Trialz & Tribulationz

So we're in the lab right now. We've been working on this one track off and on for months now and we're finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel with it's level of completion. We all got real gigs ((Tshurhad= marketing/events dude * HaveMax= graphic designer * Chae= hair stylist)) so time spent on songs feel like dog years for us...it's a wild beast trying to sneak in weekend & after-work hours with families, financial needs & other grown-folk ish to worry about.

That Hot Kink Not Laboratory

That's why each song birthed from us feel like our babies. Each project pushes us further to create a better work of art- more concise and more polished. Our focus is to create a collection of pieces that somehow fit together- even tell a story, if you can make sense of the whole hodgepodge.

Being in a group like Kinky Notti ain't no punk. Art of course is highly preferential by nature. One has a way of guarding and offending one's personal tastes as sacred and highly valid. Therefore, the subtlest differences in flavors can send a group's project back to the drawing board in a moment's time.

Primping before the performance
New Years Eve 07 @ the Hyatt Regency

Just last weekend, Chae & HaveMax got into it real ugly...to the point of Have saying "get the fuck out of my house" and Chae saying "and I won't ever come back!" But days after that, everyone was back to chilling again like fam. That's the whole maddening side of being involved with such a dynamic trio. We're all extremely opinionated artists (not to mention the drama that comes when you add together two women with diva mentalities and random PMS-induced mood swings)...it's no wonder that trios rarely exist in the music biz with two chicks and one dude. Poor Tshurhad is always in the middle of the cat fights thinking "these bitches are crazy as hell!!"

**shots from the CRB Box Social ©2008 Joe M. Reyes**

We're all extremely passionate about the ideas, influences & talent we each bring to the table. When we disagree, one often feels obligated to bring one's case before the jury, thus testifying one's right for their idea to live on a track. As follows, the defense presents its argument until a final verdict is reached between all, otherwise all die of exhaustion during the process. It's like a war zone...we have to fight to the finish.

A trio equals instant democracy for any given situation, along with instinctual feelings of "this time it's me against the double-crossers". All experience being "the rejectee" where one either mediates a situation or is forced to reconcile ones differences with the others. However, the magic lives inside those auspicious moments when a concept can be shared equally amongst all. The result is nothing short of collaborative genius at its finest- a triumph over the human ego. The product is music. (( I, You, She, We = the next completed Kinky Notti single!!!))

So lets see...we got Nasty Nasty, Beneath the Deck, Respirator Thump, and Caught Up so far...with this new banger, that makes us one step closer to a complete Kinky Notti collection. WORD!

Kinky Notti NYE 2007

It's like magic when the group comes together

.....Peace to the Babies.....

Bar Louie Blizzard

So this one time we all headed to the Bar Louie in Hyde Park for a lil group "pow wow" over veggie burgers. It was freezing cold and we couldn't find parking anywhere around the spot, so HaveMax & Chae went inside while "Chivalrious Chivas" proceeded to park the car another two or three blocks away from the bar.

It went for bad all of a sudden and that's when we witnessed what we swear was the most insane snowstorm in Chicago weather history! No, but really- how can it start off at 40-degrees and then drop to 20-below zero (w/windchill factor) all in one day? The storm was at full throttle by the time we finished dinner, but all our dumasses decided to still ruff it and run to go get the car through the snowstorm...

Now don't forget that Kinky Notti is from the Chi, so please believe we've all seen our share of blizzards, but this storm was a fucking beast...The wind blew so strong, the snowflakes damn near flew horizontally! Anyway, as we were running to the car, we whipped the camera out for some blizzard shots just for shits-n-giggles.

The two-block dash to the car started out all cute and fun

And then it got so crazy, all we could do was scream and run!

For a sec the storm got too wild to even play around in. Have Max and Chae had to run and seek shelter in a condo lobby while Chiv ran the rest of the way to the car. The doorman didn't even care that we didn't live in the building... he ruled! He actually helped us crack jokes on a lady and her dog who got blown all the way up the street!

Which one would you choose? Shelter or the car?

Chiv Rock after the fastest
"brush the snow off the car maneuver" in history

This looks like the eye of the storm in comparison to what we faced that nite

AYo "Tshaheed" take us the funk outa here...

Kink Not Photoshoot ©2007

First and foremost, Jess put her foot into this photo shoot. It took us all like 3 weeks just to get the date set...but finally that day we were able to John Witherspoon-it... co-ordinate (rabbit getting old). We woke up to a slightly overcast day with a whopping 40 degree temp in Chicago with the promise of rain. At first, we were thinking about writing a rain check, but then we thought of how cool the shots may be if it stayed dry. Clouds on overcast days provide perfect shadows, perfect light. Anyway, peep game. What's your favorite Kink Not Shot?

