Whattup…I hope you all had a good thanksgiving (or , if you live outside of the states, a good thursday and normal weekend).
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Here’s this weeks batch…

Hey Blockhead! What do you think of the new Prime Minister of Canada?

(Don’t let me down and be like “I have no clue who that is”..)

Prepare for a major let down…The who? Of what?
I’m not someone who follows politics very closely. And That’s the politics of my own country, let alone the one north of me. Sorry. I have no clue about what’s going on up there. Don’t feel bad though…it’s not you, it’s me.

what was the weirdest thing anyone ever gave you at an event.

I don’t know if it’s the weirdest thing but some dude came up to me with a printed pic of me when I was 16 looking like “Boy meets world” and had me sign it. That was awesome. THIS is a pic of that pic.
Other than that, i haven’t gotten that much weird shit. Lots of crystals, which is hilarious if you know me. Lots of cool little homemade knick knacks (this one dude in the northwest makes these awesome paper owls out of mcdonalds fries containers).
One time, when I was touring with Aesop, some dude in Eugene , Oregon gave us a jar of drugs. Like , a huge jar filled with EVERY drug known to man. Not just Weed. There was heroin in there. There was pcp. It was like a christmas stocking for someone with an immediate death wish. Suffice to say, we threw that shit out.

I remember being in middle school and thinking It’s Dark and Hell is Hot was the dopest shit ever, but, just this last year, I re-listened to it and realised it’s fucking garbage. Have you ever had that experience with a beloved album from your youth?
Oh god yes. Lots of the stuff I loved as a kid hasn’t aged well. Lucky for me, I grew up before that “It’s dark and hell is hot” era so most of the album I loved then are still considered classics. But stuff like Fu Shnickens or the Lord of the underground…while they aren’t terrible, definitely didn’t ripen as they grew older.
I’ve also had a thing where something I loved as a kid (The 2 live crew) become passe but then came around to be awesome later. That’s even rarer. The many levels of the 2 Live Crew!

Which of the 3 is the most vile, fucked up pile of rotten snakes of a human?
Beastiality people ( I was once curious and watched 30 seconds of a woman fucking a dog in Romania, and believe me, it was a crime against that poor animal), Pedophiles ( we all know about these sick fucks), or Necrophiles?
rate them in least to most sick

I think the least sickening would be the necrophiles, only cause they aren’t harming a living thing. At the same time, the act their doing may be the sickest of all but I’m not a believer in an afterlife or a soul existing past death so basically, once we die, we’re just worm food. If some creep wants to fuck my dead body, have at it. It’s only hurting him.

I guess beastiality would be second. It’s terrible but I’m also not a person who puts animals in front of humans. Also depends on the animal. If you fuck a horse, does he even notice? Meanwhile, if this weirdo if boning a labradoodle, that’s way worse.

Pedophilia is the worst to me cause it involves, living, breathing, human children who’s lives have to go on after the fact. Outside of the horrifying act itself, there’s a psychological angle to it that is just never ending for the victims.

Whose voice do you like better, Sam Cooke’s or Nina Simone’s?
Ohhh…tough question.
I’mma go with Nina cause , while Cooke may have the most perfect voice ever, it’s the flaws of Nina that gives it character. She can milk emotion out of a song like no one. She was insane, weird and avant garde. Cook was as technical as could be and had a beautiful voice but, i dunno…I’ll take the off kilter, interesting one over perfection every time.

You know that thing when you’re minding your own business looking in the direction you are about to walk or something, then some girl that just happens to be in your line of site turns around and thinks you’ve been checking her out? Have you ever had someone roll their eyes and get all snooty because of it? This happened while I was driving earlier today and it cracked me up. Do you think lots of women go through their day constantly misinterpreting these situations? Is it completely out of line to yell “I’M NOT CHECKING YOU OUT DINGBAT!” if this happens? Or, as guys, should we always just chill and walk it off, with the understanding that women DO get harassed more than we can imagine?

