What the--??
Wow, I am beat and tired. But happy and pretty satisfied. Things have been going my way, and that's a good thing, no doubt, HOMIE!!
As of the writing of this page, I have done 94 performances, taking part in shows at a total of 23 different clubs/locations. I have done 11 full-length shows.
My latest performance schedule
Latest Performance Results:
Saturday, October 18, 8pm -- New Hampshire, Phillips Exeter Academy
FULL-LENGTH PERFORMANCE!!! YEAH.
RESULTS: Exeter rocks!!! I had such a fun time kicking it for the students. They danced their hearts away and screamed really loudly! Wow, I love Exeter and will always come back. Thanks so much, guys!! Hugs and kisses to all of you!! And don't forget to spread the name of soce and greathiphop.com :-)
Phillips Exeter Academy's Web Site
Wednesday, October 15, 10pm -- NYC, The Slipper Room
Isotoner's Show!! (w/ me rapping during some of their songs)
RESULTS: The Isotoners were hot of course, and it was fun to bumrush the stage, grab the mic and spit all sorts of nasty bars and verses. Afterwards, people told me some of their favorite lines.. so I know that they actually heard a good amount of what I was saying! Sweet!
Take the F-V to LES/2nd Ave, and walk South East.
It's on 167 Orchard Street, at Stanton.
Tuesday, October 14 9pm -- NYC, Micky's Blue Room
MORE OF THAT FULL-LENGTH DEAL
RESULTS: A bunch of my really cool friends showed up, and we all sang along the choruses together. It was nice to break out wildly.
Take the N-R-W-4-5-6 to Union Square, then walk South East.
It's located at 171 Avenue C, between 10th and 11th Streets.
Sunday, October 12, 8pm -- NYC, Micky's Blue Room
Fire and Voices Open Mic
RESULTS: It was so much fun!! I love chillin' w/ peeps @ MBR. My friend Mark was there also, so that was cool. I did stagnancy! and Same 3 Spots. I had a lot of fun doing S3S because the chorus is pretty simple, so I had the whole audience singing along with me! "THE SAME THREE SPOTS!! THE SAME THREE SPOTS! I'M HERE RIGHT NOW! I'M HERE RIGHT NOW!" Ah, and they laughed at all my jokes. I love rocking out the MBR open mics, because I feel like they really listen to every single word that I say, which is cool cuz I say a heckuvalotta words, lol. love, soce
Micky's Blue Room website
Take the N-R-W-4-5-6 to Union Square, then walk South East.
It's located at 171 Avenue C, between 10th and 11th Streets.
Thursdsay, October 9, Midnight -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
YET ANOTHER FULL-LENGTHER :-)
RESULTS: By the time it was my turn to hit the stage, I was so tired, frazzled out and nervous about losing my voice that I turned into a huge monster and rocked out the entire set, swaggering back and forth as though I were drunk, yelling at my friends in the audience, and just being a real beast. I think it must have been pretty fun to watch.. unless maybe you were one of my friends :O
The Sidewalk Cafe's Antifolk website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at the NE corner of Ave A and 6 St.
Thursdsay, October 9, 9pm -- NYC, Lava Gina
ANOTHER FULL-LENGTHER!!
RESULTS: It's a pretty neat place.. I got to rock out a decent amount of tracks, and the people seemed to enjoy it.
Lava Gina's website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at the NE corner of Ave A and 6 St.
Tuesday, October 7, 9:00pm -- NYC, Nightingale
Guerrilla Words
RESULTS: I got to chill with a bunch of my peeps, so that was the sweetness. I was feeling a bit low-key about needing to do gay songs there every single time, so I performed Not Wanted, and guess what. I absolutely killed it. I mean, the crowd was mad into it the whole time, and they were going crazy, feeling it!! It felt good to let the power of the music surge throughout me and just get angrier and angrier at this fictitional person/entity whom I could no longer stand. There was a lot of laughter when I said "I could give you a chance to get in my pants..." I guess that is pretty funny! Alright, can't wait to go back next time for a SHOWCASE SLOT!! peace, soce
Take the NRWQ456L train to Union Square, then walk East.
