Yup. You heard it right. For all my people who live in the Dayton/Fairborn/Xenia/Yellow Springs area, me and the groove will be playing a show this Wednesday March 10th at One Eyed Jacks.  Please help us spread the word since its only a few days away.  Peep the flyer for the event. We will be giving away free autographed show posters (below) at the event:

Thanks for the support!

For those wondering if/when would Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic w/ Dj Rare Groove) would be touring this spring, here’s the update. Yes, we will be touring, opening up for Killah Priest of the Wu-Tang Clan. Below are the first half of the tour dates.  More dates will be announced shortly.

Saturday March 20th @ Ruta Maya
3601 S. Congress – Austin, TX 78701
12am-4am / All Ages

Sunday March 21  @ Highland Lake’s Marina (End of SXSW Boat Party)
16120 Wharf Cove – Volente, TX 78641
2pm-8pm / Ages 21+

Monday March 22 @ Limelight
2718 North Saint Marys St. San Antonio, TX 78212
9pm-1am / Ages 21+

Tuesday March 23 @ Jet Lounge
1515 Pease St. – Houston, TX 77002
9pm-2am / Ages 18+

Wednesday March 24 @ Triple Crown
205 N. Edward Gary – San Marcos, TX 78666
9pm-1:30am / Ages 18+

Friday March 26 @ Martini Glass Grill
106 South A. St. – Midland, TX

Sunday March 28th @ Main Street
8640 E. Broadway Blvd. – Tucson, AZ
8:30pm – 1:30am / All Ages

Monday March 29th @ Club Red
2155 East University Drive – Tempe, AZ 85281

Tuesday March 30th @ Boomers
3200 W. Sirius – Las Vegas, NV
9pm-2am / Ages 21+

Friday April 2nd @ The Terrace
443 E. Colorado Blvd. – Pasadena, CA 91101
9pm-2am / Ages 18+

Wed April 7th @ Urban Lounge
241 South 500 East – Salt lake City, UT 84102
9pm-2am / Ages 18+

And if you still haven’t checked out the Electric Purgatory Part One download it now!

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Sorry i haven’t been blogging much lately. Wanted to announce the next Greenhouse show in Columbus.  Saturday March 6th @ Skullys playing with the legendary Prince Paul.  Hope to see everybody out!

Thanks for the support!

Rest of video coming soon.  If you haven’t checked out the Electric Purgatory Part One EP yet, download the promo version below:

Thank you!

I just got in from having some drinks and i feel like reflecting tonight. I feel a great deal of gratitude for everything that i have been given and the friends i have, as well as the experiences that have been granted me on this path i have chosen.  And i want everybody who has ever supported or encouraged me to continue this thing because it means a lot.  Tonight i realized that there are so many things that i wouldnt have been able to see had it not been for this gift i have been given; no matter how big or small that gift is, it is a gift nonetheless, and i dont take it for granted anymore.

I now look at everyday i am fortunate to wake up and do something i love as a blessing, not something i earned, or something that is a quick phase in my life. it is what i make it, and if i choose to do nothing with it, then it will be nothing. but if i choose to love it and nurture it then it will grow and blossom–and i dont mean monetarily or in terms of shit like that. i mean in terms of what it is and the joy it brings to myself and others.

We don’t love flowers because of what they can do for us. We love them because of what they are.  It would be selfish to do otherwise.  so whatever role that my path plays in the role of others joy i fully accept and embrace. not because it makes me money or because otherse need me, but because that is simply what i am to them, and what i am to be.

This may sound like some drunken rambling, and i admit that i’ve been drinking tonight but feel my sincerity on this.

I dont believe in coincidence.  I used to. But now i dont.

On my first tour, back in 2002 i remember being in Asheville, NC in a hotel with a couple girls. It was me and another cat and we were just talking about life, spiritual things, matters of faith.   And this girl was like “i dont believe in coincidence”. It was the first time i had ever heard a person say that concept aloud, and i immediately adopted it. prior to that, i entertained the thought but never had the balls to say without any doubt that i didnt believe in it.  but as soon as the words left her lips i knew they were right, and something that i shared with her.  and ever since that moment i have never thought that people just happened to meet, or that events just happened to happen, or that i just happened to see something that i wasn’t supposed to see.  all these things are there for a reason. a reason that isnt necessarily shown to us fully but is real.  and this isnt a christian or muslim or buddhist thing, this is me just absorbing something that i felt in my heart as it applies to my life and what goes on around me.  its bigger than me jumping on here pumping any set of beliefs down your throat, which is why i dont do that on record. and i try not to argue with people about where they stand or dont stand on matters of religion.  i dont have any fucking answers, i just know what i believe and that’s just one of those things.