Umm…yeah, walk it off dude. Who cares?
I can tell you that women do get stared at and hit on relentlessly. Walking around NYC is a constant reminder of this and the interesting part is it’s not just the hot women. It’s all of them. i’ve seen a 4 walk down the street and have dude whooping at her like a cattle call. Basically, dudes on the street are the worst so, if some girl misinterprets your gaze as you being a creep, let it go. Unless you have a legit chance to explain it to her…but even then, that’s a Larry David moment waiting to happen.
Let it slide. Worst case is she thinks you, some complete stranger she will never see again, are a lecherous low life. As men, we just gotta live with that judgement. It’s the least we can do.

Yoyoyoyoyo,
What’s up. Welcome to another edition of “answers for questions”. You ask, I answer. If you have a fun/interesting question you want me to answer, fire away. leave them in the comment section or email them to me at phatfriendblog@gmail.com

So, I’m headed out west today to do a few weeks on the road with Emancipator. If you live anywhere along the coast from B.C. canada to San diego, I’m probably playing somewhere kinda near you. Peep the dates here: http://blockheadmusic.com/ come see your boy.
This also means my blog output may be a bit stilted the next few weeks but, hey, do you really give a shit? Probably not. I’ll try and write stuff here and there though.
Anyway, here’s this weeks batch…

If you were a fan of you, what question would you ask you?
Oooff…Man, I dunno. I’d probably be one of those very random , non-music related questions. Something that would possibly garner a funny story or humor on some level. Those are the questions I like answering the most so I’d try to make that happen. But, clearly, my imagination is so dead right now I can’t even think of an example.

Blockhead, how common do you think it is for guys to have tasted their own semen? It think that it would be extremely common, regardless of sexual orientation.
I think it’s not that rare but I also don’t think it’s the norm. It falls in between. I personally have never. I ate boogers as a kid. I think I even put my ear wax in my mouth once. But i never had the urge to taste my own jizz. That said, I’ve certainly spoken to a good deal of dudes who have. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. It just comes down to your level of curiosity. I never had that “I wonder what my cum tastes like?” moment, I guess.

I’ve been listening to your music since 2011 and reading your blog for some time now as well, but I never had a chance to go to your show due to geographical issues, i.e. me living and working in the middle of nowhere.

So, let’s say I came to your show, had a good time (goes without saying), went over to the merch stand, shook your hand, told you it was great and how I loved your blog (seems like you like to hear that), took a photo of me smiling like a hyena and you… well, doing what you feel like and I wanted to spend a bunch of money on stuff you’re selling to show my love and support (no irony here, usually if I like the artist and the show, I want to buy something to give him/her/them some financial… erm… boost? Also, to make them interested in coming again).

What do you have to offer? My wallet is itching, man…

Like, merch wise? I got cd’s, records and t-shirts. It depends what I have in stock at that moment but I generally have a few of those available at every show.
At the moment, I only have a new t-shirt I just got made, “Bells and whistles” on vinyl and “uncle tony’s coloring book” on Cd. I’m waiting on a shipment of more cd’s and records though. Sadly I won’t have them for this tour I’m leaving for today.

On a scale from 0-100 (0 being, you believe absolutely NOTHING the USA has said about the moon landings and space travel; 100 being, you believe absolutely EVERYTHING the USA has said about the moon landings and space travel) where do you land?
Hmm…80? I’m not a skeptical guy about that kind of thing and I’m absolutely not into conspiracy theories. But, more than that, I honestly don’t really give a shit. Did they go to the moon? Probably. Does that make my day/life any different if they didn’t? Not at all. Doubting things takes effort and, most of all, interest. Two things I’m generally low on, when it comes to space travel.
I’m kind of a sucker in a way cause I will believe some things simply cause I’m told them. Like, if i have no reason to not believe it or if it makes sense…I’ll just go along with it cause , regardless of what i think, it’s not that big a deal to be either way. Like if you tell me “Did you know that yogurt works as a subtle mood enhancer?” I’d probably just be like “No shit? cool” cause why the fuck not? I don’t care enough to fact check a person and i don’t get off on disproving people over pointless facts.