It's located at 213 2nd Ave, corner of 13th St.
Monday, October 6, 8:00pm -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
Antihoot Open Mic
RESULTS: I got sick last week, so I needed a bit of a break to get my life in order and catch up on some sleep.. I even did a modicrum of studio work. I performed my track Same 3 Spots, and it was a smash hit, of course ("he's soooo proud, hunh?"). And then I saw BABY! Baby Monroe got me a gig at this cool place Lava Gina this coming Thursday. Check it out (dot-com, lol)!
The Sidewalk Cafe's Antifolk website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at the NE corner of Ave A and 6 St.
Saturday, September 27, Midnight -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
MY SEVENTH EVER FULL-LENGTH PERFORMANCE!!! DUDE!!
RESULTS: It was cool! I rocked it a lot, and for one track, Jon Berger rocked it by my side, and that was sweet. People were happy. Afterwards, I went out to a diner with some of the sidewalk peeps, and that was fun also. Alright, bye. --socetew
The Sidewalk Cafe's Antifolk website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at the NE corner of Ave A and 6 St.
Friday, September 26, 11:30pm -- NYC, Rocky Sullivans
Unity Squad Show
RESULTS: It's a cool atmosphere. Baby Monroe is the MAN!! He has given me such awesome performance hook-ups, and I really appreciate that. I got to chill with Unity Squad and some members of Black 47.
Take the 6 train to 28 St.
It's located on Lexington Avenue, between 28th and 29th Streets.
Thursday, September 25, 10:30pm -- NYC (Brooklyn), Superfine
The Isotoners Performance
RESULTS: OMG, The Isotoners are so hot! It is like the ultimate groupie experience to get to rehearse with them and then go to their shows, hang out with them and then spit some bars with them on stage!! People seemed to enjoy my flows, and I of course gave out lots of stickers and CDs to the populace, drank lots of tasty beer, chilled with the Iso's and a bunch of other cool peeps, and that was it! until next time, I'll be forever yours--socetew
Take the F Train to York St.
It's on 126 Front St, between Jay and Pearl Sts in Brooklyn, NY.
Monday, September 22, 8pm -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
Antihoot Open Mic
RESULTS: I performed two very over-the-top sexual tracks: I'm D*ckless and I Am (So Gay). People thought it was really funny! They are kind of gross, but funny!! It was cool. I enjoy performing at the sidewalk cafe. kisses, eocs
The Sidewalk Cafe's Antifolk website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at the NE corner of Ave A and 6 St.
Sunday, September 21, 8pm -- NYC, Micky's Blue Room
Fire and Voices Open Mic
RESULTS: After taking the much of the week off from performances in order to get my CD mastered and then recover from the process, I went back out to the bar scene! It was fun to see all of my old open mic friends once again.. everyone is really cool! I did Bad Hair Day and debuted my track I'm Dickless.. great fun! At the end, some guys were shouting "Get that man a penis!" Ah, see what fun things happen when you watch me perform? Also, I got booked for another show here in just a few weeks (ie Tues, Oct 14, 9pm)!! peace, soce
Micky's Blue Room website
Take the N-R-W-4-5-6 to Union Square, then walk South East.
It's located at 171 Avenue C, between 10th and 11th Streets.
Monday, September 15, 8pm -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
Antihoot Open Mic
RESULTS: Yeah, man. I did Bad Hair Day. It's a funny song! People seem to be digging the music, for certain, so that has been really quite fun. I enjoy seeing all of my friends from The Sidewalk.. we got big things, baby.. big things!! peace, eocs
The Sidewalk Cafe's Antifolk website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at the NE corner of Ave A and 6 St.
