<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274</id><updated>2011-07-28T12:02:21.373-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NERD Fest. Berlin</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-3209340901422488213</id><published>2011-05-14T10:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T13:06:05.878-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nerd Talk Sessions Vol. 4 - Urban Nerds</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Nerd Fest. Berlin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; made an online rendez-vous with UK-based music junkies &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;. These nerds really love bass heavy music so much they started their own party series which soon turned into one of the coolest events in London, if not whole England, ah forget it: the whole wide world!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy our fourth issue of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Nerd Talk Sessions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; with James of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/urbannerdslondon" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CbYw-XbMK-8/TdLG5NG9woI/AAAAAAAAAEg/PNihp-qkvf0/s200/Urban%2BNerds%2Bmini.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NERD Fest. Berlin: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Welcome to our NERD Talk Sessions, Urban Nerds. Tell us who you are and why you choose that name?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;We are bass heavy underground London party starters. One of us used to be called an Urban Nerd by a mutual friend back in the day. We were Nerdy about Urban music in all its forms, so when the night was formed, Urban Nerds seemed like the right way to go!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sx0uvpbOJ-0/TdBTWDzYjmI/AAAAAAAAAEI/4Hnh0gT4FgI/s1600/IMG_9431.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sx0uvpbOJ-0/TdBTWDzYjmI/AAAAAAAAAEI/4Hnh0gT4FgI/s320/IMG_9431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607073174519320162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; What’s an urban Nerd? Are your parties any different from other parties…or are you ultimately just using the word because it’s become ‘hip’?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The word ‘Nerd’ has become ‘hip’? Damn. We’ll take some credit for that, in that case. Anyway, no, we don’t do anything because it’s ‘hip’. To be a Nerd you don’t have to be sat in the library or the science lab, being a Nerd just means you’re extremely passionate and really into something in a deep way and that’s how we feel about the underground British music we promote, be it dubstep, garage, grime, electro, D&amp;amp;B or anything else!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zpu28lkLOik/TdBMI499njI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Eq3fVT5NcWQ/s1600/IMG_9167.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 122px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zpu28lkLOik/TdBMI499njI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Eq3fVT5NcWQ/s320/IMG_9167.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607065251691208242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Aren’t party promoters and DJ’s the ultimate “cool guys”? So you can be both, huh?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Looks like it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; You even have your own T-Shirt or merchandise line….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Yes, the limited edition Urban Nerds T-Shirts have been around for a while now, on and off our website and given away to like-minded Nerds. This year the clothing label is stepping-up in a big way, with a new Spring/Summer line of fresh colour ways dropping in a few weeks time on a re-vamped T-Shirt store at urban-nerds.com! We’re also collaborating with the crew at Addict Clothing this year to put together a sick capsule collection. Stay locked!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; A few years ago being called a Nerd would have been a total insult. Now people stream to your parties. What do you think has changed?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; To quote DJ Zinc, quoting something else…”The Nerds shall inherit the Earth.”  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; You’re into bass heavy music. What’s the nerdiest record you have, you’d say?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; I ashamedly own the Arsenal football team ‘Hot Stuff’ theme tune. Yes, they do have a theme tune and no I’m not proud of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wf4NPn2z7x8" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; And what’s the nerdiest set one of you has ever played?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Our resident Rattus Rattus always drops The Prodigy ‘Out of Space’ but the title aside that is a badman tune! He used to drop that classic Super Mario tune though, this dance remix of it, now that’s pretty Nerdy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; What’s your favourite record of all times? Do you play it – or keep it to yourself?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Between us there are far too many to mention, a lot of classic jungle, reggae, dancehall, acid house between us. If it’s good, it’s played!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Are you connecting with other urban Nerds worldwide? What’s the place you’d least expect to meet others?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;All the time, check out my website, check out my website! The place we’d least expect it? Probably a cave in the middle of Austria but &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.springfestival.at/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Springnine Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; proved us wrong there. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; This is the chance of your lifetime: you can go and let out &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;the most nerdiest rant about music&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; (or other stuff you’re into) now! Go!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Big, bad and heavy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Any last words or confessions?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Last words are…Urban Nerds are 4 years old this year. Big respect to everyone who’s supported us and kept the party alive since way back when in 2007!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;We need all the Urban Nerds out in full force representing at our massive 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Birthday Party on Saturday 28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; May at Scala, London, featuring the biggest line-up of bass heavy party starters we have EVER hosted. Ms Dynamite, DJ EZ, Roska, Redlight, Doorly, Netsky, MJ Cole, N-Type, Mumdance, Elijah &amp;amp; Skilliam, Marco Del Horno, Marcus Nasty, Rattus &amp;amp; Klose One, Warrior One, RackNRuin and many more will all be playing! Stay locked to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.urban-nerds.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;www.urban-nerds.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; for tickets and don’t miss out!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Urban Nerds, thank you very much for the interview!