In terms of beauty trends, 2015 has been a huge year for eyebrows. Bold and polished brows have been everywhere. Is this something that you even notice as a guy?
The only time I noticed this is when I posted that Rihanna remix I did and the pic my friend used of her (for the jpeg) was her with massive brows. Then, people saw that and started commenting on it. Other then that, I haven’t noticed a huge trend towards caterpillar like eye brows. Which is good cause that’s not a good look for anyone.

Do you think it’s common for musicians to become depressed when they’re touring (in my mind, touring seems like it would have some fun parts, but it seems sooooo isolating and exhausting).
I don’t know about depressed but tired and run down? definitely.
Touring can kick your ass. Especially if you’re partying. After a while, the days just kinda all blend together. I’m normally good at remembering where I play and details of certain shows but if you put me on the road for two weeks, with a show every night, by the 5th show, it’s a blur. You go into “Tour mode” where it’s pretty much just moving forward without thinking. Your only goal is to be up for the show. So the entire rest of the day you’re just kinda out of it. But, I wouldn’t say that’s being depressed. They’re very different feelings.
Also, the longer you’ve been touring and the older you are, the more zonked out you get. Young artists touring for the first time are just having a great time.

Before you were able to make a living off of your music, what was the shittiest job you ever had? I’ve answered a variation of this a few times but I’ll do it again for the nose bleed seats.
I have had many shitty jobs. I worked as a “teachers assistant” in a special ed school, I was a bus boy, I worked in multiple coffee shops. Pretty much any job I ever held was not impressive.
My shittiest job was working as a security guard at Kim’s video. This was an NYC chain that specialized in alternative movies and music. I somehow fell into a job there as a security guard even though they bought me in to work at a cafe they had opened. The cafe closed and i was fucked, noticed they needed staff to be security and they just gave me job. No training. Nothing. That job consisted of standing in one place for 10 hours at a time , making sure no one stole anything. I was the youngest guy there (I was 20 at the time) and the only person doing that job who wasn’t literally from africa. I would stand in the corner of the cd section just pretending to watch for thieves. I never caught anyone. Probably cause i was just zoning out the whole time and, even if I did see someone take some shit, I’d just let it go cause who gives a shit? It wasn’t even that bad a job…it’s was just incredibly boring. Still, better than millions of other shit jobs i could have had.

Good day to you, sir or madam. I hope your halloween was filled with candy and/or sex with someone dressed like a kitten.
Welcome to another edition of “Answers for questions”. This is where you, the reader, asks me anything and I answer. Seriously, I’ll answer ALMOST anything. So, if you have a question, lemme hear it. Leave them in the comment section below or email them to me at phatfriendblog@gmail.com. Be weird. Be interesting. This is volume 263 so you can assume I’ve answered questions like “What kind of equipment do you use?” or “What are your top five movies/albums/sexual positions/etc… ever?”
Let’s check out this weeks bounty.

Dumbest thing you ever did for love?

Hmmm…I gotta say, I’ve been pretty careful (aka guarded) about that for as long as I can remember. Like, I never had that “Say anything” moment where I stood outside a girls house with a boom box and played her a Peter Gabriel song to win her back. I’ve been way dumber when pursuing sex cause, well, you kinda have to be. I’m a fairly controlled person though and I have rarely ever put myself in a compromising position for anything like that. Mostly, it’s just going places late at night that I probably shouldn’t have gone to with hopes of hooking up. Sorry..it’s boring but true.

What do you think of astrology? Do you ever peep your horoscope?

I think it’s pretty much bullshit. While I am a libra and I definitely see a lot of myself in how they are described I don’t generally believe in things that were made up by other people from a time before intelligent science existed. It’s cute and all but if I believe that , I might as well believe it all. It’s kinda like believing in ghosts. If you believe in that then there has to a be a logical domino effect that leads to you believing in god. I don’t believe in god so it all pretty much ends there.
That said, I’ll read a horoscope if it’s in front of me. No harm in that.

