The album is here! It is for sale in the frontalot store alongside the brand new lady shirts, oversized boy shirts, and other wonderful ownables. There is a whole page about the album which you can visit for irritatingly brief teaser clips from every track.

Do not miss the first single from Nerdcore Rising: "Charity Case." Baddd Spellah did a bang-up job on the beat and you will be touched in your innermost heart areas by the song's tender plea for snacks.

Front took the stage at PAX last night with Connie Lin, MC Chris, and the Minibosses. Tickets were not to be had for love nor money. Front wishes to thank all those who came by his booth and/or hollered from the crowd. Special ups are distributed to the cadre of VSP folk who turned his merch table into a social hub.

Speaking of Penny Arcade, the new take of the vocal considerably improves their theme song. Have a listen.

Front heads today directly from Seattle to the playa for a week of solitude, serenity, and sober contemplation. If you want to interview him or buy him gift certificates for pie, be advised that he won't be looking at many emails until the second week of September. (Fear not, the store will function without his attention.)

More radio! NPR's Day to Day will be featuring Front in piece on Nerdcore sometime soon. When exactly? Life is a mystery.

Nerdcore Rising, the first and therefore awesomest-to-date Official MC Frontalot Album was mastered last night and sounds kind of dope. It will be back from the pressing plant and ready to release at PAX on August 27th. Front will probably pass around the hit single "Charity Case" a little earlier than that. Mail listees are the best apprised.

Nerdcore awareness blossoms at an alarming pace:

Front was interviewed by Mike Pesca on the Brian Lehrer show this morning on WNYC. You can listen to it in MP3 from their archive.

Front is expected to feature prominently in a piece on Nerdcore Hip-Hop appearing in the October issue of XXL. Their angle may be how wack he is. If so, Front can't really argue. Due to a wormhole in space, the October issue hits stands in early September, so take that opportunity to thumb through it carefully or bring it home to enjoy later.

And if you are in the world's giantest city, look out for Front in an imminent issue of Folha de S. Paulo. Aha! PDF here.

Upcoming appearances! You know about the Penny Arcade Expo, don't you? You should. It's on. Front plays Saturday night, prior to MC Chris. And! Front will do some kind of a rapping set at center camp at Burning Man this year. At some point in the week. Probably. Schedules get nebulous up there.

And back to the album... big-sized thanks go out to the people who made it happen: keyboardist Gm7 (née Charisma+1), bassist Black Lotus, drummer The Categorical Imperative, beatsmith Baddd Spellah, bent circuit expert Doc Popular, stoned-ass bald dude DJ Earflaps, cellist JBB, master of mastering Alex Thériot, guest rappers MC Hawking and Jesse Dangerously, album artists Tony Moore and Campbell Whyte, and our gracious host at the dinner party of life, the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Okay! Last night's Crash Mansion show went quite well, despite Front's occasional inability to say lots of words quickly in the proper order. To those who point out (rightly) that this is all we ask of him, Front promises this: the Pr0n S0ng will be totally and completely memorized by the dawn of PAX.

Jeff Rowland (Front's only Australian Aboriginal friend) made it down from the wilds of MA to enjoy the show (or else to hang out with his fellow comicists). He lent Front's poorly org'd shirt concession the air of Dumbrella professionalism.

The new album! Front toils many hours each day in front of the mix-o-tron, turning dreams into uncompressed stereo data. It will be ready for Seattle. And it will be on sale in the store. And it will be rad.

You think you are a huge genius? Get past level six then.