I am a groupie for Boise Bob and his Backyard Band, who will be playing tonight at Night of the Weirds at American Legion. Check out this video of me flirting with the washboard player in the parking lot at Churchill's the other night.
This is really the best time of year in the world's most beautiful city: Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos. Miami is no longer a sauna filled with mosquitoes. Take a deep breath, load up your pipe and recharge that battery! Night of the Weirds at American Legion is going to be off the chain. "Call it Hipster Haunted Crack House," said James as we pretended to stand in line at The Vagabond. But seriously...support your local music. Let's meet up at the American Legion tonight, dear friends. It is going to be a hoot.
Ladies and gentlemen, Prunk TV has a helluva guest today. After the credits, watch some bonus footage of Charlie Murphy in Miami.
He held out his hand and said, "I'm Charlie Murphy." I replied, "I'm Jason Handelsman." Directors, producers, actors, and publicists questioned my presence on this Queen Latifah movie set. "No cameras," said a pale-faced Miami hater. "Do you have a card?" asked fellow media hounds and executives. "He is fam," said Rick Ross as he patted my back. We'll get back to that in a minute.
I got a text from my boy, Ricky Ross yesterday: "Meet me @ Jose Marti." This text came straight from the Boss, so I hopped on the Palmetto and sped over to the location. My nostalgic mind was looking for any remnants of the Orange Bowl, since that was always my landmark for Jose Marti Park. I parked my car as some crusty dude approached. "The CIA knocked down the Orange Bowl in order to transport detainees from Gitmo," he said as I dropped two quarters into his dirty paper cup. "Miami is below sea level," I informed the Nick Nolte look-alike, "there is nothing underneath anything."
When Lil Wayne said, "Miami is my home. I'm home, bitch.," it felt really good. I am a Miami native, born here. When Khaled mentioned that he had seen me on WSHH in the studio with Mack Maine and Kevin Rudolf, I felt like I just won a certificate of eligibility.
Actress and singer, Drew Sidora recently moved to Miami from LA to finish her upcoming debut album for Slip-N-Slide Records. You may remember Drew from a previous episode of Prunk; we met up again over the weekend at a clothing store in West Kendall. Passing the camera back and forth (since she plans on having her own talk show someday) we discussed tattoos, mosquitoes, her portrayal of Aaliyah in an upcoming biopic movie, her debut Slip-N-Slide album, and God. This could very well be a pilot for a reality TV show about Drew Sidora. She told me that she plans on "surpassing Beyonce" and we here at Prunk TV think that she just might.
Tonight, Wednesday, June 24 U-God will be performing at Electric Pickle.
That's right, U-God of the Wu-Tang Clan. Prunk TV met up with some
hardcore Wu-Headz ("Killah Bees on the Swarm") on Tuesday to discuss
the current state of the Wu. These dudes are like the Hassidic Jews of Hip-Hop, walking around in the 100 degree Miami Beach heat in their long black coats and shit.
I understand that once you read the Wu-Tang Manual, its all about study and practice: the game of chess, numerology, I-Ching, and martial arts...but you can read all about that in my 2007 RZA interview. Let us discuss martial arts on a more personal level. I have been watching lots of MMA (mixed martial arts) lately. Seriously, does anyone know a good MMA school in Miami? BTW, Wu-Tang has a new album coming out at the end of this month.
Carmelo Anthony spoke with Prunk TV recently at a party in Miami. He was promoting his hip-hop label, Krossover Entertainment. Melo won a gold medal in Beijing last year, but who really cares, when the Miami Heat crushed the Atlanta Hawks like a bunch of grapes on Saturday. Dwayne Wade is really one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Doesn't Beasley look awesome with his new cornrows? Lil Wayne was at the Nuggets/ Hornets playoff game on Saturday, and I was praying in front of the TV set that Melo would make that game-winning shot. Damn! Tonight, I will be watching both games at the same time (Nuggets/Hornets, Heat/Hawks). Unless you want to give me a ticket. Send me a twitter, and we'll have a beer....
Imagine if cyberspace had existed when Andy Warhol was alive. He would have been a vlogger, I'm sure. This one is for you Andy! The entire video below was made with my one-and-only Prunk Phone (my friends call it a "ghetto iPhone").
Rick Ross knows how to throw a party, so stay tuned. This is some exclusive Prunk TV footage from a recent bash that he threw to promote his new website at Club BED.
The Monday Night Jazz Jam at Churchills Pub is some real old school shit. We spoke with 75 year-old Jazz DJ Dan Serro, who has over 53,000 vinyl records that he has been collecting since 1947. Like a sage, he sits on the Churchill's stage every Monday night spinning vinyl like a Jedi of music.