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Boom!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Urban Nerds @ Snowbombing Festival 2011:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Wzy8uIgMDAc" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/urbannerds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds Channel @ Youtube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://soundcloud.com/urbannerdslondon" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Urban Nerds @ Soundcloud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-3209340901422488213?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/3209340901422488213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2011/05/nerd-talk-sessions-vol-4-urban-nerds.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3209340901422488213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3209340901422488213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2011/05/nerd-talk-sessions-vol-4-urban-nerds.html' title='Nerd Talk Sessions Vol. 4 - Urban Nerds'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CbYw-XbMK-8/TdLG5NG9woI/AAAAAAAAAEg/PNihp-qkvf0/s72-c/Urban%2BNerds%2Bmini.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-8012182622113251583</id><published>2011-04-28T15:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-28T15:44:36.069-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Introducing Exhibit A: The Dubstep Geek</title><content type='html'>Tua is a producer, rapper, all-around-insanely creative geek hailing from Reutlingen, Germany.&lt;br /&gt;He's a perfectionist too, sometimes a little on the darker side, so when we found this new song he did, we thought: "hell yeah, let it all out!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out his song "Geek Chic" aka "Love to be a geek":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sXFusNGQtQk" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-8012182622113251583?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/8012182622113251583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2011/04/introducing-exhibit-the-dubstep-geek.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/8012182622113251583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/8012182622113251583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2011/04/introducing-exhibit-the-dubstep-geek.html' title='Introducing Exhibit A: The Dubstep Geek'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/sXFusNGQtQk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-8366062054026231706</id><published>2011-04-13T15:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T20:11:15.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nerd Talk Sessions Vol. 3 - Perfect Loosers</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;We are happy to present to you a new issue of our Nerd Talk Sessions. The last time, we spoke with Argentinian artist and graphic designer Mariano Nerd or nerdisena, representing Buenos Aires nerd-to-the-core.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;Today, we bring you some French flavor. Three supertalented guys from Paris. They are musicians, fashion designers, artists, illustrators, producers, grafitti artists, all in one crew. They probably don't need sleep and have robot alter egos, we're not sure. What we of NERD Fest. Berlin are sure of is that they totally rock!!! Okay, now make way for the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PERFECT LOOSERS&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz31/NERDFestBerlin/GIF-Perfect-LOOSERS.gif" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;Welcome to our NERD Talk Sessions, Perfect Loosers!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt; Let's start off with your band name: Do you consider yourself Losers?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Perfect Loosers:&lt;/span&gt; To be honest, we don’t consider ourselves as real losers. But part of us is nerdy, when we spend hours and hours doing beats in studio, playing with some machines, mixing tunes. Nothing else exists around.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt; How would you define being a Nerd, especially a Nerd that’s into music – and DJing and partying?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Perfect Loosers: &lt;/span&gt;Music is our life, that’s kind of nerdy. Being on stage with some turntables, machines or whatever we use is what we enjoy the most and that’s why we work hard to get there. Being a nerd for us, is a state of mind where you are &lt;b style=""&gt;ultra focused&lt;/b&gt; on what you do or create, be it music, painting, designing clothes....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt; All three of you are from Paris, France? What’s the music scene like that you’re in?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Perfect Loosers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Sigisbert and Mast are from Lille, Waly is from Paris. But we all live in Paris.&lt;br /&gt;Music scene is quite rich actually, some people are doing great job like &lt;a href="http://soundpellegrino.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sound Pellegrino&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://soundcloud.com/youngunz" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Youngunz&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href="http://www.clubcheval.net/" target="_blank"&gt;,&lt;b&gt;Club Cheval&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for example. But we wish we had more crossover scenes, mixing different influences like dancehall, funky, house, garage, dubstep in the same crowd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;NFB:&lt;/b&gt; Tell us about your musical style. We saw that you are signed to &lt;a href="http://www.akwaabamusic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Akwaaba Music&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a label that is mainly bringing out African music, right? How did this come about?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Perfect Loosers:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt; We like all kind of music, from reggae to dancehall to house to African music to techno to electronica to funky to garage to dubstep to hip hop to rock to pop to everything. We don’t want to be put in a single box. We produce music that we like, no matter what it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are signed to Akwaaba on some particular projects. We participated to a remix contest for Angola Kuduro artist &lt;b style=""&gt;Figura&lt;/b&gt; on his tune “Ze Bula” a year and a half ago. This track was the starting point of our collaboration with Bbrave (boss of Akwaaba Music). After this project, he came to our studio in the suburb of Paris with tones of traditional stems by Ahmed Fofana, Baba Salah and Onyenze. Treasures he’d accumulated on his travels to West Africa. It took us some time to put the stems in order and sample them. Then we wanted to go a few steps beyond remixing classic world music and instead piece together a full length compilation where Africa would meet the club scenes from all around the world. &lt;b&gt;“Perfect Loosers present Akwaaba”&lt;/b&gt; was born.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://soundcloud.com/akwaabamusic/perfect-loosers-present" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz31/NERDFestBerlin/Akwaaba.