Robo Robb

If you are from the Detroit area I really do not have to elaborate on these dudes. You know they interview far more artists than myself and are a great inspiration for me. Well next week they drop an album and I had rare opportunity of interviewing the interviewer. Check out my dudes Origix and D.C. of the Zone Radio as I turn the mic on them for their long overdue 15 minutes of fame.

These dudes are so busy making you all the story they never had time to get press photos of themselves... So this will have to do!

I have been trying to get a copy of this book for the past couple weeks and finally my homie Dan Kennedy was kind enough to send me a PDF with the whole book. I have known Dan for a couple years now from the local music scene in Michigan. He is a very talented guitar player, singer and song writer. If you ever get a chance to hit up one of his shows do yourself a favor and go out he might even cover “remix to ignition” by R. Kelly, my personal favorite.

His latest endeavor is a novel titled “Fuming At The Sheep”. This book from the get go is unmistakeably written by a lyricist. The wordplay and imagery are outstanding. In the opening chapter you have a very descriptive scene where the main character Kyle is contemplating his future and what he will tell his parents about the decision he has made to not use his degree on his life’s journey. This story is to be read keeping in mind the confusion of a 20 something year old. Without giving away to much of the story I will say this, Kyle meets many colorful characters. Working as a bartender he has encounters with just about every walk of life imaginable and this factor is expounded upon throughout his self discovery. I would highly recommend this book for any person at a transitional stage in their life. I thought the ending was extremely creative and was impressed by the skill applied in order to tie everything together. Overall I was very surprised by Dans work on this story and hope he continues writing novels. If you would like to purchase this book it can be found at amazon.com or his record labels site 54amrecords.com.

So I was browsing on Facebook, and a former classmate of mine posted something so hilarious I just had to share it with you. You can also check the program she has a hand in producing on WDET 101.9FM Detroit. It airs every weekday at noon and she also does the weekend events calendar (and always  includes great Hip-Hop events around the city of Detroit). Enjoy!

From: Adam Tanielian [mailto:adam.tanielian@iis.ru.ac.th]
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:37 AM
To: ………….
Subject: A draft statement denying conspiracy at the WTC on 9-11-01 in NYC:

Upon further review of my materials, statics, dynamics, structural engineering and thermodynamics theories, I can not sustain claims that the damage caused to the WTC in NYC on 9-11-2001 can be legally and scientifically explained as anything different from the reports accepted by the American government. Since this was the first skyscraper attack using a plane in recent years, experts were unprepared to assist entirely due to the fact that our data and previous theory on the structural analysis and potential outcomes of such an attack were incomplete. You see, we had spent all of our reserach funding on preparation for attacks by beasts such as King Kong, the Rampage video game monsters and this Cloverfield monster, which did, in fact, apply more force to buildings than the jets which hit the WTCs, and yet the buildings which were impacted by punches, foragging manuvers for food within the inner levels of buildings, thus severing steel beams with razor-like claws of the beasts…these buildings which suffered the horrific attacks by these monsters, like those in Tokyo during the Mothra and Godzilla terrorist invasions, did not collapse in such a fashion as the WTC. Unfortunately for skeptics, conspiracy theorists and science, again we are unable to agree given the nature of information available on the 2001 damage that there were any other forces applied to the buildings than the fires and plane impacts, and since prior theory was based upon these monster attacks, which we were so desperately paranoid of again, we can neither confirm nor deny the presence of any other explosives or operatives in the collapses of the buildings in New York. Had there been a giant ape, lizard, insect or space alien involved, we would have been able to give more conclusive testimony, however, insufficient research has been made up to this point on the topic of human attacks…it’s something we American academics and scientists avoid for obvious reasons. If there should be another monster attack in a world city, the United Nations and world citizens should please be advised that the United States of America and its educational and scientific institutions are the world’s foremost leader in any and all catastrophic claims analyses involving giant apes, insects or space aliens. Thank you and good day.

–
Adam Richard Tanielian
Ramkhamhaeng University
Master of Business Administration
Management Student
Chiang Mai, Thailand
+66 087-365-8599

*if you want me to stop writing you, email me back and tell me. I’d like a reason, and I’ll probably think you’re sort of stupid, irrational, afraid, and a tad irresponsible (sorry), but I’ll do my best not to bother you anymore too. The obviously intelligent thing
to do would be to at least be kind enough to make a dirty joke and
pretend like you’re offended by the hijacked Thai Windows which
obviously caused this other offense since the medium is the message
and since it’s impossible to prove in civilized, developed courts that
this message has anything to do with the senders’ name since it’s
known that basically all messages from these developing East Asian
countries are written on pirated Windows, thus ensuring absolutely no
network security.”

This was one of my favorite interviews I have ever done. Do not sleep on the homie Big A! He attributes learning English to his study of Hip-Hop as a youth in Lebanon. Anyone who thinks they know something about Detroit rap music, you don’t know anything until you have listened to Big A. You all need to be taking notes (Big A was taking notes while I was interviewing him… that’s hustle).

This is the biggest music fan you will ever meet. On top of being a huge music fan he is also a music journalist. After leaving the Flint Journal he went to Austin Texas and started blogging and covering the biggest new music conference in the country. Listen in and get a journalists perspective of the world!

I really enjoyed this conversation. Big Walt is a very thought provoking individual. At such a young age he’s bound to far in his studies and in music.

check out that T-Shirt.... stfu

Local actor and film maker Lee Bushman was nice enough to sit down with me and SAC and let us “pick his brain”.

my interview with Tony Rizzo @ the Wire Studios in Lincoln Park

This interview is with Erik Anderson (GM of WXOU) and it was recorded at WXOU

So Im sitting here watching CNN grade the president. All of these people are trying to grade themselves as news media covering the president.

First off if they want to admit it or not they are players in the largest dumb down ever. Journalists who used to make a living on the streets getting the real story are being replaced by accountants and engineers. I don’t try to build bridges I’m a story teller. Just like you shouldn’t tell stories your a witness. If people stop specializing in real reporting were in trouble. I wake up every morning on a mission to bring everyone inside a new world. If you don’t wake up every morning with the same thirst, and you spread news, you are doing a injustice to your communities.

I really would like to say I feel horrible that our nation has become so apathetic about where they aquire news. We are digesting garbage and loosing our most valuable insights to worlds other than our own, we are loosing our journalists! Also, journalists this goes out to you… Don’t give up. I’m going into this field knowing I won’t make $ … Oh well. we need you to keep on plugging. There are so many stories not being covered. If you were born to tell stories and you are doing something else I would like to talk to you… Now!

That’s all … Peace to Laura Ling and Euna Lee

-Robo