Good News / Bad News
Posted on October 23rd, 2008
Filed under: General,Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:52 pm
Good News: Hipster Please reviewed Opensource Lyricist. Fairly favorably too. I’ve been accepted to 8 schools (UVic and SFU have let me in.) I will have a song on RhymeTorrents 8. However, even all that good news isn’t enough to get me chipper…
Bad News: My grandfather had a stroke that screwed up his ability to swallow. Kind of offsets the good news by about ten-fold.
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Last Chance To Buy My Stuff
Posted on October 18th, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 3:21 pm
It goes on Craigslist on Monday.
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A Grand Gear Sell Off
Posted on October 12th, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 1:48 pm
Before I put these up on ebay or take them to a Guitar Center/a Pawn Shop, I figured I’d have a shot a getting rid some pieces of gear directly to people I know. Is anyone interested in:
–Behringer EuroRack UB502 Mixer – $25 + Shipping.
–Alesis NanoVerb – $50 + Shipping.
–KeyFax Phat-Boy v.1 Midi Parameter Controller – $60 + Shipping.
–Yamaha SU200 Sampler – $125 + Shipping.
They’re all in very, very good condition, have been very gently used, and the sampler and mixer still have their original boxes. Hit me up via one of the methods on the contact page if you’re interested or have questions.
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Shael vs. Karl?
Posted on October 1st, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 8:00 pm
Nope, it’s not a feud, but rather a little collaboration on a cover of Weezer’s “The World Has Turned and Left Me Here.” Shael takes lead vocal duties while I do backing vox and production. It was fun to do, hope y’all enjoy it.
Oh, and if you just want to listen to it in a convenient, in-browser flash player, it’s up on Shael’s Sixty-One page too.
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“C – H – I – C – A – G – O” – Gemstones.
Posted on October 1st, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 6:12 pm
As, in I’m on Chicago Public Radio. Right at 3 minutes and 45 seconds. It’s a clip of me from Nerdcore For Life, and yes, it is exceedingly nerdy. No name drop though, but hey, maybe This American Life can end up using some of the documentary in a future episode.
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Nerdcore 64^3: I swear this isn’t a Mega64 blog
Posted on September 26th, 2008
Filed under: Music News,Videos — Karl Olson @ 12:44 am
Yet again, a link to the video. Check at about 58 minutes and 45 seconds in. You’ll get to hear (amongst other things) Rocco says “(Karl’s) a nerdcore rapper; we love him,” and Garrett say “Opensource Lyricist? It’s f***in good!” Additionally, Nursehella gets love again as well, as Rocco refers to her as a “great nerdcore rapper” and a cool picture of Derrick and her is featured in the podcast.
On that tip, buy my music. “It’s f***in good!” 😉
PS: Even MC Router gets a nod.
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The Complete Back-Catalog
Posted on September 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 11:06 pm
You can have it now for 25 bucks, on one delicious USB flash drive. Well, except the stuff I can’t legally sell. Hopefully one day I’ll get hosting straight again so I can put the the old stuff up free, but for now, think of it as saving yourself downloading 2.71 GB of data.
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A Change Of Plans
Posted on September 20th, 2008
Filed under: General,Music News — Karl Olson @ 3:43 pm
So, there were a few things I wasn’t planning to do. I was not planning on releasing anything off The Fourth Estate before well, releasing the album, assuming I ever released it. At the very least, I wasn’t going to put up anything via my website. Via compilations? Maybe. Via other peoples’ podcasts? Definitely, if the podcast producers were game. However, I didn’t want to publicly solicit anything off the disc via any channel until it was very close to release as well. No leaving a coming-soon page for 2 or 3 years before releasing anything, like I did with Opensource. However, I do already have some songs in the can, and I have reason to leak one very specific song today.
You see, Toonami’s last night on television is tonight, and I have a song about that animation block completed for the new CD. Toonami means a lot to me because it is one of the key reasons I am the person I am. In fact, without watching the various Tenchi Series and then a bunch of other good anime on Toonami which itself built into full blown otakuism, there is an exceedingly high probablity I would have never pushed into Nerdcore, as I would have likely felt that I just didn’t have material to rap about nerdy stuff (or rather it’d all have been about computers and being into chemistry at 7. Even outside of Nerdcore, the music and stories of anime had a serious effect on my last 4 or 5 Electronica releases. Toonami, and the otakuism it inspired in me is also a key factor to meeting the love of my life, Danielle (aka Nursehella.) You see, I spotted her in line for PAX2005 because she was wearing what I thought was cosplay (turns out it was her Catholic School girl uniform from High School,) and I talked to her as such. No otaku-ism, and even if I had developed an interest in Nerdcore, she probably would have been another face in the line. Just the thought of that alternate ending freaks me out.
As such, I owe that block I surprising amount – I only hope one day I can tell Sean Akins (the head of the soon-to-be-deceased block,) that he, through a convoluted series of events, helped me meet the woman of my dreams, and also dramatically altered the subject matter of my music.
Or, at the very least, I hope he hears this song: Ultraklystron – Absolution
Lyrics after the break.
RIP TOONAMI 1997-2008.
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Temporary Stress Relief
Posted on September 18th, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 6:08 pm
Been doing loads of college applications in what I hope is a successful attempt at using my transfer associates degree to transfer to 4-year school. However, after doing my 8th application I felt like just destressing a bit, so I cut a silly little mixtape goof track. For you listening pleasure, I present, Ultraklystron – Row Row Get A Millie. Lyrics after the break as usual, though those looking for depth probably should skip this – it’s just braggadocio, as one might expect for rap over a beat mashed together from Lil Wayne and Gurren Lagann.
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More Nerdcore 64?
Posted on September 18th, 2008
Filed under: Music News,Videos — Karl Olson @ 12:12 am
You better believe it!
Check at 44 minutes and 6 seconds, they talk about meeting me, Nursehella, Beefy and yt cracker, and about the seeing Nerdcore For Life doc.