Saw this on Decapolis and figured some of my readers may be interested… need a drum set?

So I feel silly and presumptuous suggesting that someone would want to buy my drums just because I was in a barely-known band on Tooth & Nail almost a decade ago. But I need to sell my old drums before I move to Seattle, and I thought someone on Decapolis might be interested.

It’s a 4-piece vintage Pearl kit from the mid 70s. I believe the shells are a wood/fiberglass mixture, and they are wrapped in a wood paneling-like covering (so totally 70s). I started to re-cover them, so the smallest tom no longer has the wrap on it. 12″, 13″, and 16″ toms and a 18″ x 22″ bass drum. Pretty standard sizes.

I used these drums to record “Sibling Rivalry,” “Enter the Danger Brigade,” and “From the Secret Files of the Danger Brigade.” I also toured with them for a few years during the same time. I don’t really want to get rid of them, but I don’t need 2 drum sets and don’t have enough room to ship/store them. I’ll include some hardware (a couple cymbal/hi-hat stands, maybe some other goodies), too. I may be able to include a snare drum….maybe.

I’m looking to get $300 and send them to a good home. They’re old and beat up, but they were my dad’s kit and my first kit and they’ll be a good first kit for somebody else.

I’ll ship them to you if you like (which will likely add to the cost quite a bit), or you can pick them up in Mechanicsburg, PA. I need to have these out of my possession by 8/30/10

Email me at iam.christopher.thomas@gmail.com if you’re interested. Thanks!

Love,
Christopher!

Pictured below is Beefy w/ his buddies in Optimus Rhyme. Who is Beefy? Let’s find out.

Beefy? What’s up with the name?

I’m a big guy. Someone was trying to make fun of me on a message board once and called me MC Beefy Bee and I liked the Beefy part, so I used it. Then it just kinda morphed into Beef Thompson over the years. I likes it. How about you?

I appreciate that, I am also quite a large fellow… So, besides your name, tell the readers a little bit about you.

I’m a nerdcore hip-hop artist from Southeast Washington. I’m very much into my Xbox and iPhone and have been a comic book nerd for years. I’ve put out 2 full albums and a bunch of free EPs that you can get at my website and I’ve done shows with people like MC Lars and YTCracker in Seattle, Portland, and even Amsterdam. I’m also very sexy. Don’t deny me. You’ll just look foolish.

I have a couple of your albums, personally my favorite song is your cover of Frontalot’s “Nerdcore Hip-Hop”… not sure why exactly, I just dig it a lot. In fact, I like it a lot more than the original. Is Frontalot an influence on you, who else in the Nerdcore scene do you consider an influence on what you do?

Front is definitely an influence. I can’t write like him at all, but he’s cleaver with his concepts and is an amazing performer. I look up to the big acts in Nerdcore like Lars, mc chris, and YTCracker. I’m also a fan SJ the Wordburglar for his wordplay and punchlines. My favorite band and biggest influence is Optimus Rhyme, a Nerdcore Seattle act that sadly broke up recently. It sucks. Hard.

Nerdcore aside, who are some you you favorite hip hop artists?

I grew up on Notorious BIG and Jay-Z so that was my base. I’m a big fan of the first few Gym Class Heroes albums before it got really radio-friendly. Big fan of Lupe Fiasco and early Kanye West and Eminem. That’s honestly about it.

How about other music?

I’m a White Stripes fan. I don’t know if it makes me less manly but I dig Regina Spektor. Tenacious D is the greatest band in the world, but everyone already knows that. I’ve listened to Sublime’s 40oz to Freedom a million times and was in love with the first Gnarls Barkley album. I don’t know if that last one counts as hip-hop or not though.

Good stuff, Sublime is likely my favorite band of all-time and that is their best album, hands down. On the topic of other musical styles, what type of music is the scariest? I just re-read Lords of Chaos, about the Black Metal scene, but I find myself still most afraid of most Country music.

I don’t like music that seems like it’s pissed off at me. I don’t want my music to scream at me. I don’t get that whole scene. If it works for some people that’s cool, just not my cup of tea. I don’t know if I’m really afraid of it since it’s all just a big act when their on stage. I think balls deep Christian music scares me the most. Those people really really believe.

Christian music can indeed be a bit frightening. So let’s move beyond music for a minute, shall we? As a Nerdcore artist, I thinks it’s safe to assume that you are a self-proclaimed nerd (as am I). What are your nerdiest traits and tendencies?

Like a lot of nerds I can carry entire conversations using nothing but movie and TV quotes. It’s like speaking a different language. Besides that I don’t think there’s really one particular thing that is my nerdiest quality. I have a <3 and a Bullet Bill tattoo, so I'm clearly hardcore. Oh, I know, I've made albums worth of songs about things like Street Fighter and board games. That's pretty nerdy.

I actually got a Star Wars Father’s Day card from my 7th month old son, how awesome is that? You have any kids?

My girlfriend has a year and a half old daughter we call Nugget and she gave me a Batman chocolate box for Valentine’s Day. It might have been the greatest day ever. I’ve been involved with the little one since she was 5 months old so I get all the joys of changing diapers and cleaning up after her but lack the ability to make decisions or call her a daughter, so it sucks a little but I loves her so I allow it.

That’s really cool, great V-Day gift… so back to music… or rather, hip hop feuds. I believe the reason Nerdcore isn’t more prominent in the national scene is that there are no publicizedhardcore beefs and feuds like in every other sub-genre of hip hop. I am requesting that you start one now, by dropping me a short freestyle about a Nerdcore artist of your choice.

How out of the loop you are sir. Nerdcore started with nothing but beefs and fighting. I should know because it seems like I started 90% of them. It’s actually just finally calmed down. And I already made a diss song called “Diss Missed” that was on my Private Dick EP. People dug it. Not so much the people dissed in the song though.

Well, I guess I’m a late bloom in the Nerdcore scene… care to start a feud with me?

Fuck you. I hate you! Feud Status: IT’S ON!

Well, that’s just too much for me sir! This interview is over! By the way, take care and keep in touch.

I change my mind. I love you. Let’s be BFFs. Feud Status: BFFs!

So far, they have only confirmed 3 dates, but the influential Seattle emo quartet is sure to draw some big crowds with their reunion.

Jeremy Enigk, frontman of Sunny Day, is often credited as a progenitor of the emo sound. He was first involved in a band that later went on to become known as Poor Old Lu, a highly influential band in the underground Christian Music scene that was the brainchild of influential musician and producer Aaron Sprinkle. He went on to join a band, then known as Empty Set, and they formed Sunny Day Real Estate. Since that time, Enigk and SDRE have been cited as an important influence by tons of bands in the emo scene they helped create, as well as many other related scenes.

The confirmed shows for the reunion begin in late September in Salt Lake City. the other two dates are in San Francisco and Seattle. Other shows are rumored, but all remain in the Northwestern US. So, for folks on the East Coast like myself, guess we’ll have to just catch the videos on YouTube or get a copy of the inevitable DVD of the reunion.