[_Journalized_11.18.2011_]

My Friday recommendation to you is this new song by J-Krafty.

Joe Kowan (a kind of Clark Kent to the Kraft-er's harder persona) is a Boston-area singer/songwriter who's currently a finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition for his work on a particularly twisted bit of parental-love imagination, a little chestnut from the old Kowan setlist that he calls "Double-Sided".

That's not this song, this new one that I want to direct you to, but once you've got that piece of information under control, it's not too hard to understand where he's going with his newer work. (In 2010, he blew up the probably never-before-invaded gray area between crafting and gangsta rap: a song call "Crafty" that comes with a ridiculously well-done video: HERE.)

Now, it's Sasquatch. His newest work is another piece of novel(-ty?) hip-hop called "Bigfoot Likes the Ladies." One part Andy Samburg/The Lonely Island, one part Digital Underground: I can't excuse myself, when it comes to loving this weirdo-music that J-Krafty makes. I can't impose some kind of ironic overlay. I'm not certain that Kowan is, in fact, kidding. I think he might mean it. If he does, it's all the better. As it stands, his newest work is good; it's smart and it's original. It just might be great.

So, have a listen to "Bigfoot Likes the Ladies", which is the new J-Krafty joint: HERE. You can tell him I sent you.