Audiofile: Busdriver
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 running time 05:09
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.
Highlights
Manhattan
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1:43, 1:43
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Manhattan
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1:43, 1:43
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Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )
" Returning to the president's -- only but he thought. And it."
" When -- rhymes there's this user like four or six part rhyme schemes and for some reason I keep sticking to own. And his allies to pardon. For hard you know then there's like. Lingering rhymes came -- of the board of the -- part of attitude that news sent them to two and a second a -- yes you mean you -- thank you doing."
" My best development of."
" Taxes on time this kind of playing around. Combinations of words it's it's a proposal you know that is yet make sense that this. Ran as -- Manhattan other stuff as randomness. Can -- and some."
" Whatever it. Indicated then why it's never felt comfortable."
" guys playing lives we have selfish thing you know pretty much. Do want to do you know who was that guy was -- wants to do you know in his -- We really like to play. I don't know what can -- hands. We'll come rap fans are supposedly cater to -- from the whatever ten plus years I don't know of people are anymore. So I know I can't tell the difference and there's no. I don't differentiate. It at this point images when the people you know. The younger they are more. So sensible and influence there so I can have my -- with."
" I just. --"
" Yeah that's. --"
" Cool stuff happens every night -- every time someone. -- Like before we. Cross. A goal. You know two columns you crops you you can do it -- the stronger."
" We have."
" well over crowds tentative. He stepped in ways so so let's -- place. For the children so I'm I'm I'm unhappy and -- need the and so causes kids music and it's. It's fun zany and kind of vaguely witty but it's kids' music room. -- okay it's four goals."
" The political outlook that that's the precipitated that will be at every other president."
" Returning to the president's -- only but he thought. And it."
" When -- rhymes there's this user like four or six part rhyme schemes and for some reason I keep sticking to own. And his allies to pardon. For hard you know then there's like. Lingering rhymes came -- of the board of the -- part of attitude that news sent them to two and a second a -- yes you mean you -- thank you doing."
" My best development of."
" Taxes on time this kind of playing around. Combinations of words it's it's a proposal you know that is yet make sense that this. Ran as -- Manhattan other stuff as randomness. Can -- and some."
" Whatever it. Indicated then why it's never felt comfortable."
" guys playing lives we have selfish thing you know pretty much. Do want to do you know who was that guy was -- wants to do you know in his -- We really like to play. I don't know what can -- hands. We'll come rap fans are supposedly cater to -- from the whatever ten plus years I don't know of people are anymore. So I know I can't tell the difference and there's no. I don't differentiate. It at this point images when the people you know. The younger they are more. So sensible and influence there so I can have my -- with."
" I just. --"
" Yeah that's. --"
" Cool stuff happens every night -- every time someone. -- Like before we. Cross. A goal. You know two columns you crops you you can do it -- the stronger."
" We have."
" well over crowds tentative. He stepped in ways so so let's -- place. For the children so I'm I'm I'm unhappy and -- need the and so causes kids music and it's. It's fun zany and kind of vaguely witty but it's kids' music room. -- okay it's four goals."
" The political outlook that that's the precipitated that will be at every other president."










