We rolled up for a late lunch at El Mariachi’s. So good. This time around, my mouth wasn’t just recently unwired so I HOUSED some chips and salsa. Toss on the fajitas and an orange jarrito – I’m good to go!
GB, what up?
We then had hours to kill before the 11pm event we were attending. It involved walking around Troy. A LOT. We then hit up the EMPAC building in order to see the Open Late With Madlib gig. Here’s the only unblurry picture I really captured.
Blurry One
It was a weirdish event. Everyone keeps asking me if it was a rave. It was not. It was a juxtaposition between hip hop and visual art. The room had this giant 360 degree projection screen. For smaller events, it would be resting on the floor. This event was too large so they used the upper projectors and had it lifted 30 feet off the floor.
This is where the art part comes in. The Vidvox dudes were projecting weird ill video. They were live mixing it and doing all sorts of funky stuff. The bubbly MS Paint stuff was cool. When they started showing footage of the building construction, people started to get nauseous. That was a semi downer.
Construction Footage
Regardless, the show was ill. J-Rocc and Madlib set it off. They had kids fist pumping during their “warm-up” period. It was probably all the WU they kept spinning. Juiceboxx got the crowd going crazy too. Koushik was in the house, mostly laughing on stage. Sadly, he didn’t get to spin.
Overall, it was a great night. And my brother didn’t freak out too much. I rode around Troy with Madlib and even got a chance to ask him about the Lord Quas dunks. Apparently he was given a few pairs, but that’s all that ever came of them. He done good. Props!
ps. If you want to see some less fuzzy pics of the vidvox work, check this link.