Egyptrixx Mini Tour (w)Rap up
So alias and I were down in the states for a few shows last week. Our first stop was Pittsburgh PA. Just let me say that pittsburgh is the man, DJ Geoff Cutups is also the man. Really though, i was totally surprised—no offence Pittsburghians but I was expecting Hamilton with more bullets. Pberg is full of really cool art spaces, amazing views, really dope architecture and some fun parties. Some Paper Rad cats were doing visuals at the Lazer Crunk party we played, which was great, im a big fan of their work. We had fun and I’m looking forward to going back.
Our show in Harrisburg was cancelled becasue of some venue issues, so fuck you city of Harrisburg liquor bylaws. Instead we crashed at a Super 8 in Breezebrook, PA. drank amstel, ate dennys and blew up some cheap fireworks.
Next up was the Whartscape Festival in Baltimore, run by the Wham City crew. Whartscape is 3 days of really good music all set in completely DIY venues. Example: The Death Set playing in a north Baltimore parking lot for a couple thousand kids.
I was really excited about playing the afterparty with Spank Rock, Girltalk, Cex, Ninja Sonik, Dan Deacon and a bunch of locals, but it ended up being a bit of a lesson in venue planning. Not surprisingly about 1500 people showed up to a warehouse that held 400 and the sheer insanity, heat, sweat and number of bodies totally overwhelmed the place. People were falling on the soundguy, speakers were exploding, bottles were being hurled, gear was melting… Eventually the cops showed up and booted us all the fuck out. We managed a small set but it was just such a fucking gong show that we lost sound about every 5 minutes. That aside it was a great night and I really enjoy the grittyness of bmore. We also caught the Clipse, DJ K-Swift’s (RIP) last show, ate alligator and saw Batman for 4 bucks.
