of course Your Ol’ Droog is the Big Lots Nas for
Williamsburg Brooklyn tinkersmith hackerspace *working* class types WITH
AUTHENTIC WORKING CLASS ROOTS LIKE A GRANDFATHER WHO OWNED A FARM to be cool
with. it pairs well with the Action Bronson Big Lots Ghostface model. [plz
note: I don’t diss either of these acts necessarily, as obviously I am
listening to Your Ol’ Droog if he shows up here, and it’s hard to really find
too much fault with Action Bronson because he seems to just genuinely be
enjoying himself, although then again I almost typed it as “AB” which could
mean Aryan Brotherhood too so mb this whole slew of clever sort of sounds like
rappers is a giant White Supremacist conspiracy to funnel hip hop into a darker
direction.] [obviously I just used “darker” in terms of psycho social
implications, not skin tone; plz update your stereotypical frame of references
accordingly]
RAVEN MACK is a mystic poet-philosopher-artist of the Greater Appalachian unorthodox tradition. He does have an amazing PATREON, but also *normal* ARTIST WEBSITE too.
Wednesday, January 31
4NG3L1C DR4W1NG BL3SS3S...
Label Labyrinth:
dedication to walks,
gambleraku,
graffiti,
Greyhound bus-ridin' man,
homepix
JJ Krupert Jan 2018 number twelve "mercyful fate"
Not sure how I feel about Vinnie Paz/Ill Bill heavy
metal themed rap project. Vinnie Paz always occupies this psychic territory for
me that I’m like really into it, but also highly skeptical at the same time. So
for now, I have been enjoying some of the Heavy Metal Kings library, because I
too am a hip hop head with dirtweed metalhead juvenile delinquency roots, but I
don’t know man, I just don’t know. I might disavow this shit at any point.
Still though, sick video. Any time King Diamond
and hip hop come together I will at least arbitrarily be like “oh okay cool.”
We got two cats a while back, one yellow from the shelter, as requested by my
fam, but I also got this little all black runt kitten because I was like “damn,
ain’t nobody gonna take that fucked up little runt ass black cat with the splotchy
hair and shit.” I wanted to name him King Diamond. This was nixed by my
household because I am the only former metalhead there. So instead I named him
Lounger, and as a kitten he slept on top of LPs in a crate and now he kills all
the fuckin’ mice, which is a benefit in an old farmhouse like the one we try to
call home. Anyways, he kills so much shit because he’s supposed to be named
King Diamond. Also he is a cat. Cats are murderous as fuck.
Label Labyrinth:
down ass whiteboy,
J.J. Krupert ipodz,
JJKGP January 2018,
Lounger and Fordlow,
metal
JVST 4 L0N3LY C0VNTRY B0Y...
Label Labyrinth:
gambleraku,
homepix,
James River,
railroad tie tapping,
selfies
Tuesday, January 30
JJ Krupert Jan 2018 number eleven "ringing bells"
You get a lot of light quickly
He sent the air this world gift
They are fed with the offerings of the offerings.
There is no objective decision
You can close the roof
Microscope, exposure to the worm
Learn to eat poisoning
I show you how to spend six
The top of Risin 'Perden can hardly be seen with
the naked eye
I live when I live and I go immediately
This is the eastern part of New York, Brooklyn.
Do you want Bang Beat Ass, Glamorous Techniques?
In the middle of the shoulder we spray Swingin
spray
Just a moment in Prom Night
We believe in having a dial
We give you the biggest prayer
Each sentence is a timeline that you can define
How to make a hero game and a relative story
'Time Out', with a strong voice, "I'm black
and I'm proud"
For "Crack Fucking" for all kinds of
suspicions
My Nation - Chapels and Chasin Reports'
For the degree of God
Each MC guarantees that the Steppin is in place.
I wrote a red one in my head
For the blood of all my people
For this reason, the microphones broke too fast.
[verse 1, ran thru google translate, English to Persian, Persian to Turkish, Turkish to Welsh, Welsh to Spanish, Spanish to English]
L4T3 M0D3L 3LD0R4D0...
Label Labyrinth:
gambleraku,
homepix,
my broke ass always be broke,
things people drive,
when I be rich
Monday, January 29
W4ND3R1NG THR0VGH M34N1NGL3SS..
Label Labyrinth:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯,
gambleraku,
homepix,
I is lost,
travelin' man
freestyle sonnet #100: UPON CONTEMPLATING THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE WE THE PEOPLE LIMO GETTING SET ON FIRE
Weeds consume incomplete concrete inhumane grid
deigned to keep the peace through orderly division
of paths, but police can't keep track all they forebid,
so manifestation of wild folk envision
autonomous spots along the larger margins,
encouraging a revolution hid inside
shadows, without asking, without begging pardons,
without pretending system isn't denied
freedom as legal procedure. Fuck cops, fuck laws -
at least those designed by fallible people who
succumb to their own corruption easily. Flaws
in the wild are natural and perfect - chop/screw
back notion that nations somehow are anything
but post-feudal bullshit which makes the wealthy king.
