PhillipMorris.us – The Official Website of Chicago Artist Phillip Morris

I love Chicago summers. Not only do i love how the air smells at night…or the fact that you don’t have to wear a coat/jacket/hoodie…but you wanna know what i reeeeeally love? Fucking. Festivals. And. Outdoor. Shows. Yowza!! Being a full time musician certainly has its perks. Check out what a nerd has been up to this summer.

Humboldt Park Arts Fair – 6.12.2010

HPAF showcased a variety of visual artists, plus jewelry and other crafts. I got the chance to bring my son onstage to rock a Revolutionary Anthem with me. Shit yeah. Phillip: “Can we say bonding?”, You: “Bonding”, Phillip: “Very good.”

Gimme Shelter Fundraiser – 6.13.2010

A benefit for the homeless. I love good causes. The Soundman reprimanded me for rolling around on the ground since it had just rained. Sorry Soundman. Those two people in the upper right corner of the picture look like they’ve never seen this type of behavior before?? Hmmm.

Socialism 2010 Conference – 6.19.2010
This would be the 3rd year in a row that i have rocked at the Socialism conference, and it gets better everytime. I wish i had pictures!!

Chicago Peacefest – 6.20.2010

Old hippies. Young hippies. Non-hippies. Incredible vibe in the air. Shit, I kissed a Chihuahua while i was performing onstage. (True story) Plus over 1000 people in Lincoln Park smoking weed with no police interference whatsoever? Nice.

Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival – 7.23.2010
2nd year performing at MAAF. Abandoned buildings and storefronts that are unoccupied are taken and used as galleries to showcase a variety of art, and performers. I rocked out at Victor Montanez’ KnowART gallery.

Backyard Film & Music Festival – 7.24.2010

I somehow cannot locate a single picture/video of me at this AWESOME show, but this flyer alone is proof i was there!! And by “there” i mean here:

So for the past 2 years, filmmaker Fred Koschmann has been hosting the Backyard Film and Music Festival in his backyard. This year he cranked things into 15th gear and hosted in the backyard/inside the Pullman Historic Site (and lemme tell you the stage/sound system was berry niiiiice). If you like grimey old school awesome buildings used to throw kick ass shows…well…sorry you missed out. Lineup included Dosh, Panda Riot, Light Pollution, Nathan Blake Lynn, Big Splashes. Plus looooots of indie films!

Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival – 7.25.2010
Please read banner behind me. Enough said! Okay, maybe not enough. I performed at Rene Montanez’ 2010: An Art Odyssey Gallery. We managed to get access to the venue beforehand and Scarlet Monk and myself filmed a music video!! I shot people with darts. During “Nightmare Before Christmas” i took off my sweaty socks and threw them into the crowd. Good times. Here’s a video (shot by Oscar Rosas) of me performing “Collateral Damage For The Corporation” off of my upcoming album The Truth Campaign.

Albany Park Arts Festival – 8.1.2010
What can i say, i was thirsty! This show was great. I got to hang out the 2nd floor window and scream Revolution to everyone who walked by. Here’s a video clip of me doing a song!!

4th Annual Sk8 Jam – 8.7.2010

Not only an amazing opportunity to rock for the skateboarding youth of Chicago, and show support for new skate parks being built, but how many chances do you get to perform with Cook County Correctional Facility as the backdrop? (The largest single site county jail in the United States of America by the way.)

So, the new Dubasaurus album has finally hit the streets…errr…web? Well, both!! You can now feel free to purchase a copy from us at a show, or you can go to CdBaby (just click on the picture) to preview, purchase, and even review the album!!

Featuring both Phillip Morris and Fada Dougou on the vocals, this album shows the versatility of Dubasaurus as a band, and also a wide array of topics discussed, from nerdy motherboard humping anthems…to political/social commentary. We hope you like the music. If you don’t…then listen again…and repeat until you do!! (And if you still don’t…then feel free to punch me in the pancreas.)

So, i was fortunate enough to be a part of 1773′s brand spankin’ new mixtape entitled “Mixed Signals”!! Shit yeah. Featuring a slew of emcees such as Visual, Elevation, Neak, Add-2, Sincerely Yours, Awdazcate, K-Sera, Verbal Kent, Phero, Free Will, Love Jones, Itch13, and Vertual Vertigo!! And ME!! Click on the album cover to go to the Bandcamp site and download your copy for FREE!!

Plus you can click below to listen to the song!

Check out Phillip Morris and Dubasaurus rocking it out at Federal Plaza, for the 2010 Marijuana March!! Video by JamOne!

So…Dubasaurus vs. Phillip Morris are going to be opening for SOULS OF MISCHIEF!!! This Friday, May 14th at The Abbey Pub.  Show starts at 9pm. Also on the lineup is Sincerely Yours, and Abstract Giants! Hosted by Awdazcate.

Tickets are $20 in advance. $25 at the door.

Click HERE to purchase tickets!

Hope to see you there.

So, check it out…Instrumentality album is now available for FREE download (via the new Bandcamp setup), and also the Process of Addiction Has its Costs is now available for $7.00!! (Discounted from the original price of $10.00)  You can receive an immediate download of either album straight from the site…

You can listen to both albums (in their entirety), so if there are songs of mine you haven’t heard yet, now’s your chance to hear them in all of their digital streaming glory. There are also a few tracks from The Process of Addiction Has its Costs that are available for free download as well.

Click on the album images to be taken to the respective pages.

Instrumentality

The Process of Addiction Has its Costs

Observe good ol’ Phillip Morris getting his acting debut on in Alicia “Ya Yah” Townsend’s new video entitled Swagger. Ya Yah is a great friend and a talented songstress from Chicago, and her debut EP “Just Me” is set to be released this Summer. I had the pleasure of playing the love interest in this video, directed by Oscar Rosas. Check it out!

The past month or so has been an unyielding maelstrom of intense heartaches and extreme poverty.  Turbulent romance and unexpected road trips. A maddening streak of exploring every nook and cranny in my humble abode, in hopes of even the faintest wifi signal, as it is my only means of communication with the French Producer i am finishing up an album with.  A winding path that led to excellent shows, decent shows, and intimate shows. Daily hustle and Daley’s perpetual bullshit.  Rushing to pick up my son from school multiple times a week due to bouts with asthma.  Single father trying his best to raise an oversensitive daughter.

Frankly…i am fucking exhausted.

But i must say…it all makes for good music.

Thank you all for being patient with me.

“The Truth Campaign”

Coming soon.

So I’ve been enlisted to open for some pretty damn Kosher artists if i dare say so myself. First of all I opened for Louis Logic & Type on the last leg of their Sillier Than Thou tour. The show was at Elastic Arts, and there were just enough people to make it a nice intimate show. Fans that attended had a crapload of fun.

And also on Saturday I will be opening for Chilean hip hop artist Anita Tijoux at Martyrs’. It’s gonna be a nice medley of English and Spanish music and also of straight up raw hip hop and politically charged hip hop music! Can’t wait. We’ll have Olmeca, Son Del Viento, and Rebel Diaz on the lineup as well!! Plus, anyone who was born in 1977 gets into the show for free! (Click on the picture below to read the Sun-Times interview with Anita Tijoux)

Check out the collaboration I did with BBU entitled “BBU & Phillip Mo” on their new mixtape Fear of a Clear Channel Planet (brought to you by Ruby Hornet) This collab is over a lovely creation by Tha Truth Tella (who i am about to release a full length album with). Click on the image below to download FOR FREE!!