Frontalot is home from PAX. PAX? Oh yeah, that was just some little get together that a couple of gamer kids had last weekend. We're sure you weren't missing anything. Except for like the awesomest video game expo on the face of this or (we're assuming) any planet! Front and company did a respectable job of hip-hopifying the Saturday night show, with Anamanaguchi, Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, and the ever-lovin' Minibosses holding down all the rocking and rolling duties. Friday night, Front was visible in the audience (well, the fancy beanbaggy section of the audience), for the OneUps, Freezepop, and Jonathan Coulton sets. Speaking of Coulton, did we mention that he's on the new MC Frontalot album? Yeah, that's the same new album you're not allowed to buy until Nov 4th. But here's some previewy toobage from that PAX thing we were just talking about.

Everyone's asking about the tour. November 1st through December 13th. Everywhere. Those our the two answers we've got so far. Stand by for more.

Hey, go download Dude & Catastrophe for Rock Band! It is available as part of the PAX pack, with Coulton and the Thickets. Usually when we tell you to go download something, we mean in your web browser. But this time we mean on your console of choice.

And finally, see some awesome gigantic pictures of all the nerdcore superstars in this month's Blender. And a li'l picture of Frontalot, too. It's their vital-to-all-humanity Nerdapalooza '08 coverage, yet they decided to go with Pussycat Dolls for the cover. A letter to the editor is perhaps warranted.

Ms. Farsad gets ready for PAX, by forcing MC Frontalot to appear with her in this amusing video. Its essential message is this: don't miss the documentary's west coast premiere at 4PM on Saturday in the big old convention hall. The band gets ready for PAX, mostly by rehearsing numbers from the new record (Diseases of Yore, Shame Of The Otaku, Tongue-Clucking Grammarian, plus the title track). The new record! The new record! Presales begin shortly. Until then, drool over the cover art by Scott C.

Speaking of PAX, did we mention that Front and band blow the roof off the sucker on Saturday night? Do what you must to secure your wristbandy goodness. If it is impossible for you to attend PAX, but you're going to be in Seattle that weekend anyhow, come see Front's secret appearance at the high-caliber nerdcore show Thurs night. It's so secret that we have failed to put it on the gig calendar -- but not so secret that we'd actually go without mentioning it. Thu Aug 28, at High Dive, doors around 9p, with Optimus Rhyme, The Goondocks, and from what we hear, MC Lars and YTCracker. Front will be oiling up his whole PAX set, so stop by to catch all the missed lyrics and off-key singing before they are banished forever.

What other exciting things are new (and exciting)? How about this badass Wordburglar video? What say you to the brand new Random album, with a guest appearance by Frontalot (on the track Reset Button)? How about an XBOX 360? What, you're not getting a new xbox? Oh, right. Front is! He's waited long enough. He needs to be primed and ready to play Rock Band in a couple weeks when Dude & Catastrophe gets released for it as DLC. Also, his PS2 is old enough to drink in some countries and it no longer reads discs without daily dissassembly and laser alignment massage. If you want to help him into the now, join Front's VSP.

Start getting excited, people! The new album is called Final Boss and it drops from unreachable elevation to the very depths of availability on November the First. Just in time for the new national tour with MC Lars! More on both topics soon.