Podcast Promoted / Nerdcore Renagade
Posted on November 18th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 8:40 pm
first half of the headline: Anime Pulse bumps my beats as 4Kids dives into the red for the first time.
second half of the headline: 9pm Toys’R’Us, nerdcore show. might be fun.
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Romance Langauge / Tsundere Graffiti
Posted on November 11th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 1:43 pm
Because I’ve decided to hold off on Opensource until the Tycho collab comes together or January 2007 (which ever comes first,) I’ve decided to cut an EP/Album that’ll feature 8 songs geared around a central theme (namely the various facets of nerd love) and 8 songs that were at one point intended to be featured on Opensource but ultimately ended up not fitting due to space constraints, but are still pretty good nonetheless. Basically, a 16 song effort at a minumum (I might add a few hard-to-define odds and ends and/or cut some additional remixes,) and it should be out within the month if all goes well. It will be called one of the two names in the title, and it will also feature my collaboration with Nursehella. A page now exists for it here:
Romance Langauge / Tsundere Graffiti
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Slashdottedissed
Posted on October 28th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 7:23 pm
Good: The rhymetorrents halloween album is now available for download.
Better: It was slashdotted.
Wait n/m: Slashdot on average apparently doesn’t much like nerdcore.
Oh, well here’s a direct download link to my contribution. It’s about bad horror movies, and it features gratuitous references to Tsukuyomi MoonPhase. Also, I make light of the works of Uwe Boll.
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Revisions and Fresh Meat
Posted on October 20th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:03 pm
(Well, unless you’re Feather or Nursehella, in which case, this is old news, because you’ve already heard everything I have done for Opensource. Well, barring one track I just can’t seem to get a good mix for.)
The new version of “Eighty Three,” now with improved announciation and a great vocal hook added by my friend Zoe, is now up, as is “It’s The Beat,” a song about eating a french fry in Starbucks, if it’s about anything at all. Why now? Because I figure they’re as good they are gonna get, and I have certain persons requesting that certain of these tracks turn up for download because they can’t wait for the album to go up.
However, I think OpenSource as a whole is effectively done outside of that one track I referenced earlier. It’s pretty likely that I’m pushing the Tycho collab back because while it’s going to be great, it’s not going to wrapped anytime soon, and the Nurse Hella collab will probably make more sense on her CD (though it’s going to be great too, make no mistake about that,) so that leaves OpenSource pretty much done. I’m not sure whether people can or even should have to deal with almost 80 minutes of pretty much just me, but that’s probably how it’s going to work for better or worse.
And, yeah, those tracks above are 128kbps-licious, but nice new 320kbps trackage from me will be on the RhymeTorrents Halloween LP when it comes out. In my song for that comp, I make fun of Uwe Boll, and I make a Harry Potter reference in the first line of the chorus, so I figure I’ve it should appeal vaguely to my constituency. I’ve also hedged my bets by referencing a show I recently reviewed that happened to be very fitting for Halloween too.
So, yeah, expect OpenSource Lyricist news somewhere in here soon. Maybe even a release date.
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Long Interview and Other Non-Such
Posted on October 10th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 4:56 pm
I am extremely verbose. Pleonastic even. Still, thank you Z from Hipster, Please for interviewing me.
Meanwhile, I’m in Kirkland (ear infection == not staying in Spokane this week.) If you have anything you need to get a hold of me for, now would be a great time at I’m almost definitely available. Things like recording vocals, or giving me my laptop, or generally even hangin out can be done. 😉
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So, I Just Finished Bingeing Threw Honey & Clover…
Posted on October 5th, 2006
Filed under: Reviews — Karl Olson @ 2:34 am
…Or rather, through the last 10 episodes of season 1 and all of season 2. I’ve always been a sucker for more character driven anime, and for anime with more realistic settings. I mean, I wouldn’t have had series like Haibane Renmei, Twin Spica and Koi Kaze in my top 5, with Haibane sitting at what felt like a permanent number 1. However, Honey & Clover just might have aced it out. Maybe it’s just because it resonated so directly with my current life (student in a transitional phase and so on.) I mean, after a certain point it felt like I was watching my past, present and possible futures play out before my eyes almost. It was simulateously very hard to watch, yet so compelling and frank I felt that I had to finish it.
