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SactownConnection

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Posted 5 years ago #

"(NEW + FREE)12/12/14 | A new beat tape, straight out the MPC #wtpe"

Hope this one is as dope as the (extremely limited) 2009 one!! Can't wait to see what Thes has come up with.

By the way: I designed the cover this time! If you've seen some of my Instragram stuff (see the related recent thread to get my IG tag), you know that I mess with Photoshop a lot, so Thes asked if I'd be up for trying this idea he had. I cannibalized from the letters of Shel's existing book cover to make the "Piecelock" and "music of thes one" parts. Kinda fun.
SactownConnection

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Posted 5 years ago #

One point of discussion: I wonder if this is signifying that Piecelock70 as a label is dead? Not sure.

The past two times I've hung out with PUTS during the shows, Thes and I have talked a bit about this, and this is what I understand:

PUTS as a group will probably never die, barring serious issues (health, family, etc.), and it's more of "Piecelock70 as label/production company" that's at stake, if anything. Thes found that acting as a producer/label guy is so time consuming and drama-laden, and it started to pull him away from PUTS, music, family, etc.

I'm not saying PL70 is closing (you'd have to ask Thes), but it might. If it does, I'd see it partially as a good thing if it helps Thes and Double keep making music. It was a GREAT idea, but if it's not feasible for whatever reason (whether time or money), I'd completely understand trying a new approach.
SactownConnection

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Posted 5 years ago #

One last thing, and then I'll stop all this one-man thread building:

I wonder if that Taylor Swift beat will be on it? hahahahaha. hashtag "bonustrack"

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YoYoPo

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Posted 5 years ago #

dope... getting excited for this! Awesome you did the cover sactown - what's the original/inspiration artwork, I'm not familiar?
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Posted 5 years ago #

I've got a feeling this could be the end of PL70....if that's how it is then it's been a great ride & I'll always support Thes & PUTS. Looking forward to this beat tape.
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Posted 5 years ago #

Nice work Sac! Love the Shel Silverstein homage too... Like you said, if it means they can make more music then so be it!

Po it's the cover for a book of children's poems called "Where the Sidewalk Ends". I grew up on that sh!t! The other book is called "A Light in the Attic".
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Posted 5 years ago #

I did notice that Thes posted a pic on IG of the PL70 office all emptied out with a wooden PL70 sign on the floor right after the 12SP tour... it was deleted within 10 seconds of being posted which is why I didn't want to speculate its meaning... RIP Piecelock70, but long live PUTS!
SactownConnection

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SLC HEAD said:
I did notice that Thes posted a pic on IG of the PL70 office all emptied out with a wooden PL70 sign on the floor right after the 12SP tour... it was deleted within 10 seconds of being posted which is why I didn't want to speculate its meaning... RIP Piecelock70, but long live PUTS!
D*mn, I never caught that one! Thes and I actually talked about his IG self-censoring at the show in SF. Basically, he kinda has a short-fuse for people putting weird or personal stuff up, so he ends up deleting things if it gets too thick.

Good example: after the Ferguson thing, Double and Thes both posted a picture a piece. I think they are both saddened by the non-indictment, but they didn't really want to make a big deal out of it, just post something "in support of", you know? So Thes posted the Public Enemy logo (the guy in the crosshairs), and this one guy said something about "oh, is that your new album cover?" and some other people were getting a little rage-y about the whole thing... so Thes just killed all the comments. I don't think he was trying to be mean or anything, but he just doesn't like a lot of noise.

SLC HEAD said:
Nice work Sac! Love the Shel Silverstein homage too... Like you said, if it means they can make more music then so be it!

Po it's the cover for a book of children's poems called "Where the Sidewalk Ends". I grew up on that sh!t! The other book is called "A Light in the Attic".
Thanks, guys! Yeah, I must've read those Silverstein books like a million times as a kid. That guy was so weird. Even his voice (when he read them for audio books) was a trip.
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Posted 5 years ago #

SactownConnection said:
Piecelock70 as a label is dead?
Twelve

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SactownConnection said:

"(NEW + FREE)12/12/14 | A new beat tape, straight out the MPC #wtpe"

Hope this one is as dope as the (extremely limited) 2009 one!! Can't wait to see what Thes has come up with.

By the way: I designed the cover this time! If you've seen some of my Instragram stuff (see the related recent thread to get my IG tag), you know that I mess with Photoshop a lot, so Thes asked if I'd be up for trying this idea he had. I cannibalized from the letters of Shel's existing book cover to make the "Piecelock" and "music of thes one" parts. Kinda fun.

Nice! In fact I got so excited reading this that my mind skipped right over the 12/12 release date the first time around.

Good job on the artwork, too, Sac. As far as the "end" of PL70 is concerned, I don't think we're quite there (yet?). As much as I could understand Thes bowing out of the label side of things - c'mon, he's been carrying that entire aspect of the artist collective on his back for how long now? - I'd assume/hope that we'll at least see 'Wonderful Radio' released next year before he closes shop...

Oh, and I feel kinda cheeky for even asking this, but could someone hook a brother up with a rip of the '09 Beat Tape..? I can't imagine anyone will be willing to give up their actual CD, haha.
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Posted 5 years ago #

Twelve said:could someone hook a brother up with a rip of the '09 Beat Tape..?
YoYoPo

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Posted 5 years ago #

it's TODAY! But what time in the UK is 12pm PST?

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Twelve

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Posted 5 years ago #

^^ 8am tomorrow morning, bro (see below).

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De La Tribe

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Posted 5 years ago #

Anyone know where the download will be available from? There's nothing about it on the website.

And great job with the artwork! I was also a huge Shell Silverstein fan growing up. Might have to dig out those books next time I'm home.

Fun fact (though I'm sure a lot of you already know this): did you know that Shell Silverstein wrote Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue"? Great f***ing song!
A La Carte

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Posted 5 years ago #

Crap, I thought it was 8pm tonight.

How am I gonna get it when I'll be in transit at 8 in the morning and wont be at a 'download source' for 8-10 hours after that...

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