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Diet Kong

CAPITALIST ART ROCK!

About Me

I'm Keith [Keith] and this is my band Diet Kong. We make Capitalist Art Rock. Freedom, Art, Money. Get out of my way. A person is smart. Groups of people are dumb. Nothing is bigger than a person. Government and social pressure must be minimal. Respect each others rights and only have laws to protect them. Oh yeah, we have songs, too. 10 of them are on our recent self-titled cd (guess what it's called).
I like to wrap my feet and arms in duct tape when we play, paint my suit and pour baby powder over me.
Intellectual Reason: I wanted to create a contemporary western version of the Sadhu in India who meditate in crematoriums and cover themselves in human ash.
Real Reason: It's entertaining. Truthfully, it makes great dust clouds and hides cocaine habits.
As for accolades, we were 97 on the CMJ Top 200 Chart, New York's Deli Magazine said we're "a stirring musical apparition... with Arcade Fire-like appeal", and my mom just can't figure out why we're not playing the Regis Show instead of those crappy bands. Her words. We're from Brooklyn.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/17/2006
Band Website: dietkong.com
Band Members: Keith Keith - Alan Ess - FS - Vin Ess
Influences:

Record Label: Onus Records | Patriarch Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A hypocrite and His Prizes

Why would people believe in someone who says one thing and does another? Doesn't make sense. I value people who do what they say. Al Gore, champion of the environment, flying private jets around the...
Posted by Diet Kong on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:55:00 PST

VERY HOT review

Read the post from The inner Ear Blog below or click here to visit the blog. Thursday, May 31, 2007Lesson V: Very Hot by Diet KongTime to set the scene. You play a show with your band in the afternoo...
Posted by Diet Kong on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:13:00 PST

Alan and Jerome

I 've been missing them ...
Posted by Diet Kong on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:44:00 PST

Aqua Teen Movie

Not even close guys. God awful really. It makes Club Dread seem tolerable. Thing is, I love Aqua Teen episodes. 15 minutes of bizarre warmth feels good. Stick to 15 minutes. Critics beware: Jen...
Posted by Diet Kong on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

White People in Harlem

My Dominican cab driver was surprised to see droves of whitefolk in those parts, heading for the United Palace Theater. This is actually Washington Heights, north of Harlem, but Harlem sounds better ...
Posted by Diet Kong on Wed, 09 May 2007 04:06:00 PST

Say it, Say it!

Thanks to Carlos Mencia for his Freedom of Speech episode. I've been saying it, and I'm glad he's saying it louder. Check this clip...
Posted by Diet Kong on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:43:00 PST

Oh yeah, totally

This picture you drew, Scott, the thumbnail self-portrait. You nailed you. You've always been a dark cartoon, operating in black and whites.The last two times we spoke, we talked casually about diff...
Posted by Diet Kong on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:24:00 PST

?Last Person

could be the last person I need to know
Posted by Diet Kong on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:13:00 PST

Evil Eggroll


Posted by Diet Kong on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:02:00 PST

Monkeys Do Not Have Sex with Elephants

The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in Chelsea features thousands of artworks from the Himalayas. The inviting space is like a mini-Guggenheim with live music, maroon, yellow and crest-colored gallery walls...
Posted by Diet Kong on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:52:00 PST