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Nerdcore Rising will premiere at SXSW! |
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Posted on Tuesday, 05 February 2008 by Negin Farsad
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Hey folks!
 South By Southwest Film Festival
We are full of glee and in a hot nanosecond from now,* we’ll be providing you with all sorts of information about the premiere. Stuff like: Where? When? How? No, Seriously HOW… did you get in?? But until then, we’re just going to take a moment to thank the nerdbase: a nexus of MC Frontalot fans, Penny Arcade enthusiasts, indie film geeks, and generally interested nerdcore peeps. So, here’s that moment: THANK YOU. We couldn’t do it without you. As we always say: the nerdbase is good above all things.
And, here’s some broken record business: please encourage your friends to request a screening of the film in their town – especially if their town is in that part of central Texas which is less panhandle and more hill country and rhymes with Schmaustin.
And, here's that point where you wish the record would just fly off the player instead of repeating itself: we still need more funds to get this thing done. Premiering is an expensive business replete with a world of sound-mixing, color-correcting, teranex up-resing and Kona card-renting. Once upon a time this was all jargon but now it's meaningful to my clicking fingers and aching wallet. So, if you have it in your heart (er, rather, your bank account) to throw a couple of bucks at a little independent film, well, that would be super and amazing and full-on fantastic.
Here are some links to articles that verify the accuracy of the claims made in this blog:
Thrilled & Hearting the Nerdbase,
Negin et al @ Nerdcore Rising the movie!
PS: The trailer has some new faces in it – check it out if you're curious. Was this post-script coy enough?
*In this instance “nanosecond” is being loosely defined as “moment, hour, or half day”
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Nerdcore Rising Year in Review |
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Posted on Wednesday, 26 December 2007 by Negin Farsad
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Hey Folks,
As the year draws to a very warm close (this is negin blogging from my parent's house in sunny Southern California instead of my usual spot in that glacial drift known as Manhattan), we here at Nerdcore Rising wanted to take a moment and review the shit out of 2007.
We started out the year with a brief stint at the CES convention in Las Vegas where the fine folks at Stage 6 (AKA DivX) unveiled the Nerdcore Rising trailer and Episode 1 of Nerd of the Week to convention goers who were thirsty for some geeky rap to go with their DOTF's (devices of the future). Even though the consumer electronics compound annual growth rates (CAGR) for the five-year period from 2001 to 2005 for units and revenues were 11.7 percent and 7.4 percent, respectively, that didn't stop CES from handing out some ridiculous swag at the convention! As they say, when the CAGR is down, the logo-branded handout of tote bags is up! Way up! Nerdcore Rising managed to come back from Las Vegas with some fancy new pens, a free thumb drive, the renewed adoration of one of the highest resolution media platforms, and above all, valuable interview footage with the likes of MC Plus + and Doc Popular, all stuffed into a miraculously zipper free tote of the AppleTV variety.
We then moved into our new office where Andrew Mendelson, editor, co-producer, and regular fixture awaited us with open arms and a couple of terabytes of drive space to conduct an intensive footage blitz. Besides myself, Kimmy and Andrew, a media army of ready-to-kill soldiers of post-production joined us and because we love them, we will name them here: Torrey, Adam, Marisa, Allen, Millie, Tanya, Markus, Florence, and Sam. Though the office we had procured was the size of the aforementioned AppleTV tote, we still managed to stuff everyone inside – though not all at the same time and often with right foot on red and left elbow on blue.
In those new offices we managed to put up the trailer for the film. We uploaded it onto www.nerdcorerising.com where a few hours later, the site crashed. Apparently if Penny Arcade mentions something, people actually watch it. Digital street cred not only remained in tact but was given a much-appreciated boost. And, our grouplove for Tycho & Gabe not only remained in tact but was newly accompanied with blushing cheeks and massive giggling because Nerdcore Rising has an intense crush on Penny Arcade. We're thinking of writing a love note, folding it 8 times, and tossing it to them in class but for now, we're too embarrassed.
Sometime before the thaw, we got to meet and film a Mr. Prince Paul from a little known and totally historically irrelevant hip-hop group called De La Soul (that's an example of extreme sarcasm). We learned that Prince Paul is one of the more awesome human beings on earth (that's an example of understatement). And, that avocadoes are his favorite vegetable (that's an example of out-and-out lying).
Hmmm… More things happened but I got a little long-winded up-top and now I feel like this blog is reaching the shameful 600 word mark so I'll save the rest of the year-in-review for later. But, for those that might occasionally wonder, the Footage Blitz of 2007 is still ongoing and will continue a bit into 2008. However, it will result in a film that will be watchable and entertainedable (that's an example of two crappy word formations). It hasn't yet, but as g-d is my witness, it will! (And that, is an example of an absolute guarantee.)
Signed,
Negin & all of your footage-humping pals at Nerdcore Rising
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Frontalot in New York City at the Knitting Factory |
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Posted on Monday, 05 November 2007 by Danimal
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Frontalot will be making a stop in grand ol' New York City to
perform at the Knitting Factory as a part of his Secrets From the
Future Tour with Schaeffer the Darklord. So, if you're reading this
blog and you're in the larger New York Metro Area on Nov. 11, which is
a Sunday, do come check him out. And say hello to Team Nerdcore Rising
because we'll be there shooting people, with cameras. Of course, there
are other dates and other cities and more Frontastic musical joy to be
had but for that info, we direct you to the site of the man himself, Frontalot.
Also, bassist Brandon Patton (aka Blak Lotus) had this little tidbit to share about their current touring experience:
Our
tour van has had it's side view mirrors stolen THREE times, someone
just broke in through the back window to steal a $40 hand truck, and
then we just fixed that, and somebody crashed into it while it was
parked!
