May 20, 2025 • 51 mins
In this first edition of Queue Points 1-On-1, we welcome Kyriacos, a dedicated listener and DJ from Houston. Kyriacos shares how his passion for music was shaped by his family, the Houston scene, and his journey into collecting vinyl. We talk about his favorite concerts, his approach to supporting artists through merch, and how he navigates the changing music industry. The conversation covers the influence of chopped and screwed music, Houston’s local talent, trends in live music, and why concert experiences matter. Plus, Kyriacos turns the tables and asks the hosts questions.
Join us as we connect with the community and explore real stories about music, concerts, and the culture around them.
Kyriacos is a creative, DJ and free spirit from Houston. Follow @kyriacos.tx on Instagram and @kyriacos2u.bsky.social on BlueSky.
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00:00 Intro Theme
00:16 Introducing Queue Points 1-On-1
02:25 Introducing Our Special Guest: Kyriacos
05:00 Kyriacos' Musical Journey and Influences
09:36 Current Favorite Artists and Concert Experiences
24:19 The Houston Music Scene and Emerging Artists
28:13 Chopped and Screwed: A Unique Sound
31:39 Discussing Maxwell's Influence
34:21 Kyriacos Questions for Queue Points
37:11 The Importance of Dressing Up
43:10 Concert Attendance and Empty Seats
45:09 Kyriacos' DJ Journey
50:00 Closing Remarks and Farewell
51:24 Outro Theme
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Greetings and welcome toanother episode of Queue Points Podcast.
I'm DJ Sir Daniel and my name.
Is J. Ray, sometimes known bymy government as Johnnie Ray Kornegay
III and Sir Daniel, this isfun. We're about to do something
we have never done before.
That's right, Jay Ray, we havecompany. And the thing is we, we
know that the success of thispodcast of Queue Points Podcast is
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based solely on community. Thesuccess of any podcast is built on
community. And we have thepleasure of having a village of people
that are just as knowledgeableand just as enthusiastic about speaking
upon about music and things ofthat nature, just like we are. And
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so we've decided to dosomething a little different. We're
trying it out. Our guest isour guinea pig and that's fine.
Oh, and we couldn't pick abetter one because listen, pick a
better one.
And on top of that, he has abuilt in fan base so good for us
that we have all the peopleshowing up this evening. The new,
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a lot of new people. And Iknew faces. And thank you for being
here. If you're here for ourguest, thank you for showing up for
him. Make sure you hit thatsubscribe button so you follow us
from here on out. But Jay Ray,let them know what, what, what we're
embarking on this particularepisode of Queue Points Podcast.
Yeah. So one of the thingsthat we are very excited about is
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just connecting with folks.And so we of course do a lot of topics
on Queue Points and what weare doing that's new is what we're
calling our Queue Points. Oneon one it is when y' all get the
opportunity to come on theshow and talk to us. So we get the
opportunity to talk to youabout music, what you love, what
you're not so loving, and y'all can even ask us questions. So
(02:08):
it's like a super exciting newproject that we're excited to launch
and we're excited that ourguest has decided to come on board.
So let's do. Let's. We shouldget into this thing. Let's, let's
launch in to our first QueuePoints One on one. Kyriakos is here
with us, creative DJ and freespirit. And welcome in to Queue Points
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Kiriakos. What's happening outof the chat, onto the screen.
Onto the screen. And if youcouldn't tell by the 10 gallon hat
hailing from what? Houston,Texas. Am I right?
Houston, Absolutely. Whatother city would there be like, hello.
So greetings and welcome toQueue Points Kyriacos. Thank you
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for Joining us.
Hey, y' all. Hey, y' all. Ifeel like. I feel like I'm in a space
with my big cousins right now.
That's what we be trying todo. You are.
You absolutely are. And it'sso funny because support is a verb.
I say that all the time.Right. And I have to say that we
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talking about our day ones,and Kyriakos is definitely one of
our day ones. You know, he'sgot pieces from the. From the Queue
Points store. He's. I can'ttell you how many text messages I
receive from him checking outa show. Maybe. Maybe not live during.
While it's on, but I'll get atext message from him saying, you
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know, you crazy, right? Or,you know, I'm in here howling. And,
you know, he'll. He'll sendyou those messages just to let you
know that he is, in fact,watching and enjoying and sharing
the content. So, you know,first and foremost, thank you for
that. Thank you for being asupporter, an active supporter.
Y' all are welcome. Y' all arewelcome. You know, it's my perfect
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weekend activity whileascending into the clouds. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, see, I.I use. I use my YouTube subscription
very well. Yeah, yeah. We dopay for YouTube Premium.
And I. We love that we get thechance to be part of, like, when
you're having a moment, youknow, we. That's what we create the
show to do. And I. One of thethings. I still remember this. There
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was. You were traveling, andthere was, like, the Queue Points
bag, and we got a picture ofthat bag, and you were just out and
about doing. It was holidaystuff, and so it was just really,
really dope.
So, yeah, those bags are verydurable. Yes, that's what they are.
Absolutely. And I can tell youthis from, you know, personal experience.
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One of the things thatKyriakos and I connected on is our
love of vinyl. And so we havebeen vinyl shopping when he's come
here to. To Atlanta. We've hitup the. The. All the spots, the vinyl
spots. I think, as a matter offact, you know what, Jay, right?
I just remembered this.Kyriakos was there at the very first,
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one of my very first vinylsets at JB's Record Lounge. Nice
with taste the music. Yeah,that was one of the very first times
he came into this, came intotown, and he came with a bunch of
our friends, and they. Theyrated, you know, JB's Record Lounge's
selections. And while theywere shopping, that was my very first
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vinyl set at JB's RecordLounge. So we got history. We got
history over here.
Do you know I got. Do you knowI. I got the catching auto record
for really cheap that day,too. See?
See? Friendship.
Because the re. The retailprices were a bit much elsewhere,
but that price was right injb. I'm glad I didn't get a chance
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to stop and go when I cameback to Atlanta back in March. Was
that March? It was March. Butnext time I swing around, I'll be
popping through.
Yo, this is bringing up aquestion now. So for you, Kyriakos,
like, I had to rediscovervinyl. Music has always been part
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of my life. But of course, Imoved to CDs decades ago. Right.
And especially when I starteddriving, it was cassettes. Then it
was like CDs and then MP3s.And I rediscovered. And I think,
Sir Daniel, you were part ofkind of this rediscovery of vinyl,
which maybe happened likeseven or eight years ago, where I
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really started to collectagain for you. When did you discover
that, you know, vinyl wasimportant, or was it just always
important for your music collection?
So my daddy had this, I wouldsay a small collection in our living
room when we were growing up.And it was in this. It had, like,
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a glass lid on top of it, andit just looked very fancy. And it
had the subwoofer, it had thetuner and all that stuff on it. And
it was kind of just like, oh,this is like a rite of passage, like.
But after a while, prettymuch, once we got older, he can only
turn that stereo system onwhen he was cleaning the house because
he would always play Magic102. That is the station here in
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Houston. So that kind ofawakened my curiosity about vinyl.
But also the sound quality isinfinitely better than digital.
Yeah.
And I don't buy every recordon vinyl, but there are certain things
where you listen to it, likeon Apple music, and then you just
happen to pick it up in therecord store and it just sounds better
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on vinyl. Yeah. I'm an audiofile, basically.
Yeah. Yeah.
And so that leads me to this.So you. The fact that you. It's your
dad and his collection thatgot you interested in vinyl. Tell
us about one of the things Idon't notice, I've always noticed
about Kiriako's, is that histaste runs a lot deeper than. It
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does not necessarily reflecthis age. It runs a lot deeper than
his age. And so talk to usabout the importance of not just
your dad, but your oldersiblings and how their taste in music
influenced you and the thingsthat you listen to and opening you
up to different eras of music.
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My brother is probablywatching now. But growing up, he
would always, like, listen tochopping screw music, which is something
that originate here in Houston.
Yep.
So he would always have likelittle. Little burnt CDs of that,
but he would also have like,like Genuine and Earth, Wind and
(09:06):
Fire. And these were justlike, CDs he would, like, randomly
get from his girlfriend. Andso because he had a copy of it, I
would make myself a copy ofall this stuff. And this was around
the time, like, file sharingwas, like, a thing and message boards
were things. So I was like ateenager just sitting online on message
boards, just like discoveringstuff all day. Really?
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Yeah. Yeah. So, okay, to thatpoint, then. That leads us right
in then. So growing up, whowould you say your favorite artist
was? And the question is,who's your favorite artist of the
moment and why? So who is you?Who do you remember being, like,
one of your earliest favoriteartists? And then who's your favorite
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artist of the moment now and why?
It was always Destiny's Childfor me as a kid. I grew up in the
Y2K age, so everybody waslike, in a. It was very much boy
bands.
And you're a TRL group.
Yeah, yeah, I was a TRL kid. Iwas one of the super kid, too. What
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else? Yeah, it was. It wasjust. I grew up in an age where,
like, there was AnthonyHamilton, there was like. There was
always bet soul playing. So Iwould always just, like, learn, like,
the Bobby Browns and the Pattilabelles. Cause actually, funny enough,
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my first concert was, like,Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight at
the rodeo here in Houston.That was, like, in 2001. I know.
That's amazing. Like, that's avery high bar when you hear them
sing because their mics be on.It's a different experience.
And it was cool because, like,the rodeo at the time, before they
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built the new stadium here inHouston, it was always. They always
did the concerts inside theAstronomer. So the Astronomer really
wasn't built for great soundat the time because it was built
more like the 60s. But, yeah,that. That's how I got hooked to,
like, different types ofstuff. And my mom would always keep
me. She would always take meto, like, gospel, like, stage plays
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and stuff. And that's how Ilearned that, like, James Moore,
like, the gospel singer. Mymama put me onto a lot of gospel.
My dad hooked me onto a lot ofsoul. When my brother also introduced
me to rap and hip hop and Rand b. To a certain degree. As for
my current artists, I have acouple of them and I need to refer
to my notes, please.
We wanna know who you helpingus out too. Cause listen, I'm an
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UNC now. It be like somepeople, my cousins be talking, telling
me about folks. I'm like, Iliterally have no idea who that is.
Please play them.
