In case you don’t like Happy Hardcore
Posted on November 24th, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 10:30 pm
I also did a Drum n’ Bass remix of Random’s “Grow Up”. It’s raw, synthy and dance floor ready. Junglists, start your 1200s.
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11-27-2008
Posted on November 24th, 2008
Filed under: General,Music News — Karl Olson @ 4:16 am
Three things:
1. Wack Thursday: Savings of an unknown amount on stuff in the store. You want to know how much (if anything) you may save? Check on Thursday*.
2. My birthday: you should wish me a happy birthday that day maybe.
3. Music: There might be some. Again, this necessitates a visit to the website on the 27th. What kind of music if there is music? You’ll have to find out. Maybe I’ve taken up polka. Maybe the Korg nanoPad I got for my birthday has resulted in some brilliant new material on the Minimal Techno tip. Maybe I’ve become a Hyphy artist, and I have a bunch of songs about getting dumb and ghost riding the whip. You don’t know. Maybe it’s only one song from The Fourth Estate.
These are mysteries. Solve them with the help of Robert Stack** on Thursday.
*=These deals will inevitably get leaked on some website, just like Target’s and Best Buy’s. ;D
**=Robert Stack will not in any fashion be aiding you in regards to solving these mysteries, nor will Chris Hansen.
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CVR TN
Posted on November 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:05 am
Or rather, a cover/remix/reimagining of one of my drum n’ bass tracks (specifically “Sea of Stars” from Never Yours To Share It) by the genius drum n’ bass duo Negative PH. It’s on their just-released new album, OVRMND which is for sale on their myspace. That myspace also has their version of the song, “SOS,” up streaming as well.
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Kick it like it’s 1998…
Posted on November 21st, 2008
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 12:52 am
So, while I still have been too busy to get my podcast together for Toon Zone in regards to AkiCon, the other little project that came out of it, namely doing a remix of Random’s “Grow Up” in the Happy Hardcore style has come to fruition:
If you remember PLUR, you might want to give this a listen. Thanks to DJ Jimni Cricket for inspiring the mix, and to Random for being cool with said mix.
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You probably already heard about this…
Posted on November 11th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 8:09 pm
But the nerdcore super tour of MC Frontalot, MC Lars and YT Cracker hit a major snag when their trailer hit a patch of black ice in Wyoming and lost control. This not only nixed their Lincoln show, but may nix the tour without some fan support. If you’ve never bought anything from those artists before, and you enjoy their work, now would be a darn good time to show them some love and buy their merch and music, especially since without it, they may not be able to hit your town/city/area. Insurance helps, but fans help more.
(Thanks to Beefy for posting about it.)
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AkiCon Photos
Posted on November 9th, 2008
Filed under: Pictures — Karl Olson @ 5:14 pm
More details on how great the con was later (Random was awesome, as was everyone else I chilled with,) but photos are after the break.
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AkiCon(1): Small con is small.
Posted on November 8th, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 11:42 pm
But I’m here. Checked out various events, hung out in the dealer’s room a bit, helped a friend snag food for his artist alley friends, walked the single 100 foot hall way that every con room is strung along, interviewed some folks for a possible Toon Zone podcast and had dinner with MegaRan at Denny’s.
It’s super chill, and a welcome distraction. Definitely looking forward to MegaRan’s set. Finally get to catch him live.
Pic after the break.
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Backlog Blues
Posted on October 31st, 2008
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 3:44 pm
In anticipation of moving for university, I recently did a head count on how many DVDs of unwatched content I have in my room. The anime alone came to about 170 discs. Add to that the various adult swim boxsets, an I’m looking that the fact that even if I watched a disc a day everyday until the backlog was done, it’d take over half a year to finish it.
I don’t think I’ll need cable TV when I go off to university this winter. I can always watch Colbert and Daily Show online instead.
PS: This is why I don’t keep up with fansubs as aggressively as I used to as well. Though… Shikabane Hime AKA on Hulu is really good.
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Tacoma Concert Trip
Posted on October 30th, 2008
Filed under: Music News,Pictures — Karl Olson @ 11:15 pm
So, my friend Derek and I ventured southward to catch a show by Nerdcore MC and friend, MC Gigahertz. He put a great show, though he was somehow, inspite of being the King of Absurdcore, out absurded by the next act, and the evening was closed out with the surprisingly awesome post-NewWave/Electro sounds of Love You Long Time.
Photos were taken, and appear after the break.
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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.