Might not be ready by this Sunday, but sign up now, and you'll be able to download the new track "The Most Epic T-Shirt" and have the new song a week before it's released to the public!
HOLIDAY MATUSRI EVENTS!
Yup! Still got one (maybe 2?) more events for the rest of the year! Holiday Matsuri is always a big fun show, but I might be able to stay there Sunday night. Hardcore Nerdcore Punk (3:45 PM, Panel Room A)
Crank
your Holiday Matsuri up to 11 when Rhythm Bastard brings his mix of
punk rock and fandom to the stage! You like video games? Comics? Card
games? Come on down and open the pit up!
Holmat Slam (5:00 PM, Panel Room A) Get
ready to rumble in the hypest fake wrestling event Holiday Matsuri has
ever seen! From the people who brought you AFO Rumble, Mizu-Mania, and
Iwai-vor Series, comes Holmat Slam!
Play some old N64 Wrestling games, and compete for the chance to win a championship belt! ANIME IWAI: SOAR LIVE VIDEOS!
JAM OF THE WEEK: "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock and Roll)" by AC/DC
Malcolm Young, co-founder and rhythm guitarist for AC/DC died on Saturday. They were a huge influence on me, and Malcolm provided the base upon which some of the greatest rock songs of all time were built on, that still hold up to this day.
My attitude now is the same as to when David Bowie passed away: look at his legacy, and find someone now who is looking to carry that torch forward.
NEW SERIES COMING SOON!While I'm still trying to stream more regularly, I'm doing a series called "Rectangular Reckoning" where I play through a deck in either Hearthstone or Magic The Gathering for an hour and break it down. I'll also do some Arena runs in Hearthstone and some drafts and stuff in MtG: Arena when that comes out.
This weekend was busy as hell, but I managed to remember enough for at least one paragraph each.
1. Rhythm Bastard Does Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock
I knew it was going to be hellish going in, because we had a 3000 Brigade rehearsal at 7:30 in the morning. My show was at 3 PM, and I was starting to feel under the weather at this point. However, an early morning workout and nice hot shower later, I was ready and raring to go. A lot of the changes I made to my live show at Fantoku went over well! People were coming in more and more as the show went on, so it wasn't necessarily the worst thing that the previous panel started a little long.
I DO have footage from the show, but I need to check on it.
2. 3000 Brigade: Mushroom High Rules!
After 6 months of rehearsals and missed podcasts, it was showtime. We opened the doors at 8, and did a little preshow where the actors, in character, interact with the audience before the show proper starts. For me, most of it was as a boy band member thrusting my crotch in strangers faces and snubbing cheerleaders. Which for me, is "Wednesday".
We are not allowed to release anything about the show to the public. In every 3000 Brigade production, there's characters that are part of every show (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Red Link, etc.), and then there's "secret" characters integral to the plot.
In this production, Rick and Morty travel to the 3000 Brigade Dimension's past, and with the help of Lucio, Tracer and Zarya from Overwatch, attempt to influence Mushroom High's election so that Daisy does not lose to Waluigi for class President. Hatsune Miku is Waluigi's girlfriend. Blathers from Animal Crossing, Bayonetta and the male Wii Fit Trainer are all teachers there.
Keep in mind, we've run through show over and over again, so by this
point we know the show, are familiar with the jokes, we know who's in
it.
The pops when each new character came out, the laughs to each joke, the WAAAAs whenever Waluigi showed up was like I was doing everything for the first time again.
Everyone I talked to afterwards loved the show, and it was a rousing success.
I couldn't have gone through all of this with a nicer group of people. 10/10 would do again.
3. Iwai-vor Series
And because I'm insane, I had something to do on Sunday.
Iwai-vor Series is the Tag Team Edition of my "As Of Yet Unnamed N64 Wrestling Federeation" Event. A bit of a risk, since I didn't know if I could get enough people to do a proper tournament.
