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The Rejection Collection 2: The Cream of the Crap: More Cartoons You’ve Never Seen, and Never Will See, in The New Yorker–edited by Matthew Diffee (2007)

Posted in Alex Gregory, Ariel Molvig, Arnie Levin, Barbara Smaller, C. Covert Darbyshire, Carolita Johnson, Christopher Weyant, Danny Shanahan, David Sipress, Drew Dernavich, Eric Lewis, Gahan Wilson, Glen Le Lievre, Harry Bliss, J.B. Handelsman, J.C. Duffy, Jack Ziegler, Jason Patterson, John O'Brien, Julia Suits, Kim Warp, Leo Cullum, Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Marshall Hopkins, Matthew Diffee, Michael Crawford, Michael Shaw, Mick Stevens, Mike Twohy, Mort Gerberg, New Yorker, Nick Downes, Oddisee, P.C. Vey, P.S. Mueller, Pat Byrnes, Paul Noth, Robert Leighton, Robert Weber, Roz Chast, Sam Gross, Sidney Harris, Tiny Desk Concert, Tom Cheney, William Haefeli, Zachary Kanin on July 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

reject2SOUNDTRACK: ODDISEE–Tiny Desk Concert #451 (June 26, 2015).

oddisee Oddisee is a positive rapper.  That photo of him smiling really conveys the tone of his songs–well, that and the fact that the first song is called “That’s Love.”  He raps really quickly.  He also gets a wonderful call and response going on “That’s Love” where he has the NPR staff sing along to his chorus.  (The opening scene shows him practicing with the audience).  And he really gets everyone going.

I don’t know what his recorded output sounds like, but in this Tiny Desk, he’s with only a keyboardist and a drummer.  The live drummer is a great addition.

“Contradiction’s Maze” has a few sung choruses (he has a good singing voice too).  They don’t really modify the keyboard sound for the songs, which isn’t all that interesting.  It sets a nice background for all the songs, but it does make things sound a little samey.  “Belong To The World” is similarly uplifting, but I honestly had a hard time distinguishing it from the previous song.

Despite that, his positive attitude and generally upbeat personality were quite infectious.

[READ: July 24, 2015] The Rejection Collection 2

The Rejection Collection is back!  Presumably the first collection was successful enough that Diffee was prepared to do another one.  He gathers many of the same cartoonists (although at least a half a dozen did not return) and he gathered some new folks as well (for a total of 38 this time).

Returning: Leo Cullum, Pat Byrnes, Sam Gross, Mike Twohy, C. Covert Darbyshire, Drew Dernavich, Christopher Weyant, Kim Warp, John O’Brien, Marisa Acocella Marchetto, Danny Shanahan, Mick Stevens, Mort Gerberg, Michael Crawford, P.C. Vey, Gahan Wilson, Glen LeLievre, Alex Gregory, J.C. Duffy, Carolita Johnson, Ariel Molvig, Michael Shaw, Eric Lewis, P.S. Mueller, David Sipress, Jack Ziegler.

New additions include:  Paul Noth, Roz Chast, Marshall Hopkins, Nick Downes, Robert Leighton, Julia Suits, Zachary Kanin, Harry Bliss, Jason Patterson, J.B. Handelsman, Sidney Harris, Jack Ziegler, Robert Weber. (more…)

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