The Fam Bam: Charlos Rambino
Guys, I don’t know where to start on this one… I’m gonna start by saying this is another blog post about some of the most amazing people in the world...and I also have the honor of calling these people my friends…I’m so proud to being writing about my good friend, Charlie Curtis-Beard
Charlie Curtis-Beard is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska. He’s currently in Chicago, studying at Columbia College Chicago. I’m gonna say it now, Charlie can claim Chicago! He rides hard for this city! And I’m not even mad at it and I’m born and raised on the South Side…sooo, I mean…
The funny part about how I met Charlie, was the fact that I met him 3-4 times before he could actually remember that he’d met me. I worked as a resident advisor at the UC for two years, so I was almost always in the building. Charlie was a resident of the building at the time, so we were bound to cross paths. In addition to this, hanging out with Melody Kai almost ensured that I’d see Charlie here and there.
I didn’t really get to know Charlie until he released an LP called Childish. Melody was on several songs so I didn’t have much of a choice but to listen...now I listen to Childish by choice ALL the time. Literally anytime Mel sings with Charlie, my best friend Jen and I are there to support!
I recently had the honor of attending Charlie’s listening party for his latest project, Existentialism on Lakeshore Drive or XOLSD for short…
...Charlie has the very rare ability to understand the circumstances of an entire generation of people... and then adequately convey all of the emotions that these circumstances evoke as music! Amazing music! I have no other words but that. If you’re feeling lost… misunderstood… alone….listen to this album… actually just listen to Charlie’s music in general!
XOLSD has songs that will literally have you up and dancing! And then, there are songs that have memories dancing around the corridors of your mind! By the end of XOLSD, you enter a level of introspection comparable to Sherlock’s mind palace (Shout out to all my Cumberbatch kids, my Holmies, and my cumberbitches!).
Personally, XOLSD is now the theme of my entire life! Charlie is great! Listen to the project! Listen to his music! I’ll link to Charlie's internet stuff at the bottom of this post…well actually there are links all over...
XOLSD will be another blessing on your lap on November 17th!
Side Bar: ...guys seriously Charlie is awkward and he knows it...the truth is that I'm nothing but an awko taco myself...We have a tradition?? Ritual?? IDK...we used to act like two positive ends of an awkward magnet so it created this whole awkward vibe... so now when we link up, we mock our old selves being awkward as kinda a weird awkward people gesture, ritual thing....point being...nothing
Peace, Love, Soul, Emerithing and more,
Em
Bloggers Note: Yo, Charlie! Mybad for sending you that Steph Curry GIF when the Warriors beat the Cavs. I was under the impression that you were a Golden State fan. I legit inadvertently sent you that GIF slightly destroying your soul but I thought I was just spreading the love and happiness! I still don’t like Lebron though, mybad B.