{"id":2503,"date":"2010-02-24T21:15:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T05:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2010-09-27T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T20:21:08","slug":"gimme-five-juan-huevos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2010\/02\/gimme-five-juan-huevos\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Juan Huevos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2507\" title=\"treasurebathcover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/TBcover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"treasurebathcover\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/TBcover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/TBcover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/TBcover-1023x1023.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/TBcover.jpg 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>The likelihood of telling a story about a cancer-surviving butcher who spends his free time throwing down beats and spitting rhymes is, I would think, incredibly rare, like bleeding, bright pink filet minion rare.\u00c2\u00a0 Puns aside, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also the incredible true story of Juan Huevos, a hip-hop madman who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d probably rather be known for his stage presence than his medical history or side occupation.\u00c2\u00a0 The only problem with that being that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to separate that dim past from his gregarious stage presence and bright recording future.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone can struggle, but only certain people can come out of something like that vowing to party <em>and<\/em> providing the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>That aggressive creativity has so far produced two full lengths (2008\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>MC People Magazine<\/em> and 2009\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Treasure Bath<\/em>), an EP (<em>Golden Shower: High Class Demos<\/em>), and a fliptape (which <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendId=8875982&amp;blogId=462665558\">he describes<\/a> as an evolution of the mixtape). On the latest, <em>Treasure Bath<\/em>, Huevos shines at his most earnest yet\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhich for him translates as a dizzying display of beat-conscious bravado and wit with a healthy dose of self-awareness thrown in.\u00c2\u00a0 He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s as likely to offend with dirty jokes, as he is to stun with the intimacy of his reflections. Mostly, he provokes\u00e2\u20ac\u201d humor, disgust, amusement, thought, dancing.\u00c2\u00a0 On record and live, he is nothing if not present, in the moment, and in your ear insisting you party while he supplies the tunes.<\/p>\n<p>And now the answers to these five mind-boggling questions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your music were a fashion accessory, what would it be?<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><br \/>\nLarry Blackmon from Cameo&#8217;s red codpiece because I&#8217;m cocky but I blush easily.\u00c2\u00a0 Can&#8217;t I be shy, too?<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MZjAantupsA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MZjAantupsA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What does it mean to be a briefcase rocker?<\/strong><br \/>\nBeing a <a href=\"http:\/\/briefcaserockers.com\/\">Briefcase Rocker<\/a> means you are going to find yourself in crev situations on a regular basis, which can be a curse or a blessing depending on your mood.\u00c2\u00a0 But the best part is having people all over the world that you get to collaborate with, play shows with, party with, crash with &#8230; some of whom you may have never even met in person until that moment.\u00c2\u00a0 We got a lot of talented artists in the crew who deserve serious attention, I&#8217;m stoked to be in their company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe the last time you totally jammed out to a song.<\/strong><br \/>\nI was working on a song with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/softcompany\">Missy Thangs<\/a> and we were laying down keyboard parts.\u00c2\u00a0 We were super hype on what we were coming up with and we couldn&#8217;t stop bopping around.\u00c2\u00a0 We haven&#8217;t worked on the song since, but we were dancing our asses off.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2513\" title=\"virgin_suicides\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/virgin_suicides-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"virgin_suicides\" width=\"126\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/virgin_suicides-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/virgin_suicides.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think most of my influences and inspirations are painfully obvious.\u00c2\u00a0 Once, in 1999, I wrote a poem about Kirsten Dunst.\u00c2\u00a0 I had just seen The Virgin Suicides and I thought she was super cute.\u00c2\u00a0 I wanted to send it to her.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe i can post it on her Facebook page?\u00c2\u00a0 Just kidding, I&#8217;m over it.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childstarlets.com\/lobby\/bios\/portraits\/kirsten_dunst12.jpg\">KD doesn&#8217;t do it for me anymore.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><br \/>\nFor a week I wanted to be a professional football player.\u00c2\u00a0 I was a Chicago Bears fan and I wanted to be like Walter Payton.\u00c2\u00a0 Seeing as how he raps and dances in the video for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fJNC3dgreaU\">The Super Bowl Shuffle<\/a>, I guess it came true.\u00c2\u00a0 Even if I look more like Steve Fuller.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/juanhuevos\">here<\/a> for more on Juan Huevos&#8217; music and upcoming shows.\u00c2\u00a0 And please, do give the man a high five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The likelihood of telling a story about a cancer-surviving butcher who spends his free time throwing down beats and spitting rhymes is, I would think, incredibly rare, like bleeding, bright pink filet minion rare.\u00c2\u00a0 Puns aside, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also the incredible true story of Juan Huevos, a hip-hop madman who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d probably rather be known for his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[311],"class_list":["post-2503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","tag-gimme-five"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3603,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions\/3603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}