stockholm so upon arrival I checked into a hostel.
You and I noticed each other in the lobby, a slight nod of kinship , both of us Americans, dreadlocks, obviously rolling solo. You overheard me talking to the girl on the phone, joking about going clubbing. We were only making plans to meet at a bar for a drink. When i hung up you approached me and asked if i was going clubbing, I simply replied no and walked away. ( mind on the girl mind on the girl) You seemed a bit disappointed… The “date” was a flop, we had a few drinks, I was smitten, she went home.
I moped back to the hostel where I saw you again in the lobby, we sat next to each other for quite a while checking our emails or somberly surfing the web. I was in such a shit mood, I went outside to smoke a joint by myself then went up to my room and crashed. When I awoke in the morning I realized we were sleeping in the same room, we exchanged a brief “good morning” before we both went on our way. Not until a few days later when I was sitting on a train staring blankly out the window did I realize who you were! It was obvious from the jump that we would have gotten along, if I wasn’t so busy chasing skirt I could have made a friend. I can’t help but think that you might have even come along for a few shows.
I think about it every now and then and kick myself in the ass. Now when your name pops up I tend to pay attention. I’m happy you are back in the game and doing it your way. You could have conformed and made things a lot easier for yourself but you persisted on your path, I both admire and respect that. I place this experience on the shelf next to other missed opportunities in my life, like the lunch I should have taken with Slip-N-Slide records. Me+you+Trickdaddy could have been eating scrimps in South Beach right this moment, instead I’m in freezing Berlin grinding it out on my umpteenth unpublicized tour, scrambling to catch cheap flights and dragging my busted merch case around like a bum leg…and I couldn’t be happier.
this could have been us!
OOOHHHH YYYEEEAAAHHH!!!!!
the new prinzenallee cd and limited white with a teel speckle 10″ vinyl will be available on the tour!
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in my constant effort to bathe you in FRESH-FREE-RAPS, i recently rapped over my good friend cars and trains’ instrumental track- “the leaves”
it’s a song i did about 2 years ago for a project that never came out…
or maybe it did and nobody told me? either way…this version over “the leaves” is great!
and just for kicks he also made an alternate alternate version
“the leaves-bleubird-jay z’s death of autotune has autotune on it”
his amazing album “the roots the leaves” can be gotten while the gottens good over here
and the poetically named remix album can be downloaded for free all up in this shit
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and then there’s this video i came across 
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I knew immortal technique (playboy model/revolutionary) was on some rise up-conspiracy theory-hate-rap-shit…..but is this the for realest? because it’s on some next shit…
” Bobby Wynn…an expose”
Film: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Deceased Character: Daryl Smithers (Bobby Wynn)
Archetype: Ambivalent (Minor)
Killed by: Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover)
Killed with: Gun
Written by Mr. Mouseburger 1st Mar 2006
from moviedeaths.com
(a little background)
Daryl is one of Nick Murtaugh’s school friends. and member of a mildly sinister gang. I say mildly sinister because they don’t seem to do much wrong apart from make a quick exit when the cops are about. (that and the trafficking of illegal narcotics and firearms)
[cut to] Outside of Fast Eddies, Riggs and Murtaugh notice some suspicious behavior by some kids, and so they tell the hoodlums to freeze. This statement has the opposite effect on them and they run.( actually mr mouseburger, while murtaugh was busy flappin his gums and making a burger, Riggs noticed the suspicious activity in the alley and decided to act on his own) Following a bit of a chase, Riggs and Murtaugh manage to corner the kids, who open fire in desperation – Murtaugh responds by returning shots and he successfully shoots a hoodlum. When he goes to check the body he discovers, to his horror, that it is Nick’s friend, Daryl.
[comment 1 by 'dudley jenkins']
The last time I heard when someone has been shot, they either die or lay there in agony. So the death scene to me was one that I would believe because after the agony, he died. So shot being the statement, was an understatement, because the action caused the correct reaction. I applaud the dying scene.
[comment 2 by 'mr mouseburger']
That is a good point Dudley – too often we see the action and not the consequences. So it is very easy to see countless people getting shot and think that there is no pain involved, due to being desensitized.
To see this kid lying there in agony after being shot really brings home the fact that guns are not just toys (as these kids seem to think in the film).
[comment 3 by 'Matt']
They really sold it in the film. We even have the funeral, which makes it all the more important, as does the fact it really affects Murtaugh.
[comment 4 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13']
if smithers is a friend of nicholas murtaugh why is he a member a gang? wouldn’t this count as betrayal and former friends?
