Yeah, so for future reference, anytime I do something new, I'm going to make a quick post about it.
NEW SINGLE! "I Want To Fuck Krampus For Christmas"
A song about love on Christmas. Krampus is the new hotness on the holiday season, baby! I was going to do this on the guitar, but when I got into Reaper, and played around with the synth, it sounded REALLY GOOD!
Artwork done by Jesse Davis
NEW VIDEO! "The Average Rhythm Bastard Live Experience 3(KB) (Anime Iwai)"
Part of my "Resolutions" for 2020 is to make a proper Sizzle Reel for my live shows to show off to potential cons and venues, but this had so many good moments and was such a good feeling to have all my friends from 3000 Brigade support me!
NEW EPISODE OF RPG PALS CLUB!
Episode 24: Look At Me, I'm A Jerk!
The City of Waterdeep has seen bands with grudges before, but has it seen one with a grudge that is out for revenge against a friend slash teammate? Also, Nivenya goes into a hole.
Our cleric gets very pupset, and Oi is a jerk to robots.
Another very obvious Aquabats reference:
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Catching Up Before The End Of The Decade
Hahaha, it's been a while...
NEW SONG ON PATREON: "Remember"
This is a song that I've had kicking around for a while, ever since I finished listening to the podcast
The Weezer Bracket. It was a podcast that, March Madness style in Song Vs. Song matchups, set
out to determine the Worst Weezer Song (spoiler: It was "Beverley Hills").
In the process, I've learned a couple things:
1. They have A LOT of songs that are "We're going back to our roots! We don't suck anymore, we promise!"
2. Rivers Cuomo has A LOT of weird song writing strategies.
Most fun: Adderall, tequila, and a nap on a hammock.
Least fun: A notebook full of chord progressions he refers to like a textbook.
From all of this, I kept getting the impression that Rivers Cuomo, after being embarassed by Pinkerton, got kind of... desperate for approval. One day at work, I saw that there's a special "Weezer Island" on Fortnite, and I went "HOLE- EEE SHIIIIIT"
Little by little, the song came to me.
NEW SONG ON YOUTUBE: "Mercedes Merced"
Last week, the trailer for Black Widow dropped, and while I haven't been keeping up with the Marvel movies, I have kept my eye on this one, since one of the villains is rumored to be Taskmaster.
Taskmaster, as I've mentioned before, is one of my FAVORITE comic characters. His power, photographic reflexes, allow him to copy any movement he sees and replicate them perfectly; whether it's fighting like Iron Fist, shooting arrows like Hawkeye, or throwing his replica sheild like Captain America. He's a mercenary scumbag, but the fun kind of scumbag, where he'll interupt a villain's speech about their goals or whatever, and Tasky will be like "Don't care. Fuck you. Pay me". I love his dumb skeleton pirate costume, as well as his Tacticool Luchador from Udon, which I actually cosplayed as!
He's been explored in a variety of ways throughout the years, and the song Mercedes Merced, was inspired by his 2011 limited series, "Unthinkable". Mercedes Merced is actually Taskmaster's wife, who he forgot about over the years, as his in order to use his powers and commit it to muscle memory, his brain "forgets" an explicit memory, and the series chronicles him reconnecting with his wife, then later forgetting her again to save his life. It's a really bittersweet tale, and I recommend it immensely.
So for this song, I made it about a relationship you half remember but it ended up being way more important than you were led to believe.
HEY RHYTHM BASTARD, HOW DOES HE LOOK IN THE MOVIE?
uhhhh... WHO WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT SOME CONVENTIONS?
ANIME IWAI RECAP!
FRIDAY!
-Iwaivor Series 2019!
We crowned a champion after a lot of fighting and a lot of promo cutting. We're slowly, but surely getting a grip on how to run future events efficiently. Namely, people REALLY aren't prepared to cut promos!
Also, as we get more popular, we're going to get more crowded, and we don't want to turn anyone away, so we'll just be doing 4-man Royal Rumble Heats until we get down to Two Finalists.
