“And the Nothing From Which Nothing Comes” Now Available Everywhere The Internet Is

My new album “And the Nothing From Which Nothing Comes”* is now available to stream on all streaming services. I mean, I don’t know about all streaming services. I can only name two: Apple Music and Spotify. It’s available on those two services for sure. But I think Jay-Z has a streaming service too, right? I don’t… Continue reading “And the Nothing From Which Nothing Comes” Now Available Everywhere The Internet Is

Transcendentality

Download the new EP for pay-what-you-want/can: http://marathonofdope.com/portfolio/rob-crooks-transcendentality/ We use the word transcendentality in order to distinguish it from forms of new-age or religious transcendentalism. Transcendentality is not about the pure authentic self transcending mere appearances. Nor is transcendentality about the eternal soul transcending the finite body, or the transcendental subject, untouched by the empirical world.… Continue reading Transcendentality

Sunday, November 15th: Greg MacPherson w/ Rob Crooks

This Sunday, I’ll be opening up for Greg MacPherson at the Good Will in Winnipeg. Greg, along with co-owner Cam Loeppky, run Disintegration Records, the label that I am currently recording my new album for.  All the songs I’ll be performing at this show will be from this upcoming album. The album is a continuation… Continue reading Sunday, November 15th: Greg MacPherson w/ Rob Crooks

End the War on the Holiday Rap Convention

There is a War on the Holiday Rap Convention and we are sick of it. That’s why I have banded together with John Smith, Nestor Wynrush, Lonnie Ce, 3Peat and Cvlt Wvffle to end the insanity. Every year when we report Haters assaults on the traditions of the Holiday Rap Convention, the crazy loons begin… Continue reading End the War on the Holiday Rap Convention

Anyone Who’s Anyone (Will Die)

Last spring I played a show with a group from Winnipeg called Ghost Twin. The two members and I developed a mutual respect for each other, and ended up becoming friends. Ghost Twin are made up of a married couple, both of whom work in film in Winnipeg. Their dancy goth electronica (for lack of… Continue reading Anyone Who’s Anyone (Will Die)

Philosophy

Do you think God had faith in himself? I mean, if he was so all-powerful and so all-knowing – like everyone says he was – then wouldn’t he have just known he was real? He wouldn’t have needed to have faith. Right? I mean: if you know everything, you don’t need faith. The definition of having faith is not knowing;… Continue reading Philosophy