It’s like a video blog lately…
Posted on January 21st, 2007
Filed under: Music News,Videos — Karl Olson @ 5:04 pm
But I guess that’s how things go these days when apparently everyone think nerdcore is video-worthy. Anyway, here’s some video of me at Fuel, performing that classic nerdcore track, “Nerdcore Life.” Beware of 200+ bpm rapping after the last pass of the chorus:
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Surreality Get
Posted on January 20th, 2007
Filed under: Music News,Videos — Karl Olson @ 6:32 pm
So, did a show last night, and though I’d say my DDR score for my whole performance was probably a C+, there were certain songs I managed to AAA/S on, and my freestyle, though probably too confrontational, was atleast a B. The other artists did great sets, especially Nursehella and Beefy who never missed a step, and Mr. Door, Tanuki and TG punched in with some great work too. The after-party/breakfast/podcast recording at Denny’s was great too, so basically, it was a solid evening.
Meanwhile, I ended up getting booked for a show on the 14th of February at the Columbia City Theatre (an all-ages venue,) where Romance Language will be officially released and properly debuted, and I have another gig at the same venue on March 15th (which IIRC replaces the gig that was going to be at Fuel on the 9th.) The line up for both gigs have yet to be fully solidified, but I’ll be sure to post about stuff once it’s known.
Thanks again to all the artists and to NWNerdcore for putting together an awesome show. I look forward to doing more work in the future, and I promise to be more rehearsed and on point.
PS: While waiting for the album, here is some rough footage of a track I performed at the CES after-party in The Bloghaus:
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Nursehella X Ultraklystron @ Beauty Bar
Posted on January 13th, 2007
Filed under: Music News,Videos — Karl Olson @ 5:40 pm
It’s pretty silly, but it’s a great performance IMHO:
Hopefully, this is just the first of the various performances I did that get kicked up online by various people/filmmakers/etc. Thanks to Dan from Nerdcore For Life for posting that up, and thanks to Nursehella for rocking the stage.
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Post-Game Round-Up
Posted on January 10th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 8:23 pm
Verses I Totally Bailed: 1.
Songs Rocked With Better than 90% Awesomeness: 3
Nerdcore Beefs Solved By Ultraklystron: 1 (though only because Monzy and MC Plus+ asked me to before their set.)
Overall Awesomeness Score: 100000% (Because inspite of my blown verse, everyone else delivered a glorious set.)
PS: Seriously guys, go to DivX’s Stage 6 so you can see the footage soon.
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Live from CES
Posted on January 10th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 7:14 pm
In as much as I’m actually posting from DivX’s booth, where I’m about to perform, literally. It’s pretty much awesome here, though Vegas is a pretty surreal place. Thankfully, I’m here with a bunch of great friends (and my girlfriend,) so it’s been pretty cool so far.
I’ll blog again after my set, which is in about 3-5 minutes now.
PS: Check DivX Stage 6 for plenty of video of everything that went down. Well, everything they were filming.
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Gig Updates
Posted on January 7th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 9:20 pm
Final flyer for the Vegas shows (CES and Beauty Bar) is up here. Meanwhile, it looks like the details have filled in for my new show at Fuel, namely the line up and price. I’d say 8 dollars is pretty good deal for a night of great Nerdcore.
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My younger fans might want to skip this one…
Posted on January 4th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:41 am
Ultraklystron feat. Nursehella & Baddd Spellah – Shoujo n’ Shonen – lyrics
Yeah, it’s a little sexually charged relative to, well, anything else I’ve ever done, so those of you out there who don’t want to hear myself and Nursehella talk about which anime characters we think are attractive, even though it’s a very playful and silly song, should just skip this. Those hoping for a return to songs with out any romantic content can take solace in the fact that there are plenty of bonus songs on Romance Language, and that Opensource Lyricist is very devoid of romance. Both releases are still filled with comedy, emo and straight-up nerdcore playa spirit (whatever that is,) and both are basically a few vocal re-records away from completion, so hopefully early 2007 will be a good time for Ultaklystron fans with songs for everyone (well, as long as they are nerds.)
Oh, and speaking of stuff my younger fans can’t enjoy, looks like I have another gig lined up at Fuel, and it’s sooner than my previous gig (January 19th.) I really hope I can do some all-ages stuff in the future though, cause I know I have a lot of fans that are under 21. For the moment though, I guess have to take the work I can get.
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“You Get Sprung” – Sir Mix-A-Lot
Posted on December 28th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 5:52 pm
I am taking this quote entirely out of context to mention that yet again, Boing Boing is showing love to Nerdcore, very specifically, the upcoming gigs in Vegas. Maybe this will never get mainstream ink, but if it keeps getting Nerd press, that maybe all it needs.
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Hectic Holidays
Posted on December 25th, 2006
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 2:56 am
The weeks in between my last post and this post have certainly been a little busy, but very interesting. After all, between multiple power outages, getting slashdotted with my nerdcore compatriots, escaping said power-outages by staying with my best friend, getting booked for a second show in Vegas, getting booked for a show in Seattle, and working on my album all the while (though it just received a big assist thanks to a certain producer/beatsmith,) literally come hell or high water as even my basement threatened to flood, I’d be a liar if I said the last couple weeks were uneventful.
However, as the year winds to a close, things are looking up. I do have 3 gigs in the new year, more than any year prior, two documentaries about Nerdcore are coming out, I have 2 great albums nearing release with another in the pipes, and I finally have a girl I love and care about with everything I have because I trust her and just being with her is wonderful. I know where I want to continue my college education, I know what I want from my music and in general, I’ve never had a greater sense of clarity of what I want from life, or at least the paths available to me have been so clearly delineated for me. I mean, I still have multiple options in my life, and they are arguably very disparate. However, I feel like I can pursue all of them – I finally have that confidence.
So, Happy Holidays everyone, whatever that holiday may be.
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If there is a new found spring in my step…
Posted on December 11th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 1:46 pm
It might have something to with Boing Boing linking the nerdcore documentary trailer. Hurrah for horrible puns and free publicity!