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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 2007)
BY ZACH KLASSEN Letter to the Orator Please please drop it now Dear Del, I am man enough to admit it: I miss you. Where have you been, man? I mean, it’s not like you totally fell off or anything — the Hieroglyphics albums kill, and your guest spots on other tracks are on point — but I’ve been patient- ly waiting on that solo album to drop for the better part of a decade now. Your new effort is starting to sound as mythic as Detox, and I’m getting a little antsy. At this point, I can only take so much more of this snap music with Teddy Tonematch on the hook. Don’t get me wrong, though; I like what the South has been doing with the rap game late- ly. When I’m drunk on the dance Del tha Funkee Homosapien (pictured left), Devin the Dude (pictured right), Bukue One, Serendipity Project 9 pm Saturday, Nov. 10 • Wow Hall • $20 adv., $25 door THE floor and the DJ drops a song that not only accom- modates my debilitated motor skills with a drank- laced bpm but tells me how to dance at the same time, it’s pure gold. Still, I need more substance in my life, more clever wordplay and your idiosyn- cratic delivery. Tracks like “Mastermind,” “At the Helm” and “Mistadobalina” are classics and have kept my inner backpacker satisfied for years — but it’s time for something fresh. Tell you what — if you play some of your latest tunes on the tour, I’ll be the first one to buy 11th Hour in 2008. Hopefully, Hiero cameos and some of your own production will still apply — or have you gone hyphy with it? You are from Oakland, right? I hear thizz is what it is nowadays. No, no, you wouldn’t pull an MC Hammer and drop a Look Look Look on us. Plus, you have a legit, underground heavy- weight on tour — Devin the Dude. Like you, his career has mostly been kept out of the mainstream spotlight, but when approached by some of today’s top artists, the Dude abides, working with every- one from Dr. Dre to UGK. Well, I gotta run. I just thought I’d check in and see how things were coming along. But I’m not worried. Like you said: “I record it, sold it, told it to you / Mr. Del wouldn’t tell you nothin’ that ain’t true.” ew LANDMARK An Ocean view from every table 111 Hwy 101 in YACHATS • 541-547-5459 www.landmark-yachats.com Live at the Coast FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 9PM The Thad Beckman Band Americana-infused blues from an Oregon original SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 9PM The Jerry Zybach Band Groovy blues and rock with one of the Northwest’s top bluesmasters Fresh Fish/Italian - Authentic Oregon since 1911 • Open Jam every Thursday 6:30pm • 1MRHJYPSJ)ZIV] 1SYXLJYP 3YXSJXLMW[SVPHJSSHXLEX´W[LSPIWSQI JEWXEJJSVHEFPIERHTSVXEFPI &PEMV&PZH )YKIRI 7);SSHWXSGO 4SVXPERH 7)&IPQSRX 4SVXPERH 21MWWMWWMTTM 4SVXPERH 2;WX 4SVXPERH SVKERMG NYMGIW VIEP JVYMX WQSSXLMIW QMGVSFVI[IH WSHEW ERH FIIVW LSQIFEOIH GSSOMIW ERH TMIW WYWXEMREFPI ERH PSGEPP] KVS[R TVSHYGI FYVVMXSW FS[PW UYIWEHMPPEW LSQIQEHI WSYTW ERH WEPEHW OMHW´ QIRY J PEWLWXIEQMRK E JYPP HSPPST SJ LYQSV ERH MVVIZIVIRGI XS EMH HMKIWXMSR 36 NOVEMBER 8, 2007 7YLZLU[ZH[[OL^PULY` An Evening with the Opera 5V] th & +LJ th 6:30 74 $20 WLYWLYZVU )LULÄ[PUN[OL,\NLUL6WLYH Enjoy arias from some of the world’s best-known operas in a candle lit winery setting, hors d’oeuvres, & an opportunity to meet Eugene Opera performers ^^^SH]LSSL]PUL`HYKZJVT