Sunday, September 14, 9:30pm -- NYC, RARE
End of the Weak Open Mic
RESULTS: This no longer feels like a safe space.. but it seemed like most of the people really enjoyed my performance, so yay! Mad props go out to B-Law and the Lawselles for appearing with me on stage and in the audience, respectively. best, socetew
End of the Weak's website
Take the A-C-E-L train to 14th St and 8th Ave, then walk West.
It's located at 416 W. 14th St, corner of 9th Ave.
Saturday, September 13, 7:00pm -- NYC, The Center
Artists Celebration 2003
RESULTS: It was nice to perform my music in a "safe space." I met some very cool people and garnered some hot business and performance opportunities!!
Take the 1-2-3-9-L train to 14 St.
It's located at 208 West 13th St., Room 301.
Friday, September 12, 11:30pm -- NYC, Rocky Sullivans
Unity Squad Show
RESULTS: That was this cool Irish bar with a sweet Irish hip hop band featuring special guest spots by my man Baby Monroe. I got to perform Feels Good, and the people seemed to really dig it! It was fun and I hope to come back.
Take the 6 train to 28 St.
It's located on Lexington Avenue, between 28th and 29th Streets.
Wednesday, September 10, 9pm -- NYC, Micky's Blue Room
MY SIXTH EVER FULL-LENGTH PERFORMANCE!!! WOW!!
RESULTS: I got a decent amount of people to show up, including some people off the mailing list, so it was hot, plus there was this cute blonde girl sitting at the bar who smiled during many of my lyrics. Like, whoa! I always love a time and place where I get to spit out my firey mix of anger, homosexuality and self-deprecation. peace, eocszz
Micky's Blue Room website
Take the N-R-W-4-5-6 to Union Square, then walk South East.
It's located at 171 Avenue C, between 10th and 11th Streets.
Sunday, September 7, 8pm -- NYC, Micky's Blue Room
Fire and Voices Open Mic
RESULTS: I liked coming back to Micky's. Some people hyped me up a little as I was giving out CDs,.. others were like "Oh, YOU'RE SO-SAY!!".. so it's always nice to know the ol' wizard's name precedes him (ie., me). One of my friends totally came through and invited me to perform in a hot gig on Friday!! peace, s-
Micky's Blue Room website
Take the N-R-W-4-5-6 to Union Square, then walk South East.
It's located at 171 Avenue C, between 10th and 11th Streets.
Saturday, September 6, 10pm-- NYC, Dave and Bradley's Party
MY FIFTH EVER FULL-LENGTH PERFORMANCE--A HOT PARTY
RESULTS: Man, that was a great day. I sold a bunch of CDs, had lots of beer and chilled with a bunch of people I hadn't seen in a minute. Dave and Bradley are two very cool guys, and it was really fun hanging with them and Nuts In Your Mouth (the other band that performed there). Here's to the future of hip hop fun!!
The party was in an apartment in Brooklyn!!
Tuesday, September 2, 8:00pm -- NYC, Nightingale
Guerrilla Words
RESULTS: Guerrilla Words is an incredible hot open mic. It only costs $2 (suggested donation) to get in, and it lasts a long time, plus there are super famous underground acts. First, the MCs were each given a round-robin 8-bar spitting session, where we each got to go up four times. People seemed to like my flow a lot,.. one even said I was the only one who seemed to know how long 8 bars was :) Then I got to see showcases by Immortal Technique and also Pack FM and Tonedeff. Those guys are mad famous and talented, although it makes me a bit sad that their raps contain a lot of gay bashing, plus Pack and Tone did a lot of "I am great and you suck" raps, although they did hit up on some funny stuff too with Tone's track "So Disappointed."