My hugest favorite right nowis this guy named El Me. If you follow
me on Instagram, I'm usuallyalways like reposting one of his
like posts or him singing.He's from the uk, I think London
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or somewhere in England. Buthe has like a really soulful sound
that's like reminiscent ofStevie and like d' Angelo, but in
a millennial or. I don't knowwhat generation is, but I'm just
saying millennial. But there'slike a huge like Stevie and d' Angelo
influence and his sound that Ilike and it. Else. It also just sounds
very warm for it to bedigital, which I like. What else,
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Flo? Another girl group out ofthe uk. I love them. I saw them like
two weeks ago. Here was two orthree weeks ago here in Houston at
the House of Blues and themics were on. I didn't ever doubt
the mics were. Were like noton. But the mics were hot. They were
very, very hot. I love thembecause they remind me of my childhood
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with Destiny's Child and girlgroups when we had those. When those
were a thing and then my. Iguess my third favorite would be
Gavin Turek. She's like adisco kind of. Yeah, I love her.
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I love Gavin. I think she'sfrom la. Her style reminds me of
like if Tina Marie, likeleaned into like disco real hard.
That's a great like on the pop edge.
And I, I enjoy that. She. Ikind of got to know of her from when
she was. I think she stillplays in the band with Mayor Hawthorne.
Mayor Hawthorne and Jake Brunofor that band Tuxedo. And she. She
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does like backgrounds andstuff for them. I still want to catch
a show from them, but theyhaven't been to Texas. I don't think
they've ever been to Texas,but I'd have to travel for that.
But I love Gavin. I love Gavinso much.
So what I hear a lot of isthat you also, not only are you taking
in your music on the variousplatforms, digital platforms that
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we have, but you're an avid,and I do mean avid concert goer.
Like, if you follow Kiriako's,you are good. There's going to Be
a season where there is aInstagram story of him at some show.
Jay Ray, I think the funniestInstagram story I ever saw. I think
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he already knows what I'mabout to say because he's wearing
her shirt now. When Janetfirst did her residency in Vegas,
you know, clearly he was thereat the concert, but I could not hear
anything Janet was saying ontop of all the screaming that Kyriakos
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was doing. But I couldn'teven. But I couldn't even be mad
at him because I don't knowhow I would have reacted at seeing
Janet live in person. What is.So recently, I saw a report and I
saw things about a lot of.Especially the younger people are
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not afraid to shell out moneyfor concerts and for live experiences.
What is your barometer? Andwhen it comes to shows and is there.
Are you all. Are you the typethat's like, you know, I don't care
what it costs. I'm gonna go.Or are you in a. In a place now where
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you're like, o. I'm not gonnabe able to. I'm not gonna do that
one, but I'm gonna do this. Orare you just. I'm just going to whoever
I feel like going to when itcomes to concerts.
So first of all, I want to saythank you to the park MGM for their
cucumber cooler.
That's what got you screaming.
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At a Janet Jackson concert.It's a really great drink. It had,
like, rose petals and all kindof cool stuff in it made with Jen.
That's. That says enough.
Say less. General making. What?
Yes.
Squeal at a Janet concert.
My brother is watching.
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I. So when it comes toconcerts for me, I. So I listen to
the stuff, obviously through,like, Apple Music or my personal
collection a lot. And I loveto hear. I love the spontaneity of
live music. So I, I, I love.For example, I went to go see Trombone
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Shorty a couple weeks ago withTank and the Bangers.
Yeah.
And, like, in the middle ofthe set, like, what's his name? Manny
Fresh popped out just, like,randomly. So I. I love that. To just
go and never know who I'mgonna see or that kind of thing.
Even when I want to go seeOmar back in, like, January in New
York.
Yeah.
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I randomly didn't knowWashington was gonna be there. That
was a good surprise. So it'sjust like, for me, it's the. It's
not only is it hearing musicplayed live, but also the spectacle,
but also the. The surprise of,you don't know you know, you're going
to go see your. Whoever youlove to play music or sing music.
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I think that's what it is.Yeah. But when it comes to the pricing
of, like, concerts. I'm sorry.For example, I've learned Ticketmaster's
trick is they, like, overpricepeople on the resale, I guess, so
they can make a nice chunk ofmoney before the concert. But if
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you wait till like, maybe likea month, if not like a week before
or two days before, you canget some really cheap tickets.
Okay.
I kind of tested that theoryout last year when I went to go see
Madonna. And like, we all knowMadonna charges, like, ridiculous
prices, like, for no matterwhere you're sitting for a show.
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And I got a ticket for, like,less than $100. And it was a really
great seed.
Nice.
Same thing happened, like, twoweeks later when I went to go see
Missy Elliot here at theToyota Center. Actually, both of
them was at Toyota Center.Like, it was the same thing. I waited
till the day of around like 4o' clock, and I got a ticket for,
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like, less than a hundreddollars. So it's. I, I think it's
like a game in a way thatthese promoters and ticket companies
are playing that. I mean, the.So the shows probably will sell out.
Yeah.
But, yeah, it's a game. I justthink it's an easier way out.
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I'll just say, speaking of thegame, like, are you. Well, clearly
you are merch person.
Yeah.
But do you feel like we hearwho is it, little brother complaining
about how these companies aregouging them, the artists on everything
they want a piece ofeverything. When you hear about stuff
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like that, does it influence,you know, your, your spending power
when you go to see your favorite.
I look at it this way. I knowthat I don't know everybody's finances,
but I try to support, youknow, the bartender, but also the
merch table, but also take itto go see the show. I listen to the
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music, but, you know, again, Ilove the live experience. But I also
know that they're not reallymaking money on streaming. So if
I have the ability to get,like a physical copy of an album,
whether that be before I getto the show or if I'm at the show.
Yeah, I try to support.
Yeah.
Wow.
And then I know, like,sometimes I'm sorry. And I know sometimes
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artists do, like, exclusivemerch at their show. So I never really
know. I just still buy it ifit's. If it's good. I will say a
lot of people's Merch isstarting to suck for some reason.
I don't know if it's because,like, companies are taking over,
but a lot of the merch isstarting to suck.
Well. Oh, that's a whole.You're. I think there's probably
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a reason for that, too, isbecause, you know, when trying to
maximize the profit, too,there's probably a lot of the same
types of things from the sametypes of companies that a lot of
people are doing for the merch.
So.
Yeah, you know what? I likethe type of merch, and I'm curious
to know if this is true foryou too. I love it. If I could get,
like, an exclusive vinyl at ashow. Like, I have a. I have several,
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like, back there that, like,is a vinyl that, like, oh, we're
only selling these at ourshows, and they might have, like,
a special sleeve or somethinglike that. I like stuff like that
because that's like, oh, yeah,I can't get this anywhere else.
Sometimes I do buy those. Iknow for Cali Uchi's last album,
like, the last two, she did,like, deluxe covers, which she only
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sold them through her Webster.I generally don't like buying from
web stores. The shipping isstarting to be a bit steep.
That's real.
Like, I want to support, butif I can get something, I'd rather
just go ahead and just buy therecord from or the merch from a local
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record shop. Because here inHouston, we have, like, a couple
of them. But I go to. There'sone called Serious Sound, and then
there's another called Cactusthat I go to a lot. Okay. Like, I
prefer Cactus because Cactusalways has, like, really cool, like,
in store, like, shows. Like,for example, the Day Before I Saw
Flow last month, Kurongman didlike, a record store day kickoff
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set inside of Cactus. That wassuch a vibe.
Yeah. Okay. This is. Actually,you brought. You brought up a couple
of things that I think leadinto this too, because one of the
things you've also expressedis you have a diverse palette. Right.
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You are watching music evolveand change. Right. Is there anything
that you have noticed that'skind of like a trend in the industry
today?
There started to be a lot moreincorporation of jazz and hip hop,
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which I like. Like, they'restarting to mix a lot more. And collaborations
like, for example, like howRobert Glasper did the collaboration
with Kay Chernado a coupleyears ago. I have that vinyl behind
me, actually. That's somethingI do like because it's adding a musicality
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that wasn't really present inA lot of the early 2000s like music.
Well, particularly hip hop.
Yeah.
A lot of people love K Pop. Idon't really get it. That's something
we're talking about. I don'tget it.
Truly. Listen, take it fromuncle over here. I'm truly trying
to understand. Help us understand.
(23:04):
We.
We're gonna address that inanother episode soon, but please
go ahead.
To me, it's just basically thepoor man's version of R B. And I
get that a lot. R B artistsand writers, they're getting more
money now. Well, they'regetting paid overseas. I get it.
Why they're, like, craftingthese hits for these people. But
I. I want the real thing. Idon't want, you know, people. I.
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I don't want. I don't like toplay the race card, but I don't.
I don't want people. I don'twant to, like, support people that
learn how to be a pop star bygoing to camp and watching. Like,
I. I don't know. Just. It justsucks. Like, yeah, K Pop, J Pop,
all of it. Y' all can do that.Yeah, it feels very.
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Yeah, I don't like it.
And then the vocals sound justas machining and cold and hollow.
You're like, well, what didthey teach you at this camp? Because
this don't even sound hot, right?
How to steal from blackpeople, baby.
Now that I've seen Sinners, Ihave so many things right. Seen it.
Yes. Jay Ray has finally seenSinners, So.
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We'Re gonna do a show aboutit, y' all. We're gonna do it now.
Now that I've seen it.
I love the juke joint. Thatwas a great scene.
So Kyriakos in. I want to goback to. I want to revisit your home
state, your hometown, and justtell us. We hear a lot about. When
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you're outside of a city,people make a lot of assumptions
and about certain cities, Iknow. God knows. I've heard everything
about Atlanta and have seenall the. The hot takes about Atlanta
online. But as far as Houstonand the music scene, what is. Is
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there anything that is nativeto Houston? I know you brought up
Chopped and Screwed, but isthere anything. Any musical trends
that's native to Houston thatthe Queue Points audience needs to
know about? And is thereanybody popping in Houston that we.
That you think we're going tohear from a lot more from in the
(25:15):
future?
There's a guy named JackFreeman, so I discovered him at this
artist. Her name is maida.Like, maybe two years ago, like,
in 2023, he opened up for herat House Blues here in Houston. And
this was like, maybe a monthor two before his album Nina came
out, which is actually reallygood. I don't know what Nina is.
