I Want It Physically

I posted a long drawn out Facebook status this morning regarding my stance on the new Dr. Dre album “Compton: A soundtrack”. For those who saw it you know what I was ranting about, but for those who didn't get to see it or are not my friends on that social forum (mainly those random readers overseas that somehow find there way to my blog) view the long post below.

I also went on a semi rant on twitter last night (I guess technically this morning)

I just want to go to best buy tomorrow & buy Dre's new album like it is the 90s again. Does Best Buy still sell CDS? I'll find out in the am

— Dan Perrucci (@DanPerrucci) August 7, 2015

Is this album even available on cd or is it a dl only? These are questions I need answered. I'm old school & want physical copies of things

— Dan Perrucci (@DanPerrucci) August 7, 2015

Apparently I can't buy it on cd until the 21st. Who knows if that's true or not. . . .As if anyone actually cares about my random rant

— Dan Perrucci (@DanPerrucci) August 7, 2015

I want #Compton on CD before the 21st @drdre send me a copy. I'll write you a check! I miss the 90's: Ill even take a cassette

— Dan Perrucci (@DanPerrucci) August 7, 2015

Follow me over at my creative at name @DanPerrucci, I rant sometimes and am pretty entertaining: in my own mind that is. I also once was retweeted and return tweeted by the Hip Hop Magician, so I got that going for me.

Pond is probably better for me though.

Now while I was writing this one of my friends (real life as well as Facebook) asked me on my above FB status “is all of that effort worth it for a song that sounds the same downloaded as it does on CD?”

I mean my buddy makes a valid point, is it really worth it? The simple answer is: yes.

I need something to hold, to touch, to own. I feel when I purchase something digitally I don't own anything.

For example I refuse to buy a kindle, I want a book. I want to smell the pages as they age, I want to hear the sound they make when I turn it. I want to highlight my favorite quotes and scribble in the margins.

The same goes for music, while I love Pandora and Spotify when an album comes out from certain artists I will always buy a physical copy.

I will always buy a Joe Budden CD because he is by far my favorite artist and I will support him. I will always buy a Roots CD because they never disappoint. I will always buy a Black Milk CD because he is super underrated and beyond talented. And I said during the years I spent since the release of '2001' I will buy the next and last Dre album. He doesn't need the money, the guy is filthy rich, but he is donating his royalties from the album to a good cause.

Yes, I know buying it off of Itunes will have the same effect on the outcome of his royalties, but it is missing something. Why pay $14 dollars for something you cannot touch? Maybe it is me just being old, maybe it is me being anti-technology, but in the end it seems like a stupid purchase.

I just want a CD, is that too much to ask for? The album is available now for purchase via Itunes, but fuck that noise. I will patiently wait until August 21^st when I can buy a real copy of the album. I refuse to use Itunes to buy music. I have made two purchases on Itunes in my life only because I had a gift card, and those were CDs I would have never purchased otherwise.

I will not even stream this album prior to tearing open the packaging. It is my own protest against the digital age.

That last line makes me fell like I'm an old man and not someone who just turned 28. Just so every one is aware I love technology (though I did have a conversation about going back to flip phones so, yeah), but give me a CD, Record, DVD, or a book over the digitized versions any day.




RIP to Sam Goody and Tower Records, you will be forever missed.

Throwback Thursday: Music on the Telly

There are many things this generation doesn’t understand like the Walkman and Discman, VHS tapes, or flipping pages of a CD case to find what jams to pop in. They will never know what it was like digging through an entire set of Encyclopedia Britannica’s to find some information for a research paper.  Kids these days will never have to call a crushes home number and have an awkward moment of speaking with their parents or siblings and then having to be careful what you said because you were attached to the wall in the kitchen by a cord and anyone can hear the conversation. They will never enjoy the bliss of 'Celebrity Death Match'. They will never get the appeal of 8 or 16 bit video game systems with controllers with only a few measly buttons. Nor will they would they be able to fathom people getting robbed for their Starter Jackets. I mean they were the coolest trend of the 90's, as explained by BuzzFeed, but getting robbed for them? Wild.

People actually got robbed and killed for these things.

No, kids these days just will never understand our struggle, just like we will never understand the previous generation’s struggles (I mean can you imagine walking to school in three feet of snow? And can you imagine doing that while going uphill . . . both ways!?!?!?). One thing I feel really bad for this stupid generation is that they will never understand music videos.

Yes, I get they still make them but they really aren’t the same.

Remember before the YouTube was all the rage and you had to wait all day to try and get to see your favorite music video? Remember when MTV stood for ‘Music Television’ and not ‘awful reality shows and other horrible crap that makes me wish Y2K was real and killed us all’? Remember when we rushed home from school to watch Carson Daly countdown the top ten videos? Remember people standing outside in all sorts of weather just so they could get a glimpse of their favorite artist standing at a window a few stories above? Remember when they hyped up the world premier of new videos for a week until it was finally the day? Remember VH1 and ‘Pop Up Video’?