But really, it’s an excellent show – like I said, maybe even my new number 1. I mean, the series is loaded with visual cheats, and I can break down the direction easily at points, but yet, I could still get lost in it, I could still be swept up in it. Only a handful of series can grab me so entirely that I can ignore, nay, embrace it’s flaws and formulas. Honey & Clover joins that club. All of it. There are prettier series, their are more directly metaphysical and intellectual series, but ultimately Honey & Clover does what a great show should do first and foremost – it connects with you. Or atleast it connected with me, and deeply. Maybe I won’t say that when I’m 30 or 40 or whatever, maybe it’s just tapping a different issue than earlier top favorites of mine did, but I know that either way I hope some one licences this so I can buy it. I haven’t wanted to buy a series this bad for a while.
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48 Hours of Fun.
Posted on September 29th, 2006
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 7:50 am
So Nursehella, A.K.A. Danielle, rolled into Seattle on Wednesday, and it was a blast from start to finish. We pretty much chilled the first half of the first day – had some KFC and 7-Eleven, used some internets, and she listened to OpenSource Lyricist ahead of street date (and she enjoyed it, making me two for two on advance listens for it.) Then after a good night’s rest (I was out on the couch, she was in my bed – my pillows smell like Chanel,) we got some Jack in the Box and recorded our collab. Later, we went to down the Capitol Steps/Optimus Rhyme/mc chris show, and it was fantastical. Got mc’s new CD and got it autographed by Chris and John, and I chatted with the always awesome and friendly Wheelie Cyberman. After the show, it was Denny’s time. Moons over my Hammy with a silly juice/soda drink and great company? That’s how you end an excellent evening if you’re me. Even if I never made anything else out of nerdcore hiphop, the fact I met and befriended a wonderful individual like Nursehella and the fact that people who inspired me to try this know who I am makes it all worth it. Fans, as much as I love the few I have, become the icing on the cake almost, which is probably a good thing. Meanwhile, while I’m stating possibly unpopular opinions in the nerdcore scene, I’m diggin mc chris’ new CD.
PS: Shout out to Feather and her friends, and congrats to her for getting one of mc’s towels and the requisite autograph on it too 😀
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It’s Like A Waltz, Isn’t It? It’s Wonderful.
Posted on September 26th, 2006
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 2:29 am
Been slowly working threw Honey & Clover lately. I really think I’m falling for this show. It hits so me so dead on emotionally at points I have to pause it and breathe for a second. Hence the quote. I think by the time I’m done watching the show, it’ll be in my top 5 without batting an eyelash.
Anyway, I might be out of town for a while starting Saturday afternoon – family stuff. As such, if there is something critical any of you out there reading this blog need from me, email or call or post ASAP. I’m kind of busy as it stands trying to sow up other loose ends (IE: getting the rest of my screeners watched and reviewed amongst other things,) but I’ll try my best to redress any other loose ends too.
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More Podcast Fun
Posted on September 22nd, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:26 am
As in, another podcast interviewed me, namely Solipsistic Nation, an excellent podcast featuring some great music and great interviews. I’m pretty boring, but MC Frontalot puts forth the most poetic description of nerdcore I’ve seen, while the rest of the artists featured also put forth some great thoughts and decribe their interesting and colorful histories. If you like nerdcore, you’ll like this podcast episode. Besides, it has MC Frontalot, YTCracker, Beefy, High-C, Funky49 and Ham-STAR on it too, so it even has nerdcore rappers that have recieved more mainstream media attention than yours truly here.
Meanwhile, the album that will follow Opensource Lyricist is full. I think I might just try to record the vocals for all 18 tracks (2 songs are being moved Opensource to the next CD, and 2 will be orphaned as they will appear on neither album, though I’ll be sure to kick them out on a compilation or as a-series-of-tubes exclusive songs,) in the next couple weeks. I’ll just machine gun threw it and be done with it. I had this period of binge-writing during this summer inspite of being out of town (actually, in part because I was out of town,) and I wrote about 8 songs in the past month, but I think that’ll be that for a little while at the very least. I need to live some more life before writing lyrics again.
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Do not operate heavy machinery.
Posted on September 19th, 2006
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 3:18 am
As this audio sleep aid causes drowsiness.
Meanwhile, I need to snipe a bid on a laptop monitor cable. Easier said than done. I have a sneaking suspicion even with Ebay’s lower prices, I will be paying more than the cost of the laptop it repairs for the cable. Ah well. Later today, it’s Fiasco time 😀