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Albie

I thought this might bring some happiness. I'm pretty much entertained by everything Albie says; he's got a way of being simultaneously batshit nonsense and incredibly sharp. The other day someone showed me this page of his here on The New Absurdist, where you can read about thirty of his little flash stories. Like, for example, this one, called "Clearing":

The forest looked sick, sick to death, sick to death of swaying, sick to death of swaying in the wind. The wind, if visible, would appear...

I Want to Untie Myself

I wish there were teleporters so we could belong to no place, so you could step out of your bathroom in Boston and sit by the  river in Paris. I've heard it said that they might already exist, but like all things that make perfect sense, it'll destroy some businesses if we use them and they keep getting smothered out. Who would ever go through an airport again. Especially with this shit going on the last couple weeks. I got tired of saying "goddamn government" a long time ago and now when I...

Just a Quick Something

Hello everybody – I am going to be taking the Basement Music EP, the "Eraserhead Beat Symphony" and Twists' Naw Les Ge Dawn Vol. 1 off of the free downloads page in a couple days to make room for the Urban Sleep music and word excerpts. So if you would like to get those things while they're still free, do it now. Go!

Fuck Viruses etc.

A malware virus has been eating my computer and so far in my ongoing digital war against it, I'm losing. I think I'll win. Until I do, sorry if it seems I've gone invisible. Urban Sleep songs and words comin' to your mental area ASAP.

Anyway, here's some Jase Daniels that's different than usual. Enjoy it in my small absence.

One Love

Society is a Rabid Mouth (second download link)

Apparently there's been some trouble at the first link I provided for downloading "Society is a Rabid Mouth; I Will Teach You." So here's one more place you can get it: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IDZETACB

Enjoy… if there's any more problems, let me know.

Society is a Rabid Mouth; I Will Teach You

Hi! Here's the first release off the upcoming Urban Sleep mixtape, called "Society is a Rabid Mouth; I Will Teach You." I'm gonna be doing these releases on a regular basis until the mixtape drops. The mixtape's going to be a free download, and then, a month or two later, the novel's gonna come out. Basically, if you like this stuff, stay glued here, because for the next few months there'll be a nonstop train of similar art coming at you.

This first one's got a special deal goin' with it. I...

Yo Parents, BE CAREFUL

Heaven forbid your kid is one of THESE THINGS.

Merry Christmas!

Finally, Santa can relax.

You Know My Steez

As a beatmaker I'm constantly studying how other guys flip samples and trying to learn from them. Especially guys like Pete Rock and DJ Premier, who'll make any producer jealous for how they can take seemingly insignificant sounds and turn them into the brightest, dopest melodies possible. I've been sampling some Joe Simon lately (my new song "Maria You are Swell" is built out of his "Message From Maria") and I was curious if anybody else's touched him much… turns out one of my favorite...