-My Concert!
Went swimmingly! It was my last concert of year, and my friends at the 3KB made sure it went over big and got HYPE AS FUCK!
-3000 Brigade Show!
Maybe it's because this is my 3rd show, maybe it's because I had so many costume changes, or maybe it was just that we were super confident in our show, but this year flew by.
First I was a Herald for the Fort Knights from Fortnite, then I was Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat, then Shitty Drag, then Green Link, and then Johnny Cage again. Then I went shirtless and the crowd went wild.
-Also, I attended a "Fursona" panel, and this is the artist's interpretation of the "Thrash Panda" protag:
Art by IsadoraDraws
PAX UNPLUGGED RECAP!
I LOVED PAX Unplugged this year! I sold a shit ton of MtG cards and got to play some new games.
Honestly, my favorite part of PAX Unplugged is the city of Philadelphia. My friend Owen's a local, and took me out to all the cool food places. I got a Wawa's, I got a proper Cheesesteak, I ate scrapple at the Reading Terminal Market, all those boxes were checked off.
As for actually playing games, I played a round of Commander for the first time in a while, and my group couldn't have been nicer. I only had the Mind Sieze Precon from 2013, but it provided me with a nice enough base to build on, and I've been building a couple decks back here at home, with a third commander deck on the way. Oops...
A game I tried and ended up buying was Raccoon Tycoon. It's a game about producing resources, selling them for profit, and buying property to help you on your way. You get into a good pace once you get going, and it is straightforward after a couple of rounds. It's got a nice, old world style, and even though raccoons are scavengers, not capitalists, it was worth picking up for $40.
Pat Baer, who helps run League of Heels, the PAX Wrestling Federation, also runs a lot of fun comedy panels, one of which is the Improvised Postmortem, where you make a game concept and make a postmortem on it on the fly from just a title. Loading Ready Run talent, and lots of other familiar faces are there, and did a great job!
JAM OF THE WEEK: "The Passenger" by Siouxie and the Banshees
Recently I checked out the series "Infinity Train" because the second season was advertise with a trailer that has this cover of Iggy Pop's "The Passenger". The Iggy Pop version was also used in the trailer for The Outer Worlds.
Outer Worlds rules, Infinity Train rules, this cover rules, and this was also in the credits for "I, Tonya" which I didn't mind, so if you want me to check out your thing, put "The Passenger" in the trailer.
NEW SONG ON PATREON: "Remember"
This is a song that I've had kicking around for a while, ever since I finished listening to the podcast
The Weezer Bracket. It was a podcast that, March Madness style in Song Vs. Song matchups, set
out to determine the Worst Weezer Song (spoiler: It was "Beverley Hills").
In the process, I've learned a couple things:
1. They have A LOT of songs that are "We're going back to our roots! We don't suck anymore, we promise!"
2. Rivers Cuomo has A LOT of weird song writing strategies.
Most fun: Adderall, tequila, and a nap on a hammock.
Least fun: A notebook full of chord progressions he refers to like a textbook.
From all of this, I kept getting the impression that Rivers Cuomo, after being embarassed by Pinkerton, got kind of... desperate for approval. One day at work, I saw that there's a special "Weezer Island" on Fortnite, and I went "HOLE- EEE SHIIIIIT"
Little by little, the song came to me.
NEW SONG ON YOUTUBE: "Mercedes Merced"
Last week, the trailer for Black Widow dropped, and while I haven't been keeping up with the Marvel movies, I have kept my eye on this one, since one of the villains is rumored to be Taskmaster.
Taskmaster, as I've mentioned before, is one of my FAVORITE comic characters. His power, photographic reflexes, allow him to copy any movement he sees and replicate them perfectly; whether it's fighting like Iron Fist, shooting arrows like Hawkeye, or throwing his replica sheild like Captain America. He's a mercenary scumbag, but the fun kind of scumbag, where he'll interupt a villain's speech about their goals or whatever, and Tasky will be like "Don't care. Fuck you. Pay me". I love his dumb skeleton pirate costume, as well as his Tacticool Luchador from Udon, which I actually cosplayed as!