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;NFB:&lt;/b&gt; All three of you have different artistic backgrounds. One is a fashion designer, the other a graffiti artist/graphic designer/illustrator and one a DJ/producer. How did you end up forming a band?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Perfect Loosers:&lt;/span&gt; Yes, that’s right, we have different backgrounds. Mast and Waly are doing the beats when Sigisbert is doing some clothes. Mast is a graffiti artist/Graphic designer as well. We all work in the same warehouse. One day, before a party at Social Club in Paris, Waly and Mast asked Sigisbert to entertain their set as he’s doing that for his reggae crew “12Sound” from Lille. That’s how we ended up forming the band.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We sometimes do our music separately and sometimes together in the studio, it really depends. We share sessions as we work on the computer when we create separately. And we have jam sessions on the machines when we are together in the studio. We have different kind of hardware drum machines and synths. We like to work analog because it’s lots of fun compared to the usual work with computer and mouse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NFB:&lt;/b&gt; You’re doing your album cover and other designs yourself?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Perfect Loosers (Mast):&lt;/span&gt; I started doing graffiti when I was a teenager, then I went into the world of graphic design, painting and illustration. It was a natural consequence that I make the artwork for the band. That’s part of our project, of our concept.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt; Do you think the idea or perception of what it means to be considered a Nerd - or loser - has changed?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Perfect Loosers:&lt;/span&gt; We all grew up watching some American TV shows where the nerd is also a loser that doesn’t know how to dress up or talk to the ladies…. That perception of the nerd hasn’t changed!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;NFB:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt; Last questions: Who’s the “perfect looser” to you? Do you have any role models?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Perfect Loosers:&lt;/span&gt; Oh, yes, we have one. The French actor Pierre Richard!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LlSXH3K0Aeg" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an extract of their next EP coming out in June 2011 :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://soundcloud.com/perfectloosers/sets/bad-winners-ep-clip-perfect" target="_blank"&gt;Perfect Loosers @ Soundcloud&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;To top it all off, they have this amazing website called&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.badwinners.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Badwinners.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perfect-Loosers/40828804780?v=app_178091127385" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz31/NERDFestBerlin/mozaik_sjpg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-8366062054026231706?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/8366062054026231706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2011/04/nerd-talk-sessions-vol-3-perfect.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/8366062054026231706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/8366062054026231706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2011/04/nerd-talk-sessions-vol-3-perfect.html' title='Nerd Talk Sessions Vol. 3 - Perfect Loosers'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/LlSXH3K0Aeg/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-8062980154702422957</id><published>2011-03-08T18:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-10T14:56:00.687-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve Urkel revisited (slightly altered)</title><content type='html'>Sooooo, we have been busy, lazy, chose to name it as you please.&lt;br /&gt;But this superawesome blog is way too good to let it be forgotton so to start of our spontaneous revitalisation, here's a cool video for all music nerds:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KIOtLeJNrRU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OFWGKTA, aka Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, short Odd Future, made an appearance at Jimmy Fallon last month. The best part starts around 1:38.&lt;br /&gt;Now, what does the dance of this one guy (Tyler, The Creator is his name, btw) remind you of...???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u63T2iLOl8s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NFB&lt;/span&gt; will be back regularly, we deeply apologize for making you wait for that next post so long.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-8062980154702422957?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/8062980154702422957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2011/03/steve-urkel-revisited-slightly-altered.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/8062980154702422957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/8062980154702422957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2011/03/steve-urkel-revisited-slightly-altered.html' title='Steve Urkel revisited (slightly altered)'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/KIOtLeJNrRU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-2447603168661479907</id><published>2010-07-14T14:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-14T14:14:42.841-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BNN - Black Nerds Network self explained</title><content type='html'>This is great! Like our Nerd Talk Session, just that someone else asked the questions we would have asked this time. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BNN, the Black Nerds Network is a collective bringing together Black people, Black &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;nerdy&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; people, from all over the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think their idea, concept and definition of being a Nerd and of Nerdiness is very similar to ours - or that of our previous Nerd Talk Sessions guests (for example Mariano Nerd from Argentina).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here's the vid. 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Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-3758269853603000763</id><published>2010-05-31T09:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T10:58:32.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nerd Talk Sessions Vol. 2 - Mariano NERD (of nerdiseña)</title><content type='html'>Hi folks!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we go with Round 2 of our &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NERD Talk Sessions&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We "virtual-ly" met with Mariano NERD, an Argentinan-born artist and graphic designer and one half of the design duo nerdiseña. He lives in Buenos Aires and answered some of our questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAPyvUWP7AI/AAAAAAAAABw/7cDrn87p__M/s1600/marianoNERD+-+San+Solari+Parravicini_2.2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAPyvUWP7AI/AAAAAAAAABw/7cDrn87p__M/s320/marianoNERD+-+San+Solari+Parravicini_2.2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477488466542455810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(San Solar Parravicini)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Why do you call yourself mariano NERD? That means you consider yourself a Nerd?