(25:37):
Stands for, but that's thename of the album's Nina. But Jack
Freeman is really great. Ihighly recommend him. He's like,
a really good R B artist. Ithink there's some relation with
him and, like, Fun Beast Camp.Okay. But he's. He makes really,
really great music that Ilove. There's a song called MVP that
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I Am. I need somebody inHouston to do, like, a shopping screw
remix because that song is sogreat. It's like, it feels like something
that your granddaddy wouldplay on, like a Saturday morning
while shining the Cadillac.
Yes.
That's such a visual.
That is specific. Yes.
It's really current and it'sfresh and, like, I could see it being
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played with, like, the bootson the ground sound that everybody
mama loves right now. Like, itcould easily fit into that groove.
Yeah, I gotta play this. Actually.
You got a playlist? Listen, ifyou have a playlist, can we share
it with our folks? Is itpublic? Like, can you. Can you.
Yeah, yeah. It's Apple. AppleMusic Play. But I can also add it
on Spotify. There's anotherguy named Jay Wy. I think he lives
(26:46):
in LA now, but he's fromHouston. His music reminds me of,
like, if Frank Ocean Gave aDamn Damn.
Has that ship sailed? Is thegeneral consensus, like, okay, Frank,
keep it like you. You know,for me, it has.
(27:08):
For me, it has that shipfilled. I don't know. I don't know.
It just got weird.
To quote, Listen, dad, thoselast projects are a decade old now.
It's crazy.
So I don't. I don't giveartists too much grief about taking
a long time between releasesbecause we got Black Messiah, which
(27:29):
was amazing.
Listen. Yeah, we needed itwhen we got.
I give the people their time,you know, to record. But the singles
and stuff that Frank wasputting out, it's just like, I don't
like you. So I've. Lately,it's crazy enough you mention it
or I mentioned it. I have beengoing back and spending Channel Orange
a lot lately, and I do ownhis. His vinyl Endless. Only because
(27:52):
it has Jasmine Sullivan on it.I do own that. Yes. So I. I support.
You know, even though I maynot rock with the people, sometimes,
I still give them my money. So.
Yeah, we definitely want toshare that playlist. Can I ask a
quick. So for those of whomight be joining. I mean, it's Queue
Points. So a lot of people mayknow this. How would you describe
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chopped and screwed tosomebody who'd never heard it before?
Ethereal.
Ethereal.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So for me, I would say the.Maybe the. The closest the mainstream
probably could get to that,outside of Victoria Monet using I
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Look good and all that stuff.
Right.
I would say the closest personthat probably touched on it to give
it, like a mainstream feel wassalons with. When I get home, that
that's how I feel aboutchopping school. It's like, you either
get it or you don't. Eitherway, life still goes on. People still
gonna love it.
Yeah.
And that. That's. That's whatchopped and spruce is for me. And
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that's also how I feel aboutwhen I get home.
So.
Ethereal.
Okay.
I love that. I love.
Yeah. Cause like, if you,like, randomly, like, search like
on Spotify or Apple Music,some people, they probably illegally
uploaded it, but there's some.Some, you know, chopped and screw
gospel. Chopped and screw. Like.
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I want that.
Yeah. Or you can just searchon YouTube too.
Hands. We raising up themhands. Rolling on.
See, that's hot already, sir. Daniel.
See, honestly, if you justwanted to, like, get like, something
that's like mainstream, theChop Stars, which is like a collectible
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DJs here in Houston that dochop music, they have an app called
Chop My Slop. They alsobroadcast on SiriusXM. I think on
Drake's channel, they havesome kind of show there. You can
also check it out there. Like,chop music, Chocolate Screen music
is everywhere. Okay. But I saydefinitely download the chop, not
slop out because they. I knowat one point, the way I discovered
(30:05):
it was because they. Theychopped and screw some lunches when
I get home. And now they. I'mactually scrolling out. They have,
like a bunch of differentmixtapes. Like, they don't have gorilla
stuff in there right now. Andlike Kendrick Lamar, like, anything
that you could think is, like,mainstream or something that's like
a bit underground, you canjust download the top not slot. It's
(30:26):
literally called Chop My slot.
That's dope.
Real quick. You just. You justbrought up Drake's name. So now in
that whole debacle, I.
Wasn'T gonna touch it.
The whole debacle. Lastsummer, one of the things that came
up so, like, here in atl, youknow, there were shots about Drake
coming here to Atlanta forclout, and there were shots about
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Drake going. Being in Houstonfor clout as well. As a Houstonian,
as a Houston hottie, do youagree with that statement?
I just want to put somethingout on the table for the people.
Drake owns property. AndKatie. Katie is not Houston. Katie
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is the birds of Houston.
Let the people know.
I mean, he probably. Heprobably. At one point, he used to
hang out at V live onRichmond, like the Ship Club, before
I got shot up. I think he shota video there. And I. I know that
one time when I was working inthe Galleria, he was. He was shooting
that one video, Cheese DayFactory in the Galleria. But I don't
really. Drake fell off for meafter. Nothing was the same, and
(31:36):
I'll just leave it at that.He's not a Houstonian. He's a grifter.
He's a drifter.
He's a grifter. Okay, so,Karaokos, we do want to give you
time to ask us anything thatyou want to ask us, whatever that
might be, but before we dothat. So this is before when we were
setting up. You have thatMaxwell album right over your head.
(32:00):
What's your favorite Maxwellalbum? I'm really curious.
Embria.
That's my favorite. I knewthat we was friends. Like, that's
my favorite Maxwell record.And I will die on that Hill. Embry
is my favorite too.
I will pull it out, but it's alittle low behind me right now, unfortunately.
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Thank you, Kyriakos.
I have everything alphabetizedback here.
I know Kyriakos was going tosay that, but I will die on the Hill.
That Maxwell's Ibria is myfavorite Maxwell record. It's just
an interesting.
I have a reason why, though,and I posted about it actually on
Blue sky, like yesterday orday before yesterday. Everything
in the mainstream sounds likeEmbryo now. Like, speaking of which,
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Drake, like, a lot of chordsand production style. Drake's people
definitely took from Maxwell'sEmbryo. Like, even the vibey singers
that everybody.
Loves, that's Embryo and, youknow, leave it to project. That came
out in, what, 98.
(33:05):
98. 90.
Yeah, I will say. And. And soI have my. I have my favorite cuts
on that album also. But I willsay the biggest thing I took away
from that album was. Wasgetting my hair braided like that.
And then there was a lot ofswimming in the.
I had the bus down in themiddle with the. With the tie and
(33:29):
then the risk flowing out, youknow, Maxwell, listen, you.
Should have been sponsored byShea Moisture. I'm telling you.
Not only is Matt. Was Max. IsMaxwell a. A vocal giant and, you
know, just a. A Superstar inthat. In that aspect. But he is a
hair icon. He is a hairinfluencer. But shout out to everybody
(33:49):
in the chat. We see jt, we seeK. Gil. Ain't seen Gil in a second.
Thank you for joining us. Alsohere on Instagram, we got Uncle Kip
in the chat. Tuju Fresh MikeMusic, Eclectic Music Vibes, who
is killing the vinyl game. Youknow, I thought I was doing something,
(34:11):
but he's really doing it. Butnow, as J. Ray said, Kyriakos, now's
the time for. As a QueuePoints listener, Queue Points supporter.
Now's your chance to put us inthe hot seat or just, you know, pick
our brains and ask us anythingthat you have on your heart right
now.
(34:31):
So when are y' all gonna,like, launch yalls, like, lecture
course to these universities?Cause y' all give away a lot of vital
information that is wellproduced. And yeah, y' all need.
That wasn't a question. Thatwas more like a demand. But when
are y' all doing that?
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It's funny, we've. That's notthe first time we've heard that.
It's not the first time we'veheard that. And when we participate
in. In panels and do liveevents, that. That's something that
is. Is said to us and isdropped in our spirits quite often.
So, I don't know, it's like,how do we get on? But no, we've talked
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about this, J. Ray, aboutgetting on somebody's campus. Especially,
like here in Atlanta. There's,you know, we got the H. The whole
auc.
Yeah.
And in Pennsylvania, inPhilly. There's plenty of schools
there.
Listen, Quest Love can be theonly one doing lectures.
You know, real talk. And Imean, just using that as a model.
(35:38):
It's so funny. Cause I thinkthe last time we had this conversation,
we had seen Quest do somethingand we were like this. You know what
I mean? It was just like. AndI'm sure. So I call Sir Daniel when
I have a thing and he'll textme when he has a. I'm sure I called.
Cause I saw Quest dosomething. But thank you for that.
(35:59):
That is something that weabsolutely have the capacity to do
and we must do. So. You maynot know this, Kyriakos, but this
also brings up when we endedup in that high school class with
Marcus, who I talked to lastweekend, actually was sharing Queue
Points with his class, andthey had to do like a report on Queue
Points, which was, like, crazyto me. He couldn't share the report,
(36:23):
but it was. He could Share thereports. But it was dope knowing
that that happened. So thankyou for that. We need to make that
happen. 2026 Cue Point.Special lecturers insert university
here.
Absolutely doing something.
And we don't need excuses. Wedon't need excuses about DEI hires
either.
We don't need no excuses aboutDEI hire.
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So if anything, we haveconnected and plugged into the. To
the university system. Youknow, please, please reach out, bring
us in. You know, we'll fly.We're not afraid of flying. We'll
come in and we'll talk seriously.
We'll fly to educate.
We can get y' all a rider madeup too. Listen, they can follow y'
all. Yeah, y' all could beflew down.
(37:10):
I'm here for it. So talkingabout just a couple things that have
happened over the past week.Of course, we're still, we're still
getting over the Met Gala onMonday night. Please, please check
out the latest episode ofQueue Points where Jay Ray and I
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chop it up about our favemusic industry dandies. And we, we
let do what we like to do. Wegive a list, we come up with our
own list of who we feel likeare the most impactful or the dandiest
of the dandies in the musicindustry over the pat. Over the decades.
And we talk about that. ButKiriako's. When it comes to the idea
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of dandyism and justexpressing oneself through dress,
off the top of your head, whodo you feel like fits that the most?
It doesn't have to be anybodythat was there at the. The gala that
night, but when you think ofsomebody who just has impeccable
style, who comes to your mindand who. Who do you give it up to?