[comment 5 by 'Kooshmeister']
No, it’s not “Betrayal” ’cause Daryl is killed by Roger Murtaugh, Nick’s father. Daryl, whether Nick’s friend or not, was breaking the law and shooting at Roger who fired back in self-defense. As for “Former Friends,” Daryl was Nick’s friend, not Roger’s, and besides, as we see later, although Nick blames Daryl and not his father for the death, he never disowns him as a friend.
I kind of got the impression Nick and Daryl had known one another since they were kids, allowing Nick to overlook Daryl’s gang affiliations, and Daryl to not mind that Nick’s father is a cop.
[comment 6 by 'bird']
good point kooshmeister!
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“DA INTERVIEW”
After my relentless search for the character “daryyl smithers” aka ” bobby wynn”, I finally located him via facebook technology residing on the famed jersey shore, I first saw bobby in 1991, playing a bully on a family matters episode “fight the good fight”, i later recognized him on baywatch hawaii and was touched by his genius, so i set out on a quest to get inside the mind of “darryl” and when i finally found him, through pure cunning, like hunting a wild tiger in the sahara, he agreed to answer a few questions on the phone:
(me)- Mr wynn, your short lived acting career consisted of one family matters episode, two spots on baywaych hawaii ,and reached it’s pinnacle (in my opinion)when you played Daryl Smithers in the feature film lethal weapon three?
(Bobby)-dUde, i neva even seen lethal weapon 3, and i was like 8 when family matters aired… what the hell is dis?
(me)-It must have been intense undertaking such a change in appearance for those two legendary scenes, was it hot under all that make-up?
(Bobby)-What the fuck is this? you told me this was for teen beat jersey shore, are you fuckin wit mE aSShole!!??
(me)-What was it like being shot and killed by danny glover’s character seargant murtah?
(Bobby)- What!? sergeant wHo???
(me)- In your opinion, was he really too old for this shit?
(Bobby)-FUCK YOU!
(me)- Did you ever feel in danger on the set being around such a reckless man as martin riggs?
(Booby)-You come on down to monaghan’s liquors on the shore, me+donny’ll show you what’s what fuck nuts!
(me)-OK BOB, a two parter : What was mel gibson like before he hated jews? And did you ever get to brush his glorious hair?
(Bob)-bRo this is really startin to piss me off, what’s the situation here!? Do we have a fuckin problem!?
(M)- Are you a vegetarian?
(B)-What the shit does that have to do with anything?
(M)- Well, before he shot and killed you, sergeant murtah was handling some raw meat, preparing to make one of his specialty burgers for riggs…I seriously doubt he had time to wash his hands once the commotion started, afterwards.. he held you while you died in his strong , meaty hands…how did that affect you?
(B)-FUCK YOU!!, lose my numba asshole!
(M)- Thank you for your time Mr. Wynn
me and jayrope answered some questions for our good friend jun at wenod/tokyo…by far the coolest record store japan has to offer…
so the rest of the tour=awesome!
seeing filkoe perform his new acoustic ukulele set was the bulls balls!!!!
and the Riddim Collision festival in Lyon was one of the best ever!
that’ll have to do for now because there’s so much more to get to and i’ve got a flight to catch….
heading out west for some amazing shows and a small tour with Ceschi & Cars+Trains…here’s how it’s gonna go down:
—-first—–
-Grimm Image Halloween show in LA, the first Swashbuckling Napoleans(me+thesis sahib) show in years along with mega super groups:
A-Team – Abtract Rude+ Aceyalone
Smartyr – 2Mex+Liferexall
Chemikillz – Awol one + Mascaria
All the Dead Cholos – Xoxolancinco Band
Candy’s .22 – Existereo+Barfly
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I’m flying up to seattle where i’ll spend 5 days writing and recording my new EP with my rap hubby/business partner/colleague Astronautilas!
Yes…he’s producing an album for me.
—and then—
I’ll meet up with the the ceschinator+the carsandtrainsathon to play some shows from seattle back down to LA…house parties, venues, rest stops, wildernesses ect.
—and THEN—
I’m flying to Honalulu to play another amazing show with thesis, 2Mex, Xoxolancinco, Liferexall+Nabahe…thanks again to the homies at Grimm!
yeah effing Hawaii!!!!! always wanted to go, as usual i’ll only be there around 48hours…just enough time to find nick nolte and wake up married with a new scar
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The DEBUT release of prinzenallee ” don’t let nerds take over your life” on Granma music in Japan..
click here for fUN
wasn’t that fun?
me+jayrope just played the first 5 prinzenallee shows ever
not to beep our own horn…but we feel like we’re really onto something here
it was loud and intense and noisy and fun! beep beep*****
we’ve been called alec empire meets anticon…but we think that’s just stupid
“there’s a sharp line between rap and noise, and we’re working on that.”
ttfn
on the road again
see yous in california….
