That's sort of right. I've decided to just start going by my given name feeling inspired by Richie Griffin... hope that's cool. Also I'm posting some new songs tomorrow. stay tooned

What's your age, where from, web site you want people to refer to, upcoming show or album?

I'm 24, and I was

 

-I saw a lot of your artwork on Myspace- how does that tie into your music or your hustle in general?

Discography:

Doctor Oscify - Self Portrait in Progress
Free digital download

Doctor Oscify & DJ Shadow - Long Stem (Lay Down Old Man)


Doctor Oscify & Skimp Killah - Listen (Live Version)


Magnificent Wingspan - "Listen" music Video by Rosco G


Magnifcent Wingspan - Live at Hodi's Halfnote


Magnificent Wingspan - "Belief & Nothingness" video


Aberdeen Skate Session featuring the Doctor Oscify song, "You'd Better be Ready"


Versify - "Bird Plane Arrow" music video

www.sprucegooserecords.com you can download any album I've released so far, plus music from people like Skimp Killah, AllPointsBeyond, Magnificent Wingspan, Phunny Pharm, Morbski and Dominic Deadbeat with more coming soon... so go download some free music already!

Hey guys I know its been a while since I checked in, and I thought I'd let you know what I've been up to lately. As some of you know last year was a crazy time for me and I wasn't able to get much of anything done, but with the help of friends and family, things are looking better than ever for this year and we've got much good news in the near future.

First of all my old ass computer is on the fast track to the grave and if I don't finish the music on it in a timely matter it will all be lost forever. So here's what I'm finishing up this month:

Doctor Oscify - Breathe Easy Soon LP

This is my newest project and early reviews are semi-ecstatic. It is an introspective piece with some club pretensions leaning towards a new generation of psychedelic popular music. It is for the lovers and dreamers and navel gazers among us, and its also a departure from the boom bap and rhythm and blues based delivery which launched my career. The guest artists on this album are the finest collection of singers, writers, producers, and instrumentalists I have ever had the pleasure working with and unlike some of my past work, the sound quality is stellar. I just finished mixing the single and I can't wait to share it with you.

Magnificent WIngspan - The Prophecy of the Condor & the Eagle LP

Two years in the making, this album is your basic guide to hedonism in the era of apocalypse. Using a form of musical method acting, AllPointsBeyond and I drank ourselves into semi insanity during the months we recorded to create the unbalanced perspectives on life, art, philosophy and the universe that you will hear on this album. With Dj Deadbeat Dominic using two turntables to his mind bending advantage, and production from myself, Skimp Killah, Es-K, and Ulliversal, plus vocal appearances from Skimp Killah, Diebolic, & David Ochoa, "The Prophecy of the Condor & the Eagle" is what people will be calling, "a certified hip-hop classic".

The Purple Elks - Present the Heartbreak Kids

Limbo: The grittiest most intelligent funniest rapper who can sing pure sweet soul, and me, whatever the heck I am, have spent the last four months on an album to make your mouth water: pure lyrical hip-hop about everything from true love to heartbreak and betrayal and all the little things in between with the kind of beats that will make you wet yourself and the kind of hooks that make ladies and gentlemen want to dirty dance with one another whenever they play.

So thats what I'm up to this month and I'll bringing more updates very soon, but for now I need to get to work on some music. So I'll talk to you all in a few days.

Love ya



Doc

A lot of you have been asking when I'm coming out with my next album even though "Self Portrait in Progress" just dropped in May. The answer is "Breathe Easy Soon Mixtape" coming soon. Please give me a chance to tell you a little more about it.

"Breathe Easy Soon" is essentially an audio documentary I have made about my transition from existence as an unknown unpaid  artist to a dude who takes his business a little more seriously. This album covers some of the harder moments in my last year and a half, and also focuses on the brighter and better days as well as the beautiful times ahead. Ultimately, this is an album about triumph. It is about triumph over adversities, worst fears, and maybe even a few personal traits within my power to change. This is an album about forgiveness and also an album about being forgiven. It has been influenced by all of my previous work as well as a few amazing artists who have forced me work harder and more carefully for this record to be what it was truly intended to be. Anyway, I don't want to give to much away, but I hope you all are looking forward to its release as much as I am

Cheers!

Doc Os

Why John Mccain is on the Wrong Side Of History

by Leo Fairbanks

Who does John Mccain think he is? Seriously. He has no plan for the future and Rome is burning, yet he refuses to cede this ground and admit his wrongheadedness. There may have been a time in the distant past when John Mccain was a man of honor but that man is horrifically non-existent these days. After his half-hazard summer of irrelevant attack ad's, endless policy flip flops, and choice of Sarah Palin for vice president all became horrible embarassments, plus three debates handily lost, I'd have thought he was ready to give up his pathetic campaign and halfhearted limp to the finish after early voting gives Barack Obama a solid majority and unsurmountable electoral victory.

Unfortunately, in the face of these obstacles, John Mccain has decided to go the fear route. A day before the third debate, John Mccains stomach turning VP pick, Sarah Palin, decided to raise a new and increasingly ugly line of attack. She suggested that Barack Obama pals around with terrorists and mentioned the long known connection to William Ayers a former member of the revolutionary students group, The Weathermen, who attempted some now well known attempts to disrupt things during the 1960's and 70's which we all know was a period of great social upheaval.