We had 7 tag teams. Turns out the real risk was that nobody wanted to use the Tag optio. Still, a huge thank you to anyone who showed up and an even bigger thank you to our champs!
Also I look like that because I went in my Ral Zarek cosplay to the runway thing.
JAM OF THE WEEK: "B12" by B12
This was the song we danced to at the beginning of the 3000 Brigade show. Nothing special about it, it's just a regular ol' boy band song. But there's 12 boys and they got all the tropes in there: "The Tough Streets", the "Spooky Mansion", "Future". All of 'em.
My first Patreon Song, now available to all of you!
This was an idea I
had for quite a while, looking at all of those crossover shirts both
legitimate (See my song "Think Geek Is Not Nerdcore") and illegitimate
(See, like 90% of Redbubble, Etsy and Your Local Con).
So really, why not just make a T-shirt with a million references on them?
And yes, the T-shirt will be real... very soon.
ANIME IWAI IS THIS WEEKEND! Just a reminder of the events I'm going to be at: Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock Featuring Rhythm Bastard
Saturday, November 11th
3:00 PM- 4:00 PM
Panel Room 2
MY CONCERT! Again, working on the setlist for this one is fun, since I
can throw in SO MANY more new songs, and I'm working on having a new
piece of merch ready by then.
I just got off of Fantoku: An Orlando Nerd Fest Show, and I'm ready and raring to go with a killer new set!
3000 Brigade Presents: Mushroom High Rules!
Saturday, November 11th
Doors Open at 8:00 PM
Main Events
OR Fast Times At Mushroom High
The 3000 Brigade is the largest active cosplay performance troupe in
the country! They are proud and excited to bring their next performance
to anime Iwai. It is a comedy variety show with amazing costumes, wild
sexy dancing, stage combat, and many of your favorite beloved characters
acting very inappropriately. This year marks a decade of 3KB shows.
Please come celebrate with us!
Did
you enjoy the show? Did you hate the show? Did you forget to get there
early and want to know what you missed? Come and ask any and all
questions from the cast and crew of the latest 3KB show.
I did this late, and RAW is on, so I'm kinda rushing through all of this. Iwaivor Series
Saturday, November 12th
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Panel Room 2 A
Tag Team Throwdown where you and a partner can pummel your way through
the competition to win the Championship Belt! There will be thrills,
chills, spills, and maybe one of the commenters will wear a silly
costume!
It will be on WCW/NWO Revenge for the Nintendo 64 until we can find another game. Bring your own Nintendo 64 if you want to ensure that they'll work. FANTOKU: AN ONF EVENT
I forgot to post it up on here because I was given the slot 48 hours before the show, and I was ALL HANDS ON DECK preparing. The great thing is that I tried a lot of new stuff with regards to my live act, and it went over well! Look forward to that for future con shows!
I played the opening slot on Saturday, and there were people there ready to rock out! Unfortunately, there might not be much in the way of video, since the stream wasn't up by the time I began.
However, there will be pictures, some of them shirtless!
Overall, it was great to see everyone again after so long. Orlando Nerd Fest's description isn't kidding when they that it's also part family reunion. While Orlando is probably the capital for Nerdcore music, there's a lot of us spread throughout the country, and major events like ONF and MAGFest are good opportunities to reunite with people you've only talked to and worked with online. I got to meet with Twill in person, watch her crush her set with Wreck The System and reenact the infamous MIRACLES! scene, I got to see DJ Roborob after so long, and I reunited cool Orlando guys Marc With A C, Eye Q, Sci-Fried, Jackson Parodi and Ben Briggs.
I challenged the lead singer of Sci-Fried to Hearthstone, because they have a song called "Boom Boom C'Thun". He declined, because he knew what would have happened:
For breakout acts, ONF 2015 had (in my opinion) SkyBlew and Navi. This year, was Wreck The System's year to shine.
Wreck The System are 4 MCs (Cam3, Lady J, Osiris Green and Twill Distilled) who've banded together to create awesome music and put on kick ass shows. Seriously, they were intense and their stage show was well choreographed.