He's been explored in a variety of ways throughout the years, and the song Mercedes Merced, was inspired by his 2011 limited series, "Unthinkable". Mercedes Merced is actually Taskmaster's wife, who he forgot about over the years, as his in order to use his powers and commit it to muscle memory, his brain "forgets" an explicit memory, and the series chronicles him reconnecting with his wife, then later forgetting her again to save his life. It's a really bittersweet tale, and I recommend it immensely.
So for this song, I made it about a relationship you half remember but it ended up being way more important than you were led to believe.
HEY RHYTHM BASTARD, HOW DOES HE LOOK IN THE MOVIE?
uhhhh... WHO WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT SOME CONVENTIONS?
ANIME IWAI RECAP!
FRIDAY!
-Iwaivor Series 2019!
We crowned a champion after a lot of fighting and a lot of promo cutting. We're slowly, but surely getting a grip on how to run future events efficiently. Namely, people REALLY aren't prepared to cut promos!
Also, as we get more popular, we're going to get more crowded, and we don't want to turn anyone away, so we'll just be doing 4-man Royal Rumble Heats until we get down to Two Finalists.
-My Concert!
Went swimmingly! It was my last concert of year, and my friends at the 3KB made sure it went over big and got HYPE AS FUCK!
-3000 Brigade Show!
Maybe it's because this is my 3rd show, maybe it's because I had so many costume changes, or maybe it was just that we were super confident in our show, but this year flew by.
First I was a Herald for the Fort Knights from Fortnite, then I was Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat, then Shitty Drag, then Green Link, and then Johnny Cage again. Then I went shirtless and the crowd went wild.
-Also, I attended a "Fursona" panel, and this is the artist's interpretation of the "Thrash Panda" protag:
Art by IsadoraDraws
PAX UNPLUGGED RECAP!
I LOVED PAX Unplugged this year! I sold a shit ton of MtG cards and got to play some new games.
Honestly, my favorite part of PAX Unplugged is the city of Philadelphia. My friend Owen's a local, and took me out to all the cool food places. I got a Wawa's, I got a proper Cheesesteak, I ate scrapple at the Reading Terminal Market, all those boxes were checked off.
As for actually playing games, I played a round of Commander for the first time in a while, and my group couldn't have been nicer. I only had the Mind Sieze Precon from 2013, but it provided me with a nice enough base to build on, and I've been building a couple decks back here at home, with a third commander deck on the way. Oops...
A game I tried and ended up buying was Raccoon Tycoon. It's a game about producing resources, selling them for profit, and buying property to help you on your way. You get into a good pace once you get going, and it is straightforward after a couple of rounds. It's got a nice, old world style, and even though raccoons are scavengers, not capitalists, it was worth picking up for $40.
Pat Baer, who helps run League of Heels, the PAX Wrestling Federation, also runs a lot of fun comedy panels, one of which is the Improvised Postmortem, where you make a game concept and make a postmortem on it on the fly from just a title. Loading Ready Run talent, and lots of other familiar faces are there, and did a great job!
JAM OF THE WEEK: "The Passenger" by Siouxie and the Banshees
Recently I checked out the series "Infinity Train" because the second season was advertise with a trailer that has this cover of Iggy Pop's "The Passenger". The Iggy Pop version was also used in the trailer for The Outer Worlds.
Outer Worlds rules, Infinity Train rules, this cover rules, and this was also in the credits for "I, Tonya" which I didn't mind, so if you want me to check out your thing, put "The Passenger" in the trailer.
Friday, November 8, 2019
Anime Iwai: Rushnanigans
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Spirit Of The Radio" by Rush
RHYTHM BASTARD AT ANIME IWAI: RUSH- FRIDAY!