It was really funny because I had constantly been making eyes at the host throughout the whole show so that he wouldn't forget that I wanted to spit a track. When it was finally my turn, he was like,"soce? Is soce there? One more time.. soce..?" Meanwhile, I was frantically jumping up and down right in front of him as my slot evaporated.. but then he said he was just kidding and of course knew I was right there. That was so awesome!! I totally love the humor. I was so excited that I stuck my head in the couch and lifted my feet in the air before jumping up on stage. I did my track You Know the Deal. It's a sneaky track, because the first verse is this intellectual sounding material that is basically nonsense, so the audience is kind of like "whatever.. next?" But then when I hit the chorus, I yell out,"I AM A HOMO." And then everyone is like,.. "Huh--wha??" And then I jump into my sexual fantasies and love of video games and everyone suddenly picks up and was totally laughing hard at the over-the-top nature. That'll teach those homophobes to diss gays! I can just be funny and hopefully people have a good time with it, and we will all go home smiling.
Take the NRWQ456L train to Union Square, then walk East.
It's located at 213 2nd Ave, corner of 13th St.
Monday, August 25, 8pm -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
Antihoot Open Mic
RESULTS: I saw some really neat acts, including Keith Zariello, a/k/a The Humiliated, who is incredibly brilliant and entertaining. I love his performances. I didn't get to perform until almost the very end, and so as I was waiting, I wrote a new last verse to my track SD, where I put in the names of people I had just seen performing and used their names to rhyme how I went down on them. People seemed to find it really funny and not that offensive, which I guess is good? The entertainment is what matters. Mad props to Lippe, who summoned in a bunch of extra audience members from the other rooms in order to watch me do my verbal pleasuring.
Sunday, August 24, 11pm -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
MY FOURTH EVER FULL-LENGTH PERFORMANCE!!!
RESULTS: I got to see the Isotoners perform, so that was sweet. They checked out my set a good bit also, so that was nice. I debuted a few more hot gay tracks that had all sorts of people dripping some hot wax.. light it up and make a candle, burn it, do it again, you and a friend, finding positions new to invent. Hey, I just came up with that. Don't bite it. It was ah, a fun time over all. Excited about doing it again, no doubt.
The Sidewalk Cafe's Antifolk website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at the NE corner of Ave A and 6 St.
Sunday, August 24, 9:30pm -- NYC, Pyramid
End of the Weak Open Mic
RESULTS: Okay, so I didn't actually get a chance to spit, because I had to leave for my Sidewalk gig, but my man Access spit his track What You Thought it Was over my beat and repped me as a producer, so I'd say that is pretty hot. Also, I did my usual politicking and such like it ain't no thing. I chatted it up with this one totally chill rapper how a lot of rappers have a weak grip on their manhood and feel like they always have to rap about how they will kill you and stay super hard and can't ever have any fun. He also gave me mad props for getting up on stage and rapping about being gay. Thanks, man!
End of the Weak's website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at 101 Ave A, between 6 & 7 St.
Saturday, August 23, 2pm -- NYC, A Stage in a Parking Lot
Outdoor Antihoot as part of the Howl fest
RESULTS: It was nice being outdoors, and I found a whole new, very large set of people to hand my CDs to. Yay!
The Sidewalk Cafe's Antifolk website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU or NRWQL456 to Union Sq (14th St), then walk East.
It's located at the park on Ave A and 11 St.
Monday, August 18, 8pm -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
Antihoot Open Mic
RESULTS: A very fun time. I did Not Wanted, and people seemed to be feeling the energy and anger. My girl Rivky stopped by, as well as my main man Dave, who even got a chance to get up on stage to play in--and subsequently win!!--a friendly game of Wadafk [[sorry, I am unable to spell it correctly.. the kids could be looking!]]. In the spirit of "it's never enough", I was a bit sad that there was this big and hot guy in the audience who left before I hit the stage. I realize in retrospect that I should have done the classic technique of coming up to him after he played to be all like, "Yo man, I totally loved your music! It was so awesome. Hey, I really hope you stay to see me."
You can laugh and call it brown-nosing (whoo!), but many people have successfully used the same exact technique on me, except maybe without saying "Yo!". Everyone likes to be told they were enjoyed. I actually wanted to stay until the end to check out this *other* really cool and talented guy perform, but alas my buddy D got tired and sweepy, so we had to break out beforehand. But there is always a next time, yay!!!