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So when I saw Zendaya'soutfit, I know everybody thought
I. I don't know if it was saidthat she took inspiration from Diana
Ross for her outfit, but itmade me think of Tina Turner. There's
like this one picture of TinaTurner, if you, like googled it.
And it's like Tina Turner inthe suit. It's like a white suit
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and the hat shape. As soon asI saw it in there, I thought that
was like a nod to Tina Turner,but it could also be seen as Diana
Ross too. Who else? I alsothought about Janet in the all right
video. Yeah, the yellow suit.
Yeah.
And even like, as she went ontour over the years.
Yeah.
She's like changed thesilhouette of it, but it's still
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kind of dandy. Very zoot suit.I didn't see a lot of Zoot suits.
I didn't like that. I want tosay the only person that wore a zoot
suit was Willie Chavarria,which is the designer. I figured
it would be a couple more ofthose somewhere sprinkled in, but
I guess not.
Yeah, you know, we talkedabout that. So the reason. What sparked
our conversation, too, was ashout out to Charles Stevens from
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cnp. But he had said, hey, arey' all going to talk about this?
Because he didn't see a lot ofreferences to the time as a band,
who, of course, did the zootsuits and all of that and felt like,
oh, people would definitelychannel more. Somebody would channel
Mars Day and didn't really seethat. So I do what I think is interesting,
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though, and this is a questionfor both of y' all. I'm wondering
if maybe the Met gala willopen up folks dressing up a little
more. I do think so. We. Wegrew. I can speak for myself. I think
me and Sir Daniel in thatgeneration grew up where we were
kind of dressing down. Like,we grew up in the we're dressing
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down more generation. But ourparents dressed up for everything.
Right.
If they was going to somebodydown the street house that they see
every day, but they was havinga party, they was gonna be fly going
down there. And I'm like, y'all doing all of that? You just saw
them yesterday. I think wemight. Do you think we'll get back
to that?
I think we are, but I couldsay that's happened for me at least.
(40:29):
Going to the Renaissanceconcert two years ago, I noticed
since I went to that show,like, I dressed up a lot more.
Okay.
Which is kind of cool, I guessI realized at some point, like during
the pandemic, as the peoplesay, as it was ending, I don't think
it ever ended. I realized Ican't do T shirt and sweatshirt everywhere
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in life. Like, yeah, you know,it's okay to put a combo hat on.
It's okay to put. Put youraccessories on, put your boots on.
Yeah, that kind of thing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I can say that that shiftedfor me. I can't speak for everybody
else, but I definitely feltthat for sure.
You know, shout out to Kipper Jones.
He just.
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And the R B circus. Kipper,we. And Kipper, we definitely talked
about you. Yep. Off camera.And just, like, how you. Kipper has
done the same thing. You know,Kipper with Dawn, a top hat. He might
put on some tails.
Yeah.
You know, you just never knowwith Kipper. So he's. We. We love
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that. About Kipper in hisperformance. But I absolutely want
that for us. I would love tosee us get, you know, people get
dolled up.
Yes.
They go out and. Because whatI think will happen is when you put
the effort into the fit, asthe kids say, you. You have a whole
(41:54):
come. You have a completelydifferent energy when you go out.
Yeah.
If you took, if you took timeto get. To get fly the least like
the less likely you are to beinvolved in any kind of drama. And
I want to see more peopledancing and yes. You know, I think
I missed that. Maybe, maybethere'll be more people doing, you
(42:17):
know, two, two stepping witheach other a lot more, you know,
grabbing somebody by the handand twirling them around.
Yeah.
You know, a little, a littlestudio 54 energy with. With the disco
energy. Because I do see thatcoming back a lot. Shout out to Jeremy
Avalon and High Key Disco.Where the J Ray. The. The kids are
(42:39):
all right. The kids love themsome disco. They are really getting
into the archives and feelingit out. So I'm very excited about
that and I'm hoping that thatalso manifests in the way that we
dress and we put a littleeffort into. Into spiffing ourselves
up and feeling good becausehopefully that'll translate into
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other areas of our lives andthat will affect everybody. That
will affect us as a communityand we start feeling better. Before
we wrap this up, we haveKiriakos here who is an avid, avid
concert goer. How do you feelabout people making such a big deal
(43:20):
about seats and arenas notbeing as full as, say, the last tour?
And you know, of course I'mtalking about the Cowboy Carter Chitlin
circuit that's going around,that's on tour now.
It's called the ChitlinCircuit. Gary Yakos. That's what
she called it.
Yeah, but it.
(43:42):
But I will be in attendance.
Clearly. So are people justmaking. Just people just like looking
for stuff to talk about?Because are they make. It's. It's
a whole lot of nothing. It's anothing sandwich. Isn't it about
seats?
It happens every tour. I'lljust say that.
Okay, okay, okay. But itdoesn't take away from a person's
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pedigree. Right. It doesn'ttake away from the performance. It
doesn't take away from any ofthat stuff.
After all, you're there for ashow. Why are you worried about seats
that.
Are empty and baby and, and.And being in Karaokos? We talked
about this as we. We came on.If I went to a show and it wasn't
real full. I'd be like, oh, Ican spread out.
All right, let's get it.
I could dance. I could dancein the aisles. I got room.
(44:31):
I did that at the Missy showlast year and the Madonna show. Like,
there were a bunch of emptyseats, but I didn't really care.
Like, they already got theirmoney. Like, I paid my money. Like,
I'm here for a show. Why do Ineed to worry about empty seats?
It's bigger, more importantstuff going on in the world. Like
genocide, like, for one.
Right, right.
Something else to talk about.
(44:51):
The Constitution is beingattacked daily. Like, our. Our civil
rights.
We're losing. Right. We'reworried about. See?
Yeah.
Tell us. Look, Carrie Hakos ispreaching up on this show this evening
here.
Absolutely.
I have an opinion. Sometimes,not always.
Well, we appreciate youstopping by Queue Points and, you
(45:14):
know, popping up on our screenand. And just giving us a peek into
your. Your, you know, yourmusical tastes and just continuing
to be a support and just apart of our community and part of
our family. And thank you. Youknow, just. Thank you from the bottom
of our hearts. And please, Mr.DJ, wait, let me get the whole thing.
(45:39):
It's DJ. No, creative DJ andfree spirit. Yes, y' all. I. Now
I have to say I have. Ifinally have a DJ child. And I consider
Kiriako's, you know, to be myDJ child. He may not. May or may
not agree, but I consider himto be my DJ child. But please tell
(46:02):
us. Let everybody know howthey can follow you. Tell them about
your. Your journey as amixologist and where they can hear
your mixes.
Oh, well, first of all,thanks, y' all for having me. I did
not expect to be here. It wasa welcome surprise. Y' all can find
(46:23):
me on Blue sky and soundcloudis Kyriakos, the number two and the
letter U. You can always findme at Instagram as well at Curios
tx. But pretty much all mymixes that I work on, I have a bunch
of them that I have notpublished that, you know, they may
(46:46):
just end up on the Internetsometime one day, but all of those
can be found on SoundCloud. Ieventually want to start working
some of the local parties likeSoul Control, and there's another
one here. There's, like, somany dance parties that happen in
Houston now, but eventuallythat's the goal. But for now, I'm
(47:06):
just your local bedroom dj.Also, make really great playlists,
and you'll have a linksomewhere on. On this episode to
my Apple Music or My sound ormy Spotify and SoundCloud. So I'm
everywhere that you canpossibly think music can be, including
your local neighborhoodconcert in a random city or even
(47:27):
in Houston.
Absolutely.
And real quick.
Go ahead.
I'm sorry, real quick. Inyour. What have you found out about
yourself on your DJ journey?
I like the classics a lot morethan the new music, so that's something
(47:48):
that I don't really like toplay. I don't like TikTok mixes and
all that stuff. I don't.You're not gonna hear a random sound
by From Designing Women in themiddle of my set.
Are there people doing that now?
Is that a theme?
I'm alluding to an episode ofRuPaul where they had to. A little
drag race where they had to,like, do a monologue over a scene
(48:11):
from Designing.
Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.
Yeah. So I don't. You're notgonna find that. You're not gonna
find stuff. You're not gonnafind tick tock songs and mixes. You're
gonna find stuff that hassoul, which is, I think, what a lot
of DJs are missing becauseeverything sounds so hollow and boring
and everybody wants to. Toagain, be a TikTok DJ. I love y'
(48:33):
all. I listen to y' all, but Idon't. I don't want to hear that
on my stuff. I'm a child ofPrince, unfortunately. So, you know,
listen, if I don't hear what Iwant, I go make it.
Yes. That's inspiration tothat point. When did you start your
DJ journey? Like, when did youfigure out, like, yo, this is something
(48:54):
I want to try? How long you.How long you.
So I asked Sir Daniel, like,two years ago what I needed to get,
but I didn't really startuntil the beginning of this year.
Nice.
I had to clean house and, youknow, get some things together personally.
And then I was able to focus.
Yeah.
(49:14):
And I use it as, like, areally cool method to, like, keep
my mind stimulated after mytherapy sessions every week. So it's
something fun to do.
Yeah.
I think if people stop goinginto things, trying to collect a
bag, you know, it'll be a lotmore fun and fulfilling. And that's
what I see for me. That's whyI don't want to get paid for. Well,
I don't say I don't want.
(49:34):
To get paid, but I'm gonna say.
Just for right now, for whatI'm. What I'm. What I'm doing in
my own personal fun and joy.
Yes.
Y' all ain't gotta pay me forit. Just listen to it.
So to that point, PeanutButter and Jeffy shout out on Instagram
just said, oh, and we need tobe blessed with a set. I need to
hear something. So there you go.
(49:55):
It's all in my Instagram bio.Tap the link.
There we go. All right.Instagram bio. Tap the link. Yo,
Kyriakos, thank you so muchfor being willing to be here with
us as we try this brand newthing that now see, now y' all got
a high bar. Like, this is ahigh bar.
Set the bar high, y' all.
You really set the bar highfor folks coming through. Come with
(50:20):
it. But thank you so much forbeing here and for everybody who
is tuning in. If you can seeour faces and hear our voices, hit
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(50:42):
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here. We appreciate y' all. Welove y' all.
