Hello, nerds. If this post seems to arrive later than usual, just imagine me posting this one hour earlier if daylight savings didn’t take place.

You might, however waste some time either way with some of these videos on chiptunes which I found:

Volume 5: Overview

Volume 4: Mark Denardo

Sorry, the other three volumes are hard to find. But these are interesting enough. A point was brought up on where the chiptunes scene was going. And to some, this seems more as pure artistic expression rather than music, so it doesn’t need to move forward. Others believed it will only by incorporating live instruments.

I’ll admit, chiptunes is hard for me to enjoy as music. To me it’s more about the fact that I’m listening to sounds I heard years ago, put together with a rhythm. I want it to be more enjoyable as music rather than nostalgia, and I think including other instruments and sounds is the way.

Last weekend I heard a mix with old TV theme songs. We’re talking about Inspector Gadget, MASH, Charles in fucking Charge, and a whole lot more. It was awesome, and not in just a nostalgic way. Hearing those theme songs flipped around was a great listening experience, and I feel chiptunes can also go that way.

But do I really mean chiptunes, or old 8 bit video game music? I’m not sure. The original Zelda break remix is great. I have yet to hear much of chiptunes (original 8 bit compositions) going this way. But after watching the video, it looks promising.

    

The eye covered Zealous1 released his album, Collaboc1de for free.

The tracklisting is below, but I’ll leave the MP3 links alone this time so you guys can ravage his bandwidth a little bit more:

1. “Intro” featuring DJ Snyder
2. “Army of Nerdcore” featuring Skoch tape
3. “Welcome to Our Block” featuring Beefy
4. “Battle Stance” featuring DJ Snyder
5. “Healer” featuring ‘LiL HARMz
6. “Burn and Turn” featuring Dead Circuits
7. “KFC” featuring Tha Mike of The Awful Show
8. “Fuckin’ Chicken” featuring Geek Unit (ZeaLouS1 and The Awful Show)
9. “Happy” featuring Pojar of Donoso
10. “Typical Villain Rant” featuring IllGill
11. “Head Shot” featuring BBear
12. “My Guild” featuring Timbaland (LoL J/K)
13. “Undeafeatable” featuring Emergency Pizza Party
14. “King of the Boss Fights” featuring David Abramz of The End Game Bosses
15. “Double Dragon” featuring Super Dragon X and Spontane
16. “Live Without You” featuring LogicOne
17. “Animezing” featuring Ultraklystron
18. “Nerdstyle” featuring YTCracker
19. “Serenity” featuring Grandmaster Pink and Diabolik
20. “Rock The Mic” featuring Onyileatron 5000
21. “Defenders” featuring Super Dragon X
22. “Outro”

22 tracks, that’s a damn lot. Check out track #12, also. This is already getting some good feedback from the Nerdcore community. So go get it!

    

Monzy’s video for Kill -9 got dugg and is now #1 on the top 10 list! Lots of great feedback with the Digg crowd also.

    

Old, yes. And I should have posted this way back, but didn’t. So here it is… now.

You already know, three nerds, Beefy, MC Router, and Doctor Popular (above in that order) are touring. And coming up on March 22, at Whisky a Go Go! for 12 dollars are:

The three: Beefy, MC Router, and Doctor Popular.

And: Zealous 1, Goshone, and Ill Gill.

Loving the flyer. Good luck, guys!

    

Speaking of magazines, a new one has emerged in the world of print, Geek Magazine. Heard about it from Eric (did I get that right?), a freelance writer/journalist at the local 2600 meeting. Maybe this site will get a mention in an article there. Who knows.

Geek magazine is very new, which is why I have yet to see it in any bookstore around my area. It’s no Wired, but still looking forward to seeing it in the stands.

    

So far Nerdy Mag has a few stories and articles tentatively lined up.

