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“WARHOL, TO ME, WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MY DEVELOPMENT.”
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{BY MIKE SHANLEY}
RAISING CASH FOR KARL For decades now, Karl Hendricks has been known for singing frankly about love and loss, without holding anything back. But when the indie rocker’s guitar is put away and the roar of the power chords fades, Hendricks comes across as a rather private, mild-mannered shopkeeper, the owner of Bloomfield’s Sound Cat Records. So when Hendricks was diagnosed with oral cancer earlier this year, it was not something that was going to be publicized in the store. Sound Cat remains open for business, but Hendricks continues to recover at home. He racked up medical bills due to the illness, and several friends decided to help. Jon Solomon, who has released albums by the Karl Hendricks Trio on his Comedy Minus One label, launched a donation page on the website GiveForward.com. At press time, the page had raised just over $34,000 — 85 percent of its $40,000 goal. (It can be found at http://tinyurl.com/helpkarlh and will be active through Oct. 2.) Dan Allen, a longtime friend and Pittsburgh music-scene enthusiast, has helped organize a local benefit concert Fri., Aug. 22, at Brillobox. Performers include national acts Tim Midyett and Andy Cohen (of Comedy Mine One labelmates Bottomless Pit) and Dama/Libra (which includes Joel R.L. Phelps), along with locals The Gotobeds, Carousel and Line Forms. The latter two bands feature Karl Hendricks Trio members Jake Leger and Corey Layman, respectively. And on Sat., Sept. 27, Sound Cat employees Jason Baldinger and “Red Bob” Junkunz will present a literary benefit at ModernFormations at which Hendricks’ short-story chapbook Stan Getz Isn’t Coming Back will be available. Musical benefits are also being held in Columbus (Aug. 23) and Boston (Oct. 3). Details for all can be found on the GiveForward page. Allen, who has been friends with Hendricks for more than 20 years, is encouraged by the support. “It’s just amazing to see the amount of folks who have turned out. A lot of people care about the guy,” he says. “And I’m incredibly grateful to everyone taking part in the Brillobox show. Everybody involved with it got back to me within a week.”
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“A LOT OF PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE GUY.”
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KARL HENDRICKS BENEFIT SHOW featuring TIM MIDYETT AND ANDY COHEN OF BOTTOMLESS PIT, DAMA/ LIBRA, THE GOTOBEDS, CAROUSEL, LINE FORMS. 8 p.m. Fri., Aug. 22. Brillobox, 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $10. 412-621-4900 or www.brillobox.net N E W S
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HANCELLOR WARHOL (real name: Antonio Boleyjack) has become one of the more notable hip-hop exports in a town not necessarily known for hip hop: Nashville. The rapper and visual artist took his stage name based on his affinity for Andy Warhol; on Sat., Aug. 23, he plays The Andy Warhol Museum, in his first trip to his namesake’s institution on the North Side. He spoke with CP about his music, art and inspiration.
ARE YOU ORIGINALLY FROM NASHVILLE? No, I’m originally from Mars; I landed in 1983 … OH, GREAT! Yeah, this is getting really interesting, right? No, I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s not the biggest hip-hop scene, but it’s pretty fun. THAT’S SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT: IS THERE A BUDDING SCENE THERE? IS THERE A HISTORY TO HIP HOP THERE? IT’S OBVIOUSLY A CITY BETTER KNOWN FOR COUNTRY, AND EVEN ROCK. I think it’s evolved a lot. I’ve always been an outsider, because I grew up in a community of skateboarders, grew up on grunge and punk music, backpack rap. My upbringing is a little different from the normal hip-hop [background]. You incorporate that with a lot of the indie bands that came up on the scene before Paramore got big, Kings of Leon, bands like that — I incorporate more of that side of it than a mainstream hip-hop side of it. I definitely see myself as one of the torchbearers of hip hop here.
{PHOTO COURTESY OF JOSHUA BLACK WILKINS}
Rap collage artist: Chancellor Warhol
A LOT OF RAPPERS MOVE TO ATLANTA OR NEW YORK OR WHEREVER — WHY STICK AROUND NASHVILLE? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THERE? No, I’m never comfortable. I’m always traveling. I’m actually moving to L.A. in Novem-
CHANCELLOR WARHOL WITH DJ SOY SOS
8 p.m. Sat., Aug. 23. The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. $12-15. All ages. 412-237-8300 or www.warhol.org
ber for an extended amount of time. Most of my dealings are in L.A. and New York. WHY DID YOU TAKE THE NAME CHANCELLOR WARHOL? It’s crazy that I’m even playing there; it’s like playing the biggest venue in the world to me. Like performing at Madison Square. Warhol, to me, was an integral part of my development. I went to school for design, and when you think of art or pop culture, he’s synonymous with that. So automatically, I drew toward that as a name for my music. All the culture that he left behind CONTINUES ON PG. 24
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