Me doing a planned in advance live show? For the first time ever?
Posted on December 18th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 4:05 am
Yes, and it’s a cancer benefit (the ACS the IBCRF to be specific) at the Preston Community Center at 8625 310th Ave SE, Preston, WA. I’m not sure quite yet exactly when I’ll be playing (heck, I’m still kind of dazed from finding out that I’ll be playing,) but the actual time for the whole event is 5:30pm-10pm on December 22nd (IE: this Thursday.)
How this came to be: What I thought was going to be a little set at an acquaintance’s private X-mas party at their house now may turn out as many as 125 people (assuming capacity can be reached,) and not just myself will be performing, but various local acts who likely are much better known than myself. As such, if any of my friends from AK could turn out (I know my BCC posse will show as that was the original deal with x-mas party,) I think it might make things a little easier for me. Or vastly more stressful. I have no idea. Boy, I hope I can rehearse myself into some level of confidence and competence for this.
PS: Food is apparently going to be covered by the cost of that 5 bucks, so even if you only turn out to see me, and you’re unhappy with me, atleast you will be fed. Besides, I’m sure the other bands and artists will rock, so it’s way totally worth it.
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Progress Report
Posted on December 15th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 7:12 pm
So, since in next few weeks reprints of my old CD will be available (and since someone brought it up in my myspace,) I thought now might be a good time to go over the progress on the next CD. It’s basically done, save for 2 tracks and cover art. The two tracks are, of course, the collaborations, and really it’s my fault for not persuing them harder. However, I recorded my segment of what will hopefully be the Tycho collab (I think I’ll have another shot at emailing him, but realistically, I should just drive down to Seattle next week and see if I can just talk to him about it at his offices.) Meanwhile, I need to email Nurse Hella about our collab. I really sorta dropped the ball while I was working on school stuff, but school is important, ya know?
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Billards, Burgers and Bomber Girls.
Posted on December 4th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 3:17 am
Ok, so I basically did nothing today (as in Saturday.) Well, I read the manga I bought yesterday.
But Friday was eventful.
Got some new manga at Anime Kingdom (Nana, Bleach, Full Moon, Fruits Basket, Keroro Gunso, Kare Kano and Midori’s Days.) I went to Starbucks (repeatedly,) chatted with friends, went to Chili’s with friends, got dripped on by Chili’s broken ceiling, bought cheap manga at Half Price Books (Bomber Girl – vapid and fanservicey, but it brings balance to the heavy shoujo stuff – besides, it’s out of print now, and it was a silly little read in Raijin Weekly Comics back in the day, so why not.) Then I wandered around Tukwila looking for a bowling alley that’s also a billards place, and I eventually found it (stopped into Target for Advil and Powerade first. Then, I got my butt soundly kicked all but once (and that was dumb luck.)
Oh yeah, today wasn’t totally uneventful – I got myself running litestep and boy it’s come a long way since the old days. I’m using a very, very stripped down theme, and outside needing a clock that’s not stuck in the launch menu (I’ll find something I can embed on to the desktop,) I’m loving it. Much lower system load than Explorer (which is great, especially since I’m waiting on Kingston to hook me up with fresh RAM under their lifetime warrenty, though I suppose they might stick me on it since I put those RAM heatsinks on. Cept I never OC’d the stuff and they broke with out my stupidity helping it along.)
Anyway, on a less “boring-everyday-life-noone-cares-about” note, I’ve gotten things underway for reprinting the first nerdcore cd. It’ll be even nicer than the last batch when it comes to print quality, and all that, and it’ll probably be available either just before or just after Xmas. Also once class is done for the year, I will get those collaborations I need for my CD resolved in some fashion, some how.
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Generic Interstitial Beats
Posted on November 18th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 7:43 pm
as heard on the Toon Zone podcast.
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PS: New Remix
Posted on October 24th, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 1:52 am
mc chris vs. ultraklystron – stop time (petit cassette mix)
gratuitous reference in remix name.
tada.
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So I have tomarrow off.
Posted on October 3rd, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 7:02 pm
Should I:
1. Work out my issues with Java (namely Arrays of constructs from a custom class.)
2. Watch the live action Gundam movie my friends Dave and Justin lent me.
3. Write a review for Planetes volume 1 and 2 because the show is so darn great.
4. Watch Planetes episodes 7, 9 and 10 again because those episodes are so darn great.
5. Make the needed alternations to the new nerdcore CD that I can do with out my collaboratory artists.
Maybe I’ll try to do all those things.
BTW, speaking of my CD, Dave has come up with some out right awesome cover art for my new CD that I will be paying him for because that way he’s officially got a commission for his resume. But seriously, he made me look insanely cool.
Coin-figure-shuriken-in-one-hand-microphone-in-the-other-hand cool.
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again?
Posted on October 1st, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 6:31 pm
more mc chris – variety remix action here
A little more rough and tumble and simple on this one. 8-Bit-ish yet smooth though.
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Bandwidth Murder
Posted on September 23rd, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 1:12 am
Atleast with all these pesky remixes popping up. BTW, the linked remix is in yet another style and is of an entirely different mc chris song, so if you were getting tired of me messing with illy oi, you’ve got something different and outright strange in that mix.
Meanwhile, I went crazy trying to get around Seattle trying to drop stuff off to my mom. However, made me realize a few things about the city:
1. It’s very pretty. It’s got an overwhelming urban aesthetic that for the most part has a lovely gloss and cleanness to it that just looks cool.
2. It’s laid out horribly. Those one ways make me want to scream.
3. No way I’d want to live there. I’m a suburban kid, I like trees and I hate traffic that dense.
Also, mapquest sucks. Atleast in this case.
Atleast making remixes can chill me out pretty nicely. That and 7-11s with Big Gulps and Fresh Brownies. Ah, that made it all peachy and worth while.
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rolled the counter/more mc chris remix already?
Posted on September 22nd, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:46 am
Haha, rolled the counter at the .com over the 2000 mark. Not bad for keeping track since June.
Since I’m not talented enough nor driven enough to post celebratory 2000th post art, and since, I’m apparently not done wrecking up mc chris’ stuff, here’s something to celebrate my 2000th post:
mc chris vs. ultraklystron – illy oi (everyday life mix)
Now me need get sleep now. 😀
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MC Chris Posts Acapellas
Posted on September 21st, 2005
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:38 am
Then I have to go and wreck them up over some generic jump up drum n’ bass beats.
BTW, the above mix isn’t my submission to the related contest, I’m just getting my usual MC remix out of the way. Besides, know it’s at 170/85bpm, so I can start thinking about different styles that work in that tempo. One of these days I should mega mix them together. Not today though. 😀