livetweet of danny brown and kitty show at rock & roll hotel in DC
by buttercup
kitty is a rapper, artist, and writer from daytona beach, florida
almost exactly one year ago i became aware of kitty's youtube channel and video 'okay cupid' which 'kickstarted' her career as a performer
in that time we've encountered each other and/or our 'paths have crossed' with varying frequency and under extreme, coincidence-resembling circumstances
when hanging out in brooklyn shortly after kitty moved to NYC i was at an L train stop eating pizza with lk shaw and mike bushnell when kitty walked down the stairs and i recognized her, mouth-full, and said her name
she seemed surprised/afraid, but we had interacted some via tumblr(?) and i assured her it was 'me, buttercup', and not a deranged fan. we talked for a minute and she invited me to her show with the bruiser brigade in brooklyn at the paper box
it turned out to be the night she announced she had joined danny brown's hip hop collective. i livetweeted about it, expressing consistent feelings of nervousness and unease
[highlights from 9/19 danny brown, flatbush zombies, kitty show
livetweet at the paper box in brooklyn by buttercup]
kitty and i interacted minimally at the show but a few weeks later i solicited her for an interview via the i am alt lit weekly interview show ::CONFIDENTIAL:: which is no longer available due to having been subject to a 'spreecast black-out' late last year
however kitty 'slyly'/'savvily' recorded her side of the interview in two videos, which can be viewed here and here
[facebook photo of kitty at her birthday party in NYC
with my friend and old roommate igor 'igs' fedorovskiy,
feel 'baffled' that/have no idea how he got booked to DJ this party,
'small world', etc.]
recently there was a medium-to-significant scandal surrounding an incident that occured while danny and kitty were on tour that kitty wrote about for vice's music division, noisey
last week, after reading her article i became curious if she and danny had any shows near me and checked to see their tour dates. i saw they were performing near my home in hyattsville, maryland in two days
[gmail chat between kitty and i]
the 'want to type 'thank you' a lot of time' typo seems like 'an omen' in retrospect, as you can see in my space-themed livetweet of the event, found below:
feel afraid, deep space afraid, a lot of ppl, unsure about everything, anticipating this will be fun #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
djing playing a song that has the phrase 'you're going to die' in the voice of the enterprise computer in star trek #livetweet
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
dj is kitty's brother, felt aware, didn't mention, she's doing 'dead island', thought 'dead space' idk #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
if i were a millionaire i would probably spend it all on one trip on virgin's 'space ship one' #livetweet #spaceyfrog.us/5j3mqoxvvxkevl…
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
does 'pbr' stood for 'pluto, beer, remember' #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
wish i were closer to the stage, too much... space... #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
kitty said 'i'm from florida... it's not a good place...' uh @kittaveli bro, do u kno where they launch space ships from #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
bro in a skywalker shirt came up to table and told us to 'take over the world' (cc: @kittaveli) #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
hanging out backstage seems like having access to a remote satellite or something idk... danny's going on in a min #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
tweeting from remote satellite router #livetweet #space twitter.com/steeephenmm/st…
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
remote satellite dysphoria, the dj's doing a sweet job but danny was supposed to go on at 10... #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
'space cadet' girl stared at me yelling indiscernibly, think she thinks i'm danny, think i think she's extremely confused #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
danny's wearing a post-apocalypse themed spacesuit, gonna try and snap his mercurial ass kicks #livetweet #space twitter.com/steeephenmm/st…
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
they look like something photographed from orbit around mars #livetweet #space twitter.com/steeephenmm/st…
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
danny's doing 'radio song', that's it, that's the tweet #livetweet #space #hoassaliens
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
second-hand [space metaphor for getting inhaling a significant amount of marijuana smoke] #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
thought of one, getting high off them solid combustion engines, lol... #livetweet #space
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
close up of danny's mayan mercury kicks #livetweet #space twitter.com/steeephenmm/st…
— steeephenmm (@steeephenmm) May 5, 2013
kitty and i discussed our interests in writing more about 'the crazy shit that happens in the hip-hop world'. i'm looking forward to future writing by her and encourage people interested in these themes to read my previous article 'what i shit on when shitting on hip-hop'
thanks to kitty, danny, kitty's brother (DJ sirvyx), kitty's mom, skywlkr, and nano for a sweet-ass night
EDIT: kitty performed this song at the show and i really enjoyed it
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