Eid Mubarak friends and comrades! We took a big leap forward this week on Episode 19 of The Chris Gabo Show. Remember last week when I said "I don't want a fucking podcast I wanna host late night???" Well yo, thus far, this is the closest I've gotten to the type of show I ACTUALLY wanna do. This week was Analisa Velez's first episode as an official co-host, her first week of a four-week contract. SAY MASHALLAH! We opened the show by sharing a stripped down version of a song called "We Invented Love" that I've been working on with my beloved Reef Loretto, the big homie Richie Beretta the and the Likeminds luminaries with the young god Trackfingers on the piano. After that Analisa and I interviewed brother of my heart Hisham Fageeh about the current epidemic cowardice and fascist aquiesence at Columbia University. Then, we were blessed with two songs and an incredibly inspiring interview with the wildly talented Eleanor Kingston, Jordan Everett, and Grant Dacklin followed by the wildest "Proving Ground" segment yet where Analisa beat my ass in a freestyle battle DJ'd by LA legend Merc Eighty on the ones and twos. Shit was bananas. I really hope you enjot it. You have no idea how long I've wanted to say the words "we got a great show for you tonight folks" over a piano riff. Bucket list moment unlocked. Truly.