In spite of this, great gains were made in the 1960's. The Civil Rights act and Voting Rights act were passed as well as the Federal Anti-Discrimination act. Oh, and here's another 1960's program: Affirmative Action. I'm not trying to distract you from what I'm saying with all this, but I'm saying that John Mccain grew up with a different perspective. He was a conservative, and he didn't support any of the things mentioned above. The only thing he would do for the Democratic President Lyndon Johnson was in the Vietnam War, a failed conflict that ended with the death of 100,000 United States Servicemen. It was also a complete strategic failure.

Mccain had been left in a dingy horribly uncomfortable jail cell during this time. His arms and hands were badly broken and he also spent some time in solitary confinement. An unimaginable experience for most of us. During a conflict which was by all measures a complete flop. Mccain seemed to justify this by saying the conflict was somehow winnable. Which you might notice is what he's saying about Iraq. Iraq isn't winnable, and we haven't achieved any meaningful objectives there except to enrich a few contractors with company ties to the White House.

To make things worse, Iraq's instability tilted the once non-threatening Iran into a position of disturbing power. Iraq, sharing a border with Iran had kept some of the threats Iran might have posed well at bay. Now Iranian soldiers are arming Iraqis hoping to create an Iran friendly government and essentially double the size of Iran.

Now, can anyone think of a reason why invading Iraq was such a terrible idea?

Such is the legacy of John Mccain. He may in his heart truly believe he's putting country first but he's always been on the wrong side of history. Unfortunately for him Jim Crow can't last forever, and the things most of us value, things like good schools, safe and well kept infrastructure, Social Security aren't things he believes in. I can't say I blame him. He's led a very sheltered life, and for most of his adulthood he's lived the life of a Billionare. He can't understand you if you're not on that level. Especially if you're not his age and not on that level. His entire presence on the stage is a disgusting anachronism, a relic from times gone by when Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, and George Wallace were considered acceptable by the public.

This is a history we shouldn't repeat. And honestly I don't think we will. Everything is going the way of political upstart, Barack Obama as he proved right again and again, on issue after issue. To top it off, most of America find him to be a likable competent candidate, which has become such a rarity its impossible to ignore especially when the other ticket is a complete atrocity.

To attempt to comeback from its continuous series of misses, John Mccain has decided to play the game in a very dirty, disturbing, unforgivable way. To John Mccain, a fake controversy over a widely respected intellectual who happens to have a radical past and happens to be acquainted with the Democratic candidate for president, is now an acceptable line of attack.

This while the economy is in a historic free fall stasis, and much of the middle class is feeling the bottom dropout. If things continue, foodbanks might become as inadequate as the the deregulated investment banks John Mccain has financial ties to. His answers on questions of the economy are laughable at best, and dangerous to the point of our government collapsing at worst. And I don't think most of you want your government collapsing.

Mccain has never even seen the middle class. Both he and his runningmate own personal airplanes, multiple houses and more than 20 cars combined. This is a life most of us have ever lived, and we are not insulated from crisis the way they are. That is why we have utterly repudiate these disgusting attacks. Soon after Sarah Palin began her disgusting rant about Obama's ties to "terrorists" (1960's liberal radicals), the crowd turned more violent.

One crowd member yelled that Obama was a terrorist. Another called for him to be killed. Today a crowd member was heard to shout, "Off with his head!" as Mccain discussed Obama's tax plan. John Mccain has been feeding a ugly viral flame that began with some of the actions of Senator Hillary Clinton. I think it would be fair that she shared the blame should such unpleasantness cause Obama to lose the election.

People, listen.

There is a very bad side of America coming on display right now that I am honestly scared by. There are people who think they can turn this into a race war or a holy war, and they are willing to spill blood. This genie was brought out even further today as a Mccain surrogate brought up Barack Obama's past drug use and called him "a man from the street". This is some of the worst innuendo we've seen, certainly the worst since Bush VS. Dukakis in 1988.

We can not let this side of America prevail. It's won quite a lot in the last few years and if John Mccain becomes president it will win a lot more. It's not just that I disagree with his viewpoint. It's that he's always been on the wrong side of history his entire life. He's failed as a public servant, and no longer appears to have a moral compass. We can't afford that.

I'm sorry for focusing so much on the bad in here, but I think its time we said goodbye to that phase in our history. We really do have the capacity to change and grow both as individuals and as a society. So let's take this opportunity and grow. It will be good for all of us and we'll feel better too. I guaruntee it.

Hip-hop futurists Phunny Pharm (AllPointsBeyond on vocals and 12 string guitar, Sono on vocals and production, & Ghish also of Acies Mine providing visual art) have just released a brand new album called Stolen Symphony and as expected, its a definite classic.

The album includes feature appearances by Moss of Livest Vibe and Doctor Oscify. To make things even better, they've decided to make this album completely free to download for the moment. Magnificent Wingspan would never have existed without the trailblazing of Phunny Pharm, and to honor one of the great groups of the last few years, we'll give you the download link right here:

Phunny Pharm - Stolen Symphony

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