That's right. What do I say?Every week in this life, you have
a choice. You can either pickup the needle or you can let the
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record play. I'm DJ Sir Daniel.
My name is Jay Ray, y' all.That's Kiriako.
Yes, I'm Kiriako.
Podcast dropping the needle onblack music history. We will see
you on the next go round.Peace, y' all.
Peace. Y' all. Have a good one.
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Sam.
Greetings and welcome toanother episode of Queue Points Podcast.
I'm DJ Sir Daniel and my name.
Is J. Ray, sometimes known bymy government as Johnnie Ray Kornegay
III and Sir Daniel, this isfun. We're about to do something
we have never done before.
That's right, Jay Ray, we havecompany. And the thing is we, we
know that the success of thispodcast of Queue Points Podcast is
(00:41):
based solely on community. Thesuccess of any podcast is built on
community. And we have thepleasure of having a village of people
that are just as knowledgeableand just as enthusiastic about speaking
upon about music and things ofthat nature, just like we are. And
(01:03):
so we've decided to dosomething a little different. We're
trying it out. Our guest isour guinea pig and that's fine.
Oh, and we couldn't pick abetter one because listen, pick a
better one.
And on top of that, he has abuilt in fan base so good for us
that we have all the peopleshowing up this evening. The new,
(01:24):
a lot of new people. And Iknew faces. And thank you for being
here. If you're here for ourguest, thank you for showing up for
him. Make sure you hit thatsubscribe button so you follow us
from here on out. But Jay Ray,let them know what, what, what we're
embarking on this particularepisode of Queue Points Podcast.
Yeah. So one of the thingsthat we are very excited about is
(01:45):
just connecting with folks.And so we of course do a lot of topics
on Queue Points and what weare doing that's new is what we're
calling our Queue Points. Oneon one it is when y' all get the
opportunity to come on theshow and talk to us. So we get the
opportunity to talk to youabout music, what you love, what
you're not so loving, and y'all can even ask us questions. So
(02:08):
it's like a super exciting newproject that we're excited to launch
and we're excited that ourguest has decided to come on board.
So let's do. Let's. We shouldget into this thing. Let's, let's
launch in to our first QueuePoints One on one. Kyriakos is here
with us, creative DJ and freespirit. And welcome in to Queue Points
(02:35):
Kiriakos. What's happening outof the chat, onto the screen.
Onto the screen. And if youcouldn't tell by the 10 gallon hat
hailing from what? Houston,Texas. Am I right?
Houston, Absolutely. Whatother city would there be like, hello.
So greetings and welcome toQueue Points Kyriacos. Thank you
(02:58):
for Joining us.
Hey, y' all. Hey, y' all. Ifeel like. I feel like I'm in a space
with my big cousins right now.
That's what we be trying todo. You are.
You absolutely are. And it'sso funny because support is a verb.
I say that all the time.Right. And I have to say that we
(03:21):
talking about our day ones,and Kyriakos is definitely one of
our day ones. You know, he'sgot pieces from the. From the Queue
Points store. He's. I can'ttell you how many text messages I
receive from him checking outa show. Maybe. Maybe not live during.
While it's on, but I'll get atext message from him saying, you
(03:44):
know, you crazy, right? Or,you know, I'm in here howling. And,
you know, he'll. He'll sendyou those messages just to let you
know that he is, in fact,watching and enjoying and sharing
the content. So, you know,first and foremost, thank you for
that. Thank you for being asupporter, an active supporter.
Y' all are welcome. Y' all arewelcome. You know, it's my perfect
(04:12):
weekend activity whileascending into the clouds. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, see, I.I use. I use my YouTube subscription
very well. Yeah, yeah. We dopay for YouTube Premium.
And I. We love that we get thechance to be part of, like, when
you're having a moment, youknow, we. That's what we create the
show to do. And I. One of thethings. I still remember this. There
(04:38):
was. You were traveling, andthere was, like, the Queue Points
bag, and we got a picture ofthat bag, and you were just out and
about doing. It was holidaystuff, and so it was just really,
really dope.
So, yeah, those bags are verydurable. Yes, that's what they are.
Absolutely. And I can tell youthis from, you know, personal experience.
(05:00):
One of the things thatKyriakos and I connected on is our
love of vinyl. And so we havebeen vinyl shopping when he's come
here to. To Atlanta. We've hitup the. The. All the spots, the vinyl
spots. I think, as a matter offact, you know what, Jay, right?
I just remembered this.Kyriakos was there at the very first,
(05:23):
one of my very first vinylsets at JB's Record Lounge. Nice
with taste the music. Yeah,that was one of the very first times
he came into this, came intotown, and he came with a bunch of
our friends, and they. Theyrated, you know, JB's Record Lounge's
selections. And while theywere shopping, that was my very first
(05:45):
vinyl set at JB's RecordLounge. So we got history. We got
history over here.
Do you know I got. Do you knowI. I got the catching auto record
for really cheap that day,too. See?
See? Friendship.
Because the re. The retailprices were a bit much elsewhere,
but that price was right injb. I'm glad I didn't get a chance
(06:08):
to stop and go when I cameback to Atlanta back in March. Was
that March? It was March. Butnext time I swing around, I'll be
popping through.
Yo, this is bringing up aquestion now. So for you, Kyriakos,
like, I had to rediscovervinyl. Music has always been part
(06:30):
of my life. But of course, Imoved to CDs decades ago. Right.
And especially when I starteddriving, it was cassettes. Then it
was like CDs and then MP3s.And I rediscovered. And I think,
Sir Daniel, you were part ofkind of this rediscovery of vinyl,
which maybe happened likeseven or eight years ago, where I
(06:52):
really started to collectagain for you. When did you discover
that, you know, vinyl wasimportant, or was it just always
important for your music collection?
So my daddy had this, I wouldsay a small collection in our living
room when we were growing up.And it was in this. It had, like,
(07:14):
a glass lid on top of it, andit just looked very fancy. And it
had the subwoofer, it had thetuner and all that stuff on it. And
it was kind of just like, oh,this is like a rite of passage, like.
But after a while, prettymuch, once we got older, he can only
turn that stereo system onwhen he was cleaning the house because
he would always play Magic102. That is the station here in
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Houston. So that kind ofawakened my curiosity about vinyl.
But also the sound quality isinfinitely better than digital.
Yeah.
And I don't buy every recordon vinyl, but there are certain things
where you listen to it, likeon Apple music, and then you just
happen to pick it up in therecord store and it just sounds better
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on vinyl. Yeah. I'm an audiofile, basically.
Yeah. Yeah.
And so that leads me to this.So you. The fact that you. It's your
dad and his collection thatgot you interested in vinyl. Tell
us about one of the things Idon't notice, I've always noticed
about Kiriako's, is that histaste runs a lot deeper than. It
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does not necessarily reflecthis age. It runs a lot deeper than
his age. And so talk to usabout the importance of not just
your dad, but your oldersiblings and how their taste in music
influenced you and the thingsthat you listen to and opening you
up to different eras of music.
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My brother is probablywatching now. But growing up, he
would always, like, listen tochopping screw music, which is something
that originate here in Houston.
Yep.
So he would always have likelittle. Little burnt CDs of that,
but he would also have like,like Genuine and Earth, Wind and
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Fire. And these were justlike, CDs he would, like, randomly
get from his girlfriend. Andso because he had a copy of it, I
would make myself a copy ofall this stuff. And this was around
the time, like, file sharingwas, like, a thing and message boards
were things. So I was like ateenager just sitting online on message
boards, just like discoveringstuff all day. Really?
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Yeah. Yeah. So, okay, to thatpoint, then. That leads us right
in then. So growing up, whowould you say your favorite artist
was? And the question is,who's your favorite artist of the
moment and why? So who is you?Who do you remember being, like,
one of your earliest favoriteartists? And then who's your favorite
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artist of the moment now and why?
It was always Destiny's Childfor me as a kid. I grew up in the
Y2K age, so everybody waslike, in a. It was very much boy
bands.
And you're a TRL group.
Yeah, yeah, I was a TRL kid. Iwas one of the super kid, too. What
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else? Yeah, it was. It wasjust. I grew up in an age where,
like, there was AnthonyHamilton, there was like. There was
always bet soul playing. So Iwould always just, like, learn, like,
the Bobby Browns and the Pattilabelles. Cause actually, funny enough,
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my first concert was, like,Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight at
the rodeo here in Houston.That was, like, in 2001. I know.
That's amazing. Like, that's avery high bar when you hear them
sing because their mics be on.It's a different experience.
And it was cool because, like,the rodeo at the time, before they
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built the new stadium here inHouston, it was always. They always
did the concerts inside theAstronomer. So the Astronomer really
wasn't built for great soundat the time because it was built
more like the 60s. But, yeah,that. That's how I got hooked to,
like, different types ofstuff. And my mom would always keep
me. She would always take meto, like, gospel, like, stage plays
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and stuff. And that's how Ilearned that, like, James Moore,
like, the gospel singer. Mymama put me onto a lot of gospel.
My dad hooked me onto a lot ofsoul. When my brother also introduced
me to rap and hip hop and Rand b. To a certain degree. As for
my current artists, I have acouple of them and I need to refer
to my notes, please.
We wanna know who you helpingus out too. Cause listen, I'm an
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UNC now. It be like somepeople, my cousins be talking, telling
me about folks. I'm like, Iliterally have no idea who that is.
Please play them.
My hugest favorite right nowis this guy named El Me. If you follow
me on Instagram, I'm usuallyalways like reposting one of his
like posts or him singing.He's from the uk, I think London
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or somewhere in England. Buthe has like a really soulful sound
that's like reminiscent ofStevie and like d' Angelo, but in
a millennial or. I don't knowwhat generation is, but I'm just
saying millennial. But there'slike a huge like Stevie and d' Angelo
influence and his sound that Ilike and it. Else. It also just sounds
very warm for it to bedigital, which I like. What else,
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Flo? Another girl group out ofthe uk. I love them. I saw them like
two weeks ago. Here was two orthree weeks ago here in Houston at
the House of Blues and themics were on. I didn't ever doubt
the mics were. Were like noton. But the mics were hot. They were
very, very hot. I love thembecause they remind me of my childhood
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with Destiny's Child and girlgroups when we had those. When those
were a thing and then my. Iguess my third favorite would be
Gavin Turek. She's like adisco kind of. Yeah, I love her.
