Nerd Arts

sorry. im a big planet of the apes fan and I just loved this image. Even if it is from the Tim Burton version

From the man who brought us MC Pee Pants and Bobbafette’s vette (possibly the first nerdcore song to reach a wide audience) comes his first album “Life’s a bitch and I’m her pimp”. Mc Chris has mainstream appeal because he’s simply a great Mc. As you may have noticed I am scouring the web for sites containing free nerdcore hip hop. I think this would serve as a great introduction to those interested in nerdcore and hopefully a perentage will go on to buy some albums as well. Let me know of any other pages I should know about via the “submit a link” button in the right hand column.

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Tucked away in Frontalot’s site is a page full of nice mp3s which are free to download.  Among these is a track that all nerdcore afficianadoes should have, entitled well, um, “nerdcore hip hop”. Since MCFrontalot is credited for being the man who coined the term nerdcore. He should be a part of everyone’s nerdy hip hop collection. Enjoy

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An orchestra plays along to a visual backdrop of video games. As classical music becomes more and more stale with each passing year, I think it is important for these old institutions to embrace contemporary culture in a thoughtful way. This performance may seem a bit gimicky but the audience’s reaction and interaction is something that does not often happen during a classical music concert. This audience felt they had permission to laugh, and cheer during their favorite parts of the performance, and that is what is important. Generally classic music attendees are supposed to have a passionless, cold experience, and certainly not exclaim their connection to the music being played. Everyone laughed and cheered during this performance of video game sounds and music because it was something that they all had a connection with in one way or another.

This is the best video evar on the internet. Girls not only plays the star wars theme on her trumpet, but also acts out various scenes from star wars using her trumpet as a prop. UNBELIEVABLE

You are likely to be eaten by a grue music video from MC Frontalot

Pop on over to Ytcracker.com and download a new hot mixtape from YtCracker entitled Dirty Nerdy.

I also couldn’t believe I didn’t know about this huge collection of super hot nerdcore tracks neatly made available via Yt’s site.  This is the way it should be done.  Take note all of you out there that don’t even enable the download option on MySpace! Yt still gives tons of his tracks away for free, and he is still on top.  Respect.

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Another great free nerdcore hip hop album available for free.  Nicely compressed into a .Rar file for your ease of sharing. Enjoy!!

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Another article dealing with the rise of Nerds and Nerd Culture in America. This one spends time dissecting two different nerdy books.  David Anderegg’s Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them (Tarcher/Penguin, Dec.) and Benjamin Nugent’s American Nerd: The Story of My People. 

This begs the question that as the world of nerdiness becomes more and more mainstream how will what it means to be a nerd change in the future.  We’ve seen the press go mad about the rise of nerdcore hip hop by featuring the same nerdcore musicians who are really safe like MC Frontalot, and now the rise of nerds in the cinema. But is anyone ready for a truly nerdy character? And what ever happened to the likes of YTCracker who released entire albums for free and even compressed them as a .RAR files. Is this no longer possible? I respect the frontrunners of nerdcore hip hop, the true visionaries are those who are many times rightfully getting the most press and attention today. Nerdcore happened for the same reason that traditional hip hop became popular. And this is why. It generally used a bunch of beats which were technically owned by someone else, and also gave a voice to a group of people who were traditionally marginalised.  Now, I know, I know, I am in no way comparing being an African American to being a Nerd, there are far too many complications to make such a wide statement.  However I am saying that the best Nerdcore Hip Hop was made with a sense of honesty and was made to speak to a small audience (on the internet) and it was free to download.  Once the rich suburbanites start wearing nerdy glasses, and buying original casio calculator watches on ebay, and then they will move on to the next fad, but where does that leave us? Those of us who are going to stay nerdy.  Are we going to let our music, and style of dress (of lack there of) just simply be co-opted by the mainstream. Because if we do, they will eat us up, and spit us right out as fast as they can.

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heres the beginning of the article

Publishing may rank close to chemistry and molecular biology as one of the most nerd-friendly fields. The vocation tends to attract brainy types who may not have excelled at math and science in school, but reread books until their spines fell apart. Editors are rarely not reading books, whether on elevators, in supermarket lines, or even walking on the sidewalk. And they usually wear glasses. Hike up those pants, add a pocket protector, and… well, if it isn’t Alfred E. Newman.

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