February 2012
10 posts
HELP! I NEED YOUR VOTE!
D-SISIVE IS NOMINATED FOR URBAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR FOR THE 2012 INDIE AWARDS!
Your votes decide the winner, so please vote:
http://indies.ca/voting/
I need your help! Your facebook posts, tweets and reblogs will make a difference. If I win, we will have a private party on my yacht. When I buy a yacht. And I’ll be your best friend! Any help will be appreciated!
Now vote!!
Anonymous asked: Félicitations pour la nomination Juno! J'espère que vous gagnez, nous ici, à Montréal se réjouissent pour vous!
Questions To Ask A Rooster.
“A lot of speculations on the money I’ve made Honeys I’ve slayed How is he for real?”
It’s been six days since I received my Juno nomination for Jonestown 2. I’m trying to not get too stoked, but it’s kind of hard. Hard, because I actually believe I have a shot this time around. Upsets do happen, though I don’t really think this one would be...
Anonymous asked: Great news about the Juno nomination! Are you actually going to Ottawa for the ceremony? Also, with regard to the pants comment. Are you now going back to wearing oversized trousers, balloon pants, etc.. like you used to wear back in 1999,2000, etc.. ? You should. No one wears them like that anymore, you would stick out! Make sure they are really really wide!! It might become your signature...
Anonymous asked: Is "Sniffing on cloud-white" a reference to cocaine?
A Letter From D-Sisive|Juno Nomination, Bruce...
A Letter From D-Sisive
I’m the happiest boy in the world!
Tuesday morning I was given a wonderful present. The Juno Award Nominations were announced and I was fortunate to get my third. Best Rap Recording for Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye.
I spent the day in celebration mode. Congratulation texts/e-mails. Sneaky Dees. Heroin. Disco dancing. Bar room brawling. Giving my self stitches,...
[D-Sisive]Derek Christoff|The Unknown|EpisodeThree
Thursday.February.09.2012
FeaturedMusic: Fu Schnickens ft. Phife Dawg|La Schmoove DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince|As We Go
ProducedBy:Orin Isaacs & Derek Christoff Artwork:Brett Lindzen [KnapsackWax.com] Theme:D-Sisive|The Unknown [FromTheAlbum:Run With The Creeps] ThemeProducedBy:Muneshine [Facebook.com/muneshine] Website:Jake Rainis [JakeRainis.com] ThanksTo:Alan Cross
*all...
Derek Christoff|The Unknown|EpisodeTwo
Thursday.February.02.2012
FeaturedMusic: Elliott Smith|King’s Crossing Joey Ramone|What A Wonderful World
ProducedBy:Orin Isaacs & Derek Christoff Artwork:Brett Lindzen [KnapsackWax.com] Theme:D-Sisive|The Unknown [FromTheAlbum:Run With The Creeps] ThemeProducedBy:Muneshine [Facebook.com/muneshine] Website:Jake Rainis [JakeRainis.com] ThanksTo:Alan Cross
*all episodes...
January 2012
33 posts
Derek Christoff|Cloud Nine|VerseOne|Demo
Sunday.January.29.2012.6:49pm
A demo. Recorded on my cellular telephone. Over Sonic Youth’s Tremens. . Cloud Nine (D.Christoff) . This is what it sounds like This is what it sounds like Living on cloud 9 Sniffing on cloud-white Thirty Thousand miles high Above you ugly sleepy heads Open up your mouth wide And feed on what your t.v says Eat what’s on your t.v set Scrape your plate and...
Anonymous asked: Why not answer some mores questions? Those videos you put up have absolutely nothing to do with music or D-sisive. This site isn't as fun as it once was :(
Worms.Three times a day.
Derek Christoff|The Unknown|EpisodeOne
Derek Christoff|The Unknown|EpisodeOne by DerekChristoff
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Thursday.January.26.2012
FeaturedMusic: GG Allin|Guns,Bitches,Brawls & Bottles Daniel Johnston|The Story Of An Artist
ProducedBy:Orin Isaacs & Derek Christoff Artwork:Brett Lindzen [KnapsackWax.com] Theme:D-Sisive|The Unknown [FromTheAlbum:Run With The Creeps] ThemeProducedBy:Muneshine [Facebook.com/muneshine] ...
My New Radio Show.
Tomorrow I venture out. Trying a new thing. Something I’ve been planning for a long while. Finally, it’s time to unleash it.
Hopefully you don’t hate it.
It’s my new Radio Show. It’s my only Radio Show. In fact, it’s not on the radio, so it’s not a Radio Show at all. A Podcast? I like say Radio Show better. It’s a Radio Show. My Radio Show.
The...
Anonymous asked: When can we expect some new music? I'm already getting tired of RWTC since I have it on repeat on a regular basis.
D-Sisive|Ask Me Anything|NumberTwentyOne
.Did any fans throw any weed on stage during any of your sets, for you to test out back stage?