The saying “from here to budapest”, really struck me while standing in a venue on a boat on the mighty danube, it’s a common saying in rap music..and i’m really not sure where it came from. My wild, uneducated guess is that b-pest always seemed like such a far off exotic place that one would never get to see…surely not by merely putting together words in the form of a poem over beats! A city founded by the celts and conquered by the roman, ottoman, and mongol empires. It came under austrian and soviet rule and survived many pivotal battles in world history..
it was also my first stop on the 5 date hip hop collision tour with the jarring effects crew, featuring me, Oddateee and Ben Sharpa w/DJ Raiko, and odd mix, which always makes for fun and excitement..5 dudes+1 lady/chef/boss..2 french, 2 south african, and 2 americanese in a stinky van traveling through eastern europe…they played czech and poland without me because i was in italy with my family…but together we smashed budapest,vienna,innsbruck, linz, and ljubljana! with plenty of noise, BASS, rap, and nonsense!!! i blew my voice not during the shows but carrying on in the van and hotels where we left a trail of laughter, confusion, and odor…
No matter how far i travel, this music is always a common thread…and it’s always cool to meet like minded people making interesting music, especially when they know how to have fun!
so please check out my new friends…
ODDATEE of the deadverse/dalek crew from new jersey
and
Ben Sharpa from South Africa
ben+raiko are also doing a video blog for an SA website called vuzu
some of it is quite funny and you might even catch a glimpse of your boy!
HERE
i’m writing you from rennes where tonight once again i will perform on the cd release party of my good friends x-makeena, almost two years ago in this very club we created this new song only two days prior to their last release party…confusing huh? keep up! the new album is called Derriere l’oeil which means “behind the eye” and they have a brand new powerful stage show with an insane custom built lighting rig !!! check me out on masse critique…
with glove….
Free Download / 2009 / steve todd and the bird
bleubird. the Secondhand Outfit. Rap Vets. Americans.
Street Talk III unleashes the fury of their rage,
a bloody two man war against communist mash-up DJ’s everywhere…
They only had two assignments.
ONE: Rap Two: Don’t kill the mash-up
For bleubird & TSHO the first part is rough
The second, impossible.
pure craziness + an extra special Bomarr remix to boot!
MIXTAPES TOO!!!!
yes…actual mixtapes, limited 75
i made 25 for this upcoming euro tour
and i will make 50 more upon my return…
stay tuned….
steve rambo
This is what happened in a little french town called Voisins le Brettonneux, when a band canceled and i was asked to open the 2nd day of festival at 2:30 in the afternoon and all of my gear failed…after the video cuts out i did about ten minutes of attempted spoken word/stand-up for a largely hungover non english speaking crowd, until the stage manager mercifully ended my set. It’s fun to look back and smile now but the ten minutes that took place after this video were most likely the longest and most nerve racking minutes i have ever spent on stage. Later when i was eating lunch the festival organizer approached me and thanked me for not succumbing to the technical difficulties and said that most performers would have just left the stage until things were fixed. Not me! i’m here to bleed and sweat for you, i’m here till the bitter end, i’m here to make a fool out of myself so you don’t have to…….enjoy!
Last year while living in Berlin, i was leaving a rap show with a few friends when one suggested we stop by this squat/punk bar around the corner. For those who aren’t familiar, in Europe when a building is empty, young people tend to inhabit them and turn them into home / community center / bars where all kinds of lively actions can be organized and take place. They support themselves by throwing shows/events and selling cheap drinks while simultaneously supporting the music and community action scenes.