If you don’t I feel awfully sorry for you. If you do then this is the post for you! I am giving ten random videos that I have always remembered. These are far from the best songs from our generation, but they are videos that were awesome.

Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm- Crash Test Dummies

This song is fucking awful and makes absolutely no damn sense and neither does the video, but for some reason this dumb video has always stuck with me, so here it is.

Fantastic Voyage- Coolio

When people think about Coolio they automatically go to ‘Gangsta’s Paradise, but not me I go to this jam. It’s a fun song and an even better video; I mean Coolio gets help from some sort of pimp genie to turn his bike into a sweet car that carries an entire party to the beach in its truck. The entire video people from all walks of life came out of the trunk to join Coolio; which taught us that regardless of our skin color or age we all just want to party.

Criminal- Fiona Apple

I remember this video very distinctly, but the lyrics seem to always evade me. The video makes it seem like Apple is being forced into some sort of 70's style orgy; it is kind of creepy and I can never tell if she is enjoying herself or trying to find an escape route.

Miserable- Lit

I only can remember the lyrics to one Lit song and this is not that one. At the same time I can only remember one video by Lit and that is this one. A miniature band climbing all over a giant Pam Anderson how I could I not remember this one?

Virtual Insanity- Jamiroquai

The video takes place in one room where Jamiroqui slides and moves furniture all the while wearing some absurd hat that would have only been cool in the 90s. At one point a crow flies through the set for some reason. The only thing that would have made this video better is if at the end he back slid or moon walked out of the door. 

Also, what the fuck is a Jamiroqui?

. . . Baby One More Time- Britney Spears

I was unsure what song of Mrs. Britney’s to put up here because she had several memorable ones (mainly because I was teenager and she was hot), but none more than the one that brought her to us. Dressed up in a schoolgirl uniform she was ever teenage boy’s (and pedophile’s) wet dream, and she made catchy songs that wouldn’t get out of your head. 

The Bad Touch- Bloodhound Gang

If any of you have ever listened to any other Bloodhound song outside of The Bad Touch you would know that they are completely absurd, so when they sung(?) about intercourse by comparing us to the rest of the animal kingdom while dressed in monkey suits you wouldn’t have been surprised in the slightest, I mean they have a song called ‘Vagina’ where the intro is a conversation between one of the members and his mother about what to call a vagina. Still, this video stands out as memorable, not only because when the song came out it was a tad risqué, but also watching grown men in monkey suits doesn’t get old.

Peaches- The Presidents of the United States of America

This video made no damn sense, but that’s what the Presidents were about (still are I’m sure I haven’t listened to any of their new music though.) It is a song about how awesome peaches are (maybe there is a deeper meaning, but I don’t know it) and while they are jamming amongst peach trees they are attacked by ninjas. Ninjas and peaches what’s better?

California Love- Tupac feat Dr. Dre

A fantastic song and a video that is a straight rip off from the original Mad Max movies. This is by far the best jam on today’s blog, when this song comes on everyone jams out, so it was only right that it was matched with an classic video.

Weapon of Choice- Fatboy Slim

This video has Christopher Walken Dancing. Do I need to say anything else? I didn’t think so.

What videos do you remember for our youth? 

Be My Ears

Anyone who knows me knows that I love music. Anytime I am home (and not watching a movie) I have head phones in my ears and am jamming out to something. It helps inspire me while writing, he keeps my mind off problems I may be having: it helps me escape a little. If you ask my roommates they will tell you I’m always listening to music and they have to shout t me to get my attention.

What kind of music am I playing?

Great question; you have a lot of great questions. Good for you diligent reader!

My first musical love is Hip-Hop. I love the beats, the poetry, and the rhythmic story telling. When I say I love hip-hop I mean real hip-hop not this bogus shit that plays on the radio which probably has Big L turning in his grave and Rakim shedding tears into his pillow. I love lyricism in an MC. I don’t want some fucking shit about a Tuesday with words no one can understand because the piece of shit behind the mic doesn’t know how to speak clearly. You guys should be ashamed to even call yourselves MC’s you are fucking awful. Though there are plenty of rappers I listen to that are current and not from the 90’s, but most of them don’t get radio play.

My musical taste doesn’t stop at hip-hop it goes far beyond that. Growing up my parents obviously listen to classic rock so I will always have plenty of that jamming in my head, and as I grew older my taste in music has just continued to expand.

I discovered Muddy Waters which led to my love of blues music which opened my ears to some of the greatest guitar players.

Recently I have gotten in to some pop music (I jammed out to Madonna’s new album for Christ sake) which if you contacted elate 90’s early 2000s me I would call you a liar, but sorry past me it is true.

If you really want to hear what it feels like to be my ears while I write or read or doing anything put this Spotify playlist I made on shuffle and as the great Rakim would say “Let the rhythm hit you