1. Jon Wayne was the name of a cowpunk, alt-country band in Los Angeles in the 1980s, made up of pseudonymous session musicians who decided to form a more underground band as a div...read more on Last.fm →
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Dec 2, 2014
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It almost sounds like the premise to a hip-hop joke: Jon Wayne, Samiyam, and Ras_G walk into Alchemist's studio and create a banger.
Well, it's real. Stones Throw's Bukowski recently paid a visit to Al The Chemist's Venice recording compound with S...
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sweeney kovar
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Oct 30, 2013
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A few years ago, a rotund young Caucasian with a formidable beard for someone under legal drinking age announced that he was releasing a seven-inch record with lauded L.A. indie label Stones Throw. Years passed, and the MC/producer released mixtapes ...
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sweeney kovar
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Nov 26, 2012
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Sometimes collaborations can suck. Today, creative folks can zap 1's and 0's over their digital computing machine to another creative person's digital computing machine and, by virtue of technology, collaborate on a song while inhabiting two non-over...
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sweeney kovar
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Aug 2, 2012
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Some of the purest moments in hip hop are spur of the moment. A few nights ago, unexpected and out of the blue, Jon Wayne dropped "Night School" on his SoundCloud page. The six-minute-plus banger is produced by Wayne, whose quirky but funky style is ...
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