I just got back from New York City last night, and I gotta post this up about my journey of promoting Tech N9ne within a day. Anyways, it was the 14 (which was a Tuesday), so like any kid bored, I walked throughout Times Square. I bought a couple Tech N9ne CD's to pass out, since I don't have any samplers. So, with rockin' the baggy-ass Tech N9ne t-shirt I've pretty much worn every week since I got it at the Hostile Takeover tour with a Tech bandana over my face, I walked down to the MTV studios in Times Square. Originally I planned to hit up 106 & Park, but the tickets had to be purchased 6 weeks in advance, so instead I stood outside MTV while they were doing Total Request Live.
Anyways, I'm down at the MTV studios at around 1:00, and I start to notice that there's the usual crowds of teenage girls and shit. Turns out that the Backstreet Boys were actually there to promote their new album of garbage. So under those circumstances, I started to talk with some people, and see if they would give Tech N9ne a shot. These two white ho's thought I was some Slipknot fan (no offense to the Slipknot fans), just because of what was written on the t-shirt. So I have a couple girls from Harlem listening to the Absolute Power album, and they likin' Tech's music (keep in mind, I had my CD player which had Absolute Power in it). That is, until I pull out a copy of Absolute Power in the case, and the girls are immediately turned off cuz of the image rather than the music.
So sum it up all up, I got my 15 seconds of fame when the camera panned, with my middle fingers in full on Tech gear. After the show, I handed off a copy to a couple people there, and two days later while heading out for the airport, I ran into Bam Margera and handed him a copy of Anghellic.
With that all settled, I'ma see if I can go down to Power 106 out here in Los Angeles, and see if they'll accept "Jellysicle" into their rotation.
Anyways, I'm down at the MTV studios at around 1:00, and I start to notice that there's the usual crowds of teenage girls and shit. Turns out that the Backstreet Boys were actually there to promote their new album of garbage. So under those circumstances, I started to talk with some people, and see if they would give Tech N9ne a shot. These two white ho's thought I was some Slipknot fan (no offense to the Slipknot fans), just because of what was written on the t-shirt. So I have a couple girls from Harlem listening to the Absolute Power album, and they likin' Tech's music (keep in mind, I had my CD player which had Absolute Power in it). That is, until I pull out a copy of Absolute Power in the case, and the girls are immediately turned off cuz of the image rather than the music.
So sum it up all up, I got my 15 seconds of fame when the camera panned, with my middle fingers in full on Tech gear. After the show, I handed off a copy to a couple people there, and two days later while heading out for the airport, I ran into Bam Margera and handed him a copy of Anghellic.
With that all settled, I'ma see if I can go down to Power 106 out here in Los Angeles, and see if they'll accept "Jellysicle" into their rotation.
