January 2012
23 posts
SXSW 2012
Just got word I’ll be performing at the official nerdcore showcase at SXSW 2012! Hooray.
ADAM WARROCK - PARKS & REC EP (free download)
Free download of the 3-track Adam WarRock - Parks & Recreation-inspired EP
Love this guy...
Adam WarRock "Jane"
I made a song about Jane Austen, over the beat to “Moves Like Jagger.”
No, really…
5 Things about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1. As all good spy movies are, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is more a workplace drama, than it is a straight up spy flick. Old guard replaced by the cutthroat new, nostalgia for the way things used to be, a realization of the drones that the kings of the dominion have traded life, and very well humanity, to have power and prestige. It eschews the more noir-like elements that similar movies focus...
JoCo on Megaupload & Piracy
Even some of the illegal usage was likely the kind of activity that approaches what I consider to be victimless piracy: people downloading stuff they already bought but lost, people downloading stuff they missed on TV and couldn’t find on Netflix or iTunes, people downloading stuff they didn’t like and regretted watching or hearing and never would have bought anyway, people...
Gangsta Confessions
I really really love the movie No Strings Attached, and I don’t care who knows it. Like, having just watched it for the 3rd time, there really isn’t a part of this movie that I don’t wholeheartedly love.
So fuck you if you have a problem with it.
The 100th free song for download went live on my...
Well, technically, if you count the mixtapes, EPs, and other random tracks, it’s way over 100, but officially, I’ve released 100 songs on my “TrackLog” series. The 100th song is a nice kinda look back.
I wrote this over at my site:
This website started as a place for me to post music. I started it at a time in my life when I was horribly depressed and without...
Adam WarRock "Masocore"
Adam WarRock “Masocore” — wherein, I rap over Danny Baranowsky’s soundtrack to Super Meat Boy.
Download for free
Genki
If you had told me that Saints Row 3 would be my favorite game of 2011 months ago, I would’ve said you were cray.
But good fucking Lord, do I love this game.
ADAM WARROCK/KIRBY KRACKLE 2012 WEST COAST TOUR
HEY WEST COAST. I’m touring you soon. More info.
All the 2011 Movies I've seen...
27 total. A shadow of the 60+ I saw in like, 2009:
X-Men First Class
Thor
Captain America
Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Pt.2
Super 8
Green Lantern
Sucker Punch
Fast Five
No Strings Attached
Friends with Benefits
Limitless
Rise of The Planet of Apes
Girl with Dragon Tattoo
Bridesmaids
Source Code
Hall Pass
50/50
Midnight in Paris
Crazy, Stupid, Love
The Ides of March
Attack the Block
30 Minutes or...
My car stereo...
…has a default function where if you just plug in your ipod/iphone and it wasn’t already playing something before, it goes to the first song, by title, in your music library before you can pick anything else. For me this song is Jackson 5’s “ABC.” Great song, right?
Well, it’s not a great song if you’re stressed out. Or you’re late for something. Or...
Sound Of Young American: One Big Ass Torrent
The Sound of Young America has been a major part of my life, for quite some time. It’s how I was introduced to podcasts. It’s how I found most, if not all the comedians I love. It, and its sister shows, kept me afloat in 2008 when I had swine flu for a week.
Recently, TSOYA ended, and changed to Bullseye, which you should listen to. But if you have any interest in having gigs and...
Adam WarRock "Ryan Gosling Year"
I wrote an awesomely stupid, or maybe stupidly awesome? song called “Ryan Gosling Year,” as I brought back my ongoing free mixtape over at my site.
Maybe you’ll like it. Check it out. (link)
It’s the most dubsteppy I’ve ever been.
New Awesome Tshirts
New designs by Tracie Mauk, tshirts now available in sizes S - 3XL!
Check out the merch store!
How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love A Creative...
(photo credit: Joey Miller)
In line with my New Year’s Resolutions and as a reminder to myself, here’s five ways I’ve learned or am trying to be more realistically happier in creative work:
1. Nothing is Precious There’s a really fine line to balance between loving what you do, and being too emotionally invested in the elements of what you do. There’s nothing...
DEBUT - Adam WarRock "616" - First single from...
You can now download the radio edit of “616,” the first single from my upcoming full-length album release. Oh, and it’s COMPLETELY FREE. The new full-length album, You Dare Call That Thing Human?!?, will be out February 13, 2012, in digital and disc formats.
Rossary
You’re welcome
December 2011
12 posts
5 Things about Crazy Stupid Love
1. You’d think that Crazy Stupid Love was a romantic comedy, which in some ways it is. But it’s actually more of a drama about a middle-aged man trying to find what he wants in the shadow of his crumbling marriage. At times, Crazy Stupid Love doesn’t know what it wants to be, warbling from serious-faced romance, to farcical-like comedy, to heavy-handed drama, and is kept afloat...
5 Things about Midnight in Paris
1. As a fan of process, it’s always kind of fascinating watching a piece of art that is, in essence, trying to in some way, inspire art. Maybe Woody Allen doesn’t necessarily make movies that are meant to inspire specifically “art,” but there’s no question that a fair number of his movies are about the joy of living life. Considering the hyper self-awareness housed...
1 Thing about Drive
Is Drive a good movie? Wait, that’s not the right question. The right question is this: am I impressed by Drive? Yes. Yes, I am. Drive is a film of such visceral, pulpy, neo-noir-like deliciousness, that it’s hard not to think that I’m SUPPOSED to be impressed by Drive, in a showy, and almost empty way. So is Drive a good movie? After some thought, I’d have to say that...