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, I consider myself a Nerd about design, and that's also the reason for the name of our design studio, "nerdiseña" (nerdisign). We're both Nerds (Juan Pablo and I. We are the founders of nerdiseña) and we love it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;What's your definition of a Nerd?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, that's something that everybody asks me, cause I don't look like a regular Nerd jaja, but I think that "nerdism", it's a quality, a part of someone's personality, not the whole, that would be too simple, people are complex beings. The nerd part of somebody it's for me the part that gets passionate about some little and specific area of knowledge. I mean, you could be a Nerd on music or mathematics, design or whatever you really like and you wish to investigate and know alot about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAPz9h2PmII/AAAAAAAAACI/IaNOArBNv1k/s1600/marianoNERD+-+take+the+power+back+-+5.2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAPz9h2PmII/AAAAAAAAACI/IaNOArBNv1k/s320/marianoNERD+-+take+the+power+back+-+5.2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477489810196109442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(Take the Power back)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are an Argentinan artist and illustrator. Tell us a little about the nerdy aspects of your work and art. What's nerdy about it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that in order to fully understand my work you have to be a little of a Nerd. I like to make jokes and indirect references to history, political characters, mystical and religious ideas or facts, maybe too Argentine for somebody who is not from this country...but also movies, books, TV series, even video games all of which are mostly well known but kinda nerdy too, like maybe Star Wars or the Simpsons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You've mentioned it already: Together with some friends you have this design studio called nerdiseña. What exactely are you doing?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're two guys who like to have fun basically. We're editing a visual magazine which is called finde mundo" (something that literally, in English, would mean "endofthe world" but in Argentina, "finde" is an abreviation of "fin de semana" meaning "weekend"). We also paint on the streets, make graphic and web design, a little bit of motion graphics. In this processes we involve people of every kind, artists, photographers, friends, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAPzASXlY7I/AAAAAAAAAB4/lQMDjvHwWjY/s1600/marianoNERD+-+finde+mundo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAPzASXlY7I/AAAAAAAAAB4/lQMDjvHwWjY/s320/marianoNERD+-+finde+mundo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477488758068962226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(project finde mundo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Who's your favorite artist or illustrator and why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a lot of artists I love. I can say that pop art is one of the strongest influences that I have. Artists like Warhol, Charles Burns, Jorge Alderete, Augusto Costhanzo...the list goes on and on. All these people's works have in common a strong line, high contrast, powerful and flat, plain colors and I think that's why I like them. Simplicity, power, massiveness - it's like the result of mixing art and graaphic design, both things that I love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAP0NR5ccwI/AAAAAAAAACQ/FQJdBrjbn6I/s1600/marianoNERD+-+every+idle+folk+6.2009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAP0NR5ccwI/AAAAAAAAACQ/FQJdBrjbn6I/s320/marianoNERD+-+every+idle+folk+6.2009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477490080792474370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(every idle folk needs an IDOL)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Would you say that Nerds have a different way of thinking that the 'average person'?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that no one is 100% Nerd, so I'd have to say no, but I also think that that Nerd part of you, or anybody's, make you do things that are not average, because it makes you get specific about something, get involved, get passionate, and that's the way I think we gotta live. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAP4eUvvHUI/AAAAAAAAACY/UlVefyCWxbY/s1600/marianoNERD+-+evangelizacion+NERD_7.2009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAP4eUvvHUI/AAAAAAAAACY/UlVefyCWxbY/s320/marianoNERD+-+evangelizacion+NERD_7.2009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477494771661348162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(Evangelizacion NERD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerdisenia.com.ar/"&gt;http://www.nerdisenia.com.ar/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nerdisenia"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/nerdisenia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;*All pictures of art works were used with the kind permission of the creator of the works (Mariano Nerd). 05.2010*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-3758269853603000763?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/3758269853603000763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/05/nerd-talk-sessions-vol-2-mariano-nerd.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3758269853603000763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3758269853603000763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/05/nerd-talk-sessions-vol-2-mariano-nerd.html' title='Nerd Talk Sessions Vol. 2 - Mariano NERD (of nerdiseña)'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/TAPyvUWP7AI/AAAAAAAAABw/7cDrn87p__M/s72-c/marianoNERD+-+San+Solari+Parravicini_2.2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-7440335745660462064</id><published>2010-04-15T10:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-12T18:16:29.411-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Germany loves Tina Fey too!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/S8dMMSm0tiI/AAAAAAAAABo/xd5nv6dFzfk/s1600/tina-fey-as-sarah-palin-snl-big.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/S8dMMSm0tiI/AAAAAAAAABo/xd5nv6dFzfk/s320/tina-fey-as-sarah-palin-snl-big.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460416847246833186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, Germany's most-read online news website, spiegelonline, published an article about Tina Fey. I think the author was supposed to write about her movie, Date Night, but instead he wrote a homage, or a kind of love letter, to Tina Fey the most successful and charming female nerd in comedy at the moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the link to the (German) article:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/0,1518,688683,00.html"&gt;http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/0,1518,688683,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here's a little Best of from her role as Liz Lemon in 30 Rock:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sMKrAR6YBDI&amp;amp;hl=de_DE&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sMKrAR6YBDI&amp;amp;hl=de_DE&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-7440335745660462064?