but tonight i guess i wanted to say that this time we have here is precious. it is limited as well. so please dont take the people and family and situations around you for granted because they can change in a heartbeat.

tell somebody that you love them tomorrow.  tell your friends that you love them all the time.

and instead of doing normal shit for people that you love, take it a step beyond that.  turn that regular gesture into a grand gesture.  you know what i’m sayin. that kind of shit that dudes are taught to do when they fuck up with their girlfriend–do that shit all the time with the people you love.  make every gesture a grand gesture.  why should we have to wait until we’ve fucked up to show people we give  fuck about them? it shouldn’t have to be like that.

so as i end this blog, i just wanna say: I LOVE YALL.

good night.

I haven’t blogged much the past few days because we’ve been busy preparing for and shooting a music video for the Greenhouse song “Cold Out Here” from the Electric Purgatory EP.  The video will be premiered at 11pm during our free show this Saturday January 30th in Columbus OH @ Carabar.  My friend Greg is directing/filming it and here are some quick shots:

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First, Weightless Recordings would like to thank everybody who has picked up the Electric Purgatory EP so far, especially those who also picked up the Greenhouse Hoody + CD combo deal.  Since spring is arriving soon, we would like to announce the next deal which is a Black & Silver Greenhouse T-shirt (printed on American Apparel t-shirt), plus The Electric Purgatory CD/EP w/ instrumentals, and an 11×18 electric purgatory poster for only $15.00.



Thanks for your Support! And yes, I do mail out all orders myself!

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In light of the Blueprint Who EP announcement, i figured i would post this (4 parts):

Blueprint Who coming in February…

Stay Tuned.

While i usually try to keep this blog/website pretty positive and upbeat, i couldn’t help but write something in memory of Teddy Pendergrass who died tonight/last night at the age of 59. For those who dont know, Teddy Pendergrass was a serious, serious, soul singer. He had one of those rare voices that could go from real smooth to real grizzly in a heartbeat, but right when you needed it to be.

When i heard he died tonight I was at the bar and his song “turn off the lights” immediately popped into my head. I will always have great memories of him and this song. I remember buying the tape that “turn off the lights” was on just to get that one song. Hell, i cant remember any other songs on the record, but “turn off the lights” was like 6-8 minutes long and made the purchase well worth it by itself. The wildest part about this song is that it wasn’t even a song i grew up on. My parents actually got busy to it. I just remember it being on around the house sometimes, and when i went thru my exploratory phase of R&B that song just took me there.

At any rate, I will admit that Teddy Pendergrass may be the first (of many) R&B singers that I actually stole lyrics from and used them on a girl:

“Let’s take a shower. A shower together.” “I’ll wash your body, and you’ll wash mine”

I was a young, impressionable youth when i first heard it, but I’ll be damned if i didnt try this shit unsuccessfully until i was in my mid 20’s. And every time i pulled it off i thought about this song and Teddy Pendergrass. Thanks Teddy.

He was a fucking player, and you could hear it in the lyrics he sung.

Even when rumors circulated about him being gay i wouldn’t hear any of it. In my mind, there as no way in hell somebody who wasnt absolutely in love with the entire essence of a woman could write and sing what he did. No way. And even now, i have a hard time believing that rumors because he sounds so damn sincere and “manly”, for lack of a better word.

But at any rate, Teddy Pendergrass has passed, but he has left behind some great music. If you’re not into R&B then dont sweat it, this shit right here is grown folk music. The kinda shit our parents made babies too…the kinda shit we put on cassette and put on when our girlfriends came over, just hoping we would get a kiss out of it.

So here’s my favorite song of his “Turn Off The Lights”:

And my second favorite Teddy Pendergrass song “Come and go with me”.  The best part about Come and Go With Me, is that Teddy is basically talking about meeting a chick out and trying to get her to come back to his place, even though she already knows what it is.  She’s knows what he wants and he knows she knows yet he still goes for the gusto.  He hits her with all the regular shit like ‘girl there’s no pressure” and “its just a drink”, and “girl you look bored”, “my car is right outside”, to “i can understand if you say no”.  All the shit that dudes definitely say to chicks to get them back to their place.  In fact, this song is pretty much a conversation that every man has had at some point in his life trying to get that girl you’re crazy about to go home with you.  And not to be taken as just a sappy song with him singing, they even let the girl talk at the end to hit the point home.  I fucking love this song and i’m seriously considering making this my #1 Teddy Pendergrass song.

And of course at the end of the song he finally convinces her to come back to his spot.

Rest In Peace Teddy Pendergrass. A true soul singer, and a real player.  Your music will be remembered forever.

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