Everything's so autumnal lately. It is as though the clock ticks. Indeed! You have only a handful of days left to complete your Nerdcore Song Fight entry -- get on it! Submissions due by Oct 15th, voting runs through Oct 31st. The title is "Feature Creep," so that's what your song has to be called. You can sing, you can rap, you can make multi-octave throat noises with complicated Solkattu clap patterning. Just get your song done soon! Winner wins a wonderful trip to see Front play.

What do we all win if healthcare reform is defeated? Probably a free tumor! That's not a very good prize. Check out the wonderfully talented Negin Farsad's current project, HAARM, which is (psssst, secret:) actually making fun of anti-reformists. Even though it is pretending to be on their side. Confusing, I know. Speaking of Negin, her fantastic movie about Frontalot and his fans, Nerdcore Rising, is so available. There are community-hosted screenings all over the place. Or sign up for Netflix and stream it right now.

Oh! And! The Store is brimming with new things. Our fancy crimson Final Boss tee is finally mail-orderable. There's a new sticker pack, collecting the four classic vinyl stickers with two incredible new ones. And there's a special on posters, whereby purchase of the three-pack earns you two otherwise unattainable ultra-collectible secret bonus posters. We would not use so many made-up marketing words if we did not have to pay rent. The full-album mp3/aac/flac store is totally open, now, too. Have at.

Podcasts? Sometimes they have MC Frontalot on them.

Front is back in Berkeley for a bit, sifting beats for the new album. He had a chance to see Alec Berlin (electrical guitarist par excellence) performing in the Green Day musical American Idiot at the local repertory, an experience he can recommend without caveat.

Ever wanted to make some nerdcore of your own? This is your most gigantic opportunity: a special all-nerdcore song fight hosted by the Nerdcore Rising: The Movie folks, and curated by MC Frontalot. Winner gets a free trip to come see Front rock a mic. Deadline is mid-october, so do not dilly-dally.

UPDATE! Vintage Vinyl in-store 9/26 is cancellated. Sorry, kids!

Recent news hyperlinks round up! Front plays KoL Con in AZ this weekend. Nerdcore Rising movie screenings abound; the distributor will gently bribe you to host your own. Sign up for Netflix and stream the movie right now. Front's new full-album download store is open. Front's song Origin Of Species just went up on Rock Band DLC. There's a new single from Final Boss, called Diseases Of Yore. And Front's bass player Bl4k Lotus has a new solo album, which is fresh.