Which I can aprreciate, since 3000 Brigade practice is making my body feel stupid.
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Berserk" by Wreck The System
They have another single that release last month, "Hotel Party", that captures the feeling of 1 AM debauchery on the Friday Night of a con, but this one better shows their skills on the mic.
I'm not going to be doing a new one VERY soon, as I have Anime Iwai to worry about, so you'll have plenty of time.
NEXT week, the rest of you will be able to stream the new track. It's worth it, I promise, and I will have something special to go with it by then. Honestly, I'm just glad that so many people have shown their support so far.
Regardless, I will be playing this new song at Anime Iwai!
STRANGER THINGS?
Can you believe Season 2?
They're all dressed up like Ghostbusters! Hahaha!
ok this was just a ploy to get eyeballs on my site. Stranger Things I'm sure is great, but you know. I'd need Netflix.
3000 Brigade Presents: Mushroom High Rules!
Saturday, November 11th
Doors Open at 8:00 PM
Main Events
OR Fast Times At Mushroom High
The 3000 Brigade is the largest active cosplay performance troupe in
the country! They are proud and excited to bring their next performance
to anime Iwai. It is a comedy variety show with amazing costumes, wild
sexy dancing, stage combat, and many of your favorite beloved characters
acting very inappropriately. This year marks a decade of 3KB shows.
Please come celebrate with us!
I just copied what they wrote on the Facebook Event Page, because this is already 2 days late and I want to get to Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back.
Iwaivor Series
Saturday, November 12th
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Panel Room 2 A
Tag Team Throwdown where you and a partner can pummel your way through
the competition to win the Championship Belt! There will be thrills,
chills, spills, and maybe one of the commenters will wear a silly
costume!
I'm trying to differentiate the various Fake Wrestling Events I do. So, this one is a Tag Team Event. Again, participation MAY switch things up a bit.
What I hope to accomplish here is that: AFO Rumble is the Royal Rumble type fight, Mizu-Mania is a standard tournament Iwaivor Series is a Tag based event Holmat Slam WOULD be the Summer Slam, but it could also be the Hood Slam/ECW of games.
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Die, Die My Darling" by The Misfits
It's Halloween and I wanted a spooky song. Fun fact: First I ever heard about The Misfits was from the Musical Issue of Deadpool. It sucked and it was written by Daniel Way, which explains that.
I'm also CERTAINLY NOT working on a live cover version that uses clips of Reaper from the game Overwatch.
I just posted an update to all of my Patrons about some cool stuff I got planned, and will be releasing the first Patreon song THIS WEEK!
CON NEWS! IWAI AND HOLMAT CONFIRMED!
I just confirmed with Holiday Matsuri that I will be playing a show AND hosting another very special event!
Combine this with my upcoming show at Anime Iwai AND being a part of the 3000 Brigade Show, the next couple of months are going to be VERY busy for me!
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Don't Let's Start" by They Might Be Giants
I know nothing about The Adventure Zone other than the fact that the McElroy brothers do it, and what I saw in this. I chose this particular video since it was actually cleaner than the "official" versions.
"Don't Let's Start", like many other songs by They Might Be Giants, doesn't scan very well on a focused listen, relying on little lyrical gut punches as opposed to a cohesive whole. When they appeared on A.V. Undercover to cover "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba, they said that Tubthumping was most like a They Might Be Giants song, because it is composed of smaller episodes, and that really helped put this song into perspective: It's just meant to be a catalog of small, dark moments that apparently mean nothing, and according to the band were made up to compliment the melody.
Orlando Nerd Fest is (kinda) back! Fantoku is a two day nerd music extravaganza with lots of DJs and musical performances and awesome vendors in probably the nerdcore epicenter: The Geek Easy!
I'm looking forward to it, and AT LEAST going Saturday, since on Sunday I've got 3000 Brigade Rehersals, and it's literally the next weekend.