3000 Brigade Presents: Iwai-vor Series 2019
7 PM to 8 PM, Panel Room 1
"A Tag Team Throwdown where you and a partner can pummel your way through the competition to win the Championship Belt in some old school N64 Wrestling games! There will be thrills. Chills, spills, and maybe one of the commentators will wear a silly costume! Flashy outfits & ridiculous promo cutting encouraged."
Yes, we're back for Round 3! We still need to work on the belt stuff, but it's coming along pretty OK, I just need to test everything.
We ARE only taking 8 teams though, so pre-register here!
Other Panels I Might Check Out:
3000 Brigade Presents: Pun Panel 3000
3000 Brigade Presents: Ask A T-Girl
Anime Iwai Launch Party!
A Crap Guide To D&D: A DM's Lament
AMV Pool Party
Fursona 19
RHYTHM BASTARD AT ANIME IWAI: RUSH- SATURDAY!
Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock with Rhythm Bastard
5 PM to 6 PM, Panel Room 2
"Want to take a break from the K-Pop and whatever some rando is blasting on their portable speakers in the hall and JUST ROCK THE F--K OUT?
Rhythm Bastard's been shredding the Florida Con scene for several years, and his brand of Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock has opened up pits in panels rooms a plenty. So if you're the kind of person that wishes they had LAN Parties on the Warped Tour, this is 100% your jam."
You MIGHT hear something new!
Pre-Show/Doors Open for 3KB Live!
7:30 PM to 8 PM, Main Events
"It’s almost time everyone! Please proceed in an orderly fashion to Main Events for The 3000 Brigade Presents: 3KB Live! There may be song, there may be dance, but there won’t be seats once the show starts so grab ‘em while you can!"
Get there, because there will be shenanigans!
The 3000 Brigade Presents: 3KB Live!
8 PM to 9:30pm PM, Main Event
"It’s 3KB Live! Your favorite troupe of cosplay actors are back and ready with a whole new show filled with your favorite video game and pop culture characters. Want to know more? Make sure to get a seat early to find out this season’s crazy plot."
We're finally making good on our "SNL Meets Video Games!" Premise! I can't reveal who I'm going to be playing, but it's safe to assume they will be a hunk of some kind.
3000 Brigade Meet & Greet
9:30 PM to 10:30 PM - Panel Room 3
"You just watched them live on stage and now they’re ready to answer all of your burning questions! Come hang out with the 3000 Brigade and relive all of the moments with the cast & crew of this amazing performance group."
It will also be the time where I'll be taking autographs ;)
Hentai Variety Show (18+ ONLY)
11 PM to 1 AM, Main Events
"Florida's original 18+ costume contest and stage show has returned and will be harder, better, faster, and stronger than ever before! WARNING: NO CAMERAS, CELLPHONES, or BAGS of any kind will be allowed in past our doors. Bring your photo ID!"
This is always a sexy good time, and, like Rocky Horror, it's only as humilitaing as you're comfortable being.
if that makes any sense.
Other Panels I Might Check Out:
Nerds Know: Disney Sing A Long
8 Bit Wave Live
Pattern Making For Cosplay
How To Become A Foamsmith
RHYTHM BASTARD AT ANIME IWAI: RUSH- SUNDAY!
3000 Brigade Presents: Smash Game 3000
2-3pm: Panel Room 3 (Atlantic)
"It's the 3KB's take on the classic Match/Snatch Game. Come and enjoy the hilarity sure to happen when your favorite Brigaders do impersonations of their favorite celebrities in the classic fill-in-the-blank game."
This is the only thing I really CAN attend, but I will be out about throughout the day. Anyway, if you loved me at the preview show, you'll love me at this.
WHILE YOU'RE HERE...
RHYTHM BASTARD AT ANIME IWAI: RUSH- FRIDAY!
3000 Brigade Presents: Iwai-vor Series 2019
7 PM to 8 PM, Panel Room 1
"A Tag Team Throwdown where you and a partner can pummel your way through the competition to win the Championship Belt in some old school N64 Wrestling games! There will be thrills. Chills, spills, and maybe one of the commentators will wear a silly costume! Flashy outfits & ridiculous promo cutting encouraged."
