5000 Watts Video

http://www.mcenroe.net/

Lemme know what you think.

Am I insensitive or...

Is this insensitivity thing getting out of hand?

Are these organizations just attacking people for these tiddly little things just for publicity?

I don't think either of these things are so bad...

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-pennst-paterno-now&prov=ap&type=lgns

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060107/en_movies_eo/18098

Great game by Simms

But we came up short... I hope he starts next year though.

USA! USA!

I have been watching the world junior hockey championships and enjoying it. I have noticed that the crowd here in Vancouver roots pretty hard against the American team. Hardly a surprise, but it got me thinking: If I were American, I would be pissed. I mean politics aside, the US is like Canada's big brother in a lot of ways, and our similarities outnumber our differences.

Personally, I have never received an order from the Czech Republic or Russia, but plenty of Americans support me and what I do. Sometimes its easy to get caught up in the anti-american sentiment, again because of the politics. Sometimes I think we Canucks should show just a little more respect...

Another Vid

Up at http://www.mcenroe.net

This one took a little more time, I hand wrote all of the lyrics and then had to sequence them on the screen as Gruf said them. Some of the lip sync was shot at off speeds so you can see traffic moving very fast and that sort of thing.

Video Daze

I have finally finished some videos. First is the Butcher's Bill video:

Visit http://www.mcenroe.net

5000 Watts pics

Video coming soon!

Best show in a while

Over the weekend I went and saw Damian Marley here in Vancouver. Damn. I enjoyed that show like crazy. Easily the best show I have seen in a long time. If you get the chance to check it out, do it. I have been listening to a lot of reggae and dub lately, so this was the right show at the right time. I will go as far as saying it is in my top 5 shows of all time.

So what are my top five? In no particular order...

Fugazi, Winnipeg, 1991ish
Ice Cube, Minneapolis, 1991ish
Medeski Martin & Wood, Winnipeg, 1995ish?
Damian Marley, Vancouver, 2005

OK so its a top four then. Other honorable mentions:

Jawbox, Winnipeg, 1993ish?
Beastie Boys, Minneapolis, 1993ish?
Super DJ Dimitri, Whistler, BC, 1992
Rheostatics, Toronto, 1995
All, Winnipeg, early 1990's
Mercury Rev, Minneapolis, early 1990's
Rage Aginst The Machine, Minneapolis, early 1990's
Lush, Minneapolis, early 1990's
The Roots, San Francisco, 2000

Good rap shows in a small club:
Third Sight, San Francisco
Atmosphere, Vancouver

Good but not that good:
Tribe Called Quest
Run DMC
Dinosaur Jr

Tyler will probably correct me on alot of this, including shows I liked that I have forgotten about. Word.

So how was tour?

Tour was good. Pretty straightforward. I like being on the road but I really like being home. What can I tell you? Maybe its all the responsibility of road managing a tour that I booked myself and taking care of everybody. I dunno, but it is a relief to be home.

I started by leaving monday morning for a show in Regina on tuesday night. I made it as far as Medicine Hat that night. It rained the WHOLE time, from Vancouver to Medicine Hat. That was a bummer because the day before, my 5000 Watts video shoot was cancelled because of rain. Eff the rain.

We played Regina, Jasper, Victoria, Kelowna, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer and Saskatoon.

- Regina was fun. Good vibe. No one was stabbed. Def3 opened, he is dope.
- Jasper was pretty good, wierd vibe in the room though. Hunnicutt took out suckers at Big Buck Hunter.
- Victoria was really good. Several old friends from Brandon were there, including Jason Bell, who (to my knowledge) coined the term "Peanuts & Corn"
- Kelowna was probably the best stop on the tour. Such a hype crowd. Sound was a little suspect but the vibe was great and the promoter took real good care of us.
- Vancouver was Vancouver.
- Calgary was good although a little under attended. Sound in the club is good and the vibe is always good in Calgary.
- Edmonton was chaotic, again. The day of the show we get a call that the venue is closed for renovations, and that we are playing in a pool hall. This is the second time I have played Edmonton and the venue had changed on the day of the show. Very frustrating. Thanks to those who kris-krossed town to see us. In the end we played to a handful of people but kept it loose and probably were the most entertaining...
- Red Deer was going great. Although it is a small venue (cafe) we had a vibe going. The promoter (Felipe) had his neice out (she is maybe 10 or so?) , and she knows all the words to "Nothing Is Cool", so Pip gave her his mic and she backed me up. The place went nuts and things were going really well. The very next song, a fight breaks out in the back of the venue and three quarters of the people spill out into the street. What a mess.
- Saskatoon could have been great but the sound was very frustrating. I had a run-in with the soundman, trying to fix things, but to no avail. When he slipped away to go to the bathroom, I hopped up to try to improve the situation.

