Geekscape 494: Hanging On The Rooftop With MC Chris! by JonathanSeptember 4, 2018 As I tell you in the intro, my knowledge of MC Chris was fairly minimal when he was proposed to me as a guest… but I knew he was really cool and a lot of my friends were fans and that was good enough for me! Well, after having him on the podcast I gotta tell you that I’m now a fan and he IS very cool! But the pop culture rapper, animator, comedian and actor is so much more than that! As we soon discover in our conversation, it’s not all Star Wars and comic books in MC Chris’ world (although there is a lot of that)! We get into some real talk, from his time dealing with social anxiety at NYU and playing PC games as a kid to some of the professional and personal pitfalls that followed him in his animation career. And we talk about where Chris is RIGHT NOW, in his new turn towards positivity, helping his fans out and how his upcoming tour and album are going to be the best time ever! There’s a LOT revealed on this episode (including his new album name) so listen up and enjoy! Visit MC Chris’ Website for tour and music info! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! Subscribe to Geekscape TV on YouTube!
MC Chris Releases The First 6 Minutes Of ‘The MC Chris Cartoon’ by SaintmortApril 4, 2013 Rapper/Animator/Nerd mc chris has been hard at work on a 6 episode cartoon series. However on April Fools day he reserved word that the network was passing on the show. Since the cartoon was funded by Kickstarter he has released the first 6 minutes on YouTube to build a buzz. The cartoon was produced by Geekscape friends Titmouse (Black Dynamite, Super Jail) and has voice work from John Gemberling (fat guy stuck in internet) and mc chris as himself. As a long time fan of mc chris I hope to see this cartoon get completed. It reminds me of Adult Swim back in it’s early (and frankly better) days. Also as the YouTube description says “Remember this is just a pitch so the animation isn’t done, it’s only half of the pilot script and there are numerous things that will feel incomplete. The final version will look much different, have different characters, different dialogue, but this is the gist.”
Christmas Songs To Get You Kicked Out of a Party by SaintmortDecember 20, 2012 If you read my last Retroactive Thinking article you’re probably more than aware that I love Christmas. I love the every aspect of it, the movies, the old TV specials and most importantly the music. Over the years I’ve definitely collected such an eclectic collection of bizarre christmas songs. I’ve sent enough of these songs to Jonathan that he finally just said ‘listen loser, just put it in a fucking article and leave me alone’… so here we are. I don’t recommend playing most of these songs at family christmas parties… however if you’re just having a gathering with friends… these could go over well…. but not likely. Twisted Sister “Heavy Metal Christmas” – Let’s kick this off with a song that I once heard someone refer to as “not just the worst christmas cover of all time but the worst song ever”. You see when Twisted Sister decided it was time to FINALLY release a Christmas album (seriously Dee Snyder what the fuck took you so long!) they decided that simply covering 12 Days of Christmas just would NOT do justice, they needed to re-write this song to be more METAL thus Heavy Metal Christmas was born. No longer will you have to wonder what to get the metal head in your life this christmas. Clearly they want tattered shirts, spandex pants and skull earrings (among other things). Atom and His Package “What WE do on Christmas” – Christmas isn’t just for christians obviously, well I mean sorta. There’s other holidays this time of the year, specifically Hanukkah which is what Atom and His Package decided to write about in his song What WE do on Christmas. Adam Goren (The Underground Laptop Pop Punker turned Science teacher) wrote this song a Christmas comp that reveals the secret meetings that the Jews have been having every Christmas Day plotting out their global takeover. Being that Adam is one of the friendliest guys on the planet he ends the song apologizing if he offended anyone. Check out Atom on the Saint Mort Show Size 14 “Mrs. Claus” – Size 14 is a punk band from the earliest days of Drive-Thru Records. While they never received much fame the band was heavily featured in the indie comedy 100 Women and the lead singer Linus of Hollywood started up a record label and joined Nerf Herder. However they had a song early on in their career on appeared on Christmas Gone Wrong. This comp was a collection of christmas songs by punk bands on Drive Thru at the time, it now goes for like $300 used on eBay occasionally. The highlight track is Size 14’s ode to banging Mrs. Claus and ruining christmas for everyone. Harley Poe “It’s Christmas Time Again” – One of my all time favorite bands since I was young was Calibretto 13. Calibretto 13 was a christian surf punk band in the same vein as Dead Kennedy’s. When they broke up the lead singer formed Harley Poe which was not a christian band at all (hear the whole story of his change of heart when he appeared on the Saint mort Show). One of the first songs they ever released was on a comp called “A Very Standard Christmas” (they were on a label called Standard Recording Records) about Killer Santa Claus. I’d like to believe he wrote it after watching the 2005 masterpiece Santa’s Slay. Ben Folds “Bizarre Christmas Incident” Ben Folds is one of my favorite singer/songwriters but somehow this song escaped me for a quite a few years. The first time I heard it though, I loved it. The song tells the hilarious story of Santa Claus getting stuck in Ben’s chimney and dying. It’s hard to not love a song with the chorus “Santa he’s a big fat fuck/Came down the chimney and got his fat ass stuck”. mc chris “Evergreen” – Nerdcore (but not Nerdcore) rapper mc chris wrote this song for his album Eatings Not Cheating. The song tells of a crazy adventure one christmas with him and his drug dealer. Enjoy your party crashing this weekend! Check out more of Matt Kelly’s Christmas lists on his blog Pure Mattitude and his Song-A-Day Facebook Page
Nerdcore Rapper mc chris Gets a Cartoon by SaintmortFebruary 27, 2012 It’s no secret that I’m a HUGE mc chris fan. Over the last two years his albums have appeared on both of my top 10 albums of the year lists and I once wrote a blog entry where I argued that his 2010 album mc chris goes to hell was better than Eminem, Kanye West and Drake’s albums that year. Since that 2010 album, I’ve wanted mc to do a cartoon. The skits on his albums can sometimes over-shadow the songs I laughs per minute (which is impressive since history skits on hip-hop CDs suck balls). So when I heard a few months ago that mc chris was campaigning to get a cartoon made I was over joyed. Well, here’s the news: he’s joined forces with the guys at Titmouse (Friends of Geekscape) and have released this teaser promo. As an mc chris fan, I am extremely satisfied with what I’m seeing and can’t wait to see more!