tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post116724701158293066..comments2011-08-03T08:39:27.504-04:00Z.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14955198622421067159noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167750448191998782007-01-02T10:07:00.000-05:002007-01-02T10:07:00.000-05:00funky49: Tampa's Most Wanted ;)Z.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14955198622421067159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167420159152979422006-12-29T14:22:00.000-05:002006-12-29T14:22:00.000-05:00I like seeing my name on websites... except for law enforcement ones.stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169982740089059155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167405862831901022006-12-29T10:24:00.000-05:002006-12-29T10:24:00.000-05:00Good point, Soc. Much like Church, I have no idea what the hell Ultraklystron is talking about half the time, but I still enjoy his music. By the same token, I reckon that subject matter and vocabulary shouldn’t necessarily preclude non-nerds from listening to nerdcore.Z.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14955198622421067159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167397519541944062006-12-29T08:05:00.000-05:002006-12-29T08:05:00.000-05:00Nobody understands the gangster lingo of mainstream hip-hop, why should people care if they understand computer lingo?Antisocialhttp://antisocial.softcheese.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167348017345660102006-12-28T18:20:00.000-05:002006-12-28T18:20:00.000-05:00"<I>hip-hop is the perfect medium for nerds - it fools people into listening to us</I>" LMAO. That should be on a T-shirt or something.<BR/><BR/>"nerdcore ambassador" Love it. I should get business cards printed up with that on it.churchHatesTuckerhttp://youtube.com/churchhatestuckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167344189772558612006-12-28T17:16:00.000-05:002006-12-28T17:16:00.000-05:00Glad to hear it, Steffo. Be advised that I am expecting LOTS of good things from MPFM in ’07!<BR/><BR/>I can’t believe people *paid* for the W&N video. Don’t get me wrong – it’s a great vid – but I’ve been positively tripping over copies of it for free for months! And I’d like to thank you for your recent work as a nerdcore ambassador, Church. You’re a good man.<BR/><BR/>You do rule, Ben. See how things turned around for you as soon as you moved to FL? ;)Z.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14955198622421067159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167325246197523432006-12-28T12:00:00.000-05:002006-12-28T12:00:00.000-05:00which is why hip-hop is the perfect medium for nerds - it fools people into listening to us. <BR/><BR/>even if they don't understand the words, we can still give them something to dance to.<BR/><BR/>wow, this is like the third award i've won this year (after time magazine's person of the year and spin magazine's band of the year). i rule. ^_^benjamin bearhttp://homerowrecords.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167264961170397212006-12-27T19:16:00.000-05:002006-12-27T19:16:00.000-05:00It's an honor just to be nominated...<BR/><BR/>2007 will be just fine. The two docos have already helped bring attention to the scene, and they've yet to be released. I think the most interesting thing may be what happens outside our little corner. <BR/><BR/>Two things have struck me recently. First is the popularity of "White and Nerdy." Now, Weird Al isn't a nerdcore artist, but the song is as nerdcore as it gets--and it was huge. Or rather, it IS huge. As I write this it's number two on iTunes' list of music videos. (And that list is composed of the number of people who have paid two bucks for a video that's freely available on the net.) <BR/><BR/>The second thing happened a few weeks ago, when the DJ at one of my local haunts wasn't really into it and I offered to throw up some stuff for a while. I alternated her CDs (usual fare) with my nerdcore. At first, nobody noticed--"Kill Dash Nine" sounds as gangsta as it gets, and I remember one guy yelling along with the song without any idea what it actually meant (incidently I'm just as guilty of that; one of my favorite songs ever is "Five to Nine" and I understand about a third of it.) A couple people asked who did "Nursehellamentary," thinking it was just a new act they hadn't heard (which is true as far as it goes.) MC Hawking finally clued some people in that something was up, but even there one of my more music-savy friends came up and said, "I usually hate novelty songs, but that was actually good."<BR/><BR/>My point here is that I think there's some hunger out there for more hip-hop that doesn't sound like a musical recap of The Wire (hence the popularity of "White and Nerdy.") The best of Nerdcore is at least an equal to anything out in commercial rotation (at least judging from some random bar patrons.) There's a real possibility that there can be some cross-fertilization of the mainstream.churchHatesTuckerhttp://youtube.com/churchhatestuckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15042066.post-1167260376093335992006-12-27T17:59:00.000-05:002006-12-27T17:59:00.000-05:00Couldn't have said it better myself. I have a bunch of wonderful new friends that I've never even met before, and I couldn't be happier. 2007 <B>will</B> be a good year for Nerdcore. There's no way around it.Steffohttp://www.myspace.com/myparentsfavoritemusicnoreply@blogger.com