http://karlrolson.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:57:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, after a runaround that included visiting a music store that apparently has no affiliation but the exact same as the music store for which I had a gift certificate for, visiting a mall during a power outage, cashing in said gift certificate for a nice new condenser mic, and ... http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/07/20/blog-check-mic-check/ So it's my last day working at Computer Stop (I figure that since I'll no longer be employed here, it's cool to mention the place by name,) and what should I find but a giant cheesecake (one of those ones with 8 different flavors of cheesecake,) and a gift that'll ... http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/07/15/the-cake-apparently-is-not-a-lie/ So, the video quality on my STIFF after party performance was a shade mediocre (thanks to my cheap refurb digital camera;) however Betheny Lee (aka Bethzilla, friend of Beefy,) actually had a decent camcorder and shot the same performance, which is viewable here. There are also performances from Beefy, Beefy ... http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/07/12/better-video-inadvertant-comedy/ This time, a little rap I did in two takes (one for the main vox, one for the backing,) over a beat cobbled together from Lupe Fiasco, Yoko Kanno and Kenna. If it were something I were doing with a real backing for a real release, I might polish it ... http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/07/09/another-desu-desu-desu-cut/ Hey look, I have an imdb page now. I can hardly believe it. Still probably not known enough to get a wikipedia page though. http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/06/27/imdb/ In as much the results of my live set that the Nerdcore For Life After-Party show, are turning up on the net, thanks to my cheap digital camera and the camera work of MC Gigahertz. Gentlemen, Behold, me performing "Full Disclosure" off of Opensource Lyricist: I'd embed it, but Live Journal ... http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/06/17/live-results-coming-in/ Download It Here. Why? Because I can. Also, it features a song (and a bit) at the end that was originally intended for Haven (the and-a-bit was meant to be on Solace) but that I cut do to time constraints, and that I then forgot about until recently. Thus, a DJ ... http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/06/08/a-dj-mix/ Or rather, last nights improv with electronic music producer Synthead who coincidentally is the brother of a good friend of mine, Lucy. Lucy also recorded on a Sony digital camera said improv which started lol money tribute, but soon veered into other territory: Honestly, this is not a rick roll, though ... http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/05/23/last-night-at-the-improv/ See the brand new shows page for details. Time to practice up. http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/05/08/ultraklystron-aint-dead-lil-jon-paraphrased/ So, I spent time today (when not selling monitors at work, chatting on the phone to Danielle, dropping Mathew off at a friend's place nor napping as part of recovering from the ear/throat infection that requires huge Augmentin pills to fight it,) looking over old blogs and newsgroup entries, initially ... http://karlrolson.com/blog/2008/04/27/the-past-is-unattainable-the-future-is-unwritten/