JJ Krupert Jan 2018 number ten "el regreso del chapo"
Chapo about to go to trial & I can’t say I glamorize him like some folks do
bc post-modern Robin Hoods built off drug sales
carry a lot of collateral damage
(which ain’t even collateral tbh)
but I do appreciate
narco-inspired t-shirts from the flea market
a sign of not gentrified just yet is the flea
market
if it’s a real live flea market
with cayenne mango & a machete man stand
& bootleg futbol jerseys
(a thousand shades of Barcelona)
plz don’t have a pretend flea market
in the gentrified art part & pretend
it is like ppl surviving the struggle
together
commercially
just admit your pretend flea market
is struggle cosplay
the affluent acting as if money is a concern
& that their enabled art is some sort of
hustle
I am offended by the glamorization
of tinkersmith makerspacing legitimized
(& generally funded or at least safety netted)
artz
more than Robin Hood drug lord myths
I am offended by inequality
so I guess ppl who come from the wrong end of the
pyramid
and gold-plated el cuerno de chivo gun their way
to the top
do make me happy inside (just a little)
but I’d rather the whole fuckin’ thing
fall apart
JJ Krupert Jan 2018 number nine "nothing"
Back in the day, I didn’t get into Townes Van Zandt
a whole lot, because of the too hip know-it-all shineface types that was hyping
him to me through the smoke and blurs. Contrarianism will deny you some good
shit sometimes. Luckily for myself, I came around, and though shitty Townes Van
Zandt is really shitty (which is to be expected of artists steeped in addiction
tbh), the good TVZ is some of the most solid psychic shit. “Mr. Mudd and Mr.
Gold” for example has manifested in my life into an entire outlaw jack of
diamonds philosophy.
Wino I never didn’t get into but I did overlook
for a while, because his dirtweed metalhead stage of public greatness (albeit
along the margins… always choose marginalization as my man T-2 Billion said)
came later than my retirement from teen dirtweed metalhead and I had moved onto
whatever I was onto next in my stumbling path of personal growth from white
trash to dirtgod. But Wino has never not been great to some extent (despite
being steeped in addiction).
Many metalheads and punks when aging go the acoustic
route as an artistic contrarian act, and much of it is super-pretentious and
unnecessary. It’s basically “hahaha this guy used to scream about crazy shit
and now he’s singing softly about crazy shit, isn’t this great?” No, much of
the time it is not. In fact, this song is off an album of that type of shit by three dudes. The other two guys (don't even know who they are, some sort of punks or metalheads or some shit) are mostly throwaway tracks.
Such is not the case with Wino though. His
acoustic catalog now rivals his old shit in pure hugeness of amazement. So of
course if you throw a TVZ song into the Wino garble acoustic flim-flam process,
it’s likely to be great. Guess what? It is. Last I heard about Wino he got busted in Scandinavia for possession of crystal meth while on tour, which means he's still balancing the addict/artist process. That's a fine line to walk, and I don't condemn anyone for doing it because the world needs arts born from addictions to escape the horrible pain that is existence. That shit will eat you up (either the art side or addiction side) so metapsychic daps to Wino for having successfully navigated that madness for so long.
3L3CTR0M4GN3T1C F13LDS...
Label Labyrinth:
cybertron battles,
gambleraku,
homepix,
power grid,
that pole in my back yard
Sunday, January 28
Hatsu Basho 2018 Honour Tanka Day 14: TAKAYASU (11-3)
by rule only one
tanka per rikishi per
basho… that’s the rule
but if ever I was to
rethink this, it was today
Tochinoshin’s run
through New Year’s basho has been
an absolute joy
multiple bouts he’s had to
stay intensely persistent
against Shohozan,
he looked understandably
nervous going in
never champion, runner-up
three times over his career
this bout gave drama…
Shohozan appeared to have
early advantage
Tochinoshin not able
get belt to overpower
Shohozan had him
pushed backwards at edge briefly;
the Georgian stayed put
Tochinoshin recovered,
and attained his destiny
Shohozan out the
ring, Tochinoshin showered
with cheers from the crowd
at night’s end, the main event
saw Kakuryu showcase
the yokozuna
did not give up, facing off
thick Takayasu
ozeki Takayasu,
quietly still dominant
Kakuryu held
center dohyo, hoping to
maintain his aura
then almost as if possessed,
Takayasu exploded
our yokozuna -
the last one remaining, was
left in lump ringside
Takayasu stood tall (while
Tochinoshin stood taller)
[Tochinoshin's victory to seal his title]
Hatsu Basho 2018 Honour Tanka Day 13: MITAKEUMI (8-5)
[a gif, built off sumo]
the sumo basho
has wound down and I’m still three
days back - such is life
at this point, on day thirteen
two men still could’ve won it
lone yokozuna
Kakuryu though, started
to lose his control
two losses in a row as
he stared at Mitakeumi
Mitakeumi was
one win from kachikoshi
as sekiwake
ahh Mitakeumi… the young gun
having to adjust his game
makuuchi is
not juryo; there are fewer
weak ass opponents
against Kakuryu, he
showed that young atomic burst
Kakuryu seemed
stifled by some psychology
which has hobbled him
13 and 0 was easy;
after that, don’t fuckin’ know
Mitakeumi took
control straight away, bossing
his yokozuna
Kakuryu defeated,
basho was Tochinoshin’s
props Mitakeumi -
you conquered an overlord,
getting your name up
with so few yokozuna
left, young lions are needed
[the full match]
4SS0RT3D FL4GS FL0WN F0R N0...
