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Music Tuesday #025: Shop local!

A couple of months ago I met Tom de Geeter in my favorite coffee bar De Dingen.  He had trouble getting attention for his Youtube series on CGI Buffalo, a half-man half-buffalo cartoon who runs a Jazz show where he interviews real artists but always answers with Jazz facts or Jazz related questions (voice done by the US rapper Mike Ladd).  It is an interesting fun 5 minutes of kind of nonsense, kind of funny stuff. Anything which is absurd is OK in my book so I bought a first edition of his first three comic books in the CGI Buffalo series.  Next to his graphic design company, he also is a producer and runs Marathon of Dope, a music label for Indie music, rap and electronic music.  He played in various bands and has toured the world as well. Today’s song is from the album Tony’s Truck by his band Zucchini Driver. This song which somehow reminds me of El VY’s debut album and therefore I kinda like it!

To make sure you’ll never forget El VY here’s a song which is the pinnacle of the earworm category:
El VY - I’m The Man To Be

Why not buy some local music?
Next time you’re in your favorite bar, put down your phone and have a chat.  You might walk away with a bunch of comics and more music to listen to.

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