Dec 121: Maverick Awesome's Bday.

The usual dose of once-a-month PDP awesome with a twist. A Maverick Awesome twist.

Those with a pair of eyes and a keen understanding of radio voices know that M. Awesome is the other product of the Awesome-Davis union that took place back in the 60s/70s/80s or thereabouts: he is the biological brother of PDP's Storm Davis.

Blessed with names fit only for the spotlight, this dynamic brother duo was forced to shoehorn their collective ego into the entertainment industry and spout ironic sarcasm at high volume over the next few decades till someone agreed to love them. Many, many people who post their thoughts on the Internet continue to be upset by this to this very day. Even more people who aren't sure what the Internet is are doubly upset.

But don't worry: they won't be at Local 121 on Saturday night. You will. And you are who matters.

So come listen to the ol'skoooool sounds of Dox of PDP & DJ SaveOne, and buy Senor Awesome a birfday beverage. It's really that simple.

DOX of PDP & DJ SAVE ONE
Local 121
121 Washington St
Providence RI
21+ / 11p-2a / FREE

WED STER 121

PDP's Sterbyrock spins hip hop and other types of hip hop, and perhaps even some hip hop, as he extends Warped Wax Wednesdays into the deep black December night at everyone's favorite stained-glass haven, Local 121.

Storm Davis may attend, may sip Diet Coke, may let slip your New Year's Eve plans.

Do it.

Rose Eventually Dropped the Track, Citing "Dehydration."

GN'R axe Storm Davis from Chinese Democracy
Poorly Drawn People star left on the cutting room floor
Tom Porter, Tue 4 Nov, 12:33 pm UTC

Storm Davis recorded featured vocal parts for Guns N' Roses' track "Catcher N' The Rye" way back in 1999. The song has been confirmed to appear on the ridiculously long-awaited album Chinese Democracy, but a leaked sleeve note suggests that the PDP rapper's contribution has been removed.

Possibly the world's biggest Storm Davis fan, Thomas Eisele, wrote on stormdavis.com to break the unfortunate news:

"Hi Storm,
First I want you to know that I'm a huge fan of your work. I grew up with all of your music and still love listening to it. Now, ChiDem is about to hit the market and the booklet is leaked. Do you know that you're not on "CITR" anymore? What do you think about it? Makes me a little sad as I was looking forward to hear your part more clearly. I'm one of the webmasters of the German PDP-Board and just wanted to know your opinion. I'll keep it for me and I won't tell anyone. But I don't know if you read this email... ;)
I wish you all the best with your band (that I love so much),
Thomas"

Here's Storm's response:

"Ah ... well, I did not know this. Thanks, Thomas.
Well, it is a shame, perhaps ... I did put quite a lot of work in, and was proud of it. But I could understand if Axl wants to have an album which reflects the work of the members of the band as it is, right now.
I do have mixes of the tracks with my vocals on, work tapes at the time, but they will remain private, out of respect for Axl.
Thanks for your kind wishes, Thomas.
Cheers,
SD"

What about Shaq?

A grand total of 18 musicians contributed to Chinese Democracy during the 14 years of hard graft it took Axl Rose to finish it. Whether the likes of Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro or basketball/rap legend Shaquille O'Neal have also felt the blade of Axl's axe remains to be seen.

The article can be found in its original context at musicradar.com

Rockin' With The Champion.

The Maine Event.

Storm Davis & Dox wave the Poorly Drawn People flag for the first time in Maine, and ably standing in for the otherwise-occupied Reason will be Labeless Illtelligence's Esh The Monolith. PDP in a whole new incarnation in a whole new location. Brave the cold and check it out.

PDP affiliate Prolyphic (Strange Famous Records) will be making the trek as well, and we send the largest props available to old pal Brzowski for inviting us up in the first place.

Oh The Douchebaggery.

The blogosphere / the blogosphere / the blogosphere is on FIYAH.

Okay, that didn't work.

Soon-to-be-reknowned Providence blogger Penny Earned had some good words to say about Storm Davis & PDP recently in her snarky & acidic reading romp, Oh The Douchebaggery:

Washington St. is the new Crenshaw Blvd.
and it's in full swing.

Peep the Pharcyde reference? That's 'cause I have been kickin' it nineties style lately. Oh my, am I excited. I caught these d.j.'s spinning at my new favorite local haunt, the aforementioned Local 121 and I was in high school again. Mad props to the Poorly Drawn People crew...and I don't just throw out props indiscriminately. Props is precious, son.

So, these guys were playing some of my favorites and because god is awesome they were also handing out free c.d.'s---my copy quickly found it's way into the black hole underneath my car seat, only to be found one glorious day as I was looking for my bic. And, EUREKA! Three weeks later it's still in heavy rotation.

Finally, a Rhode Island act that doesn't suck...and hasn't yet relocated to Brooklyn.

Seriously. Check them out at SoundSessions.

I'll be the one attempting to pop-lock like only a white girl can.

link here to get the best variety of download...the free kind
http://www.myspace.com/poorlydrawnpeople

Peep the original article and take a look around here.

And I can pretty much guarantee that there is no fucking way in fucking hell that we will be moving to fucking Brooklyn anytime soon. And I put that on God.

The Choice Is Yours.

Since we were unable to put together a proper Obama fundraiser in time, we figured the next best thing was to pass around a cup asking drunk hipsters for dollar bills (apologies to any coke dealers we put out of work) and let them take pictures with a lifesize cardboard cut-out of Barry himself.

PDP cares.