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/7440335745660462064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/04/germany-love-tiny-frey-too.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/7440335745660462064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/7440335745660462064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/04/germany-love-tiny-frey-too.html' title='Germany loves Tina Fey too!'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/S8dMMSm0tiI/AAAAAAAAABo/xd5nv6dFzfk/s72-c/tina-fey-as-sarah-palin-snl-big.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-6552046586543597336</id><published>2010-04-15T10:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T10:17:06.985-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nerd Alarm in Berlin: re:publia 2010</title><content type='html'>Hm, after a longer absence, we're feeling very, very guilty but will try to make up for it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ahaem, here's one (belated) try:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berlin is actual Nerd heaven at the moment, at least for all the blogger nerds out there. The fourth issue of re:publica was already sold out before it started yesterday. Woah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this very moment, thousandss of bloggers from around the globe are networking in Berlin-Mitte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out re:publicas website, facebook, twitter, flickr and all the other sites for updated info!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://re-publica.de/10/"&gt;http://re-publica.de/10/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nfbMBfKDSPY&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nfbMBfKDSPY&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-6552046586543597336?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/6552046586543597336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/04/nerd-alarm-in-berlin-republia-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/6552046586543597336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/6552046586543597336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/04/nerd-alarm-in-berlin-republia-2010.html' title='Nerd Alarm in Berlin: re:publia 2010'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-4642068886785443912</id><published>2010-02-10T04:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T04:07:53.705-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is the President of the United States of America a true Nerd?</title><content type='html'>I came across this great video. &lt;br /&gt;John Hodgman is a well-known American humorist and author. In his 2009 speech he addresed U.S. president Barack Obama directly to find out if he is a "true nerd" or not.&lt;br /&gt;Veeeeeeery funny.&lt;br /&gt;My favorite part: 12:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yW7OPByRGDY&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yW7OPByRGDY&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-4642068886785443912?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/4642068886785443912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/02/is-president-of-united-states-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/4642068886785443912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/4642068886785443912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/02/is-president-of-united-states-of.html' title='Is the President of the United States of America a true Nerd?'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-3825398687177552176</id><published>2010-02-08T06:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T04:10:19.656-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nerd Talk Sessions. Vol. 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/S3Aiej3KbvI/AAAAAAAAABg/xIYrihdOgpk/s1600-h/318_0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 305px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/S3Aiej3KbvI/AAAAAAAAABg/xIYrihdOgpk/s320/318_0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435882658654220018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the first issue of the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NERD Talk Sessions&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In our &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Nerd Talks&lt;/span&gt;, we will have conversations with all kinds of Nerds, creative masterminds, geniuses and 'beyond-thinkers' who are not afraid to do their own thing and are proud Nerds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will post new &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Nerd Talks&lt;/span&gt; regularly (our plan is to do it at least once a month).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vol. 1&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Nerd Talk Sessions&lt;/span&gt; introduces &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Antje Ebert, founder and owner of General Robots&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.generalrobots.de"&gt;www.generalrobots.de&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/a&gt;an Online Shop specialised in all things related to robots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello Antje, here are my (Nerd) questions for you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt; - Why robots?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt; - Robots are no longer only unaffordable SciFi or High Tech objects, people can go out and buy them. It's interesting to see how many different styles and shapes they come in nowadays - as gadgets and toys, as retro designs and even as technical everyday objects. Robots combine the kind of SciFi-Metropolis nostalgia with people's desire of technical progress and development. And they also represent the dream to make life easier or even to control it in a way. But most of all: robots are fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Q &lt;/span&gt;- Where do you get you get your robots and all the robot-related stuff from? How do you find it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt; - Company secret. ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt; - What's your definition of a Nerd?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt; - To me, a Nerd is someone who very intensely deals with a specific topic that everyone else around him or her regards as rather strange and who therefore is often put into the role of an outsider.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt; - Do you consider yourself a Nerd?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt; - In a way yes, because I have a robot mailorder shop, which is generally looked upon as something unusual, and also the fact that I as a woman am into robots and Science Fiction. But I've gotten used to this outsider role and I don't care what other's think about it. I am doing something I really enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Q&lt;/span&gt; - What's your favorite item in the shop?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt; - I really love them all. A new item has to be liked and approved by me to make it into my shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Q &lt;/span&gt;- The geekiest item in your shop?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;- That's the Thingamagoop! An analog synthesizer in the form of a robot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.generalrobots.de/product_info.php/info/p720_Thingamagoop2-schwarz.html"&gt;http://www.generalrobots.de/product_info.php/info/p720_Thingamagoop2-schwarz.