Yes, we're back for Round 3! We still need to work on the belt stuff, but it's coming along pretty OK, I just need to test everything.
We ARE only taking 8 teams though, so pre-register here!
Other Panels I Might Check Out:
3000 Brigade Presents: Pun Panel 3000
3000 Brigade Presents: Ask A T-Girl
Anime Iwai Launch Party!
A Crap Guide To D&D: A DM's Lament
AMV Pool Party
Fursona 19
RHYTHM BASTARD AT ANIME IWAI: RUSH- SATURDAY!
Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock with Rhythm Bastard
5 PM to 6 PM, Panel Room 2
"Want to take a break from the K-Pop and whatever some rando is blasting on their portable speakers in the hall and JUST ROCK THE F--K OUT?
Rhythm Bastard's been shredding the Florida Con scene for several years, and his brand of Hardcore Nerdcore Punk Rock has opened up pits in panels rooms a plenty. So if you're the kind of person that wishes they had LAN Parties on the Warped Tour, this is 100% your jam."
You MIGHT hear something new!
Pre-Show/Doors Open for 3KB Live!
7:30 PM to 8 PM, Main Events
"It’s almost time everyone! Please proceed in an orderly fashion to Main Events for The 3000 Brigade Presents: 3KB Live! There may be song, there may be dance, but there won’t be seats once the show starts so grab ‘em while you can!"
Get there, because there will be shenanigans!
The 3000 Brigade Presents: 3KB Live!
8 PM to 9:30pm PM, Main Event
"It’s 3KB Live! Your favorite troupe of cosplay actors are back and ready with a whole new show filled with your favorite video game and pop culture characters. Want to know more? Make sure to get a seat early to find out this season’s crazy plot."
We're finally making good on our "SNL Meets Video Games!" Premise! I can't reveal who I'm going to be playing, but it's safe to assume they will be a hunk of some kind.
3000 Brigade Meet & Greet
9:30 PM to 10:30 PM - Panel Room 3
"You just watched them live on stage and now they’re ready to answer all of your burning questions! Come hang out with the 3000 Brigade and relive all of the moments with the cast & crew of this amazing performance group."
It will also be the time where I'll be taking autographs ;)
Hentai Variety Show (18+ ONLY)
11 PM to 1 AM, Main Events
"Florida's original 18+ costume contest and stage show has returned and will be harder, better, faster, and stronger than ever before! WARNING: NO CAMERAS, CELLPHONES, or BAGS of any kind will be allowed in past our doors. Bring your photo ID!"
This is always a sexy good time, and, like Rocky Horror, it's only as humilitaing as you're comfortable being.
if that makes any sense.
Other Panels I Might Check Out:
Nerds Know: Disney Sing A Long
8 Bit Wave Live
Pattern Making For Cosplay
How To Become A Foamsmith
RHYTHM BASTARD AT ANIME IWAI: RUSH- SUNDAY!
3000 Brigade Presents: Smash Game 3000
2-3pm: Panel Room 3 (Atlantic)
"It's the 3KB's take on the classic Match/Snatch Game. Come and enjoy the hilarity sure to happen when your favorite Brigaders do impersonations of their favorite celebrities in the classic fill-in-the-blank game."
This is the only thing I really CAN attend, but I will be out about throughout the day. Anyway, if you loved me at the preview show, you'll love me at this.
WHILE YOU'RE HERE...
Monday, October 7, 2019
Status Quo SPOOOOKY!!!
I'VE BEEN INTERVIEWED FOR NERD MUSIC MELT DOWN!
Nerd Music Meltdown is run by Kent Ward of Ongaku Overdrive, which puts on great nerdcore shows in the Orlando area, and it was an honor to be interviewed on a show that's had so many big names in the scene before.
We talked about my work ethic, my inspirations, the furry community in relation to punk rock, and lots of other tangential topics.
