SAUSAGE FEST!

As promised, this is the post about Sausage Fest.

It all began when RunningRyan, as he always does, was bemoaning the fact that we are not "Bert & Ernie" life mates, or if you ask him what he said, it would probably sound like "we need to hang out some time," and there might have also been mention of watching Season 4 of Venture Bros. To which I replied, "I guess, maybe for a bit, maybe Ti-Slut can come along and chaperone." *Thought* "Man, that would be a sausage fest . . . hey! that actually sounds delicious, lets get a bunch of tubed meat together and watch cartoons!" Then C.J. &  . . . (Spent way too long trying to come up with a clever pseudonym that properly conveyed the characters she plays and the type of person she is and could not adequately develop one at this time . . . woman) piped in asking if they could attend and would stuff if necessary. Encouraged by members of the fairer gender (one of my many follies, I'm sure) I declared the event to be a future thing!

We established a date & time, got coverage at work, so all could attend, and there may have even been a facebook event that read . . .

@ H47cave

BYO-Sausage and enough to share. We will be watching Venture Bros. Season 4. And otherwise BSing till a "decent" hour at night/in the morning. You can bring a friend or two, but no more than two.

Then, The Sausegening Began . . . .

Yes, Mini-Cheddarwursts & sausage wrapped in pancake-dogs. Savory & sweet

SAUSAGE FEST!! The size doesnt matterits how good it is. - moby.to/4uye99
— tony elfson (@h47) April 24, 2012

Some of "The Spread"

Swallowing has occured. There is groaning and glazed over eyes. We push forward! - moby.to/ba2x63
— tony elfson (@h47) April 25, 2012

Another POV shot. Oh yeah, Pievuhg brought tacos to a sausage fest. typical.

Even the vegan @theatreg33k joins in on the SAUSAGE FEST!! - moby.to/88kvrr
— tony elfson (@h47) April 25, 2012

 There were two not present for the Wide shot of the Orgy of Tubed Meat, but they gorged themselves as well as any you see there, guilty and debauched.




Many things were discussed . . .

Wow, took a whole 3 hours till the actual sexual discussions/debates began.
— tony elfson (@h47) April 25, 2012

And in the end, I suffered a great blow for my lust for sausage and company . . .

Gah! I didnt save my game last night before sausage fest. AND I'M IN THE WATER TEMPLE AGAIN!!!
— tony elfson (@h47) April 25, 2012

 And so was SAUSAGE FEST!!!!

3rd 4 t3h NRRD! Monthly music.

I found it eerie and fortuitous that the last time I really spoke of nerdcore was last 3rd (of June) mayhaps I can maintain a monthly set schedule for blathering about beatmasters and lyricwrights? (probably not, so don't get your hopes up.)
This months Nerdcore Artist is the band Optimus Rhyme. Their site is over NYAH! and you can buy some of their music hierNYAH.
Based out of the wet north (hehe, wet . . ) of Seattle, Washington, the Autobeats (yes, they embrace their theme) seek to destroy all Wackacons. With tight guitar tickling, steady bass rhythms with some phunky skank on em, steady crashes from the drums, all give a garage band feel to set Wheelie Cyberman's rapid-fire clean and clear lyrics against.
Honestly, this is one of my favorite artists. Wheelie has a wicked flow, can keep the words pounding and bouncing like a cheap . . . well, and he keeps his voice running the scale like high school bleachers.
If there's one thing that will start to turn me off about most nerdcore rappers is the monotone, one note, speaking fast, bull. Yes rapping is heavily comprised of dense verbage, but its also a MUSIC style, which means, unless you're as good as Cake (which in my opinion, still matches the little variation he has to the overall songs) get some music theory in your spit, j0!
aright, back on to Optimus Rhyme . . . I'm also a bit of a sucker for things that stick to a theme and do it well. O.R. does this. The pseudonyms the band uses when they're performing are amusing, as well as a greater portion of the catalog uses the transformers theme as song content. Another selling point is that although they embrace the theme, they dont nessecarily beat you over the head with it. Not every song is literally "we autobots, hur, hur, wackacons esplode when we play, yay!" well, one or two are like that, but by and large the songs accept that they exist in this reality and don't beleaguer the point. At least for me.
As mentioned before, I love the guitar. Powerthighs lays it down by keeping a steady back drop, but definitely keeps the strings taught and tickles them mercilessly. He can drop down and meld with the group to create a harmonious sound, but brings it right back up for fast fingered audio filigree.
Stumblebee, the bassist, do what a bass do. Sets a steady line that the rest of the band may walk, but when you walk, you gotta have a swagger if you're as bad ass as an autobot. When not keeping it steady he throws down and rumbles the speakers, dancing the chords with an ease and skill that would make the fleetest of fingered lesb . . . what? Music is sensual. well, actually, the bass, its so phunky. I'm shaking my own head typing this at how this doesn't even begin to describe it.
As for Grimrock, honestly, he does what any good drummer needs to do. Plays so well you don't realize he's there. Honestly! A lot of nerdcore is geek rap, right? Most of it is back beats and samples with an MC in front of it. For someone to be a live beat machine, and stay in sync with a live band, AND stay steady with a repetitive beat setup, is a challenge. Its a mix of paying attention, staying IN the music and keeping tempo. Not a task for the flippant and lame. Serious kudos to the kicker/thumper of Optimus Rhyme.
Choice songs include -Anxiety- off the album "TransF0Rmed" - Powder Blue Egg Hatch- & -JZ75- off their self titled EP, "Optimus Rhyme" (in case you didint realize) and also -AUTOBEAT AIRBUS- off "School The Indie Rockers"
All of those are very high energy songs, but that's one of the reasons I enjoy them so. That should wrap it up for now. Nerdcore 4 life, microsoft-WERD!

Paranoia & Nicknames

So, If you read more than a few posts here, you will notice I don't use peoples real names anywhere, and more often then not, they're nicknames.
Ever since the wee years of my internet exploits I was aware of the fact that bad things happen when random people have access to your personal info. It has remained a prudent exercise ever since, hence, why my real name is never used here, and anyone who doesn't already have a well established web handle, gets a nickname I feel adequately describes them, or has been pre-approved by them. a few people who will probably re-occur follow:
Theatreg33k, my fiance, she is also an actress, we live together, owns a cat (don't even get me started on that cat), she's currently employed by a major corporation, is a presence in most social networking sites and has her own site which I can't find right now. More about her and our relationship in other posts, trust me.
Epyon_avenger: A good friend of mine out here in the left valley. He is a Tech for a private school, a nerdlinger supreme, and hosts a couple Neverwinter servers. One of the many geeks In my D&D circle, doppleganger to . . .
PievuhG: Origionally just, my co-worker, at the high end weapons shop we work at, soon became a great friend as her geeky flag flew brightly, with a rainbow on it. One of the lesbians Theatreg33k and I have added to our collection (we collect lesbians, i'm sure there will be a post) she's cureently single, and it has been established by all of us that her and Epyon are the same people from different realities, or something to that effect. She used to do Repo, and is a mechanic, soooo dykey, its great.
The Blave: An overacheiver, a bear of a man, a teddy bear that is. He looks like like a viking, very norse pillager, but he's happy and amicable all the time. A theatre/english teacher at a local high school, The Blave is also a constant fixture in our D&D groups. I call him The Blave because he has a penchant for telling outlandish white lies, and more often than not people beleive him. see D.O.S. in any of Theatreg33ks other sites.
I will post other character profiles later, probably name them Nicknames again.