Make no doubt about it, this song is nerdy, but nerdy is a badge that San Francisco’s Doctor Popular wears with pride. After all, this song about the pains of being without internet for 2 weeks was created using an iPhone (Nanoloop) and an iPad (Baby Scratch Decks) and features nerd rapper ytCracker, whose YouTube videos about Nintendo get upwards of 40,000 hits. Doc was just featured on Solipsistic Nation’s podcast about iPhone/iPad producers as well, providing some interesting insight on the process he uses to create music using these new gadgets. You should go explore his website and check out some of his music, drawings, Yo-Yo championship videos, etc. This guy is a man of many hats.
Rediscovered Gem: Mike Kelley’s 2010 ‘What’s in My Bag?’ for Amoeba Music
I’ve been a fan of Mike Kelley for years, starting with his now-iconic visuals for Sonic Youth‘s 1992 record, Dirty. I’ve managed to see multiple