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, Antje!&lt;br /&gt;See you at the next &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NERD Fest. Berlin&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Srv9hnTjAuo&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Srv9hnTjAuo&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-3825398687177552176?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/3825398687177552176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/02/nerd-talk-sessions-vol-1.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3825398687177552176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3825398687177552176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/02/nerd-talk-sessions-vol-1.html' title='Nerd Talk Sessions. Vol. 1'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/S3Aiej3KbvI/AAAAAAAAABg/xIYrihdOgpk/s72-c/318_0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-6751330837610644626</id><published>2010-01-06T04:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T04:56:33.333-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NERDCORE FOR LIFE documentary will be out on DVD this month</title><content type='html'>Negin Farsad's great documentary &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;"Nerdcore Rising"&lt;/span&gt; about the &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Godfather of Nerdcore Rap&lt;/span&gt;, MC Frontalot, brought worldwide attention to this not-so-new-but-much-neglected subgenre of rap. &lt;br /&gt;Frontalot is the star of the scene (and currently working on his new album).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there's another great documentary by filmmaker Dan Lamoureux. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;"Nerdcore for life"&lt;/span&gt; has been circling around for a while already (the trailer dates back to '06) but NOW, in January 2010, it will finally be released on DVD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the trailer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8VTmy5clHk&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8VTmy5clHk&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My favorite quote: "In the Twenties, we had women slaves(?), in the Sixties it was Civil Rights, in the Ninties Gay Pride. In the new millennium, bitches better fear the nerd revolution!" Lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nerdcoreforlife.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://nerdcoreforlife.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerdcorerisingmovie.com"&gt;http://www.nerdcorerisingmovie.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-6751330837610644626?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/6751330837610644626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/01/nerdcore-for-life-documentary-will-be.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/6751330837610644626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/6751330837610644626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/01/nerdcore-for-life-documentary-will-be.html' title='NERDCORE FOR LIFE documentary will be out on DVD this month'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-3183073905010231204</id><published>2010-01-04T05:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T04:59:59.847-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Charles Hamilton – Geeky hipster, or hip Geek?</title><content type='html'>Much has been said about Charles Hamilton in the past year. Discussions heated up, especially in the internet, the place that made him famous in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some say Charles Hamilton is a Hipster rapper. Other's say he's a nerd, a geeky guy who got punched by a girl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's this video in which he explains his (Sega) philosophy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/25/rap-mixtape-about-being-sonic-the-hedgehog/"&gt;http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/25/rap-mixtape-about-being-sonic-the-hedgehog/&lt;/a&gt; (sorry I didn't find a way to embed this.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt; It's hard to be different and it takes a lot of courage to dare to be, and think, different than the average- That's for sure. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7566485&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7566485&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/7566485"&gt;REVOK x CHARLES HAMILTON x KEEGAN GIBBS&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/keegangibbs"&gt;Keegan Gibbs . com&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think there's a thin line between a geek and a hipster. Sometimes that transformation happens once the horrors and excitements of puberty and/or high school/college with its peer pressure and all have ended. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I mean, look at Pharrell! A nerd trapped in a hipster body. By the way, he also seems to be hooked on those video games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d1Qvo8gkmEg&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d1Qvo8gkmEg&amp;hl=de_DE&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lupe Fiasco. Another Nerd-turned-Hipster. By choice or not, doesn't matter. In a 2006 interview with VIBE magazine, he declared himself a nerd: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"I'm a regular guy, but I'm nerdy, too. In high school I was a nerd, and I haven't changed." Yet, as he flips through a magazine in the lobby of the ultra-chic Le Meridian Hotel in Beverly Hills, it's hard not to notice his colorful BAPE sneakers, Cartier frames surrounding his eyes, and all of the expensive pieces of jewelry he sports nonchalantly. The ideal depiction of a "nerd" seems light-years away from who Lupe Fiasco is today. The young rapper insists, however, that he is NOT the typical depiction of a nerd; not for how he dresses, but for how he uses his mind and abilities. "It wasn't even that I studied a lot in school," Lupe says before his show at the famed House of Blues in Hollywood. "I collected comic books and I knew massive amounts of information about the most trivial subjects and would 'wow' my peers. I was on the Knowledge Bowl Decathlon Team!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hm, and what do we make of kids like the New Boyz, rapping about staying "geeked up" and jerk dancin'?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4894691&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=ff000d&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4894691&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=1&amp;amp;color=ff000d&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/4894691"&gt;New Boyz "You're A Jerk" OFFICIAL HD Music Video (Extended/Uncensored Version) * Skee.TV&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/skeetv"&gt;Skee TV&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll keep watching how this Hipster vs. Geek thing develops! :-) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-3183073905010231204?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/3183073905010231204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/01/charles-hamilton-geeky-hipster-or-hip_04.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3183073905010231204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3183073905010231204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/01/charles-hamilton-geeky-hipster-or-hip_04.html' title='Charles Hamilton – Geeky hipster, or hip Geek?'