Their Myspace stuff doesn't do them justice I feel. Live, they rocked waaaay more. So much more energy live. The Myspace shit is kinda boring to me. If their CDs had the same amount of intensity as their live show, I'd pick it up in a minute.

I probably posted this before on here but I can't remember...sorry if I did before in advance! Thing is Saul Williams grew up here where I live...I remember hearing one of his songs where he mentions Newburgh and I wondered for awhile if he meant my hometown. Well...like a month or two later I'm at my high school (Newburgh Free Academy) like usual and I was in art class and ironically I had my Downward Spiral shirt on and this girl next to me mentions to me in art class that Saul Williams is going to perform for the school in a couple more periods. Luckily I had that period free and I went into the auditorium and he told us his past in NFA and in Newburgh and it was so awesome. He performed so well and blew everyone away. Then I remember toward the end of the school year this girl from the high school television program was interviewing him during an end of the year video mashup and the girl asked him how was it touring with Nine Inch Nails. He even mentioned touring with NIN when he was talking before the performance. It was so awesome!

i had no idea saul grew up in newburgh. shows what i know...! that's a chance impromptu performance there, and i imagine his newburgh-checking lyrics have everything to do with your town.

if i happen to become famous, i might try and perform back in good ol' goshen high school, to see how that goes, but i've always had some sort of perverted fantasy about performing the most epic show in the universe during my 10 year reunion.

that's definitely some story you've got there!

Yeah I know I was completely surprised! Might sound dumb but it felt like a dream when that girl told me he was at my school haha...later he went to the Barnes and Noble here and signed books and I wanted to go really bad but I had no money plus I was more shy than I am now...hah.
You grew up in Goshen? A lot of the kids in my college come from there.

They sound amazing live then. That's something I have to catch.

List of Demands was just played on tonight's NBA on TNT coverage. Without those Nike spots, I bet you nobody for TNT had even heard that song. Nice to see Saul is getting some recognition.

speaking of List of Demands, when I saw this tour in Boston, Saul's daughter came out on that song. it was adorable. haven't watched it yet but here's a youtube of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7_G6ejzzJI

Not even into hip-hop and I'm digging this release since I got it about a week ago. Great job to Trent & Saul, I'll definitely pick up a physical copy whenever it hits the shelves.

Does anyone know where I could buy Amethyst Rock Star new, and cheaper than 30 bucks? I have been unable to find it locally and don't really want to pay 30-40 for a used copy from Amazon.

Here's a video of Saul commenting on his recent work with Nike. In my eyes, Saul Williams hasn't sold out, and he's still a very credible artist, and his argument here is somewhat sound. The veggie burger analogy in the video is apt up to a point.

That being said, I still have a problem with hearing "List of Demands" in a commercial for running shoes. Not because I find it troubling to know that an artist who typically rails against conglomerates is in a partnership with one of them, but because the last thing I want to think of when I listen to that song is shoes.

I actually watched the film The Weatherman recently and at one point in the movie the song "Like A Rock" by Bob Seger begins to play. This is at a significant moment in the film and, in complete honesty, the entire scene was ruined for me because of this song. Ford Motors has had a long running advertising campaign, up here in Canada, to which the soundtrack has been "Like A Rock". I've seen hundreds of clips of mammoth SUVs tearing through muddy rocky terrain to this song. So, of course, when I heard it in Weatherman it sounded totally out of place, and the prevalent image in my head wasn't that of a confused Nicholas Cage but, rather, a giant muddied pick up truck. Luckily, I haven't seen the Nike commercial more than once.

his site has been revamped. It's so much cooler.

On that note- even though it (the site) still resizes my window (which bothers me)- I would like to point out the June 24th release date for (presumably) the NiggyTardust hard copy under the 'music' section. Get your $5 downloads now people! If you're like me, that means yelling at your parents for the credit card. Fuck my life.

starting to get more than a little excited for thursday night's show now

Are you going to the show in sheffield. Im going up there, what a great way to celebrate the end of my exams.

I'm seeing him at a festival but I'm wondering if it's worth going to a club gig too.

Trouble is, getting the train to Leeds would cost more than the ticket price, and I'm not exactly rolling in money atm.

One of the best shows I've been to, definitely.

that looks vaguely familiar...


same idea, great show, different place (grog shop in cleveland, oh 4/17/08 )

Hah, those two pictures show the huge difference between european/american crowds.

Interesting. That bearded guy in the Cleveland pic looks so totally unconcerned, it's incredible...

Back on topic, I'm seeing Saul live in 10 days now. I'm sure it will be amazing but I wonder how many people will show up. He's not very well-known here, apparently.

NiggyTardust Physical Street Date
Cody wrote in to tell us that while working at Barnes & Noble, he discovered the street date for NiggyTardust to be June 24th. Awesomely enough, the same date is listed on Saul's website and it seems to imply that the $5 download is only available until the 24th. So, if you're cheap/poor/whatever, you'd better buy it soon.

Thanks to Cody and Ragnarok for the heads-up.
Reported by heroicraptor at 13:42

I can't wait!!!