So it’s just after 3 A.M. and we’re knocking on the door of this dark and seedy building which if you didn’t know beforehand, you would never be able to surmise what was happening inside. On a side note, I later came back and played an amazing show in the basement of this house where i was paid in vodka and had to give my strawberry emblazoned belt to the promoter. But tonight was just a normal low key “bar” night where you could hear anything from The Smiths to Wu-tang to Gabber. There’s always a lot of dogs and people dance no matter what. It’s really dark and smoky and we’re sitting on a couch in the corner rolling a spliff and discussing the hilarious fad of gay men who dress like fascists and occasionally scare the shit out of you in a train station on the late night. I’m a little distracted by these 3 people sitting across the room on another couch, 2 girls and one guy. The girls are dreads and are wearing these kind of raggy, fancy old dresses reminiscent of prostitutes in Deadwood, and the guy…well he wasn’t wearing a robe but just kind of looked “cultish.” That’s the only way i could explain it. Like he probably had a van with a bed in it and was wooing these girls with some unbelievable lie that he cultivated out of crappy anime and the zodiac, zeroing in on their daddy issues and hippie freedom…cause they were all over him. They definitely stood out in a room full of black cats, every once in a while the girls would get up and talk to somebody and hand them a card. Tipsy and extremely intrigued, I was burning for one of those fucking cards but didn’t want to be too obvious about it. So I sipped my huge warmish beer and waited for my opening.
I noticed they were getting up to leave so I walked across to the bar for another beer. As she passed by one of the girls nonchalantly handed me a card. I was trying to be cool and read what it said but it was too dark. When I finally found a frikkin candle, to my extreme amusement, it said, “FuckForForest.com activist-eco-porn.” I knew it was something special …i just knew it! So of course when i get home, before my shoes are even off, I’m looking at the website thinking yeeeeeeah fuuuuucking right, “all you girls have to do is fuck me and be my sex slaves and like… we’ll save the fucking planet and dolphins!!” What a sham…
Each year, huge areas of rain forest are systematically cut down. Invaluable animal and plant life is being decimated to make way for commercial interests.
FFF is a non-profit erotic ecological project made by concerned humans who wish to protect nature and liberate life. We collect money to protect nature through exploring and liberating the power of sex and nudity. We know a lot of people are interested in sex, including us. With FFF you can donate money for protection of nature and get access to the sexual nature of open-minded people. We want to have fun with sex, show natural people and collect money for protecting nature. We think it is time to pay respect, and give nature some LOVE back!
I still didn’t believe it. I watched some of the videos and laughed at their pseudo-sexy silly accents while saying,”the more times I put this dildo in my pussy, the more rain forest we can save.” Apparently they were Norwegian, which would account for them standing out in a room full of German punks, like a bear in a popsicle factory. My mind was quickly changed after a few moments of research when I was excited to learn that while crazy, yes, these people were definitely for real and true to their cause…and Rockstars! They first came in to the media spotlight by fucking on stage at the Quart festival in Norway.
Which eventually led them to court where this happened and they got into more trouble…
Yes, Tommy+Leona, the modern day hippy naked Sid+Nancy. All Hoffmanesque stunts aside, these guys are trigger finger serious and do some amazing things with the money they generate. They volunteered in Ecuador with the seeds dream project, and bought 60 hectares of land in Costa Rica which they turned into the Wild Climax Refuge.
ALL THROUGH INTERNET PORN! Amazing!
I saw them a few more times before I left Berlin, at the Fusion festival and at a demonstration on May Day, as always…spreading the good word and sexual freedom. I told a half naked Leona that I love what they do. In response she grabbed my crotch and said that I should send them some pictures of my peen.
It’s nice to know they are out there raising money, spreading awareness and fucking. They are always accepting donations and naked pictures for their website, and they have some pretty awesome shirts for sale. So stop by and show them some love.
so it’s pretty obvious that i am the star of this brilliant piece of film history…at first i was only a man on the phone…but what i became was unquestionably beautiful.
bask in the awesomenessicity. i adore you
Killer Komandoze 5 from Mark Hubbard on Vimeo.
pssst…andy is to killer commandoze what seal was to batman
That tour was so yesterday! you guys remember that tour i did where everything was awesome and funny? with astronautalis… except Ogden, Utah…that was just awesome.
So i just got back from California!!! the delightful gentleman at Grimm Image records brought me and thesis out to write and record and finally finish the LES SWASHBUCKLING NAPOLEANS album..ten days… 10 songs and a possee cut produced by the mighty edison, click his name and learn about how awesome he is…. how and when this project is coming out is still in the works…but be for damn sure it’s gonna be BIG+HOT+Fantastic..and we gonna rant +roar+tour.
speaking of “in the works”
a little over a year ago i recorded a new album with the very charming corrado nuccini from Giardini di miro, after appearing on his “matters of love and death” album alongside the shadowanimals, corrado and i decided we liked working together, he produced “a very beautiful dangerous joke” on my rip record and when he came to me with his instrumental album and asked me to see what i could come up with, i had just moved to berlin, it was winter, and i was in a dark place….let’s say he pushed me into a more intimate direction with the writing and general attitude on this record, we performed twice together last year in milan and berlin , this album almost fell through the cracks but it’s finally being released on 2nd Rec in germany, digitally , with a limited run of 200 handmade cd’s.
