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My ever-vigilant editor, Eric, discovered today that Miles Bonny, hip-hop producer, DJ and jazz trumpeter, stands among giants on Wikipedia's list of People from Kansas City. Unlike those suckers like Charlie Parker and Pat Matheny, who had to move and/or die to get on Wikipedia, Miles just put on his shades one morning, made a beat on the 808, and *poof* ... the entry wrote itself. That's my theory, anyway. Visit Miles' page and add in facts about his mustache, like that it took five years and the deaths of 300 peasants to grow.
By the way, it was good to see Miles and Joe Good reunited last Friday night in the Mercy Seat alley. It was beautiful and sunny when I arrived on the premises around 8 p.m., expecting the show to begin any minute. Well. I was forced to stand around and drink free beer for about an hour and a half before Panic and his colleague Mr. Luna took the stage, by which time it was raining like a bastard. For real. They just threw tarps over the PA equipment and let the MCs keep going. Rapping in the rain. Just rapping in the rain...
Miles Bonny, Wikipedia entry made flesh
Turns out, that reference is not the first time Singin' in the Rain has met hip-hop culture. Check theezies:
Gangsta rap synaesthesia:
And breakdancing trash:
Anyway, Luna and Panic were pretty awesome. Not only did they miraculously not get electrocuted for using microphones while standing in puddles and pouring rain, their set was strong and fun. Joe Good feared not the rain either, though he did wear a makeshift rain poncho made from a black garbage bag. And also a Mexican wrestling mask. Bonny got up onstage halfway through the set to lend support verbiage, bringing we the sopping audience back to the good ol' days of SoundsGood.
I was so wet and so tipsy by 10:30 that after I splashed the few blocks home, having a dance-off with a man made of trash (see 2nd video above), then falling in love with my own shadow only to have my heart broken on the other side of every streetlight along the way, I took off my wet clothes as soon as I got inside the door of my apartment and went to bed.
So, pretty much the usual First Friday thing.
Appended June 5:
Joe Good hasn't officially returned to hip-hop. This Mercy Seat gig was a commitment he made prior to quitting the game last March. So never mind that stuff I said here.
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