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-6884200348618072504</id><published>2010-01-04T04:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T07:03:19.563-08:00</updated><title type='text'>So...this is how it goes:</title><content type='html'>Happy New Year, Chinese Year of the Tiger. Whatever that means, I'm sure it's a good sign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NERD Fest. Berlin will go into its second round around fall '10, so be patient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until then, we will bring you all kinds of stuff we consider nerd-, err, noteworthy.&lt;br /&gt;Everything around Nerds and nerdy folks in music, film, gaming, illustration and aaall the other areas of pop culture where we can be found.&lt;br /&gt;Or simply thoughts, or just questions (like for example: how can we get in touch with Nerds from all around the globe? Japan, Argentina - ok, already found someone in Argentina - and so on.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're looking forward to your regular visits and lots of nerdy exchanges!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-6884200348618072504?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/6884200348618072504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/01/sothis-is-how-it-goes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/6884200348618072504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/6884200348618072504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2010/01/sothis-is-how-it-goes.html' title='So...this is how it goes:'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-2391082504585201186</id><published>2009-12-18T04:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T06:17:35.389-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NPR Radio piece about NERD Fest. Berlin and Robert Henke</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/Syt7sDQ8QkI/AAAAAAAAABY/9L3Xdx_uM0s/s1600-h/Robert+Henke+speaking.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/Syt7sDQ8QkI/AAAAAAAAABY/9L3Xdx_uM0s/s320/Robert+Henke+speaking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416558973563978306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NPR Berlin is the local program of (American) National Public Radio and covers Berlin stories and much more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They did a nice piece about our &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;NERD Fest. Berlin&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Ch-check it OUT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121517681"&gt;http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121517681&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-2391082504585201186?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/2391082504585201186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/12/radio-piece-about-nerd-fest-berlin-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/2391082504585201186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/2391082504585201186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/12/radio-piece-about-nerd-fest-berlin-and.html' title='NPR Radio piece about NERD Fest. Berlin and Robert Henke'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/Syt7sDQ8QkI/AAAAAAAAABY/9L3Xdx_uM0s/s72-c/Robert+Henke+speaking.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-3812385324899358800</id><published>2009-12-14T02:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T03:32:57.834-08:00</updated><title type='text'>So VNP - Ultra limited edition Shirts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/SyYX2sVvAXI/AAAAAAAAABQ/5p2MkwBMNh8/s1600-h/Shirt_VNP.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/SyYX2sVvAXI/AAAAAAAAABQ/5p2MkwBMNh8/s320/Shirt_VNP.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415041830342295922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The very first &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;NERD Fest. Berlin &lt;/span&gt;went down last saturday and i'd like to thank everyone involved in the program very much. I hope you enjoyed the film and the Nerd Talks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Angela, Robert, Jan&lt;/span&gt;: you were NERDCORE, awesome, phantastic! I am happy beyond words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris de Luca, Team Rainbow, Napalm Trio: you SO rocked the shit with your DJ sets. DESPITE the blistering cold in the venue, I am sorry for that.&lt;br /&gt;dsb: I owe you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those of you who couldn't be there in person, we still have a few shirts from the ultra-limited edition of festival shirts left (only 30 were produced).&lt;br /&gt;Size M &amp;amp; L. The price is € 15,00 (excl. mail/shipping/etc)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This blog will continue to bring you nerdy stuff and of course information about NERD Fest. Berlin (pictures coming soon!), so STAY TUNED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace,&lt;br /&gt;Alia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-3812385324899358800?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/3812385324899358800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/12/so-vnp-ultra-limited-edition-shirts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3812385324899358800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3812385324899358800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/12/so-vnp-ultra-limited-edition-shirts.html' title='So VNP - Ultra limited edition Shirts'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kfYRFr0SPe8/SyYX2sVvAXI/AAAAAAAAABQ/5p2MkwBMNh8/s72-c/Shirt_VNP.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-2107607256251767489</id><published>2009-12-12T02:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-12T02:47:26.979-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tonight: Let's get nerdy!</title><content type='html'>Hey all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;today is finally here.&lt;br /&gt;Tonight &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;NERD Fest. Berlin&lt;/span&gt; is going to take place for the first time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, our favorite blogger René from &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;nerdcore.de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;can't be there tonight due to illness&lt;/span&gt;, he is very sorry and wishes us all a "nerdcore" time nevertheless! He promised to be there next time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking forward to all you nerds, nerd lovers and curious, intelligent, interesting, interested, entertaining, positive, nerdy people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;Alia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-2107607256251767489?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/2107607256251767489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/12/tonight-lets-get-nerdy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/2107607256251767489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/2107607256251767489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/12/tonight-lets-get-nerdy.html' title='Tonight: Let&apos;s get nerdy!'