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I love Gavin. I think she'sfrom la. Her style reminds me of
like if Tina Marie, likeleaned into like disco real hard.
That's a great like on the pop edge.
And I, I enjoy that. She. Ikind of got to know of her from when
she was. I think she stillplays in the band with Mayor Hawthorne.
Mayor Hawthorne and Jake Brunofor that band Tuxedo. And she. She
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does like backgrounds andstuff for them. I still want to catch
a show from them, but theyhaven't been to Texas. I don't think
they've ever been to Texas,but I'd have to travel for that.
But I love Gavin. I love Gavinso much.
So what I hear a lot of isthat you also, not only are you taking
in your music on the variousplatforms, digital platforms that
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we have, but you're an avid,and I do mean avid concert goer.
Like, if you follow Kiriako's,you are good. There's going to Be
a season where there is aInstagram story of him at some show.
Jay Ray, I think the funniestInstagram story I ever saw. I think
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he already knows what I'mabout to say because he's wearing
her shirt now. When Janetfirst did her residency in Vegas,
you know, clearly he was thereat the concert, but I could not hear
anything Janet was saying ontop of all the screaming that Kyriakos
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was doing. But I couldn'teven. But I couldn't even be mad
at him because I don't knowhow I would have reacted at seeing
Janet live in person. What is.So recently, I saw a report and I
saw things about a lot of.Especially the younger people are
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not afraid to shell out moneyfor concerts and for live experiences.
What is your barometer? Andwhen it comes to shows and is there.
Are you all. Are you the typethat's like, you know, I don't care
what it costs. I'm gonna go.Or are you in a. In a place now where
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you're like, o. I'm not gonnabe able to. I'm not gonna do that
one, but I'm gonna do this. Orare you just. I'm just going to whoever
I feel like going to when itcomes to concerts.
So first of all, I want to saythank you to the park MGM for their
cucumber cooler.
That's what got you screaming.
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At a Janet Jackson concert.It's a really great drink. It had,
like, rose petals and all kindof cool stuff in it made with Jen.
That's. That says enough.
Say less. General making. What?
Yes.
Squeal at a Janet concert.
My brother is watching.
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I. So when it comes toconcerts for me, I. So I listen to
the stuff, obviously through,like, Apple Music or my personal
collection a lot. And I loveto hear. I love the spontaneity of
live music. So I, I, I love.For example, I went to go see Trombone
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Shorty a couple weeks ago withTank and the Bangers.
Yeah.
And, like, in the middle ofthe set, like, what's his name? Manny
Fresh popped out just, like,randomly. So I. I love that. To just
go and never know who I'mgonna see or that kind of thing.
Even when I want to go seeOmar back in, like, January in New
York.
Yeah.
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I randomly didn't knowWashington was gonna be there. That
was a good surprise. So it'sjust like, for me, it's the. It's
not only is it hearing musicplayed live, but also the spectacle,
but also the. The surprise of,you don't know you know, you're going
to go see your. Whoever youlove to play music or sing music.
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I think that's what it is.Yeah. But when it comes to the pricing
of, like, concerts. I'm sorry.For example, I've learned Ticketmaster's
trick is they, like, overpricepeople on the resale, I guess, so
they can make a nice chunk ofmoney before the concert. But if
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you wait till like, maybe likea month, if not like a week before
or two days before, you canget some really cheap tickets.
Okay.
I kind of tested that theoryout last year when I went to go see
Madonna. And like, we all knowMadonna charges, like, ridiculous
prices, like, for no matterwhere you're sitting for a show.
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And I got a ticket for, like,less than $100. And it was a really
great seed.
Nice.
Same thing happened, like, twoweeks later when I went to go see
Missy Elliot here at theToyota Center. Actually, both of
them was at Toyota Center.Like, it was the same thing. I waited
till the day of around like 4o' clock, and I got a ticket for,
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like, less than a hundreddollars. So it's. I, I think it's
like a game in a way thatthese promoters and ticket companies
are playing that. I mean, the.So the shows probably will sell out.
Yeah.
But, yeah, it's a game. I justthink it's an easier way out.
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I'll just say, speaking of thegame, like, are you. Well, clearly
you are merch person.
Yeah.
But do you feel like we hearwho is it, little brother complaining
about how these companies aregouging them, the artists on everything
they want a piece ofeverything. When you hear about stuff
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like that, does it influence,you know, your, your spending power
when you go to see your favorite.
I look at it this way. I knowthat I don't know everybody's finances,
but I try to support, youknow, the bartender, but also the
merch table, but also take itto go see the show. I listen to the
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music, but, you know, again, Ilove the live experience. But I also
know that they're not reallymaking money on streaming. So if
I have the ability to get,like a physical copy of an album,
whether that be before I getto the show or if I'm at the show.
Yeah, I try to support.
Yeah.
Wow.
And then I know, like,sometimes I'm sorry. And I know sometimes
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artists do, like, exclusivemerch at their show. So I never really
know. I just still buy it ifit's. If it's good. I will say a
lot of people's Merch isstarting to suck for some reason.
I don't know if it's because,like, companies are taking over,
but a lot of the merch isstarting to suck.
Well. Oh, that's a whole.You're. I think there's probably
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a reason for that, too, isbecause, you know, when trying to
maximize the profit, too,there's probably a lot of the same
types of things from the sametypes of companies that a lot of
people are doing for the merch.
So.
Yeah, you know what? I likethe type of merch, and I'm curious
to know if this is true foryou too. I love it. If I could get,
like, an exclusive vinyl at ashow. Like, I have a. I have several,
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like, back there that, like,is a vinyl that, like, oh, we're
only selling these at ourshows, and they might have, like,
a special sleeve or somethinglike that. I like stuff like that
because that's like, oh, yeah,I can't get this anywhere else.
Sometimes I do buy those. Iknow for Cali Uchi's last album,
like, the last two, she did,like, deluxe covers, which she only
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sold them through her Webster.I generally don't like buying from
web stores. The shipping isstarting to be a bit steep.
That's real.
Like, I want to support, butif I can get something, I'd rather
just go ahead and just buy therecord from or the merch from a local
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record shop. Because here inHouston, we have, like, a couple
of them. But I go to. There'sone called Serious Sound, and then
there's another called Cactusthat I go to a lot. Okay. Like, I
prefer Cactus because Cactusalways has, like, really cool, like,
in store, like, shows. Like,for example, the Day Before I Saw
Flow last month, Kurongman didlike, a record store day kickoff
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set inside of Cactus. That wassuch a vibe.
Yeah. Okay. This is. Actually,you brought. You brought up a couple
of things that I think leadinto this too, because one of the
things you've also expressedis you have a diverse palette. Right.
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You are watching music evolveand change. Right. Is there anything
that you have noticed that'skind of like a trend in the industry
today?
There started to be a lot moreincorporation of jazz and hip hop,
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which I like. Like, they'restarting to mix a lot more. And collaborations
like, for example, like howRobert Glasper did the collaboration
with Kay Chernado a coupleyears ago. I have that vinyl behind
me, actually. That's somethingI do like because it's adding a musicality
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that wasn't really present inA lot of the early 2000s like music.
Well, particularly hip hop.
Yeah.
A lot of people love K Pop. Idon't really get it. That's something
we're talking about. I don'tget it.
Truly. Listen, take it fromuncle over here. I'm truly trying
to understand. Help us understand.
(23:04):
We.
We're gonna address that inanother episode soon, but please
go ahead.
To me, it's just basically thepoor man's version of R B. And I
get that a lot. R B artistsand writers, they're getting more
money now. Well, they'regetting paid overseas. I get it.
Why they're, like, craftingthese hits for these people. But
I. I want the real thing. Idon't want, you know, people. I.
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I don't want. I don't like toplay the race card, but I don't.
I don't want people. I don'twant to, like, support people that
learn how to be a pop star bygoing to camp and watching. Like,
I. I don't know. Just. It justsucks. Like, yeah, K Pop, J Pop,
all of it. Y' all can do that.Yeah, it feels very.
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Yeah, I don't like it.
And then the vocals sound justas machining and cold and hollow.
You're like, well, what didthey teach you at this camp? Because
this don't even sound hot, right?
How to steal from blackpeople, baby.
Now that I've seen Sinners, Ihave so many things right. Seen it.
Yes. Jay Ray has finally seenSinners, So.
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We'Re gonna do a show aboutit, y' all. We're gonna do it now.
Now that I've seen it.
I love the juke joint. Thatwas a great scene.
So Kyriakos in. I want to goback to. I want to revisit your home
state, your hometown, and justtell us. We hear a lot about. When
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you're outside of a city,people make a lot of assumptions
and about certain cities, Iknow. God knows. I've heard everything
about Atlanta and have seenall the. The hot takes about Atlanta
online. But as far as Houstonand the music scene, what is. Is
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there anything that is nativeto Houston? I know you brought up
Chopped and Screwed, but isthere anything. Any musical trends
that's native to Houston thatthe Queue Points audience needs to
know about? And is thereanybody popping in Houston that we.
That you think we're going tohear from a lot more from in the
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future?
There's a guy named JackFreeman, so I discovered him at this
artist. Her name is maida.Like, maybe two years ago, like,
in 2023, he opened up for herat House Blues here in Houston. And
this was like, maybe a monthor two before his album Nina came
out, which is actually reallygood. I don't know what Nina is.
(25:37):
Stands for, but that's thename of the album's Nina. But Jack
Freeman is really great. Ihighly recommend him. He's like,
a really good R B artist. Ithink there's some relation with
him and, like, Fun Beast Camp.Okay. But he's. He makes really,
really great music that Ilove. There's a song called MVP that
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I Am. I need somebody inHouston to do, like, a shopping screw
remix because that song is sogreat. It's like, it feels like something
that your granddaddy wouldplay on, like a Saturday morning
while shining the Cadillac.
Yes.
That's such a visual.
That is specific. Yes.
It's really current and it'sfresh and, like, I could see it being
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played with, like, the bootson the ground sound that everybody
mama loves right now. Like, itcould easily fit into that groove.
Yeah, I gotta play this. Actually.
You got a playlist? Listen, ifyou have a playlist, can we share
it with our folks? Is itpublic? Like, can you. Can you.