The Sidewalk Cafe's Antifolk website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at the NE corner of Ave A and 6 St.
Sunday, August 17, 9:30pm -- NYC, Pyramid
End of the Weak Open Mic
RESULTS: EoW is a place where my reputation truly precedes me. Right when I got there, the buzz started. People were all like, "Oh, you're the one with the wizard hat? You make hot beats and got the free promo CD? That's you?" They even asked me to spit a few verses. Then a guy battled me for a bit and I battled him back. I ain't much for battlin though so whatever. Then, this other guy tried to battle me from afar, claiming that I was gay because I wore a fruity shirt. Nah, buddy.. it's the other way around. I *chose* to go to EoW with this shirt that has fruit-flavored candies on it (I hate to give companies advertising without getting paid for it, so I won't say their name) DUE TO THE FACT that I'm trying to let people know that I am gay. So whatever. I was prompted to go over and battle him, and he spit another verse, *again* decrying me as a gay man (no creativity!). I didn't feel like fighting back though, because he seemed like he was spitting from the heart, and I only like to battle people where it's clearly not serious.
So word has been spreading out a little bit that I am a gay rapper (as opposed to being a homothug, like everyone else; j/k, lol :). People are probably a bit weirded out, but SOMEONE'S got to be one, right? When I took to the stage, I started out doing Bad Hair Day--one of my funny verses--and I felt like all I got was some blank stares. So I got pissed and did my third verse of 1-2-3-4-5, you know, the one where I claim that I am always mad horny and that I will rape you and that you will like it. People started smiling at the first part where I crack the joke about my "gat" really being the thing that makes my pants wet, but then there were definitely lots of creeped-out "whoa"s and "what?"s as I got into the whole having sex part. Which is funny because at the folk singing open mics, people eat it up and love it, so I think it's funny that in that respect, EoW is much, much more conservative. But ah, it was a good time, and the cool cats still gave me props regardless. Big Zoo even shouted out my line,"Turn around, it's time to do it rough" right after I finished spitting!! That definitely got me hyped, because I had never gotten a line shouted out before. Aight, that's what's up. --socetew
End of the Weak's website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU, then walk East.
It's located at 101 Ave A, between 6 & 7 St.
Saturday, August 16, 9:30pm -- NYC, Nuyorican Poets Cafe
WORDS Open Mic
RESULTS: It's always quite a time at the Nuyo. I did my videogame verse, and I think people liked it, yeah.
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe's website
Take the NRW train to 8th St./NYU or the FV train to Lower East Side 2nd Ave, then walk East.
It's located at 236 East 3rd St., between Avenues B and C.
Wednesday, August 13, 9pm -- NYC, Infrared Lounge
Open Stage
RESULTS: I hadn't been to the Infrared in a minute, so it was fun to be back. My gal Rivky was there, and I think she got excited about hopefully really soon getting up there and doing some singing of her own. Yay!! This is history in the making folks. I did the H but H Remix, followed by 1-2-3-4-5. There was this rapper I had met at End of the Weak who was there with his crew, and they helped heat up the chorus with their crowd participation, so mad props to all of them. peace, eocs
For directions, check out the directions page of The Infrared Lounge's website.
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Monday, August 11, 8pm -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
Antihoot Open Mic
Sunday, August 10, 9:30pm -- NYC, Pyramid
End of the Weak Open Mic
Sunday, August 10, 8pm -- NYC, Micky's Blue Room
Open Mic
Tuesday, August 5, 8:00pm -- NYC, Nightingale
Guerrilla Words
Monday, August 4, 8pm -- NYC, Sidewalk Cafe
Antihoot Open Mic
Monday, August 4, 7:30pm -- NYC, The C-Note
Outmusic OUTLOUD! Open Mic
Sunday, August 3, 9pm -- NYC, Nuyorican Poets Cafe
BATTLE DOME Beat Competition Producers Battle
Detailed results of all of my previous performances, from to June 22, 2003 to August 11, 2003
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