LUMI-CON!!!
LUMI-CON is a Florida Halloween Convention based off Animation, Video Games, Cosplay and Interactive events!! For ONE NIGHT ONLY I'm going to be doing a show at this spppoooooky Halloween themed convention!
Saturday, October 26th at 8 PM!
ANIME IWAI!!!
And I'm back to Anime Iwai! Lots of awesome to go around all weekend!
Iwai-vor Series 2019- Friday at 7 PM
Rhythm Bastard Concert- Saturday at 5 PM
3000 Brigade Show- Saturday at 8 PM (which hunk will I play this year? oooOOoOOooH!)
NEW RPG PALS CLUB!
Jonah M. Jackson of The Quest Company joins us as Goblin Prop Comic, Grimshaq! I went REALLY extra on the editing for this one, and this was a great episode to just goof around in character.
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Juice" by Lizzo
HOW HAVE I NOT TALKED ABOUT HER BEFORE?
oh yeah, because I'm lazy as fuuuuuuck.
ANYWAY, in what looks a strong contender for "Best Song/Best Top 40 Song", we have Lizzo with "Juice". This is a such a fun song, with bouncy delivery of ridiculous lyrics ("Boy I'm not a snack at all/Look baby, I'm the whole damn meal", "I be drippin' so much sauce/Got a bih looking like Ragu"), backed to some sweet, sweet, funk guitar.
I wanted to talk about this song WAAAY sooner, because when I was tipped off to the song's existence, I loved it on the first listen. Every sound and beat is like dopamine and Lizzo's vocals are so confident and full of self love, it's impossible not to smile. However, it was featured as part of the 3000 Brigade Preview Show at Mini Iwai, so it had to be our little secret.
Also liking her other singles "Truth Hurts" and "Good As Hell", which are just wonderful pick me ups.
Nerd Music Meltdown is run by Kent Ward of Ongaku Overdrive, which puts on great nerdcore shows in the Orlando area, and it was an honor to be interviewed on a show that's had so many big names in the scene before.
We talked about my work ethic, my inspirations, the furry community in relation to punk rock, and lots of other tangential topics.
LUMI-CON!!!
LUMI-CON is a Florida Halloween Convention based off Animation, Video Games, Cosplay and Interactive events!! For ONE NIGHT ONLY I'm going to be doing a show at this spppoooooky Halloween themed convention!
Saturday, October 26th at 8 PM!
ANIME IWAI!!!
And I'm back to Anime Iwai! Lots of awesome to go around all weekend!
Iwai-vor Series 2019- Friday at 7 PM
Rhythm Bastard Concert- Saturday at 5 PM
3000 Brigade Show- Saturday at 8 PM (which hunk will I play this year? oooOOoOOooH!)
NEW RPG PALS CLUB!
Jonah M. Jackson of The Quest Company joins us as Goblin Prop Comic, Grimshaq! I went REALLY extra on the editing for this one, and this was a great episode to just goof around in character.
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Juice" by Lizzo
HOW HAVE I NOT TALKED ABOUT HER BEFORE?
oh yeah, because I'm lazy as fuuuuuuck.
ANYWAY, in what looks a strong contender for "Best Song/Best Top 40 Song", we have Lizzo with "Juice". This is a such a fun song, with bouncy delivery of ridiculous lyrics ("Boy I'm not a snack at all/Look baby, I'm the whole damn meal", "I be drippin' so much sauce/Got a bih looking like Ragu"), backed to some sweet, sweet, funk guitar.
I wanted to talk about this song WAAAY sooner, because when I was tipped off to the song's existence, I loved it on the first listen. Every sound and beat is like dopamine and Lizzo's vocals are so confident and full of self love, it's impossible not to smile. However, it was featured as part of the 3000 Brigade Preview Show at Mini Iwai, so it had to be our little secret.
Also liking her other singles "Truth Hurts" and "Good As Hell", which are just wonderful pick me ups.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Status Quo Sunday's Feeling Kinda Fuzzy
NEW CON CONFIRMED FOR BRAWL!