D: No. No weed. I don’t smoke. But I will take some percocets if you feel like throwing something. ;)
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.Just saw your CD for 14.99, do you think that’s a fair price? or do you think $10 for CD’s would be better. I can’t honestly see myself paying $15 bucks for a CD, doesn’t...
Giving The People What They Want!
A few days ago I received this in my inbox…
“You’re disgusted with yourself? Well so are some of your fans :( I wanna read a d-sisive blog about music & exciting things, not things that are a downer and buzz kill all wrapped up into one”
It’s my duty to give the people what they want! Here goes nothing…
And here’s some music…
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Anonymous asked: Dear D, Could you please stop asking people to "pls RT" _everything_ you post? Either it's content worth sharing or not. Make or highlight content worth sharing and you won't have to ask.
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01|13|12 . #353 | Darryl Sterdan & The Meteoric...
7:03am.
It’s saturday morning. I’m disgusted with myself. Nobody’s perfect. I let you all down. What kind of man can call himself a man when he can’t even keep a promise. I broke a major promise. I promised you. All 17,000 of you that I would write everyday. And I was doing well. I really was. My piece about the similarities between our Conservative Government and...
01|12|12 . #354 | D-Sisive|TheArkeologists|Nothing
10:51pm.
Yesterday, I released a new song. Why not leak a new one today?
D-Sisive|TheArkeologists|Nothing
http://soundcloud.com/d-arks/d-sisive-thearkeologists
@dsisive isderekhome@gmail.com
01|11|12 . #355 |...
10:06pm.
Finally! New music!
I think I’ll let the music speak.
2012. It begins.
D-Sisive|TheArkeologists|Mr.Romance
http://soundcloud.com/d-arks/d-sisive-thearkeologists-mr
@dsisive isderekhome@gmail.com
D-Sisive|Ask Me Anything|NumberTwenty
.What’s the craziest thing that happened to you on the tour? Are there any strange fan stories to tell?
D: We’re pretty straight-to-the-point people. We show up. Rock. Hang out with the fans for a bit then back to the hotel for sleepy-sleepies! Not many stories. I do have one where I seriously thought I was going to get killed. Not going to say the city. Don’t want to offend anyone. I get a...
01|10|12 . #356 | Royce Da 5'9 & Our Matching Neck...
8:06pm.
Truthfully, I had no idea one of my favourite MCs had a show in Toronto until a few days ago. My valentine found out about it on Groupon. I also had never heard of a show selling tickets through Groupon. Found it kind of weird. If I had known earlier, I probably would have paid more for tickets through TicketMaster. I took advantage of a good deal. $15 to see Royce Da 5’9 at Sound...
01|09|12 . #357 | God, Heaven & Michael Keaton...
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8:50pm.
Like everyone who succumbed to cancer, my mother suffered. A lot. I remember nights lying with her. Crying. My father worked nights so I slept with her often when she was sick. She didn’t want to be alone. I didn’t want her to be alone. She was the strongest of the three of us. My father and I were weak. I was young. She was...
D-Sisive|Ask Me Anything|NumberNineteen
.I assume you don’t tour a lot outside of around Toronto because you have employment responsibilities (hopefully that changes soon!) but do you think you could handle one of those massive tours where you’re hitting like 45 shows in 50 nights? What would be your ideal tour (think places you’d like to perform, how many nights, people you’d like to perform with)?
D: I...
01|08|12 . #358 | God, Heaven & Michael Keaton...
8:45pm.
Tonight I started watching a film. My Life starring Michael Keaton. It’s the story of a man dying from cancer. He’s afraid he’s not going to live to see the birth of his child. The movie starts with him at home in front of his camcorder, filming himself speaking to his child. He wants his child to know about the father he won’t have. It’s definitely a...
01|07|12 . #359 | Depressed in the Post|Laundry...
This afternoon my valentine and I went to a theatre in our area to see My Week With Marilyn. Based on a book by Colin Clark, the film is about Clark’s relationship with Marilyn Monroe as he worked as a gopher on her film with Sir Laurence Olivier. Her marriage with Arthur Miller was crumbling. She was depressed. Insecure. Fragile. Heavily drugged. Her life was controlled by pills...
01|06|12 . #360 | The Carrie Bradshaw of this Rap...
10:37pm.
This rap shit is not for the weak. You have to be ruthless. Fearless. Afraid of nothing. You welcome bullet holes. They’re the perfect body ornament to tattoo sun rays around. That’s the world I chose to exist in. The hood life.
That’s why I started this blog. To show you all life on the other side of the tracks. The wrong side. We don’t see the side of the...
01|05|12 . #361 | A Massey Hall Moment
11:09pm.
Tonight’s show is sold out.
The house lights are on. Almost every seat is filled. Those who arrived late annoy those already seated, apologizing for making them stand so they can shuffle by and get to their seat. Showtime is 8pm. It’s 8:20. Shows never start on time.