also, in June the prinzenallee “don’t let nerds take over your life” album will be released in Japan through our good friends at Granma!
so there is tons o’ music coming at you i’ll post the specifics as i get them…
also also also in late september/early october i’ll be playing some shows in france (solo) and germany (as prinzenallee w/jayrope) dates will be coming as i confirm them…
for now it’s florida, margaritas, tacos, waves, sun, bicycle, morrell, scooter, kurlasky, ep with andy?, patti smith+young jeezy, mowing my lawn in jean shorts with a 6 of modelo cans’, scott da ros +shibbit ep?, still moving into my new house…on my desk there’s a small porcelain boy holding a purple flower and salt comes out of his eyes! i’ve got raps to write, shows to book, and projects to organize…there’s a bag of sour patch cherry’s making me drool and i want to go play kickball, i’m wearing a sleeveless cutoff t-shirt with a cobra on it and i haven’t seen terminator yet…
it’s amazing that people i don’t even know call me to tell me they just bought cats! i want everyone in the world to go be nice to cat, even if she’s wild and takes your hand off…just say “thanks lil nicey” and move slowly away…
as for street cred, i rode the x2 with 2mex at magic mountain WHAT!
clean yo’ plate! bleubird and astronautalis celebrate thanksgiving from alex saavedra on Vimeo.
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the homies at acid marshmellow posted a video of the chicago show at ronnies, chicago is an awesome city and i hope to return soon!
it’s hard to say which is more beautiful, driving through the mighty redwoods of northern california, or the amazing painted desert from arizona to new mexico…each one awe inspiring!
“Bleus rap style was like a Slug meeting an Eminem meeting 3 Bizzy Bones meeting one Rick Flair. “
the west coast and the southwest were good to us! here’s a review of the LA show at knitting factory by Loudvine
fun times fun times…rob roy and the mega homies candy’s 22 killed shit, a superbad freestyle session with me, stereo, and mestizo! and a mega special treat for me was having the legendary VOLUME 10 standing stage side getting wild to my set…Hip Hopera was a super influential album to me! it’s becoming a real nice tradition for me and astro…everytime we play the knitting factory together we meet an old school don…first percee p, now volume 10…next time???
headed back into the midwest, dreading the weather but amped for my triumphant return to OHIO!!!! hope ol’ carty finkbiener doesn’t bring the hammer down on us, BOYFRIENDS INC interview in the Toledo City Paper
word up
take care brush your hair!
love
bird
first off, a behind the scenes look at the magic making taking place in the boyfriends inc palace! hold on to your herpes..
tour is going just swimmingly, plowing our way down the west coast and it’s only getting warmer…check out what a slightly confused but interested enough sara brickner of seattle weekly had to say about the show
i’m the imo technique of this juno rap shit son!!!
also check out my new project prinzenallee and hit up our myspace to hear the album preview
speaking of myspace
i put up two remixes of “athiest jihad” which you may or may not have heard…
one by my man maki
and the other by a mr sloth…i suggest you check the both of them out as well.
and if you ever happen to be in the capitol hill neighborhood of seattle, be sure to check out an absolutely amazing bookstore called “twice sold tales” , it’s full of CATS + BOOKS!!!!
tell jamie the owner that you’re friends with that musician guy from florida, she’ll remember..i spent like three hours in there talking to squitties and getting real excited about bessie smith, norman mailer, and david morrell…..
word up…twitter me bleubirdy
The first ever Nx35 music festival in the fine city of Denton, Texas combined with the first ever Boyfriends INC show went off with a bang last thursday..considering the fact that ten minutes before we hit the stage we had only one song to perform! I’de say things went pretty swimingly…
Now we definitely did not bring down the house like monotonix! which i must say was probably one of the most epic,sweaty, intense,insane ect.ect. shows i have ever witnessed/participated in…but good times and big smiles and mustache rubs were had by all…teeth were touched and affliction tee’s were came upon..pinkie tears were shed and kitties were shouted out, Giant thanks to Hailey’s and all who were there, thank you for supporting our RAP LOVE!!!!
available now from our fine friends at mism
mism01: bleubird / reindeer split 7″ (limited to 300 pieces)
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SIDE A in static (strange + gentle things) lyrics by james reindeer singing and music by son lux |
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SIDE B wild street fire lyrics by bleubird music by deadly stare kontrabass by miles perkin |
cover art by matthias egger
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