Label Labyrinth:
compound decor,
flaggetry,
gambleraku,
homepix,
my broke ass always be broke
Saturday, January 27
TH3R3'S N0 SVCH TH1NG 4S PR0GR3SS...
Label Labyrinth:
"you can't fight progress",
gambleraku,
homepix,
railroad tie tapping,
resourcefulness
Friday, January 26
D1S4PP34R4NC3S H4PP3N...
Label Labyrinth:
abandonment,
gambleraku,
homepix,
the camper trailer,
things people drive
Thursday, January 25
Hatsu Basho 2018 Honour Tanka Day 12: YOSHIKAZE (4-8)
as Hatsu Basho
thrusts into third final weekend,
there’s so much drama
the sole yokozuna left
Kakuryu took second loss
Tochinoshin the
Georgian ox survived again,
another tough bout
Tamawashi palm choke pushed,
then slapped the fuck out of him
Tochinoshin though
persevered, and again brute
strengthed at dohyo’s edge
now the Georgian sits alone
atop standings, three days left
but for purposes
of this project, the highlight
of today was clear
Ichinojo has become
a wild sumo godzilla
across the way was
Yoshikaze, clutching at
top maegashira
a loss meant makekoshi,
simple math of fifteen bouts
more wins than losses
means one moves up higher on
the banzuke scroll
but more losses than wins goes
the opposite direction
Yoshikaze came
in at seven losses - the
math very simple
staring at Ichinojo,
contemplating their futures
four days left - four wins
would secure stability
for Yoshikaze
but Ichinojo’s become
a monster of sorts lately
Yoshikaze’s fists
touch clay, he waits, and then his
opponent follows
both men come out of thick squat,
whole worlds trained to thrust forward
Yoshikaze meets
man mountain Ichinojo -
thick palm thrusting throat
Yoshikaze leans backwards,
held in moment like puppet
Ichinojo heaves
cellular energies
forward with more thrust
Yoshikaze’s toppled like
temple rotten with termites
flattened against earth
clay as ceremonial
sumo battlefield
Yoshikaze looked up as
makekoshi truths pushed down
another basho
in two months with another
fresh banzuke scroll
Yoshikaze’s name will be
lower, perhaps smaller too
[the full match, with ceremony]
JJ Krupert Jan 2018 number eight "pride"
Of course this post ends up having nothing to do
with Kendrick Lamar. That’s original Raven style – never write about what you’re
writing about. Damn.
JVST 4N0TH3R D4Y L0VNG1N'...
Label Labyrinth:
dwelling in the shadows,
gambleraku,
homepix,
shineface resistance,
tree porn
Wednesday, January 24
Hatsu Basho 2018 Honour Tanka Day 11: SHOHOZAN (7-4)
[maegashire E2 level gif]
the reasons to gif
and spread this broken headed
digital culture
the reasons to watch sumo
from other side of flat earth
fractured geniuses
make illegitimate artz
from life detritus
peace to Shohozan on left
who actually won, brvh
[oh here is Tochinoshin vs. Takarufuji,
which you should watch]
Label Labyrinth:
cybertron battles,
illegitimate artz,
Shohozan,
sumo appreciation,
wrestling tanka
Hatsu Basho 2018 Honour Tanka Day 10: ICHINOJO (6-4)
[BIG BOY BUMPS FOREVER B]
Ichinojo and
Takakeisho had epic
day ten sumo bout
but mostly this is about
Takakeisho’s final bump
an excuse to make
sumo gif of destruction
that says BIG BOY BUMP
R.I.P. Takakeisho…
not komusubi for long
[the full match in case you'd like to see,
which you should]
Label Labyrinth:
building or destroying,
Ichinojo,
Orientals,
sumo appreciation,
wrestling tanka
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