Sweet Nothings, Part 5

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We eye this affection like the last shimmer
of stained glass shards as they are swept from floors,
beautiful even in deformity, fragmented but majestic.
You have known confessions more carnal even clothed.
Consider this profane offering for your marble-bag collection:
devotion, red-cheeked but unreserved. Take these kisses
as rings around each of your knuckles and this embrace
as a sash on your waist. This is the instant
of film exposure where we will be forever frozen.

Announcing Head in the Cloud

I have been working on a new album. Enough of it is complete now that I feel comfortable announcing it. It will be called Head in the Cloud. Watch this aggressive rap video!

Hip-Hop/Religion Poem - Marshall "Gripp" Gillson & Bryan Patillo

On Friday, my poetry team had its Win & You're In bout. It's a sort of regional qualifier. Bryan Patillo and I have been preparing for a duo slam at the end of the month, and as such had an opportunity to try out some of our pieces. We performed twice, and received two perfect scores. Here's a video of the first piece we did. Enjoy!

FAWM 2011

Tomorrow begins February Album Writing Month. Again. This is my fourth year accepting the challenge. Last year, I got all the way to thirteen songs, but couldn't finish. This year, I am planning to write some pop-ish songs with a new conceptual band I'm in called Curvebreakers.

Some of last year's songs were released as part of my Aquarium EP. Some songs have yet to be released. And some songs never will be!

Anyway, you can follow my progress here or at my profile on the official FAWM site.

• 2/3/11: I finished a 16-bar verse for a song on which I will be featured. I'm counting it as song one! I've written lyrics for two other songs, but they are waiting on music from my songwriting partner, so I can't count them yet...
• 2/4/11: I uploaded a video of me spitting yesterday's verse. You should watch it.
• 2/4/11: I finished another song called Cotton Candy. It's my attempt at anti-folk.
• 2/11/11: I finished another 16 for a feature for Jack of Co.Z. I know it seems like I'm far, far behind. That's partially because I am and partially because I've written a few half-songs that aren't yet reflected in the tally...
• 2/11/11: Finished another verse for Jack. That's four!
• 2/12/11: Finished another song: No Place to Run.
• 2/15/11: Finished another feature verse for Jack's mixtape track on the Monster beat.

So... I admittedly gave up halfway through the month. Ah, well. Perhaps I will do better next year!

The ARC

I was featured on this song. It's called The ARC. You should listen to it!

Ballin' Out of Control—New Music for a New Year

It's been a while, fair followers. I've been hard at work on a yet-to-be-announced new solo LP (and for the record, this doesn't count as an announcement). But I've also been working on some other tracks, and in the spirit of the new year, in celebration of Grass Nap reaching 500 downloads, and in recognition of the fact that I need to release more music, I present to you today: Ballin' Out of Control.

Enjoy it!



... Or else.

Video Form IV — Black Atheist

Hello all!

I have returned with another rap video. It's called Black Atheist, and it's inspired by (and contains an excerpt from) the Greydon Square track of the same name. It's on his new album, which released this week.

But, yeah. Here's my verse.



Download Black Atheist now!