“Don’t Get Cocky, Kid!” – Han Solo
Posted on July 29th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 2:40 am
So, my driver’s licence was returned to me via the upstanding members of Mega64, so I won’t have to be sent to the “we think you’re evil” line at the airport. Meanwhile, SpikeTV interviewed a bunch of Nerdcore rappers after the Friday show at the Capcom Booth including myself, they even had YT Cracker and I freestyle, and for once I really feel like I was on my game and that it came out very well. That should air in a couple weeks on Spike’s Game Head, if it makes it to air. Additionally, I recieved a free Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu! boxset at ADV’s panel, I think I might have made a pretty good press contact with Del Rey, and I finally had a chance to talk with Lance from FUNimation a little, so maybe, just maybe, I’m catching a bit of a break.
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Murphy’s Law In Overdrive
Posted on July 25th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 9:40 pm
Any sucker can lose the shirt off his back. Only a real idiot can lose his driver’s licence in the process, all while looking for the girlfriend he lost at a huge comic convention. Also while sleep deprived and generally sour and grouchy.
I am that idiot. Nice to know whole new things can go wrong that I would never have dreams. At least the hotel has free WiFi and I got my press pass. A silver lining to a tornado hurricane.
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Ota-Dose
Posted on July 20th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 3:17 am
In the interest of wasting of everyone’s time, I figured I’d post a random observation about myself, or rather about things I own, namely the following:
I own three different depictions of Cardcaptor Sakura in the same outfit. Specifically, a wallscroll, an 8 inch PVC figure and a small coin figure. This is notable because said character has dozens upon dozens of outfits both in the manga and the TV series, so to have racked up 3 versions of the same outfit in different mediums probably means I have too much anime stuff. I’ve decided to call this state of affairs ota-dose, a contraction of otaku and overdose. I mention this because I think I’m currently suffering from it. I mean, I literally have over 65 anime DVDs I haven’t watched at this point. Ok, some of that is stuff like Gravion which I won at a panel, and that I would never watch otherwise, and may never watch, but discounting that stuff and then given an average of 2 hours of content per DVD, we’re talking well over 5 days of non-stop anime. Taken in a more reasonable dose, that’d still be a good month’s worth of all my viewing being anime viewing. I am in desperate need of shelf-space, yet, I haven’t made the time to put it up because when I’m not traveling, I’m typically on the internet talking about anime and manga (though at least I have the “I’m a mod/reporter”-excuse there.) Thus I have four huge piles of manga on my floor, I have DVDs scattered all over the place and the only time I clear space on my desk or my dresser is to make room for more figurines.
In short, if you see me buying something anime that isn’t, say, a gift for a friend or a volume of DVD or manga series I’m already collecting, you’re with in rights to tell me to knock it off. It’s probably for the best if you do. Unless of course it’s from the TMS Classics DVD line. I mean, at those prices, how can I pass it up???
Oh right, that’s probably why I ended up with different versions of the same thing in the first place. -_-;
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Nerdcore Risen
Posted on July 20th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:24 am
Nerdcore For Life documentary on Mtv Canada
Jesse D, YT Cracker & Nursehella on Mtv Canada
I’m intensely proud of Nerdcore right now, plus a bunch of my friends and my fellow musicians were on Mtv. Well, Mtv Canada. Awesome enough though. I have a feeling something amazing is just around the corner.
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On the note of doing too much in July
Posted on July 18th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 10:41 am
At San Diego Comic Con, I’m performing at Capcom’s booth on Thursday at 1:30pm. Also playing that day at the Capcom booth right after me will be lovely and talented Nursehella and the ever-so fresh and nerdy Beefy. At the same time on Friday, you can catch Comic Con fixture the Sucklord, nerd rap legends the Former Fat Boys and the original digital gangsta, YT Cracker. Oh, and sometime on Saturday at the Capcom booth, you can check out the Mega Man rap master, Random. Essentially, Capcom’s booth is nerdcore central.
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Decompression
Posted on July 18th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 10:23 am
So, basically I’ve not really been “home” for more than about 12 hours since late June, and I have to say, being back home after having done so much is bizarre, especially given that there were two very distinct segments of time spent in those past few weeks; I.E. I came home after being in Spokane for two weeks and then thought “oh right, yeah, I went to an anime con right before I left for Spokane.” I mean, I walked into my room last night (earlier this morning actually,) and I was almost disoriented for a second. I was like “oh, yeah, I bought that great Cardcaptor Sakura statuette, oh and those ADV boxsets – wait, I won an ADV boxset too! Dang, I have a lot of anime to watch.”
Of course, before the week’s over I’m back up to Canada, then back home, then out to San Diego. July’s just going to be a blur I guess.
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102 Degree Burn Out Unlimited Over 9000
Posted on July 11th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 8:56 pm
So, as the disjointed title suggests, I’m currently streaming hardcore drum n’ bass over borrowed wifi while fighting off the exhausting effects of a long and hot day running around the Spokenya (Spokane) area to acquire a reliable used box truck for the purpose of moving my grandfather’s belongings to the West Side of the Cascades so that his house can be sold, the proceeds from which when combined with the sale of my parent’s house will allow them to finally move into a place large enough to not only contain their hobbies properly, but even have their cars in a garage rather than next to the current house which is in fact garageless. Meanwhile, my grandpa will finally have all the stuff that previously didn’t make it into his suite at the retirement home.
However, enough of that drama and nonsense. Instead, let us rejoice, as you can finally here what everyone who caught the Waldo’s show has been waiting for: me covering an mc 500 times more talented than myself. Of course you can also hear such nerdcore luminaries such as the lovely and talented Nursehella and my protege/mecha-godzilla friend Rai brilliantly cover other artists over mediocre (wait, I mean awesome) backings created by your’s truly and mixed/mastered by that guy as well. Of course, if my production isn’t to your taste (in which case, why are you here?) you can always check out great covers by Beefy, Myf (feat. Kal & DJ Snyder), Shael Riley, YT Cracker and a host of other great Nerdcore MCs who I’m too exhausted to list right now.
Now, to work until Midnight, so I can get up at 6am, thus ensuring I can maybe snag a nap in the basement during the worst of the 103 degree weather tomorrow.