I just got the Jake One/Mayer Hawthorne collabo album, Tuxedo, and the shit is pretty fucking dope. I’m wondering if you’ve ever wanted to collaborate on an album with a singer (as opposed to an emcee)?
I’m currently a member of a group called “The mighty Jones” which is me on beats, a guitarist , a bassist and two singers. We’ve been working on an album forever and it’s done (It’s called “Gone long”) but we’re pretty much just trying to figure out when to drop it. There are videos we’ve done for a few of the songs here and here
Trust that i will be announcing it’s arrival when that time comes. Which should be very soon.

You’ve spoken before about how you like to see old rappers come out with good songs, every now and then. Is there any particular emcee from your youth that you would really like to see make a dope comeback album?

I always hope that Rakim does something dope (although he doesn’t seem to care, anymore), and Busta Rhymes is long overdue for a great record.

Hope and reality are two very different things. Sure, I’d love to see Rakim or Kool G rap drop something great in 2015 but I’m also not delusional. I’m not saying their don’t have the talent anymore but it’s hard for guys from that era to make a song that somehow finds a balance between their old shit and what’s going on now. Let alone, an entire album. I feel like the only guys who could maybe pull it off would be one of the weirder guys like maybe Mikah 9. If he was able to find a style of production that worked with his rapping, I could see him making something pretty awesome. Kool Keith is another you can’t really ever count out. Willie D is also ageless in his raps so I could see him still making something I could enjoy.

Not sure if this one’s been asked yet, but if your dick was going to make a sound effect everytime you got a boner, which would it be?

A slide whistle sound would be amazing. Or perhaps the “dun dun dun dun” sound from Godzilla that Monch used on “Simon says”

What was your senior year of high school like? Were you excited for college?
I was never a person who liked school or excelled in it on any level (as evidenced by my grammar and spelling in this very blog). My high school was a joke and I wasn’t really that connected to it. All my friends went to other schools. I didn’t really hang with many people from my school. It was like a job. i’d go, get through it and get the fuck out. I wasn’t an outcast of anything, I just had no interest in it. So, my senior year was pretty forgettable.
As for college, i honestly don’t remember how I felt about going. I’m sure i was nervous and excited. But, keep in mind, college , to me, meant “More school” and that was never exciting. The social aspects were the most interesting part to me. you know, meeting girls. That was my focus. A focus, I might add, I failed miserably at.
Looking back on it, I kinda wish I had gone to different schools altogether. Oh well. Can’t be that mad cause I am where I am now partly because of all that.

About a year ago you wrote about a website idea you had that would be like Yelp reviews for people/dating. Well… I recently read that a website called “Peeple” is coming out and it lets people leave reviews about other people. Friends, ex-lovers, relatives, etc… nobody is safe. Still a good idea or fuck that? Would you sign up if this website came to life?

You are referring to THIS
I saw and I’m feeling like I should be getting paid for this on some level.

I still feel the same way as when I wrote it. It’s a TERRIBLE idea for humanity but a great idea for evil. It’s such a flawed idea that it’s actually kind of beautiful. The fact the creators are even trying to pass it off as something that could ever be positive is amazing. The balls on those ladies but scrape the ground when they walk. It’s very similar to the idea of Facebook adding a “dislike” button. Oh, it’s for empathy? GREAT.
Now, would I sign up for this? It’s hard to say. I’d definitely be curious about it. Just to see how it works and , of course, to see if anyone wrote me a review of some sort. But I can’t see that going so well and , eventually, it would probably get pretty dark. It would be like throwing the entire world into a youtube comment like hell hole.
Honestly, it’s a terrible idea. But only for humanity. If you remove conscience from it, it’s actually fantastic and fits perfectly into the direction the world seems to be going. We’re becoming super PC and thin skinned yet we’re opening doors for people to be meaner than ever for no reason whatsoever. So, a stand up comedian can’t make a harmless Caitlyn Jenner joke but you’re close friend can tell you your breath stinks and you’re a fat asshole on a public forum seen by all your peers. Seems about right.
Can’t wait for the suicide rate to spike a month or two after it goes public.