Marilyn Manson's paintings are much better than his music. Just
kidding; we love ya, Marilyn! His solo show, Trismegistus, debuted this past December during Art Basel Miami Beach. But if you missed the super-VIP opening, don't despair -- the paintings will still be on display at 101/Exhibit
(101 NE 40th St., Miami) until February 20. My stylist, Adel Berman
(she is combing my hair in the video), realized that Rick Ross and
Marilyn Manson both use the names of iconic criminals as their
pseudonyms. Thus, I wore a Rick Ross T-shirt for this video. But who is the
"biggest boss?"
After the jump, watch the episode of Prunk TV in which I examine Manson's art, and then read
how I acquired that ugly contraption on my head.
Slip-N-Slide's 15th Anniversary Party at Hotel Victor in Miami Beach was definitely the best party of 2008. Baby tigers, porn stars, open bars, and lots of millionaire thugs showing off their jewelry. Trina was posing for photos as Keith Sweat performed. I got to sit and talk to Slip-N-Slide's founder and CEO Ted Lucas for a few minutes. We talked about my first interview with him about a year ago, where he saved me. We also talked about our team, the Miami Dolphins (Ted predicts that they will "make the playoffs this year without a doubt"). Thanks Slip N Slide, for representing Miami for 15 years, and putting out some great music.
It was really cool talking to Henry Rollins over the phone. The man has the gift of gab, and he spoke non-stop for almost twenty minutes. In this episode of PrunkTV, we talk about last week’s guest, HR of the Bad Brains, and pumping iron. He also told me about his travels in the Middle East, why he is voting for Obama, why he thinks McCain will win, what music he is currently listening to, and the books that he is currently reading. If you are interested, well, go check out his spoken word performances this weekend at Revolution.
I walked into the historical landmark known as Churchill’s Pub at 1:30 p.m. on a recent Saturday afternoon. Bad Brains front man HR was sitting on the stage and waiting for me. I introduced myself, as he pulled me close. “Lets go to the backyard,” he whispered into my ear. I was jarred, as I followed him through the dark empty club, and outside to the porch.
The heat blazed down, as I sat dumbfounded. HR was wearing a khaki blazer, dark sunglasses, brown leather shoes, and slacks. His dreadlocks have never changed. I asked him if he would like something to drink. “Yes sir,” he said in a high-pitched but very soft voice, “I would like some pineapple juice.” He bent down and pulled a Gideon’s Bible from his guitar case, and then took out his shiny blue acoustic guitar. He continued to strum the guitar as I walked towards the bar and ordered pineapple juice on the rocks.
I arrived at Uncle Luke’s house at 2 p.m. on a recent Friday afternoon. He started talking as we sat down, and began the interview. At around 4 p.m., my digital audio recorder beeped, notifying me that it was full. The interview was not over, however. I asked Uncle Luke if I could video record him for this episode of PrunkTV. He is obviously exhausted and ready for me to leave.
Against Me! will be in town this weekend for the Vans Warped Tour. I interviewed their lead singer and founder Tom Gabel last year while the band was in Europe and as you can hear, I am an “obnoxious reporter."
Last year’s Rock the Bells was headlined by Wu-Tang Clan, with all nine living members onstage (until Meth jumped into the audience). Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s son, “Young DB” was up there, carrying on his father’s legacy.
This past January, I spoke with Raekwon and Ghostface about the future of the Wu.
Listen to the first few minutes of that conversation here:
At this year’s Rock The Bells, Wu-Tang Clan will be broken up into two different performances. Raekwon and Ghostface will be performing together, and Method Man will be performing with Redman.
Meanwhile, RZA is busy setting up his own chess website.
Alicia Keys listened as I nervously explained why her song, “Like You’ll Never See Me Again ” makes me cry.
From Alicia’s reaction, it sounds like she really cares about me. So my next question for Alicia is, will you marry me?
P.S.: The day before I was to call Alicia Keys, I received the following statement from her via email:
I feel it is necessary to clarify the comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented. Anyone who knows me and my character, knows that I am not a conspiracy theorist or, by implication, a racist. My comments about 'gangsta rap' were in no way trying to suggest that the government is responsible for creating this genre of rap music. The point that I was trying to make was that the term was over-sloganized by some of the media causing reactions that were not always positive. Many of the 'gangsta rap' lyrics articulate the problems of the artists' experiences and I think all of us, including our leaders, could be doing more to address these problems including drugs, gang violence, crime, and other related social issues.
Additionally, regarding the AK-47 reference, AK-47 is a nickname given to me by some of my friends in jest, as an acronym for Alicia Keys and a metaphor for wowing people with my music and performances, "killing 'em dead" on stage. The reference was in no way meant to have a literal, political or negative connotation.
The recent implications about me are too radical and too dramatic a departure from whom I have continually demonstrated myself to be. I work so hard and give so much of myself to bring about positive change to this world, and I only wish those efforts received as much press and attention as the misinterpretations of the Blender article.
This was no interview, it was my dream date.
The Diamond Princess sparkled like my logo right there. Read the whole story here, and listen to a few minutes of Miami royalty here below.
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