• ZeaLouS1: Master Collaborator
• Crunch Time, the Days Leading to Collabocide
• Interview with a Suicide Girl
• Grandmaster Pink and Diabolik
• Fucking Chicken
• Album Reviews
• Game Reviews
• Editorial Feature: NERDY, From Conception to Reality in One Net Second
• Horoscopes
• Advice Column

The lineup looks pretty good I must admit. But the interview with a Suicide Girl is nothing without pics. Just saying.

According to the blog, it looks like it is going to have the first issue released early next month. So keep it the site bookmarked.

    

A quote.

For risking his job I once bought him a burrito.

I know what you’re thinking, “oh, my goodness… Risking for what? Covering up a murder? Extortion? Drug deals?”

Wow, heavy. I know. But I can’t ruin the surprise. You’ll have to go to Hipster, Please!, where Z. has an interesting interview with Dan Lamoureux, the person who made the Nerdcore for Life! documentary to find out what’s going on. A bag of hammers is also involved.

I know you can’t control yourselves now, so I’ll stop this post short. Go!

    

So stop everything that you are doing and go rape some bandwidth. 89 minutes and 39 seconds of non-stop nerdery in 26 tracks. Along with that comes with two covers, with Ill Gill’s on the right and Schäffer the Darklord’s on the left.

This is one where they disregarded the 80 minute limit in music CDs and just included as many as possible. It’s good to see music production continuing forward and seeing such a diverse list of Nerdcore artists out there today.

Now, with the help of CTRL+V, here is the track listing.

1. Frankie Castle - “No Joke (Skit)“
2. Dead Circuits - “I’m That Type Of Geek“
3. chozo_ninpo - “I’m Chozo“
4. MCeeP - “The 13th“
5. Benjamin Bear - “Scientistik“
6. mCRT - “Pink Sock“
7. wholemilk - “Mammary Jamboree (ft. Jax Attack)”
8. funky49 - “Tesseract Travelers aka A Wrinkle In Rhyme (ft. Redvoid, MC Jeff Z, Gabriel)”
9. MC Lars - “Scientology = WTF?“
10. Professor E - “Faculty From Hell (ft. DJ Inubito)”
11. myf - “Throwdown“
12. IllGill - “Shit Talker“
13. Mr. Door - “Video From NWNC @ FUEL“
14. Hepatitis G - “fWiiStyle“
15. MC Handler - “Fragtastic“
16. Chronomicon - “Sippin’ On Vault“
17. Krondor Krew - “I Play D&D“
18. Metamystiks, Inc. - “Super Beings (ft. ArmageddonMan)”
19. Betty Rebel - “Mana & Me“
20. MC Wreckshin & Sir-Up - “Valentine’s Day Song“
21. Schaffer The Darklord - “Robot Apocalypse (ft. Drown Radio & Lord Illingworth)”
22. MC Gigahertz - “Rap Monster (Bloody Tearz Edition)“
23. Oddioblender - “Stronger. Faster. Better.“
24. Magitek - “Skyscraper (ft. Krondor Krew)”
25. High-C, Benjamin Bear, Zealous1 - “Nerdcore Is Dead“
26. And, as an added bonus: A Drunken Outro By Your Editor, MC Inadequate

    

Johan Kotlinski aka Role Model is known for being the inventor of Little Sound DJ, the program used to play music on the Nintendo Gameboy. There is a video of an interview with this hacker on Youtube. Unfortunately it is not in English.

But the music is good, so maybe you will still be able to enjoy it.

I’ll let you guys know if there is a translation online. (source)

    

Attention all San Francisco…ers… uh, San Franciscans… whatever.

On Sunday, SUNday, SUNDAY! April 22, 2007 you get a chance to see MC Lars, MC Frontalot, and Optimus Rhyme for nerdy lyric overload.

Some of the details:

When

Sunday April 22, 2007 @ 8:30 pm. Doors open at 8:00pm. Save the date!

Where

Cafe Du Nord
170 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94114

How Much

Just pony up $10, regardless of your age, and you’re in.

Isn’t life awesome? It is if you’re in San Francisco or near there. Too bad I’m not