May 2012
4 posts
This is a demo of a song I wrote, inspired by...
Adam Yauch is gone. Let's fight for our right to...
All of us who are lovers of music, worldwide, mourn the loss of Adam Yauch (MCA) from the seminal urban music gurus the Beastie Boys. I’m sorry to be the one to tell you if you hadn’t heard. :(
The changes in music that the Beasties made, and thus Yauch made, will never leave us because they’re woven into the very components we use to forge our craft - whatever genre...
April 2012
2 posts
My mother's birthday would have been today. Have...
Because I don’t know how to deal with things any other way, here is the first early release of a track from the Peasants & Kings album I’m doing with my friends in the TickleBomb Orchestra. http://shanehall.bandcamp.com/track/mother-early-release-bday-special
I’ll never forget, she died an hour after Thanksgiving came to a close in 2010. I had a studio session with my dear...
March 2012
6 posts
My contribution to an e-cypher that the lovable...
Sean Sulfur: I'm not sure if I should like this status..."Mikal kHill keeps the dick to lasagna ratio proper"?
Mikal kHill: I'm just missin' home, son.
Among the trash juice and piss of a city invaded
Smiles and hospitality among both strangers
And friends I’ve never met.
A heartfull swallowed
Processed
Expelled
Then recirculated in the trash juice.
<3
New rap song. →
Yes! This is from an INCREDIBLE free comp promoting the March 17th Pawn Takes King gig at SxSW. Spread the word. :)
February 2012
1 post
January 2012
1 post
Exam Cram - Humbled to Dust edition
The last few shows have been so good!
In 11 days, I start a quick tour of the east coast along with Mikal kHill and Jesse Dangerously. It goes from 2/2/12 - 2/11/12 and we’ll be venturing from Orlando back home to Worcester. You can find the details on the dates below or on http://www.ShaneHallMusic.com.
I spent all day yesterday re-watching the movie “Shane” to remember that...
December 2011
4 posts
My new sounds:
Added a track I did with the ThoughtCriminals for...
So, I almost forgot that I promised that I would...
A lot of folks have been like “can I...
November 2011
1 post
"Nerdcore"?
I decided I wanted to say some things about the “nerdcore” genre since I just did a short tour with Adam WarRock and am performing with MC Frontalot tonight. I anticipate making some more new friends who like my music so hopefully I can frame my relationship with this genre early so there’s little confusion about how much I appreciate the nerdcore scene AND how I refuse to be...
October 2011
13 posts
It will end: A postmodern view of mercy.
#whitepeopleproblems
My heart is suddenly heavy from the amazing people we’ve lost in the past few years, from the deeply personal to those I only sort of knew and even those I’ve never met.
I’m trying to figure out why I never really chased my dreams, and I’m trying to believe that it’s “never too late” and I’m trying to FEEL like I haven’t...
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What the Demands for Occupy Wallstreet SHOULD be →
Got this from Sarah who got it from Dolan…this is starting to get around and it’s worth reading.
A personal note: Dolan has been at the forefront of opposing unchecked corporate control ever since I’ve known him. His knowledge in this area is second to very very few who aren’t professional economists and doesn’t just come from sitting behind the computer screen...
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“My mother had the most wonderful approach to death…even growing up she...”
– Betty fucking White This is so extra beautiful and special to me because it’s in remembrance of her mother…the wisdom her mother had, and her wisdom in remembering the lesson is so such a pleasure to muse upon. ♥ your Momma (I do. OHHHHH!)
The tea/China ratio and Sully's Cafe podcast
SO I HAVE A PILE OF FUCKS IN MY BASEMENT.
Why? Because I don’t give them.
And I certainly don’t give them to China in exchange for tea. Translation? I don’t gives no fucks about the price of no tea. Straight up.
Now that we’ve got that settled, I was at The Spot in Providence for the weekly Sully’s Cafe podcast this weekend.
Podcast!...
September 2011
6 posts
November is gonna be like woah
I’m going to make an effort to start exorcising my demons sharing my thoughts here on my blog a bit more. It had always been intended for that, but like so many avenues as my thoughts became darker I’ve leaned towards promoting the music more than expressing myself. I understand if you don’t give a flying fuck about this, and I don’t blame you. Artists in general (and I...
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Angie Dark Heart: Why Virtual Worlds are Important →
I’ve recently met Angie through a website called “Cloud Girlfriend” which allows two people to make fake identities and chat with each other under those assumed identities. It’s pretty funny and fun, and Angie is as extroverted on the web as I am, which made us get along pretty quickly. I’m forwarding this to ask you to think about what this could mean for people in...
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The Holy Mountaint + me + New Wave Cafe = win
I started the show playing a few songs on acoustic guitar, then got into the typical philosophical battle with Jesus and the Pope. No bigs. Woohoo. Big ups to Chris Rego (who’s a pretty dope beatmaker, too) who took these pictures at Jay from TA’s birthday bash this Saturday night. Holy Mountain projecting through me (take that as you will) kept things suitably weird. Thanks to...
Whatevermore: Live from the Raven is available for...
Ya boy’s all grow’d up and doin’ preorders and selling real CD’s for real money again! haha
<a href=”http://thethoughtcriminals.bandcamp.com/album/whatevermore-live-from-the-raven” _mce_href=”http://thethoughtcriminals.bandcamp.com/album/whatevermore-live-from-the-raven”>Whatevermore (Live from the Raven) by The ThoughtCriminals...
August 2011
5 posts
Weekend art voyage
I did a series of shows as “The TickleBomb Orchestra” with Mark Leighton, Jon Gryckiewicz, Willow, Derek Meade and Larry Wilson this weekend starting Wednesday night in Worcester at my friend Jenny’s tattoo group meetup. It was stupid fun, and the place was SWARMING with beautiful tattoo’d people. No complaints here! :) The group started as a reaction to a pretty...
July 2011
4 posts
The only piece of visual art I've ever made got in... →
:-) My piece, jokingly titled “A Choir of Piano Dragons”, was used in a unique piece where Brittany Durgin from Worcester Magazine asked a bunch of us Worcesterites to submit visual pieces that tells (at least part of…) the story of our lives. I’m happy she asked, and that I had serendipitously* made this just a few weeks previous! *Google Chrome doesn’t think this...
Apple Dapples
A vision that plays on infinite repeat The glitch of omnipresence feasting on my last thread. Sliding it through the fabric I once relied on letting me know, finally, that no peace can come.
A vision of solitude, unlikely experienced together Decisions of minutia - the last vestige of control The words uncertain, but resolute; “Apple Dapples?” They fight against a mouth unwilling What...
June 2011
5 posts
WatchMah dude HW showed up at the show last night and took this video of a new joint. Pretty sure only part of these will be the verses, but that shit went over pretty well I’d say.
longlivehw:
@shane_hall killing it last night at the raven.
WatchAmp selection…