Nerdapalooza 2009 Recap

We left Roswell's house at 4:30 in the morning. Roswell brought his video camera, iPod and megaphone, K-Cuf member Scrubs brought a digital camera, Dick Steel brought... not a damn thing, and I brought my laptop and Amtgard swords. Roswell hooked up his iPod to the car's sound system and started through his collection of 111 dementia songs (Weird Al Yankovic, the great Luke Ski, et al.), and then we were on the road.

Having just watched the movie Fanboys, Roswell, Scrubs, and Dick Steel decided they would make their own "Flash if you love Wookies" sign in hopes of scoring video footage of anonymous tits. It might have worked if anyone outside of our car had ever seen Fanboys or if there were any women on the interstate highway at 6:00 AM. The only real entertainment we had in the car was our rapid-fire innuendo and the 80 songs of dementia that we played through during the whole trip.

At about 9:00, Roswell began searching for a Fifth Third Bank so he could withdraw money from his Savings account. Searching in vain, for the only bank we found was closed on Saturdays. It wasn't all bad, though. We found some pretty amusing things on our way to the Convention Center.

An inflatable version of "Pin the tail on the donkey."


What kind of sick bastard makes fun of world hunger? Oh, right: Me.

The concerts I watched (about half of them) were pretty damn awesome, in a nerdy kind of way (which makes them even more awesome). The first day opened with Odd Austin, who played the official Nerdapalooza theme song, as well as a song about working at Taco Bell. We later learned that Odd Austin has never worked at Taco Bell before, thus making him a big fat phony.

The next performance that I actually remember was by Devo Spice, whose alleged technological frustrations provided some amusing songs that blur the line between dementia rap and techno (I say alleged because I later learned that he is very computer literate). Then came the Pastafarian Captain Dan, and his Scurvy Crew. K-Cuf Productions interviewed Captain Dan before Devo Spice's concert, so we were obligated to stick around for their concert. I'm glad we did, because their concert, like Devo Spice's, was worth standing in a large room packed full of nerds.

After two hours of standing around, we got bored and wandered off to talk to various artists and interesting people. I got into a duel with a NERO player that lasted 10 or so rounds before we got tired, while Roswell, Dick Steel, and Scrubs began inviting people (artists and attractive women, mostly) to our hotel room for an after-party.

I can't remember any significant events from then until the after-party, where The great Luke Ski, Devo Spice, and Insane Ian hung out with us for an hour or so. That's not to say that the bands sucked, I just don't remember them that well.

Out of all the Sunday performances we saw that day, the great Luke Ski, ZeaLous1, and Uncle Monsterface had the best performances. Luke opened with Stealing Like a Hobbit, a parody of Eminem's Cleaning Out My Closet complete with a music video. He says it was his first time ever doing a projector-assisted show; I couldn't tell. Uncle Monsterface had the most random songs I've ever heard (Mashed Potatoes vs. Vampires, for example), but their stage performance was beyond anything I could have expected. I'm not going to spoil it, though. See for yourself the first chance you get.

All in all, Nerdapalooza was awesome. K-Cuf Productions and I will be attending next year, barring some catastrophic event that prevents us from going. Roswell is expected to have a video or two from our weekend posted by next week.

Devo Spice's Synopsis of Nerdapalooza
The FuMP: The Funny Music Project
Wired Article on Nerdapalooza
Nerdapalooza 2009 Pt. 1
Nerdapalooza Highlights by DudeVideo