As a native Clevelander, B.J. “Doc Zeus” Steiner believes in nothing beyond the icy embrace of Kierkegaardian nihilism. His formative childhood influences include Wu-Tang Clan, Sarah Michelle Gellar, nWo-era Hulk Hogan and game seven of the 1997 World Series. As a fully grown adult, he has learned to embrace the hate and become a semi-professional rap music critic specializing on calling you on your shit. He still watches professional wrestling and is definitely not married. Swipe right, ladies!
Currently Listening:
KR - I$0lyf3 3
Guardians Of The Galaxy: OST
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature
RiFF RaFF - Neon Icon
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Currently Watching:
WCW Monday Nitro Reruns On The WWE Network
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Last Night With John Oliver
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Currently Reading:
David Shoemaker - The Squared Circle: Life, Death & Professional Wrestling Evan Wright - Generation KillDoc Zeus has now written three consecutive posts of praise. The Mayans may still be right. [Ed Note: My feature on Riff Raff appears today in LA Weekly. Rice included.] Buddy cop films and Judd Apatow have taught us that the metaphysical chemistry of two opposite bros forming an unlikely friendship is the most powerful […]
| Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music > Rap Music | May 18, 2012 |
Doc Zeus is also glad that Reagan’s dead. Given their shared fondness for bombast and apocalyptic oration, I imagine a choir of avenging archangels were sent as heralds to mark the occasion when Killer Mike and El-P met. Certain artists just simply belong working with each other and its no coincidence when fate forms a […]
Does Doc Zeus not bleed? I admire Adam Yauch. As a diehard hip hop fan and a child of the 1990s, that might seem exceedingly obvious to say. But beyond the superficial of simply “liking” his music, Adam Yauch was an extraordinary human being. Beyond his accomplishments in music and film, his character was of […]
Doc Zeus really thinks you need to stop taking your talking points from Carles. There once was a pretty girl named Lizzie Grant who decided that she wanted to make music for a living. She signed a record deal with a major label and recorded a gooey, happy-go-lucky pop record in the vein of Stefani […]
| Not A Blogger: My Beautiful, Immediate, Ill-Thought Reactions To This Year’s Grammy Nominations | December 2, 2011 |
Doc Zeus sees your cliche about complaining about the Grammy’s and raises you some arsenic. The Grammy’s are one of the universe’s central mysteries. From 54 years of experience, we know that the Gramophone Awards don’t actually reward anything approaching excellence, merit or achievement in the music industry. At best, they reward a toxic combination […]
| Not a Blogger: Drake – The Most Hated Man In Hip Hop | November 17, 2011 |
And with this, Doc Zeus will never speak of Drake again. For a certain breed of hip hop fan, Aubrey Graham is the harbinger of doom. If you were bred on the subtle joys of casual misogyny that radiated through N.W.A and…let’s be honest, every other rap artist not named P.M. Dawn, Drake’s music speaks […]
| An Open Letter To America Regarding Donald Glover’s Career | November 14, 2011 |
Doc Zeus was born into a Nielsen Family. Community is the best sitcom on TV. If you haven’t seen the show (i.e. a person I hate with frothing intensity), the premise revolves around a group of misfits attending community college where all types of awesomeness springs forth in various awesomely awesome ways. The show is […]
| The Great Shelf In The Sky: J Cole & The Crushing Inevitability Of Being Memphis Bleek | September 28, 2011 |
Dear Summer, I know you’re not gonna’ miss Doc Zeus. On any given day of the week, the Great Internet Hype Factories will post a Hulkshare link from a rapper that you’ve never heard of and will have no interest in listening to. I promise. But through the power of a solid management strategy, they’ve […]
Doc Zeus’ real name is Dr. Trollface Elias Zeus Jr., PhD. Doctor in Player Hateology. There’s a certain something that I admire in Chris Brown. Granted, pound for pound, one of the most loathsome individuals the entertainment industrial complex has spewed out, but there’s one admirable quality that makes him uniquely fascinating: his pathological self […]
| Not A Blogger Redux: Hey! Remember The Cool Kids?! | August 10, 2011 |
Doc Zeus is 184 in blog years. In the Internet age, our fickle and cruel digital rulers have gotten us addicted to the ceaseless ooze of information. The maw must be fed, context is irrelevant and nothing matters beyond the fleeting moments of the Now. All is forgotten. Everything is disposable. Nihilism is our one […]