Yeah, yeah. It's Apple. AppleMusic Play. But I can also add it
on Spotify. There's anotherguy named Jay Wy. I think he lives
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in LA now, but he's fromHouston. His music reminds me of,
like, if Frank Ocean Gave aDamn Damn.
Has that ship sailed? Is thegeneral consensus, like, okay, Frank,
keep it like you. You know,for me, it has.
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For me, it has that shipfilled. I don't know. I don't know.
It just got weird.
To quote, Listen, dad, thoselast projects are a decade old now.
It's crazy.
So I don't. I don't giveartists too much grief about taking
a long time between releasesbecause we got Black Messiah, which
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was amazing.
Listen. Yeah, we needed itwhen we got.
I give the people their time,you know, to record. But the singles
and stuff that Frank wasputting out, it's just like, I don't
like you. So I've. Lately,it's crazy enough you mention it
or I mentioned it. I have beengoing back and spending Channel Orange
a lot lately, and I do ownhis. His vinyl Endless. Only because
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it has Jasmine Sullivan on it.I do own that. Yes. So I. I support.
You know, even though I maynot rock with the people, sometimes,
I still give them my money. So.
Yeah, we definitely want toshare that playlist. Can I ask a
quick. So for those of whomight be joining. I mean, it's Queue
Points. So a lot of people mayknow this. How would you describe
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chopped and screwed tosomebody who'd never heard it before?
Ethereal.
Ethereal.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So for me, I would say the.Maybe the. The closest the mainstream
probably could get to that,outside of Victoria Monet using I
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Look good and all that stuff.
Right.
I would say the closest personthat probably touched on it to give
it, like a mainstream feel wassalons with. When I get home, that
that's how I feel aboutchopping school. It's like, you either
get it or you don't. Eitherway, life still goes on. People still
gonna love it.
Yeah.
And that. That's. That's whatchopped and spruce is for me. And
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that's also how I feel aboutwhen I get home.
So.
Ethereal.
Okay.
I love that. I love.
Yeah. Cause like, if you,like, randomly, like, search like
on Spotify or Apple Music,some people, they probably illegally
uploaded it, but there's some.Some, you know, chopped and screw
gospel. Chopped and screw. Like.
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I want that.
Yeah. Or you can just searchon YouTube too.
Hands. We raising up themhands. Rolling on.
See, that's hot already, sir. Daniel.
See, honestly, if you justwanted to, like, get like, something
that's like mainstream, theChop Stars, which is like a collectible
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DJs here in Houston that dochop music, they have an app called
Chop My Slop. They alsobroadcast on SiriusXM. I think on
Drake's channel, they havesome kind of show there. You can
also check it out there. Like,chop music, Chocolate Screen music
is everywhere. Okay. But I saydefinitely download the chop, not
slop out because they. I knowat one point, the way I discovered
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it was because they. Theychopped and screw some lunches when
I get home. And now they. I'mactually scrolling out. They have,
like a bunch of differentmixtapes. Like, they don't have gorilla
stuff in there right now. Andlike Kendrick Lamar, like, anything
that you could think is, like,mainstream or something that's like
a bit underground, you canjust download the top not slot. It's
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literally called Chop My slot.
That's dope.
Real quick. You just. You justbrought up Drake's name. So now in
that whole debacle, I.
Wasn'T gonna touch it.
The whole debacle. Lastsummer, one of the things that came
up so, like, here in atl, youknow, there were shots about Drake
coming here to Atlanta forclout, and there were shots about
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Drake going. Being in Houstonfor clout as well. As a Houstonian,
as a Houston hottie, do youagree with that statement?
I just want to put somethingout on the table for the people.
Drake owns property. AndKatie. Katie is not Houston. Katie
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is the birds of Houston.
Let the people know.
I mean, he probably. Heprobably. At one point, he used to
hang out at V live onRichmond, like the Ship Club, before
I got shot up. I think he shota video there. And I. I know that
one time when I was working inthe Galleria, he was. He was shooting
that one video, Cheese DayFactory in the Galleria. But I don't
really. Drake fell off for meafter. Nothing was the same, and
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I'll just leave it at that.He's not a Houstonian. He's a grifter.
He's a drifter.
He's a grifter. Okay, so,Karaokos, we do want to give you
time to ask us anything thatyou want to ask us, whatever that
might be, but before we dothat. So this is before when we were
setting up. You have thatMaxwell album right over your head.
(32:00):
What's your favorite Maxwellalbum? I'm really curious.
Embria.
That's my favorite. I knewthat we was friends. Like, that's
my favorite Maxwell record.And I will die on that Hill. Embry
is my favorite too.
I will pull it out, but it's alittle low behind me right now, unfortunately.
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Thank you, Kyriakos.
I have everything alphabetizedback here.
I know Kyriakos was going tosay that, but I will die on the Hill.
That Maxwell's Ibria is myfavorite Maxwell record. It's just
an interesting.
I have a reason why, though,and I posted about it actually on
Blue sky, like yesterday orday before yesterday. Everything
in the mainstream sounds likeEmbryo now. Like, speaking of which,
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Drake, like, a lot of chordsand production style. Drake's people
definitely took from Maxwell'sEmbryo. Like, even the vibey singers
that everybody.
Loves, that's Embryo and, youknow, leave it to project. That came
out in, what, 98.
(33:05):
98. 90.
Yeah, I will say. And. And soI have my. I have my favorite cuts
on that album also. But I willsay the biggest thing I took away
from that album was. Wasgetting my hair braided like that.
And then there was a lot ofswimming in the.
I had the bus down in themiddle with the. With the tie and
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then the risk flowing out, youknow, Maxwell, listen, you.
Should have been sponsored byShea Moisture. I'm telling you.
Not only is Matt. Was Max. IsMaxwell a. A vocal giant and, you
know, just a. A Superstar inthat. In that aspect. But he is a
hair icon. He is a hairinfluencer. But shout out to everybody
(33:49):
in the chat. We see jt, we seeK. Gil. Ain't seen Gil in a second.
Thank you for joining us. Alsohere on Instagram, we got Uncle Kip
in the chat. Tuju Fresh MikeMusic, Eclectic Music Vibes, who
is killing the vinyl game. Youknow, I thought I was doing something,
(34:11):
but he's really doing it. Butnow, as J. Ray said, Kyriakos, now's
the time for. As a QueuePoints listener, Queue Points supporter.
Now's your chance to put us inthe hot seat or just, you know, pick
our brains and ask us anythingthat you have on your heart right
now.
(34:31):
So when are y' all gonna,like, launch yalls, like, lecture
course to these universities?Cause y' all give away a lot of vital
information that is wellproduced. And yeah, y' all need.
That wasn't a question. Thatwas more like a demand. But when
are y' all doing that?
(34:52):
It's funny, we've. That's notthe first time we've heard that.
It's not the first time we'veheard that. And when we participate
in. In panels and do liveevents, that. That's something that
is. Is said to us and isdropped in our spirits quite often.
So, I don't know, it's like,how do we get on? But no, we've talked
(35:17):
about this, J. Ray, aboutgetting on somebody's campus. Especially,
like here in Atlanta. There's,you know, we got the H. The whole
auc.
Yeah.
And in Pennsylvania, inPhilly. There's plenty of schools
there.
Listen, Quest Love can be theonly one doing lectures.
You know, real talk. And Imean, just using that as a model.
(35:38):
It's so funny. Cause I thinkthe last time we had this conversation,
we had seen Quest do somethingand we were like this. You know what
I mean? It was just like. AndI'm sure. So I call Sir Daniel when
I have a thing and he'll textme when he has a. I'm sure I called.
Cause I saw Quest dosomething. But thank you for that.
(35:59):
That is something that weabsolutely have the capacity to do
and we must do. So. You maynot know this, Kyriakos, but this
also brings up when we endedup in that high school class with
Marcus, who I talked to lastweekend, actually was sharing Queue
Points with his class, andthey had to do like a report on Queue
Points, which was, like, crazyto me. He couldn't share the report,
(36:23):
but it was. He could Share thereports. But it was dope knowing
that that happened. So thankyou for that. We need to make that
happen. 2026 Cue Point.Special lecturers insert university
here.
Absolutely doing something.
And we don't need excuses. Wedon't need excuses about DEI hires
either.
We don't need no excuses aboutDEI hire.
(36:46):
So if anything, we haveconnected and plugged into the. To
the university system. Youknow, please, please reach out, bring
us in. You know, we'll fly.We're not afraid of flying. We'll
come in and we'll talk seriously.
We'll fly to educate.
We can get y' all a rider madeup too. Listen, they can follow y'
all. Yeah, y' all could beflew down.
(37:10):
I'm here for it. So talkingabout just a couple things that have
happened over the past week.Of course, we're still, we're still
getting over the Met Gala onMonday night. Please, please check
out the latest episode ofQueue Points where Jay Ray and I
(37:31):
chop it up about our favemusic industry dandies. And we, we
let do what we like to do. Wegive a list, we come up with our
own list of who we feel likeare the most impactful or the dandiest
of the dandies in the musicindustry over the pat. Over the decades.
And we talk about that. ButKiriako's. When it comes to the idea
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of dandyism and justexpressing oneself through dress,
off the top of your head, whodo you feel like fits that the most?
It doesn't have to be anybodythat was there at the. The gala that
night, but when you think ofsomebody who just has impeccable
style, who comes to your mindand who. Who do you give it up to?
(38:21):
So when I saw Zendaya'soutfit, I know everybody thought
I. I don't know if it was saidthat she took inspiration from Diana
Ross for her outfit, but itmade me think of Tina Turner. There's
like this one picture of TinaTurner, if you, like googled it.
And it's like Tina Turner inthe suit. It's like a white suit
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and the hat shape. As soon asI saw it in there, I thought that
was like a nod to Tina Turner,but it could also be seen as Diana
Ross too. Who else? I alsothought about Janet in the all right
video. Yeah, the yellow suit.
Yeah.
And even like, as she went ontour over the years.
Yeah.
She's like changed thesilhouette of it, but it's still
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kind of dandy. Very zoot suit.I didn't see a lot of Zoot suits.
I didn't like that. I want tosay the only person that wore a zoot
suit was Willie Chavarria,which is the designer. I figured
it would be a couple more ofthose somewhere sprinkled in, but
I guess not.
