*THIS MISSIVE IS FROM THE CRACK EMCEE, AN AMAZING FELLOW MUSICIAN HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO …

one of my best friends, Lloyd Francis, is

riskin’ his life shooting photos for The Army Times.

And he’s been gettin’ some really, really chilling

stuff. Click on the “Frontline Photos” link and see

what he’s up to – anything with “L.Francis” under it

is his:

http://armytimes.com/

Rolling back a bit, when I was in France, I met a

really good DJ that I think most of you will like. He

goes by the name of “L’Amateur” but he’s a pro all the

way. Really good and funky mixes – even for a French

guy:

http://www.nulog.com/djs3.php?id=8

Because of my friend, John Knect, I had a (very small)

hand in a new HP Ipod commercial that’s showin’ up

everywhere. Here’s a link so you can see why:

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/hpads/you/music/index.html

Donnell Alexander’s excellent book, “Ghetto

Celebrity”, was just released in paperback. I do

several walk-ons in it but the sex, and drugs, are the

real stars. Pick up a copy for the bus:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/140005298X/ref=lpr_g_1/102-4611569-8963367?v=glance&s=books

K.U.S.F.’s Josh Wilson wrote a really nice piece,

about “That San Francisco Sound”, that mentions my

work, with the Broun Fellinis, as a major influence.

You can read it here:

http://www.sfbg.com/39/09/cover_noise_joshwilson.html

Oh! – speakin’ of Broun Fellinis – Kevin Carnes, my

favorite drummer in the whole wide world, has a new

website up. And he even put two of my rockin’ Little

White Radio tracks on it. Smoke a joint before you pay

a visit. That’s a warning:

http://www.stylusquo.com/ This is my sister’s website. Musicians – click on the

resume’ and eat your heart out:

http://www.marvaholiday.com/

My (sometime) writing home, Better Propaganda, has

just passed their one-year Anniversary. It’s a great

site for getting free music:

http://betterpropaganda.com/

I, finally, got “Rap’s Creation” in Tower – you pay in

Tower:

http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=CDB0448110012

And, finally, I’ve attached a copy of “The Message”, a

new little ditty I did (with Mark Pistel of

Consolidated) as kind of a Holiday gift to the world.

Send it to someone you love.

Happy Chanukah – and Christmas – to you all,

-CMC

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/crackemcee

Play Nice.