I’m backstage. My valentine straightens my tie and dusts off the shoulders of my suit jacket....
D-Sisive|Ask Me Anything|NumberEighteen
.What exactly is your day job? what do you do? Do you find it as ridiculous as I do that a Juno nominated artist still has to work a day job to make ends meat?
D: I work for a company that designs websites for small businesses. I’m Accounts Receivable. Our clients pay a monthly fee for their sites, so if they miss a month, I call them to find out why and collect their payments. There are times...
01|04|12 . #362
11:26pm.
Mon-Fri. 8:15-9am & 5:10-5:45pm. To work & home from. That’s my only time alone with music. The only time I can devote my full attention to whatever’s screaming out of my Bose headphones. It’s not a lot of time, so it’s a must I make it worth it. So much happens during that small window of time. It’s time when inspiration can hit. I can’t...
D-Sisive|Ask Me Anything|NumberSeventeen
.Do you and Muneshine charge each other at all for beats/verses or do you have a bffl pact that prevents you from taking each others money? Does this pact also include the other wolves?
D: No. Mune and I don’t charge eachother. I suppose our arrangement does fall under the Canadian BFFL pact (CBFFLP). We will pay for eachother’s Subway Sandwiches. Or Massimo’s pizza every now and then. But music?...
01|03|12 . #363
10:34pm.
Embarrassed by yesterday’s lack of productivity, the plan was to come home, slap the headphones on and write to an Arkeologists beat until a song was complete. I hung out with Muneshine after work for a bit. He’s been away for seven weeks touring and I wanted to catch up. Hear some tour stories. Get inspired. The Ark beat kept me warm while I was waiting for the Dufferin...
D-Sisive|Ask Me Anything|NumberSixteen
.how hard is it for you to be on the cover of NOW or the GRID? other than that now cover you was on about 10 years ago, what other magazine covers were you on?
D: Hard. Those weeklies promote the events happening that week so you’re up against tough competition. Getting a cover is pretty amazing. I was on the Now cover in 2002. Would love to get on again. I’ve been on the cover of View, which is...
01|02|12 . #364
9:58pm.
Sadly, I wasn’t creative today. No new verses. A poor start to 2012. I did do a lot of thinking, though. Thinking because of you. Well, one of you.
I try to update Ask Me Something every morning. I’m super backlogged. I receive a lot of questions and they’re not answered as they’re posted. I do read them daily. One of you wrote me something regarding my career,...
D-Sisive|Ask Me Anything|NumberFifteen
.Hey D, you still in touch with Abdominal or Format? Would you ever do another track with Guilty Simpson?
D: I run into Abs every now and then. I wish I could see him more often. He was supposed to get on Creeps, but I ran out of time. I still want to work with him. We go back a long time. When I was 15, I looked up to him more than any other mc. I bit his style major. I’d never heard anything...
01|01|12 . #365
January first.
I woke up at 7:30am. Wasn’t a wild night, but my valentine and I went out. Spent New Years at a restaurant on College St. It was quiet. The way I prefer. Hockey played on the big screen. I ate poutine and drank soda. Just like a wild party animal.
I guess that’s why I was able to wake up so early on a day off.
I was never interested in celebrating a new year....
D-Sisive|Ask Me Anything|NumberFourteen
.Will you ever work with Spesh K again?
D: Sure. Spesh and I go way back. I remember meeting him in 2000 when I was in Halifax performing on Breakfast Television with Classified. The good ol’ days. Did I mention there was a lot of weed? The boys practice what they preach.
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.Thank you for the amazing show on Friday in TO. It seemed very short but it was great to see sthe room almost packed and...
And A Brand New Gym Membership!
Here we are. The 31st of December. Tonight we hit the restart button. We’re all born again tomorrow. New promises. Promises that are meant to be broken. Without consequence. Happy New Year!
This time last year I promised myself this year was going to be the big one. Fast forward to today and I have less money in the bank than I did 365 days ago. Not necessarily a bad thing. 2011 was...
December 2011
25 posts
An Open Letter To Jay-Z & Nas...
I wrote this on June 1.2011. Decided to google it this morning. Was shocked by the attention it received. Some great debates.
Thought I’d bring it back.
Enjoy.
Dear Jay-Z & Nas.
You don’t know me, but I know you both very well.
Nas. We met once. You came to Toronto for an in-store at Tower Records, promoting It Was Written. We shook hands after you signed my Source magazine....
Anonymous asked: Just an opinion, I don't really want to see youtube videos on the runwiththecreeps website, I want to see opinions, writing and questions answered, etc.. Please do it daily.
Special Blog Announcement | Master T
I’m an avid reader.
I truly believe the youth of today do not read as much as they should. I also believe that the little name that I have should be used to promote positivity.
Thanks to a special Christmas gift I received, I will be starting a new video segment that will be posted on the site once a week. Part story time with Uncle Derek, part book club.
And the first book…
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