Video: JOSH MARTINEZ w MOKA ONLY- Underground Pop (2009)

I'd say that Josh Martinez is a local treasure, but the raspy-voiced emcee is just as much a product of his other hometown (Vancouver, B.C.) as he is a Portlander. Regardless, last year's The World Famous Sex Buffet was a fantastic record-despite its goofy title-and Martinez has completed videos for eight songs from the album, but avoided one for its standout track, "Underground Pop," until now. An excellent tribute to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -the Ralph Steadman lettering is a nice touch-Martinez is a rapping Raoul Duke, accompanied by [...]

Nothing I love more than a video round-up. Especially when Josh Martinez is involved. Dude puts out more videos than Madonna in her heyday, but there's a pretty high level of quality control on them, too. Especially on this one, directed by the fabled Stuey Kubrick (purported to be the "pervert nephew" of one Stanley Kubrick. This single, though, is one of Mr. Martinez's finest to date. How this man has dodged international stardom is a total mystery to me (in fact, he is so huge a star in his native Canada that he [...]