MC Frontalot wishes a happy "F. The Queen In The Eye Socket Day" to you, patriots, jingoists, and revolutionaries-in-waiting! Nerdcore's own national treasure is off to eat hot dogs with his bass player in Staten Island. He hopes you are all having roasted-meat celebrations of your own (with actual meat or appropriate facsimile).

Front would like to point out that the nation is struggling to improve its lot after a long stretch of everything seeming to get worse constantly. That's the spirit, America! And in that spirit, here's a freshly posted track: Front's ode to self-improvement, Better At Rapping, which he penned for the Child's Play CD near the end of last year, and which, along with that benefit CD, was perhaps overlooked in all the excitement. You can still purchase it if you like to help children. That's a thing you should spend ten dollars pretending you like to do, even if you don't, just to avoid suspicion.

You may also preclude allegations that you are not totally on top of the latest shit by having in your MP3 collection Shame Of The Otaku and Socks On, our most recent offerings from the Final Boss disc.

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.