Nevertheless, we shall rock your nerdy pants off [in New York]. And
then, somehow (we haven't figured this out yet) we shall drive across
country for the rest of our tour.
Blak Lotus
A $40 hand truck!! Well, if they stole that they probably needed it
more than Frontalot et al does. Consider it an early holiday gift to a
stranger that had some very pressing object-moving needs.
Sweet.
Go see the band live. You'll be hooked forever. And when the time
comes, Frontalot will summons you and his other faithful
nerdcore-fandroids to conquer the universe- For now, he's just slowly
conquering it one solo rap at a time.
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Posted on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 by Danimal
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Don't Front like you don't wanna see Front. Here's some tour dates
for Frontalot with Schaffer the Darklord. For more detailed tour info
visit: www.frontalot.com. We?ll bring you period reports from the band
on the road?
- Thurs. Nov. 8th - The Living Room in Providence, RI
- Fri. Nov. 9th - Harper's Ferry in Allston, MA
- Sun. Nov. 11th - The Knitting Factory in NYC
- Tues. Nov. 13th - The Basement in Columbus, OH
- Wed. Nov. 14th (STD's bday!) - Reggie's Live in Chicago, IL
- Thur. Nov. 15th - Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, MN
- Sun. Nov. 18th - The Marquis Theater in Denver, CO
- Tues. Nov. 20th - Burt's Tiki Club in Salt Lake City, UT
- Wed. Nov. 21st - The Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, CA
- Fri. Nov. 23rd - Hawthorne Theatre in Portland, OR
- Sun. Nov. 25th - Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco, CA
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"Lars" Gives Hope to Nerds Everywhere - our first NERD MOVIE REVIEW! |
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Posted on Thursday, 25 October 2007 by Danimal
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Hey folks! David Spiecher here - one of the innumerable helping hands in the
Nerdcore Rising circle (okay, we're not innumerable, I would say
there's between 3 and 33 of us or something... my counting is not so
good). Ehem, anyways, we here at Nerdcore Rising had an itch to talk
about other nerd movies so whenever we see one currently in the
theatres or in one of those
loser-with-no-plans-on-a-Friday-NetFlix-nights, we're going to "review"
it.
I just saw "Lars & The Real Girl" so I'm gonna give you my
esteemed opinions below. Hope you enjoy...
love,
DSpike!
NerdMovie Review: Lars&the Real Girl
As I walked into "Lars and the Real Girl," I thought, "How can they
keep this up for 106 minutes?" But,when I walked out, I thought, "This
could be the prescription for nerds everywhere!" The premise here is
that Lars, played by Ryan Gosling, has finally found the perfect
companion - a girl named Bianca. She's beautiful - no scratch that,
she's HOT. She's smart. She helps others. Bianca's only flaw-she's not
a real girl.
When
I say she's not a real girl, I don't mean she's a plastic airhead like
Laura Conrad on "The Hills"- I mean she's actually made out of plastic!!
(note: some argue that "LC" is too, but for our purposes here, let's
assume she's a real human being at the mercy of terribly written
"reality" - oops, sorry if you were under the impression that "The
Hills" was a reality show.)
A plastic girl, maybe, but
one thing Bianca is not, is an imaginary girl - which, let's be honest,
is typically the girlfriend of choice for nerds. Chances are if you
scored 1500 on your SATs, you've also scored with a beautiful girl
whose only flaw is that she doesn't exist. So I say to you nerds:
rather than invent an imaginary girlfriend, why not just buy a plastic
one.
Lars introduces Bianca to his family and
friends as a girl he met on the Internet.
In Lars' defense, they did
"meet" on the Internet. There's a paper trail confirming that he and
Bianca "interacted" there. On the other hand, you my dear nerd, could
not produce one shred of evidence that you and what's-her-name had a
summer fling at Space Camp.
Plastic Girlfriend 1 - Imaginary Girlfriend 0.
At the urging of the family doctor (Patricia Clarkson), Lars' family
and friends go along with it. She's invited to dinners, social events
and even has regular visits to the doctor. Those around Lars embrace
Bianca because they know he's delusional.
In contrast, Imaginary
Girlfriend isn't invited to anything and is never embraced because
those around you know you're a total weirdo.
Lars'
brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife (Emily Mortimer) not only
treat Bianca like a real girl, but they treat Lars like a guy who has a girlfriend. Unlike your brother (Football Captain) and his wife (Prom
Queen) who totally ignore your "girlfriend" and treat you like a guy
who's never touched a boob he didn't accidentally bump into.
Plastic Girlfriend 2 - Imaginary Girlfriend 0.
The *sweet* story in the film is that the community rallies around the
idea of Bianca to help Lars. As someone who clearly has lost his way -
a spiritually nomadic geek, if you will - it's almost as if Bianca is a
tool to "fix" him.
The
sad story in the average nerd's life is that the community wants you to
get help - as long as you get it somewhere else. A nerd's relationship
with "that girl from the ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Niagara Falls region"
makes him seem like a tool that needs fixing.
Plastic Girlfriend 3 - Imaginary Girlfriend 0.
"Lars and the Real Girl" is literally a model for nerd-love everywhere.
Chances are, most nerds are closer to this Lars than the great MC Lars
of "Nerdcore Rising" fame - his lyrics probably land him girls that live and breathe.
But, short of being a witty lyricist who gets girls-in-the-flesh, your
choice may some day come down to plastic vs. imaginary.
I say, choose
plastic.
Hey, these things are not just anatomically correct these
days - you can get one so life-like it will not only have sex with you,
but will even stick around to listen to your theory on the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles' affect on Mid-East politics. And that, my
friends, is pretty awesome.
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