I am very much a rocker in terms of my musical tastes. I listened to some hip hop during high school and college and follow some rap (and rap-influenced) groups here and there (The Coup, The Roots, Rage Against the Machine) But I primarily listen to rock and rock-influenced music more than anything else.
I’ve been on the lookout for something new to listen to the past few months and got tipped off to a free download to some music by the Angry Asian Man blog. Angry Asian Man alerted readers that filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura will be releasing a documentary this month on the life and musical work of 1960′s folksinger and pioneer of Asian-American activism Chris Iijima. Here’s a link to the blog promoting the documentary which has the link to download the mixtape.
About a week ago, on a whim, I sent seven questions to Wolfgang by email. To my surprise they answered back with some good responses. They didn’t touch on all of my questions but were gracious enough to provide answers to the ones that dealt with the March 19 Two Sides Live concert, the Villains album and deciding to go indie, and what the future holds for the band.
One of my most enduring rock n’ roll/blogging fantasies just came true and being currently located in the U.S., I am unable to take advantage and actually show up for it to happen!
I just got word that a concert will happen in Manila on March 2009 at the Music Museum. The event will be called “Two Sides Live.” The concert will be **drumroll** Wolfgang and Razorback playing TWO SETS EACH — with one set entirely acoustic!
Being the huge Wolfgang AND Razorback fan that I am, this is an opportunity that I will be an idiot to miss (I am being offered an opportunity to attend the concert for free as a blogger). (more…)