Tonight, scrappy, tough and compelling KC rapper James Christos takes over the Riot Room patio, bringing along cohorts PL (formerly of the Soul Servers) and the fresh-from-the-kitchen-new group the Pyrex Kidz. Also grabbing the mic will be FLO, Greg Enemy and BUCC$, with Jamel Rockwell on beats. It's going to be the perfect blend of street and indie, so be prepared to use your brain and down some Hennessey. Ladies get in for free before 10:30, so get there early and often.
This show kicks off Christos' sure-to-be-epic Anarchy Tour, which will find the rapper and his posse on the road through much of June -- and not just the Midwest, neither. Christos is bad, he's nationwide, and he'll be filing diary entries for the Wayard Blog while on the road, so start looking for updates beginning around June 15. It's going to be unreal.
"It's not gonna be glamorous," Christos told me a couple of weeks ago. "It'll be the cornbread circuit. We're probably gonna come back 20 lbs. skinnier."
If you can't make it out to tonight's show, post up on Tombcast.net and JamesChristos.com for live streaming video of tonight's show.
But first, here's Christos' video for the song "Higher," off The Black Reign, produced by Tombcast.
James Christos: Higher from tombcast on Vimeo.
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Jason: yeah I do a weekly podcast. search Tombcast on iTunes or go to tombcast.net We have had James on a few times. I also try to do his website. It's a more comedy-focused, but we try to get some local music stuff in there, we have also had The Dead Girls on. Streaming live from a bar was a very different. We should have the audio posted over the weekend at some point. James should be coming in studio err basement Thurs night, feel free to join us!
Andrew -- was that you interviewing performers last night? What's your story?
@JJS: I like the image of "some old man" unplugging a rap show outside of the Crave. Was it Walt Bodine? But yeah, he's got unstoppable enthusiasm, even when the crowd is small and/or new to his music, which is pretty diverse for a hip-hop artist (listen to the trance-y beat on "No Words"). I can't wait to begin posting his tour diary the week after next.
Sweet. Producer credit for uploading the video! Thanks Pitch! We did premiere that vid on Tombcast.net, but I really had nothing to do with it. Christos is the bomb, and thanks for the mention.
I first saw him years ago outside the Crave (now Javanaut) on 39th. Some old man pulled the plug on his set, but about 2 minutes later he was back on. What struck me about him was his charisma and enthusiasm, even for a spread-out crowd who wasn't returning his energy in kind. He's a born performer - go check him out.
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