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-5292590220669218987</id><published>2009-12-04T05:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T04:58:18.056-08:00</updated><title type='text'>NERD Fest. Berlin – THE PROGRAM</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"&gt;18.30h FILMSCREENING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"&gt;Nerdcore Rising (OV), Musikdoku, USA 2008&lt;br /&gt;(DEUTSCHLANDPREMIERE)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Nerdcore Rising is a documentary film starring MC Frontalot, the „Godfather of Nerdcore Hip Hop“. The film, directed and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;produced by Negin Farsad, was premiered at the 2008 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. It combines interviews &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;about nerdcore rap and its origins with footage of MC Frontalot's 2006 Nerdcore Rising national tour and also features &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;comments by "Weird Al" Yankovic, Prince Paul and others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerdcorerisingmovie.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;www.nerdcorerisingmovie.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"&gt;21.00h NERD BATTLE – 4 Nerds, 4 short Talks, Discussion afterwards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;*** Nerd Battle Talks will be mainly held in GERMAN***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"&gt;Robert Henke, Musician (Monolake)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Live Performance with selfmade Hardware, „Everything under control? - The Monodeck II“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monolake.de/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;www.monolake.de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"&gt;René Walter, Blogger (www.nerdcore.de)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Nerdy &amp;amp; cool: Blogging as the ultimative Nerd Tool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nerdcore.de/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;www.nerdcore.de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"&gt;Jan Northoff, 3D Internet Expert (YOUin3D)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Realtime rendering with avatar based user created 3D enviroment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Virtual Berlin in Second Life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youin3d.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;www.youin3d.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"&gt;Angela Brennecke, Computer Expert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;A General Framework for Digital Game-Based Training Systems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;"&gt;23.00h NERD 'N' MUSIC – Party with different (Nerd) DJ Sets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CLP DJ Set&lt;/span&gt; (Shitkatapult/Boysnoize Rec.) &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/chrisdeluca"&gt;www.myspace.com/chrisdeluca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;DSB&lt;/span&gt; (family man/sameheads) &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/ddssbb"&gt;www.myspace.com/ddssbb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Napalm Trio&lt;/span&gt; (mir san fesch)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Team Rainbow&lt;/span&gt; (candybox) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/getyourcandybox"&gt;www.myspace.com/getyourcandybox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-5292590220669218987?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/5292590220669218987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/12/nerd-fest-berlin-program.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/5292590220669218987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/5292590220669218987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/12/nerd-fest-berlin-program.html' title='NERD Fest. Berlin – THE PROGRAM'/><author><name>NERD Fest. Berlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16213954210380250399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rf5svJ9TyKo/TaRIkJsnuEI/AAAAAAAAAC4/kjEccFrSkqk/s220/Icon%2BToy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624947112685626274.post-3488418547262773518</id><published>2009-11-16T11:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T05:19:42.421-08:00</updated><title type='text'>about NERD Fest. Berlin</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;Hello and welcome to&lt;/span&gt; the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;NERD Fest. Berlin Blog!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;This is the first blog entry so allow me to int&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"&gt;roduce myself briefly:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;Hi, I’m Alia and I am the initiator, organizer, „mastermind“ (muhahahahaa) – whatever you wanna call it – of NERD Fest. Berlin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;The idea for an event thatfocuses on Nerds and all aspects of (pop) culture, especially music, film, blogging &amp;amp; internet, art and design had been on my mind for quite some time - Since early 2007 to be exact. NERD Fest. Berlin is &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"&gt;an homage to all „real“ Nerds, to all experts in their fields of i&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"&gt;nterest who might be a little different from the rest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;NERD Fest. Berlin is not an event or a party to make fun of Nerds, it also isn’t a convention-type of gathering where only real Nerds come together. Rather, my intention, my vision, is to bring together Nerds, Hipsters (or, like journalist and author Benjamin Nugent writes in his book &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;American Nerd. The story of my people&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;„fake Nerds“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;) Nerd lovers and all people who are curious and want to find out what this is all about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;The first issue of NERD Fest. B&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"&gt;erlin has participants, DJ’s, and speakers mainly from Berlin, Germany. There is going to be a focus on music and Nerds. I hope that&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"&gt; in the future the Fest. will establish itself and grow. We’ll see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;I am looking forward to all of you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;Come, come out and let’s celebrate the Realness of the Nerd!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new';"&gt;Alia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 1023px; height: 728px;" src="http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz31/NERDFestBerlin/NERDFestFlyer_S.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2624947112685626274-3488418547262773518?l=nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/feeds/3488418547262773518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/11/about-nerd-fest-berlin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3488418547262773518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2624947112685626274/posts/default/3488418547262773518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nerdfestberlin.blogspot.com/2009/11/about-nerd-fest-berlin.html' title='about NERD Fest. 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