Chiv: Set the stage baby!
Have: We would like to welcome everyone to the Kink Not Photoshoot
Chae: Where the fuck is Kinky Notti?

Chiv: Now wah-me superman that ho! Youuuuu...
Have: How's my hair?
Chae: Come here girl, lemme hook you up...

Chiv: Here comes the hot stepper
Have: Yo soy una modela!
Chae: My boobies are cold...Chiv, lemme share your jacket

Chiv: Look- is that a titty in the rope?!
Have: Now what is this girl doing down on the flo?
Chae: Fuck that- these heels are five inches, bitches!

Chiv: Yeah bitch...fuck you say??
Have: Now What??
Chae: Oooh! I gotta pee!

Chiv: Excuse, please
Have: What u know about them Daisy Duck heelz?
Chae: TT rest-ta-go...

Chiv: Us girlz can boogie too...we can dance, we can shake it!
Have: Puss-n-boots
Chae: Shakin' in them boots

Chiv: kick it over here baby Pop!
Have: I know kung-fu!
Chae: Lemme stand back here and catch my breath

All: (Nuf said)

Chiv: As if you can even fuck with it?
Have: Wow..my leg looks eight days long on this one
Chae: Since when is TIME a measurement on the metric scale?

Chiv: Heyyy ayyyy nowww...you done got me ackin wild!

Have: Wait! What's my motivation?
Chae: I told you that boy got problems!

Chiv: "Said now I...I...I..."
Have: Chiv on that James Brown shiddddd again
Chae: I'm serious...he really got problems!

Chiv: Aint shit sweet
Have: I think my hair is starting to feel the buzz
Chae: Gimme some

Chiv: Don't make me f*ck yo ass up
Have: Feeling a lil Kinky & Naughty by now
Chae: Ooh yeah!

OK...so now we're down to the hot shots. These are Kinky Notti's five favorite photos from the photoshoot. We seriously can't decide which one's the hottest, but yo- did you peep the "Hot Shot Poll" in the sidebar at the top of the page? We wanna know which one you dig, so vote for your fav pic.

Hot Shot 1

Hot Shot 2

Hot Shot 3

Hot Shot 4

Hot Shot 5

Back From Blog Holiday

Peace to the babies. I won't dally and fiddle <--(WTF? dally and fiddle?...Black Sheep?! in the meantime?! Well, Heads get it). I know it's been a hot min but we're back in the mix to do the whole blog thing once more. It's Chiv and Have on a Saturday eve just fucking around on the old trusy Mac - G4 Cube...classic. We invited Chae through...she'll fall through in a min! But anyway, lets get this blog game up cause "We got a lotta private jokes to share" if you care to tune in. We figured that if we didn't post an update on the happs of Kink Nott, since our last posting in September, that you'd assume that we haven't been up to shit. So let's start where we left off...

Kinky Notti is Now Available on iTunes!! Have Max...Graphics... Tshurhad Chivas...photos. All in-house, that's how we do. Shouts out to the first official Kinky Notti model, Memeco ((so sexxxy sexxxy)). She's the silent film star in our cinematic debut...

Kinky Notti "Nasty Nasty" Now availble on iTunes!

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Virgin Blog

This is the first Kinky Notti blog ever posted...wow...guess I need to say something interesting now. Well, I'm Have Max of the extraordinary group, Kinky Notti. We're based out of The Go...Chi-Town...The City of Wind...whichever nickname you prefer.

Kinky Notti consists of my Self...the Self of my guy Tshurhad Chivas...and the Self of my girl Chae. It's a very dynamic trio...sometimes I think we all need to permanently rock capes and tights...and I believe we will go very far. That's actually the purpose of this blog spot...to document the success of Kinky Notti as the movement grows.

So right now, we're newbies in the game...with two singles under our belt..."Beneath the Deck", which was released January 1 of 2007, and "Nasty Nasty" which debuted on July 6th of '07. So far so good...we've had a nice amount of exposure via shows and appearances in Chicago-land...we even ventured to New Orleans for a show during Jazz Fest weekend. Of course myspace has been our best friend as a means for gaining exposure. And finally, "Nasty Nasty" is available for digital purchase via iTunes, and many other online music sources.

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So cop the music and stay tuned while we check in and keep you posted on the latest haps in the world of Kink Nott.

Peace to the Babies...