Otakufest!
OtakuFest is a two-day festival that celebrates anime, manga, cosplay, gaming, comics, and more. You can dress up as your favorite character or come as you are, we aim to be a very inclusive convention. OtakuFest is new to South Florida’s convention scene, but its creator/show-runner Winji Mesadieu has been a part of Supercon as well as the South Florida convention community for over a decade. OtakuFest expects to bring in 4,000 people over 2 days for its first show in 2019. OtakuFest will feature activities and celebrities from the realm of comics, anime, animation, cosplay, manga, comics, gaming, and more!
It's also the day before Labor Day, so you can guarantee I'm getting all Socialist-y at this show. And you can get shitfaced and not have to worry about work the next day.
I did get word back on one OTHER new con, but I'm waiting for an announcement on them first...
SPEAKING OF NEW CONS...
MINI IWAI!
Mini Iwai was a blast as always, and the show was fun to put on.
However, my two favorite events of the day were the ones where I didn't play.
First up was "Cosplay Relay". which is a good concept that needed refining, and will be one to watch when Iwai: Rush comes around in a couple months. Basically, two teams of three work together to make a cosplay for a "model" (which I was) using a bunch of supplies provided for them. The catch is, every member is only given 10 minutes and can not communicate with each other. It's got potential, but it seemed like everyone only had a 80% grasp of the concept, so it needs ironing out.
Then came the 3000 Brigade Preview Show, which was just great.
As opposed to a preview show where our TOTALLY REAL BOY BAND B12 performed, it was Match Game where everyone was different charachters. We've done this before at other shows, and this time I was Tenya Iida from My Hero Academia because I spent $50 on a UA Gym Uniform AND GODDAMN IT I WAS GOING TO USE IT AGAIN.
Also turned out to be really popular. Huh.
MEGAPLEX AND AFO!
Same weekend, that started with Car Troubles: namely my car overheating a couple times and a hole in my tire. So I had to drive 50 miles on my spare, then wake up at 8 AM to get a new one the next morning. Then Sunday on my way home, my battery died.
ANYWAY, HOW WAS THE FURRY CONVENTION YOU ASK?
I had a good time! The night I got there, I caught Foxes and Pepper's Concert, which is the musical project of Fox Amoore and Pepper Coyote, two big musicans in the furry scene. If you're a fan of very folksy alt-rock, along the lines of say, Counting Crows.
The next morning, Fuzzy Logic had an escape room set up, which more cons should have. Escape rooms can do a great job of reinforcing the theme, get attendees to meet new people and are different than the usual fare. Obviously my team won, because Zero Escape vet here, duh.
I was lucky enough to secure a slot in the Artist Alley via their Lottery system (ALSO A THING MORE CONS SHOULD DO), and I did WAY better than anticipated. I think I sold more CDs there before a show than any other convention.
As for the show itself, tech issues made us start late, but I wanted an eager crowd, and I GOT ONE!
Definitely a great experience and I think there might be a higher cross over between furries and punk than with anime/gamers and punk.
SO ARE YOU A FURRY THEN?
...Let's say Thrash Panda was something of a "soft launch"
Then I went to AFO, and of course Tiny Waves killed it at the rave.
Though people asked me about Megaplex with the same tone you'd use to find out someone was in the hospital...
NEW SONG: "FUCK TERFS (BUT DON'T HAVE SEX WITH THEM)"
For Gay Wrath month! Got a lot of requests for it at Megaplex, so I figured, WHY NOT?
JAM OF THE WEEK: "We Are All On Drugs" by Weezer
The tech issues mentioned earlier were that my laptop died, so I had to use whatever backing tracks I had on Google Drive, and I didn't have the Backing Track of "Hunting Bigger Game" with "Magic" by Mystery Skull tacked on the end, so I requested house music, and this is what they came up with.
So basically this makes Jam Of The Week because a week ago I ran around shirtless throwing Magic The Gathering cards to this song.
