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chuckles
04-24-2007, 05:12 PM
Episode 5: Audiofile: Busdriver
We catch up with indie hip-hop's most hyperarticulate MC during his recent tour with Deerhoof. Busdriver, aka Regan Farquhar, may be known for searing wit and educated prose, but these days he's all about having fun and playing "for the children." In this Audiofile, recorded live at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, the L.A. know-it-all dryly pinballs between serious and silly, a sober backstage demeanor and high-energy onstage spazzing.
numberwang
04-24-2007, 06:13 PM
Whoops! We forgot to credit Fred Miketa for doing the Busdriver interview! Coaxing the words outta that guy offstage seemed like a formidible task. [Onstage however, ees quite the opposite...] Thanks Fred!!
crocodile-done-deal
04-24-2007, 06:40 PM
i have been listening to busdriver since i was a child, and can still get down to his weird ass as an adult... i mean he just rhymed lamborghini with tan bikini, wtf!
most awesome episode yet!
smock-g
04-24-2007, 11:11 PM
Nice piece, but what was he doing with the batteries and christmas lights? Busdriver? More like Handyman!!! Hah! Wooo! Nailed it! No no, I like his fist-pumping stage schtick. Bridging gulfs and forging bonds is always a good goal, right? Plus, he's a lot more fun than I might've guessed. And in the face of an impassive, vegetative SF crowd, no less. Thanks for sending this fist pumping 5 minutes into my life XLR8R, for real.
kowgod
04-26-2007, 12:24 AM
What the **** was up with that crowd?!
PS, best xlr8r yet: concurred.
mechr00n01
04-26-2007, 10:56 PM
I'm adult-tish. I love his stuff.
adamc
04-29-2007, 02:36 AM
Agreed, best XLR8R I've seen yet. Does anyone know which specific tracks were featured in the show? I liked it so much that I headed down to Zia Records and purchased Roadkill Overcoat, but I'm not sure the tracks in the show are on this album!
numberwang
05-01-2007, 09:16 PM
Hey Adam, the song we featured most in that episode was "Kill Your Employer" from RoadKillOvercoat. Glad you dug it!!
adamc
05-07-2007, 07:19 AM
Why yes it is, thanks a bunch!
alaskalonewolf
05-07-2007, 09:44 PM
Anyone know where I got to get a subscription? Is it an actual magazine?
Yes! XLR8R is an actual magazine, been around since 1993. Check out www.xlr8r.com (http://www.xlr8r.com) ... Revision3 folks get 25% off a subscription with the code "revision3" when buying a subscription (https://www.xlr8r.com/sub_index.php) online.
owlznezt
05-08-2007, 07:08 PM
yes it's an actual magazine. go to www.xlr8r.com and you can find a link to the subscriptions page.
alaskalonewolf
05-10-2007, 08:03 AM
Whoa. That was... <speachless> Gotta' spend more time here...