5 Things about 50/50
1. Despite its best attempts at fulfilling every indie movie trope, from sweeping indie music soundtrack to a shoehorned-in love story to spirited stabs at black comedy, Jonathan Levine’s 50/50 is a surprisingly moving document of isolation and pain that comes with battling cancer, and a rather touching and hilarious movie in and of itself. Loosely based on screenwriter Will...
Surreal
I’m #7 on How Stuff Works’ list of 10 Standout Nerds of 2011.
Surreal.
My Top 10 Movies of 2011
UPDATED WITH NEW MOVIES THAT I JUST SAW
Look. I won’t lie. 2011 was a weird year for me. I traveled a lot. And then there was three straight months I was on the road. So I didn’t see EVERY SINGLE MOVIE that I wanted to. I still saw a bunch of movies. And as someone who used to actually write movie reviews for like, papers and other places, I still have this indefatigable need to...
6 Things about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
So many thoughts, going in a zillion different directions at once. I’m calling an audible, I’m talking about SIX things, instead of the usual 5-pointed review. Sue me.
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is a movie of such unstoppable forward momentum, you don’t mind that it comes to its inevitable conclusion with less than a bang, but undoubtedly more than a whimper. A...
5 Things about MI:4 Ghost Protocol
Hey! I am alive, and I do still see movies. Been busy putting the final touches on the new album, but now that I’m out of the weeds with that, I can write about movies again.
Oh, I also saw Sherlock Holmes 2 and here is 1 Thing about that movie: it is exactly what you think it will be. And I mean, I dug it. But then, I dug the first one, and I still am comfortable saying I love Guy...
Morning Glories
I read a lot of comics. Right now, I have a stack of literally 14 trades/hardcovers sitting next to my coffee table that I’ve gotten over the past month or so alone that I need to catch up with. So I won’t lie, I skim a lot of them. It allows me to enjoy the art, and I just don’t have the time. If a comic is good enough, I’ll slow down long enough to read it. If I get...
Memphis Rap in The Fader
Andrew Noz, who in my opinion is the best hip hop writer in the universe, traveled to Memphis and wrote an in-depth article about the Memphis Underground sound for The Fader magazine. Read it here.
Reading this made me literally tear up. There has NEVER been a well-written, thoughtful piece about the importance of the Memphis rap scene, and its place in popular music. Even beyond Three-Six...
3 months....
3 months. 51 shows. 16,000+ miles on the car.
Did that.
November 2011
12 posts
New EP - Juggernaut
Free EP I made, here.
What I've Learned, 31 Years Edition
I did this last year. I do it again.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED…
The people who are always there for you are the same people who know that sometimes, you just have to deal with some things by yourself. Silence and space are sometimes the same as a comforting hug…
You’re never too tired to get the hell out of an uncomfortable place…
There’s never enough time to...
My Premature & Only Marginally Holiday-Themed Mix!
Y’know, it doesn’t feel like the holidays, does it? In any case, the holidays are confusing, schizophrenic, nostalgia-bathed, stressful, and wonderful, awesome times. So why not have this mix to listen to while you drive through mall traffic and think about awkward family interactions! Rap! Pop! Showtunes! Covers! Pass the egg nog!
Right-click and save as to download: (link)
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5 Things about The Descendants
1. There’s a preciousness about the pain in Alexander Payne movies. It’s not so much a celebration, or an exploitation of personal pain, but pain is most definitely a major focal point of all of his movies, and some might think that it drowns The Descendants. A story about a man who has to pull his family together amidst the crisis of his wife falling into a coma while dealing with...
Adam WarRock - No Rest EP - Free Download
FIXED DOWNLOAD LINK
Click on the cover to download a free 6-track EP that I recorded with my iPhone headphones mic while on the road. Oddly personal and off-center songs that I’ve been writing while slowly going crazy on the road.
TrackList: 1. Can’t Sleep (Intro) 2. I Am (Not) 3. Big Deal 4. Derby 5. Innkeeper 6. No Rest
Enjoy it. And thanks if you support the music! It means...
The Secret Origin of ADAM WARROCK →
Me talking at Comicazi, and some live tracks, courtesy of NerdCaliber.com.
Bam!
Greatest mic drop in television history
Rejected Jokes: Me on Nerdist's Making it Podcast... →
rejectedjokes:
The beautiful and talented Riki Lindhome interviewed me as part of her wildly popular Nerdist podcast “Making it with Riki Lindhome”. In the podcast, Riki interviews up and comers in show business about how they got to where they are today and what it took to grow from nothing to maybe a tiny…
A must listen for anyone who wants to make a career out of doing what they love....
October 2011
5 posts
5 Things about Moneyball
whazza whoozzit? Yeah, I’m still alive. Yeah, I just finished a 44 city tour. Yeah, I’ve only seen one movie in the past two mos. Yeah, it’s wildly not topical. Yea, I don’t care.
1. For better or worse, the filmmakers of Moneyball chose to make this a movie about Billy Beane caring. For all the targets they could have focused on in Michael Lewis’s wonderful book...
This Is Not My Beautiful House: 2 Weeks Left
(photo by Joey Miller, Little Rock, AR)
And you may ask yourself…wasn’t I just in Atlanta a couple of years ago?
I’m writing this from the Drunken Unicorn in Atlanta, GA, a beautiful little dive bar venue known to put on amazing shows in the area. Situated on a little pavement hill off of Ponce De Leon, it’s a familiar area to me. I used to live in Atlanta only 4 years...
