Nostalgia Drifting
Posted on July 23rd, 2009
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 5:17 am
So, what with Nerdcore For Life apparently being on the road to public, commercial availability, and being in need of extras, I naturally thought, “I know a jerk who can do commentary on the creative process of other people while lacking any skills in said arena – me!” Of course, I doubt that’ll come to pass, but it got me looking at the old Sealab reviews of my commentary, and it turns out I missed some gems.
Amazon actually seems to think I’m informative…
…but this guy seems to have fallen for the troll, and hard…
…while FilmJunk and E! Insider got the point…
…and Digitally Obsessed actually enjoyed my work.
Funny thing is, much like any song I’ve written before about 2002, I really can’t even listen to that commentary without cringing a bit if not a lot. It’s tacky and awkward, and well, undeserved even if the show was mediocre as Adam and Matt are good folks employing animators (something that Cartoon Network seems to be actively be working against.) Yet, I’ve received as much if not more ink and blog noise for those 15 minutes as I probably have for music since I started putting songs on the net about a decade ago. Seems kind of broken, doesn’t it?
Bringing it full circle, I wonder if one day I’ll look at Nerdcore For Life and Nerdcore Rising the same way as I do that commentary and my older music. I mean, yeah, I am hideously nerdy in those docs, but will I rue that? For now, I doubt it. I mean, when I look at them, and it’s clear Danielle’s already borrowing my hats before we’ve ever even thought about going out amongst cute cues, and well, that sweet foreshadowing will always hold a special place in my heart. They’re still lovely time capsules – may they always be.
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Some Photos
Posted on July 22nd, 2009
Filed under: Pictures — Karl Olson @ 2:27 pm
Haven’t posted some pictures to the blog (rather than forums or twitter) in a while, and I figure all 5 of my readers might enjoy some me.
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I accidentally a show, is this bad? / Progress
Posted on July 19th, 2009
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 4:42 am
Details are in the show section, but I’ve got a show at The Blue Moon on July 30th. I will try to rehearse up, but this is my first show in a year; it should be an interesting experience as such. Also in attendance will be Death Star and I think also Press Start to Rock and/or Snickerpuss. Kinda fuzzy on those details.
Meanwhile, Rai and I set up a makeshift recording booth at her house, and I lent her a solid USB mic so she can record vocals for her album. This should, theoretically atleast, speed up progress on her record considerably.
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Stupid Internet Tricks
Posted on July 1st, 2009
Filed under: Videos — Karl Olson @ 3:50 pm
So, having the Google Ion has resulted in me having a camcorder handy at all times. Additionally, most of my co-workers also have mobile devices with cameras built-in. What the result of this? Scads of silly videos. If hearing about the exceedingly boring minutia of my life via twitter wasn’t good enough for you, perhaps this shall quench your need:
Karl Mixes The WoW Mt. Dews
Karl Makes Cellphone Music
Karl @ the iPhone 3GS Launch