Gizmodo actually crawl out of our basements last night to venture into the abrasive lights of the Lower East Side ( or that ’s where we think we were — the signs declare it the ‘ Bargain District ’ ) to The Slipper Room , where nerdcore progenitorMC Frontalot — the only MC we know to rap about both Nigerien e-mail scammers and why he ’s wanted by the FBI for equal - to - peer — took the stage in his Manhattan debut . There were nerds galore , Penny - Arcade t - shirt counterpoint with the clothes of painfully bedecked fashion “ models ” who expect like they were wearing clothes crafted from dramatis personae - off hand brake room rugs . And to everyone ’s surprisal , except God ’s , a handful of Hassidim .
Response to Frontalot ’s debut ranged from geographically questionable ( “ He ’s like New York ’s National Treasure ; our Eiffel Tower , ” ) to the dispassionate ( “ Our friend recount us that a man was here to rap the songs , ” ) but it seemed that a proficient time was had by most — at least those who were there for Frontalot , and not to watch skinny white dudes with marked-up hair bet melodic phrase guitar in a hemp smock .
Mr. Alot sat down after the show to talk to us about his newfangled home in Brooklyn , his plans for a tour , and why he thinks he ’s such a break out star in the Orthodox Jewish residential area .
Gizmodo : So you ’re in Brooklyn now ?
Frontalot : I am in Brooklyn .
Gizmodo : Why ?
Frontalot : Well , I moved out last summertime , to produce a rock musical — Young Zombies In Love for the New York Fringe Festival . I came out to work on that , and also to be closer to my girl , who go to school in DC . Also , I ’ve always wanted to live in New York , because New York is awesome .
Gizmodo : Do you feel any province for luring all these nerds out into public ?
Frontalot : I feel abominably about this . All these people have to stop checking their email for an time of day and a half , take the train , bargain drink . Nerds detest purchasing drinks . Nerds buy the coolest videogames so citizenry issue forth over to their houses with drink .
Gizmodo : So what ’s the deal with the live show ? Are you going on tour ?
Frontalot : I ’m find it out . At this point I ’m doing what i can do . I was sort of embarrased last year at PAX [ thePenny Arcade Expo ] . It was the biggest audience I ’d ever do for . My rapping was bad and I was forgetting lyrics . So I ’m working severely to get in soma .
Gizmodo : How much do you give this [ your fan ] to Penny - Arcade ?
Frontalot : 90 % of my fans met me from PA .
Gizmodo : So that was the first wave , but have you been building up from there ?
Frontalot : I have no thought . I should have databases to keep track of this , but I do n’t . I am ashamed .
Gizmodo : Do you have a big Hassidic devotee base ?
Frontalot : I was really marvel about that , and then they left betimes .
Gizmodo : Not all of them . There were a couplet that stayed all the manner through .
Frontalot : I was upset . I think they possibly thought I was thehasidic reggae superstar . He was on Kimmel a duet night ago .
We have a few videos of songs from the show we ’d care to share , but since Ourmedia seems to not ever desire to give us a login , we ’ll have to find another manner ( Gawker host ca n’t support picture , since the petite arms of the hamsters ca n’t crank up the film mandrel ) . If you have a secure idea ( was n’t there a free video recording torrent serving ? ) allow us hump .
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