Yeah, you know, we talkedabout that. So the reason. What sparked
our conversation, too, was ashout out to Charles Stevens from
(39:24):
cnp. But he had said, hey, arey' all going to talk about this?
Because he didn't see a lot ofreferences to the time as a band,
who, of course, did the zootsuits and all of that and felt like,
oh, people would definitelychannel more. Somebody would channel
Mars Day and didn't really seethat. So I do what I think is interesting,
(39:46):
though, and this is a questionfor both of y' all. I'm wondering
if maybe the Met gala willopen up folks dressing up a little
more. I do think so. We. Wegrew. I can speak for myself. I think
me and Sir Daniel in thatgeneration grew up where we were
kind of dressing down. Like,we grew up in the we're dressing
(40:07):
down more generation. But ourparents dressed up for everything.
Right.
If they was going to somebodydown the street house that they see
every day, but they was havinga party, they was gonna be fly going
down there. And I'm like, y'all doing all of that? You just saw
them yesterday. I think wemight. Do you think we'll get back
to that?
I think we are, but I couldsay that's happened for me at least.
(40:29):
Going to the Renaissanceconcert two years ago, I noticed
since I went to that show,like, I dressed up a lot more.
Okay.
Which is kind of cool, I guessI realized at some point, like during
the pandemic, as the peoplesay, as it was ending, I don't think
it ever ended. I realized Ican't do T shirt and sweatshirt everywhere
(40:51):
in life. Like, yeah, you know,it's okay to put a combo hat on.
It's okay to put. Put youraccessories on, put your boots on.
Yeah, that kind of thing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I can say that that shiftedfor me. I can't speak for everybody
else, but I definitely feltthat for sure.
You know, shout out to Kipper Jones.
He just.
(41:12):
And the R B circus. Kipper,we. And Kipper, we definitely talked
about you. Yep. Off camera.And just, like, how you. Kipper has
done the same thing. You know,Kipper with Dawn, a top hat. He might
put on some tails.
Yeah.
You know, you just never knowwith Kipper. So he's. We. We love
(41:33):
that. About Kipper in hisperformance. But I absolutely want
that for us. I would love tosee us get, you know, people get
dolled up.
Yes.
They go out and. Because whatI think will happen is when you put
the effort into the fit, asthe kids say, you. You have a whole
(41:54):
come. You have a completelydifferent energy when you go out.
Yeah.
If you took, if you took timeto get. To get fly the least like
the less likely you are to beinvolved in any kind of drama. And
I want to see more peopledancing and yes. You know, I think
I missed that. Maybe, maybethere'll be more people doing, you
(42:17):
know, two, two stepping witheach other a lot more, you know,
grabbing somebody by the handand twirling them around.
Yeah.
You know, a little, a littlestudio 54 energy with. With the disco
energy. Because I do see thatcoming back a lot. Shout out to Jeremy
Avalon and High Key Disco.Where the J Ray. The. The kids are
(42:39):
all right. The kids love themsome disco. They are really getting
into the archives and feelingit out. So I'm very excited about
that and I'm hoping that thatalso manifests in the way that we
dress and we put a littleeffort into. Into spiffing ourselves
up and feeling good becausehopefully that'll translate into
(43:00):
other areas of our lives andthat will affect everybody. That
will affect us as a communityand we start feeling better. Before
we wrap this up, we haveKiriakos here who is an avid, avid
concert goer. How do you feelabout people making such a big deal
(43:20):
about seats and arenas notbeing as full as, say, the last tour?
And you know, of course I'mtalking about the Cowboy Carter Chitlin
circuit that's going around,that's on tour now.
It's called the ChitlinCircuit. Gary Yakos. That's what
she called it.
Yeah, but it.
(43:42):
But I will be in attendance.
Clearly. So are people justmaking. Just people just like looking
for stuff to talk about?Because are they make. It's. It's
a whole lot of nothing. It's anothing sandwich. Isn't it about
seats?
It happens every tour. I'lljust say that.
Okay, okay, okay. But itdoesn't take away from a person's
(44:06):
pedigree. Right. It doesn'ttake away from the performance. It
doesn't take away from any ofthat stuff.
After all, you're there for ashow. Why are you worried about seats
that.
Are empty and baby and, and.And being in Karaokos? We talked
about this as we. We came on.If I went to a show and it wasn't
real full. I'd be like, oh, Ican spread out.
All right, let's get it.
I could dance. I could dancein the aisles. I got room.
(44:31):
I did that at the Missy showlast year and the Madonna show. Like,
there were a bunch of emptyseats, but I didn't really care.
Like, they already got theirmoney. Like, I paid my money. Like,
I'm here for a show. Why do Ineed to worry about empty seats?
It's bigger, more importantstuff going on in the world. Like
genocide, like, for one.
Right, right.
Something else to talk about.
(44:51):
The Constitution is beingattacked daily. Like, our. Our civil
rights.
We're losing. Right. We'reworried about. See?
Yeah.
Tell us. Look, Carrie Hakos ispreaching up on this show this evening
here.
Absolutely.
I have an opinion. Sometimes,not always.
Well, we appreciate youstopping by Queue Points and, you
(45:14):
know, popping up on our screenand. And just giving us a peek into
your. Your, you know, yourmusical tastes and just continuing
to be a support and just apart of our community and part of
our family. And thank you. Youknow, just. Thank you from the bottom
of our hearts. And please, Mr.DJ, wait, let me get the whole thing.
(45:39):
It's DJ. No, creative DJ andfree spirit. Yes, y' all. I. Now
I have to say I have. Ifinally have a DJ child. And I consider
Kiriako's, you know, to be myDJ child. He may not. May or may
not agree, but I consider himto be my DJ child. But please tell
(46:02):
us. Let everybody know howthey can follow you. Tell them about
your. Your journey as amixologist and where they can hear
your mixes.
Oh, well, first of all,thanks, y' all for having me. I did
not expect to be here. It wasa welcome surprise. Y' all can find
(46:23):
me on Blue sky and soundcloudis Kyriakos, the number two and the
letter U. You can always findme at Instagram as well at Curios
tx. But pretty much all mymixes that I work on, I have a bunch
of them that I have notpublished that, you know, they may
(46:46):
just end up on the Internetsometime one day, but all of those
can be found on SoundCloud. Ieventually want to start working
some of the local parties likeSoul Control, and there's another
one here. There's, like, somany dance parties that happen in
Houston now, but eventuallythat's the goal. But for now, I'm
(47:06):
just your local bedroom dj.Also, make really great playlists,
and you'll have a linksomewhere on. On this episode to
my Apple Music or My sound ormy Spotify and SoundCloud. So I'm
everywhere that you canpossibly think music can be, including
your local neighborhoodconcert in a random city or even
(47:27):
in Houston.
Absolutely.
And real quick.
Go ahead.
I'm sorry, real quick. Inyour. What have you found out about
yourself on your DJ journey?
I like the classics a lot morethan the new music, so that's something
(47:48):
that I don't really like toplay. I don't like TikTok mixes and
all that stuff. I don't.You're not gonna hear a random sound
by From Designing Women in themiddle of my set.
Are there people doing that now?
Is that a theme?
I'm alluding to an episode ofRuPaul where they had to. A little
drag race where they had to,like, do a monologue over a scene
(48:11):
from Designing.
Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.
Yeah. So I don't. You're notgonna find that. You're not gonna
find stuff. You're not gonnafind tick tock songs and mixes. You're
gonna find stuff that hassoul, which is, I think, what a lot
of DJs are missing becauseeverything sounds so hollow and boring
and everybody wants to. Toagain, be a TikTok DJ. I love y'
(48:33):
all. I listen to y' all, but Idon't. I don't want to hear that
on my stuff. I'm a child ofPrince, unfortunately. So, you know,
listen, if I don't hear what Iwant, I go make it.
Yes. That's inspiration tothat point. When did you start your
DJ journey? Like, when did youfigure out, like, yo, this is something
(48:54):
I want to try? How long you.How long you.
So I asked Sir Daniel, like,two years ago what I needed to get,
but I didn't really startuntil the beginning of this year.
Nice.
I had to clean house and, youknow, get some things together personally.
And then I was able to focus.
Yeah.
(49:14):
And I use it as, like, areally cool method to, like, keep
my mind stimulated after mytherapy sessions every week. So it's
something fun to do.
Yeah.
I think if people stop goinginto things, trying to collect a
bag, you know, it'll be a lotmore fun and fulfilling. And that's
what I see for me. That's whyI don't want to get paid for. Well,
I don't say I don't want.
(49:34):
To get paid, but I'm gonna say.
Just for right now, for whatI'm. What I'm. What I'm doing in
my own personal fun and joy.
Yes.
Y' all ain't gotta pay me forit. Just listen to it.
So to that point, PeanutButter and Jeffy shout out on Instagram
just said, oh, and we need tobe blessed with a set. I need to
hear something. So there you go.
(49:55):
It's all in my Instagram bio.Tap the link.
There we go. All right.Instagram bio. Tap the link. Yo,
Kyriakos, thank you so muchfor being willing to be here with
us as we try this brand newthing that now see, now y' all got
a high bar. Like, this is ahigh bar.
Set the bar high, y' all.
You really set the bar highfor folks coming through. Come with
(50:20):
it. But thank you so much forbeing here and for everybody who
is tuning in. If you can seeour faces and hear our voices, hit
the subscribe button. Whereveryou are, share the show with your
friends, family, colleagues.Because if you love Queue Points,
chances are they will loveQueue Points as well. Visit our website
at queuepoints.com you canlisten to all of the archive of the
Queue Points episodes and dosome other fun stuff like check out
(50:42):
Queue Points magazine atmagazine.qpoints.com and you can
shop our store atstore.qpoints.com it keeps these
fancy, colorful lights andthings that we have going on on around
here. We appreciate y' all. Welove y' all.
That's right. What do I say?Every week in this life, you have
a choice. You can either pickup the needle or you can let the
(51:04):
record play. I'm DJ Sir Daniel.
My name is Jay Ray, y' all.That's Kiriako.
Yes, I'm Kiriako.
Podcast dropping the needle onblack music history. We will see
you on the next go round.Peace, y' all.
Peace. Y' all. Have a good one.
(51:34):
Sam.
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