Otakufest!
OtakuFest is a two-day festival that celebrates anime, manga, cosplay, gaming, comics, and more. You can dress up as your favorite character or come as you are, we aim to be a very inclusive convention. OtakuFest is new to South Florida’s convention scene, but its creator/show-runner Winji Mesadieu has been a part of Supercon as well as the South Florida convention community for over a decade. OtakuFest expects to bring in 4,000 people over 2 days for its first show in 2019. OtakuFest will feature activities and celebrities from the realm of comics, anime, animation, cosplay, manga, comics, gaming, and more!
It's also the day before Labor Day, so you can guarantee I'm getting all Socialist-y at this show. And you can get shitfaced and not have to worry about work the next day.
I did get word back on one OTHER new con, but I'm waiting for an announcement on them first...
SPEAKING OF NEW CONS...
MINI IWAI!
Mini Iwai was a blast as always, and the show was fun to put on.
However, my two favorite events of the day were the ones where I didn't play.
First up was "Cosplay Relay". which is a good concept that needed refining, and will be one to watch when Iwai: Rush comes around in a couple months. Basically, two teams of three work together to make a cosplay for a "model" (which I was) using a bunch of supplies provided for them. The catch is, every member is only given 10 minutes and can not communicate with each other. It's got potential, but it seemed like everyone only had a 80% grasp of the concept, so it needs ironing out.
Then came the 3000 Brigade Preview Show, which was just great.
As opposed to a preview show where our TOTALLY REAL BOY BAND B12 performed, it was Match Game where everyone was different charachters. We've done this before at other shows, and this time I was Tenya Iida from My Hero Academia because I spent $50 on a UA Gym Uniform AND GODDAMN IT I WAS GOING TO USE IT AGAIN.
Also turned out to be really popular. Huh.
MEGAPLEX AND AFO!
Same weekend, that started with Car Troubles: namely my car overheating a couple times and a hole in my tire. So I had to drive 50 miles on my spare, then wake up at 8 AM to get a new one the next morning. Then Sunday on my way home, my battery died.
ANYWAY, HOW WAS THE FURRY CONVENTION YOU ASK?
I had a good time! The night I got there, I caught Foxes and Pepper's Concert, which is the musical project of Fox Amoore and Pepper Coyote, two big musicans in the furry scene. If you're a fan of very folksy alt-rock, along the lines of say, Counting Crows.
The next morning, Fuzzy Logic had an escape room set up, which more cons should have. Escape rooms can do a great job of reinforcing the theme, get attendees to meet new people and are different than the usual fare. Obviously my team won, because Zero Escape vet here, duh.
I was lucky enough to secure a slot in the Artist Alley via their Lottery system (ALSO A THING MORE CONS SHOULD DO), and I did WAY better than anticipated. I think I sold more CDs there before a show than any other convention.
As for the show itself, tech issues made us start late, but I wanted an eager crowd, and I GOT ONE!
Definitely a great experience and I think there might be a higher cross over between furries and punk than with anime/gamers and punk.
SO ARE YOU A FURRY THEN?
...Let's say Thrash Panda was something of a "soft launch"
Then I went to AFO, and of course Tiny Waves killed it at the rave.
Though people asked me about Megaplex with the same tone you'd use to find out someone was in the hospital...
NEW SONG: "FUCK TERFS (BUT DON'T HAVE SEX WITH THEM)"
For Gay Wrath month! Got a lot of requests for it at Megaplex, so I figured, WHY NOT?
JAM OF THE WEEK: "We Are All On Drugs" by Weezer
The tech issues mentioned earlier were that my laptop died, so I had to use whatever backing tracks I had on Google Drive, and I didn't have the Backing Track of "Hunting Bigger Game" with "Magic" by Mystery Skull tacked on the end, so I requested house music, and this is what they came up with.
So basically this makes Jam Of The Week because a week ago I ran around shirtless throwing Magic The Gathering cards to this song.
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