Returning Music To Myspace…
Posted on August 9th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:15 am
So, it looks like (much to my pleasant surprise) that myspace.com has backed off on it’s policy of completely claiming everything you post on myspace thanks to Billy Bragg, which means my music can live on myspace again (in addition to the recently updated Nekodashi.) I’m even uploading tracks while I’m writing this post.
Meanwhile, I think I’ll go buy Mermaid Avenue next I time order from Amazon to show some appreciation for the man who helped insure that thousands of amateur musicians don’t end up on some crappy compilation or Fox News expose against their will. Besides, from what I’ve heard off the disc (various tracks on the public radio stations here over the years,) it’s pretty great anyway.
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PS: playing on mc chris’ myspace…
Posted on August 4th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 3:27 pm
Someone asked about my mix on mc chris’ forum because it’s on mc’s myspace, and the question is part of what spurred the nekodashi update. Took me a while to realize that maybe the fact that Chris picked my mix was maybe news worthy. Almost lame that I get more play on his myspace than I get off my own website though, though I suppose that’s to be expect. Ah well, exposure is exposure, right?
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Nekodashi update – 25 iterations of 8 songs.
Posted on August 3rd, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 12:34 pm
AKA, my mc chris remixes now up for download for this first time in a while, and with gratuitous flavor text on the side. (Flava text? Fava beans? Homestar Runner humor.)
Anyway, on a more serious note, I hung out yesterday with nerdcore artist MC Wreckshin and his friend whose name I forgot (I am still horrible with names. Shoot, I drew a blank on Misu’s last name yesterday even.) It was fun hanging at SushiLand with them, and making an oddly long drive from the Seattle Center to Archie McPhee’s (even if Archie had just closed for the day.) I wish those two the best of luck on their cross-country trip back to Florida, and hopefully they can meet up with a ton of other cool nerdcore mcs and producers along the way.
Now, to trek back to Seattle (my bro and I are going to hit Archie McPhee’s and the Army surplus store.)
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In liu of an actual update…
Posted on July 31st, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 7:32 pm
A Crunk Beat I made for a couple other nerdcore rappers who will rapping about Poke Balls IIRC. Should be amusing.
Oh yeah, if you didn’t know, I’m back in Seattle, atleast until Anime Evolution. However, that won’t really stop me from being busy, but atleast I don’t have to be on my feet to review the 4 DVDs (more like 5) in my backlog, the three advance screenings I caught and the interview I have to transcribe. Oh, at the dating sim and related TV series I need to review as well. At least all of my awesome reporting at Comic Con resulted in my reports getting linked by Anime News Network, Anime on DVD, ICv2, some Japanese site I’ve never even heard of and probably more. I’m pretty darn happy about all that, even if SDCC was a bit of fiasco otherwise (I won’t go into details here.)
Oh yeah, I’m also putting together a website with Misu for a friend of mine in LA that if it works will be awesome, and if it doesn’t will still have atleast shown me how to use cart software, so I can set up a more professional interface to the business side of this website. Speaking of which, I have a CD I should send out to tomarrow.
Anyway, if you want to hear more about my LA/San Diego adventures, you’ll probably just have to talk to me. Any writing I do in the next month is probably going to be about DVDs, shows and movies coming to DVD, games or manga related to shows on DVD, interviews in relations to movies coming to DVD and contact info that I need to transcribe so that in the long term I get more DVDs to review, so it’ll be similar to last month, but a different side of the press thing.
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“Probably the coolest guy we met through the whole Expo” – chibi-tokyo.net
Posted on July 14th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 3:11 pm
So, Slashdot finally talked about the RhymeTorrents compilation. I guess that’s +1 to my nerd HP or something like that. Hopefully, I’m one of the few that ended up in CmdrTaco’s ultimate playlist. On the opposite end of the exposure scale, I was interviewed by these cool dudes from chibi-tokyo.net for their podcast. If you just want to hear me, check in around the hour and 47 minute mark of their AX podcast. I guess they saved me for last. They put together a very good show though, and you should check out their other podcasts – they’re great.
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Z O M G Torrents.