My car smells like fart. No more new car smell!

Now I'm back and switching gears. I worked on Josh Martinez's video yesterday, and am directing the 5000 Watts this weekend. I am working on several other video treatments too. Its pretty fun to be working on that aspect of things, it has really recharged my creative side and helped me focus.

What else?
- Arrested Development is the best. New shows aren't making me laugh as much though, but maybe when I watch them again? But I broke my no-DVD policy for seasons 1 and 2.
- Lakers 3-1? Kobe looking good but they are average at best...
- As a Buccaneers fan I was excited about their start but it looks like they have crashed back down to earth. Where is the Cadillac Willams of the first three games?
- I got Grand Theft Auto for my PSP. What a fun game. I would love to visit Liberty City for real somtime, feels like I have lived there.
- I got the new star wars DVD. Why? cause im a sucker. I figured since I have the other 5, it was wrong not to.
- I hate the amazing race this year. Who cares about seeing the US? Not me.
- I haven't seen any new movies in a while, whats good? Going to see the 50 cent movie?

I am working on getting new Park-Like Setting shirts. Check them out.

Park-Like done!

Whew, it was a lot of work but I finally finished it up. It's really intense. I am loving it.

What you want to hear some early? http://breadwinnermusic.com

Wish I could pull off a fitted like this...

Park-Like Setting LP going to press in under 2 weeks!

Talking Heads

All you kids, check them out, they are dope...

more shit coming soon, i directed 3 videos that will be on the web soon... Gruf, Break Bread and Farm Fresh...

spine and grind

That's me, back in the day, at the Spine and Grind in Brandon. Shout out to Jason Chumola for the pic. Shout out to the whole Brandon crew, especially Jordan at Senate and Pete!

more to come soon, big things brewing, but for now just chill

Big Shot Rob

Its big shot Rob, not Big Shot Bob.

I've got my Lakers Horry jersey, now I need a Spurs Horry jersey too? Nah...

Lurk On

So many of y'all have mentioned my Japan photos in emails and stuff, but no one leaves comments. It's cool, I can take it, I lurk too.

OK So I'm doing this mixtape right? So is every one else, thats cool, its really fun because I can sample anything and break my own rules. Like I'm sampling Aretha Franklin, David Axelrod, Barry White, Talking Heads, shit that I would never do for a commercial release. How liberating! Anyway its gonna have lots of guests, such as Bird, Josh Martinez, Evil, Cadence Weapon, Stace Prints, Factor (Vancouver Factor), Smitty, Yy, Pip, Gruf. If you see your name on this list and I haven't asked you yet, wanna be on my mixtape?

Shout out to my friends at Shaw Cable. I called to cancel my Internet and things got HEATED. Like yelling at each other at the top of our lungs type shit. Fun!

Interview steez

A little interview I did with my man Marmalade (whats up Adam), a real solid dude who hooked us up with a show in Waterloo.

http://www.earwaks.com/read/64/

My fave shit right now

This is the heat right here, Gordski's beats are so crazy good.

Pip Skid - Shinola

From Pip Skid's I'm Mean mixtape...

Photo gallery finally up

Almost 100 photos from my Japan trip now up, be sure to read those snappy captions at the bottom...

Rod's Japan Trip

bad blogger right here

All right I went in to this with the best of intentions, daily updates, unbelievable wit, all that. So far I am coming up short. Its all good, thanks for coming by.

Japan was a trip. Amazing. Big shout outs to St. Louis!

I'm just getting into NBA, go Suns, go Nash. I don't see them beating the Spurs but thats what I will be rooting for.

I got a new cell phone...

I got a PSP too, I got it to play games but I ended up watching tons of TV and movies on it. If you travel even a bit, its great. Cop it!

I'm working on some music videos for two mcenroe songs, a farm fresh song, and more. Can anyone hook me up with an old school pricing gun?

tour daze

Tour is over. It was really good. Bird and Hunnicutt are my road dogs. We had some great crowds and had consistently more people almost everywhere.

I hope to do a full tour report sometime but right now I am packing for Japan. I got some yen in pocket so its on.

Nash for MVP!