Michigan! What a friendly state. Ann Arbor gave us gigantic hugs (and hand-crafted baubles). Detroit gave Ms. Farsad a couple of awards for directing the greatest documentary known to humankind.

Next up: Florida and Southern California. Get yourselves some tickets to Nerdapalooza (Orlando, 7/11&12) and SDCC AfterCon (San Diego, 7/25).

Also: you like the achievements, but you need all the upgrades.

Your MC takes care of Detroit on Saturday night and Ann Arbor on Monday. He takes care of them by rapping. Do not miss these concerts. Also! Don't miss Nerdcore Rising: The Movie in both cities this weekend.

Massively fresh concert alert! Comic-Con San Diego, July 25th. MC Frontalot, Lars, yt, the Cyanide and Happiness kids, Doomtree, SMBC, and you (in attendance). Tickets are on sale at noon today. IT IS CALLED AFTERCON!! Also, it is a serious no-fucking-around big-ass deal of a nerdcore hip-hop show and animation fest, so if you're coming to SDCC, secure a concert ticket immediately.

Are we really discussing big-deal nerdcore concerts? The biggest one that could exist is in mid-July, in Orlando, and Front's fixing to fly.

So soon: Detroit show (concert follows screening); Ann Arbor show (huge and free)! Already: new songs via the mp3 page or giant play button (up, left). Previous news post might have been so brief.

Did anyone catch John Hodgman asking my man Barry Hussein if he's Nerdcore? If so, relive the magic (about 7:58 in). Thrill as Hodgman performs hard-hitting investigative work, face to face with his subject, demanding to know: does our nation's leader front at geekery? Scandal unfolds! See for yourself. We here at The Most Frontingest's Internet Home Base whole-heartedly endorse entire contents of video, which is why this paragraph is so long.

Oh, and since it's a Tube Party, here's some charming youngsters performing Goth Girls for you. Do you like that, "Tube Party?" That's what all the kids are saying these days, in reference to orgies of flash video consumption.