Posted on June 7th, 2006
Filed under: Music News,Reviews — Karl Olson @ 10:02 am
Rhyme Torrents that is, as in the first disc of that compilation is now up online as a torrent. And it’s fairly awesome. It’s by no means perfect, but pretty much everyone raises their game when they aren’t in fact delivering for the first time, though the debut tracks on this CD are fantastic. Particular favorites are as follows:
Nursehella – Nursehellamentary – Absolutely off the hook. With lines like “I’m super evil dead / so won’t you hail to the queen,” combined with her ODB meets Mia delivery and Baddd Spellah’s intensionally raw but excellent production, and it’s got indie radio classic written all over it. It just explodes with personality, and it’s one heck of a track to step on the scene with.
Beefy – Tub of Tabasco – Easily the best rapper in all of Pasco. On a more serious note, he leveled up his game yet again, and the result is just awesome. Funny, energetic and generally great in a party rap way, though there is certainly plenty of wit in their as well.
Monzy – Kill Dash Nine – If you get the reference in the title, you’re already pretty darn nerdy, and after the smart alek 50 cent reference at the very opening of the song (“G STUDENT”,) from there it’s a non-stop barrage of computer references, all in the context of furthering the CS geeksta feud between Monzy and MC Plus+, and with lines like “You thought the seven-layer model /referred to a burrito,” I think there will continue to be “drama in the Ph.D.”
Lil Nix – Off the Markov – Speaking of Comp Sci feuds, Lil Nix swoops in and makes her own claim to be the best Comp Sci mc. The production is a bit plain, but her delightfully jazzy and ambient flow combined with lines like “Homeboy couldn’t program a TI-82,” and “I dream in assembly” result in pretty cool little track.
MC Frontalot vs. Baddd Spellah – Nerdcore Hip Hop 2006 – Absolutely sick. The word “crunk” even applies here – I’m almost expecting Lil Jon to pop out at any minute and be like “NEEEEEEERDCOOOOOOOOORE.” Baddd Spellah just recontextualizes the song excellently, and the additional elements recorded for this new mix are awesome (“In the dos double O six! Uhhh, that’s what year it is, currently.”)
Shael Riley feat Beefy – Miss Information – Filthy, smart alek and insane, but the flows are excellent and the misinformation on various nerdcore mcs is witty and sharp (their jab at me “What’s the problem my son? It seems that you met my friend Ultraklystron! He’s a werewolf, by gum / and he can’t stand Japanese Animation.” The production is pretty pretty solid too.
Oh yeah, my contribution and Rai’s track are the best. Totally 😉
/yes, I will be doing this for each disc as they are released.
//or not.
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Original Content.
Posted on June 1st, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 12:58 am
This is the beginning of revolution, maybe. 😉
At the very least, I’d like to make it an EP’s worth of content – 5-8 songs. If only because it gives me the excuse to do something other than wait for things to get to a point where releasing OpenSource Lyricist is viable/sensible. Besides, Rai’s fun to work with.
PS: The Nerdcore compilation is apparently looking like it’s going to be out 6/06/2006, so instead of seeing The Omen, check out all 4 discs that’ll be hitting for free on the internet that day. It’ll rock your socks with some 40+ artists IIRC.
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Open-Mic Canceled
Posted on May 30th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 11:49 pm
But atleast I have my data in for the Wired thing and I have my tracks in for the compilation. Rai’s stuff is pretty much squared way too on those points too.
For those interested, the nerdcore article in Wired will be out in August IIRC. Yay!
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Now you can insult me on “the internets.”
Posted on May 25th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 6:49 am
Or rather you can do it much easier now because I have my own forum courtesy of RhymeTorrents.com
Meanwhile, why am I up at 6:48am? Homework! Isn’t stats class just delicious?
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Open Mics are Gigs Too, right?
Posted on May 24th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 11:19 pm
And certainly ones at Bellevue Community College are valid gigs, right? No? Really? Well, I signed up for their Open Mic show anyway, and it’s happening on the 30th of May from 11:30am-1:30pm. I’ll probably only get to do a couple songs (maybe more if not many other acts show,) and I’m sure that no matter what it’ll be insanely lame either way, but hey, if you want some delicious, otakutastic nerdcore in a vaguely live scenario, that’s the place to be. I encourage everyone who can turn out to turn out with the usual gear – pitchforks, flaming torches and 18th century colonial slander. 😉